A charming and dangerous character

On the day Song Zhengrong left the scene of the fire in the Arrow Building, he thought about the earliest time to visit the hospital, and then drove to the prison hospital in the suburbs of S City.

Although Qiu Jian is still the same as when he left last time, lying quietly on the hospital bed as if without any disturbance, he who has been sleeping for many years must not know what earth-shaking changes have taken place in the outside world today.

But at the moment when Song Zhengrong announced to everyone that "Qiu Chuyi is no longer a criminal suspect", Qiu Jian, who had been framed for several years, was no longer as lonely as before lying on the hospital bed. .

It was also from this day that the sky over S City, which was originally covered with dark clouds, suddenly cleared up, and the warm sun poured out from behind the clouds, as if the light had returned to the earth again, as if everything began to turn to a better and more positive side .

Let's switch back to the Arrow Building again.When the police and forensic doctors arrived at the scene of the fire, they quickly found out the true identities of the dead—as expected, the four dead were Lin Pusheng and his son Lin Ze, and the other two were working in criminal groups. bodyguard.

Moreover, the cause of death of Lin Pusheng and the other two other related personnel was fire asphyxiation, but Lin Ze’s autopsy report has a slightly strange thing: because the real cause of his death was not the same as his father’s fire suffocation or suffocation. Smoke poisoned, but shot.

The bullet extracted from Lin Ze's skull was also confirmed to belong to the D City Branch Bureau after a simple test, which makes sense - because the only person who was qualified to hold a weapon at the scene of the fire at that time was a formal criminal policeman Cheng Ye.

However, after all, it involves firearms. In order to ensure the accuracy of the results, City S conducted a more careful ballistic comparison analysis between the bullet and the detailed records of firearms in City D. The result also showed that the bullet was indeed from Cheng Ye's current use. sidearm.

Although domestic regulations on the use of firearms by the police are very strict, Cheng Ye, as a criminal policeman, is definitely allowed to use firearms for self-defense in such a critical situation, let alone the one he shot to death. It is still on the side of the criminals, which will not have any impact on the reputation of the police.

It's just that poor Cheng Ye might have to write a few detailed (which means a lot of words) reports on the use of firearms for himself after waking up and hand them over to the bureau.

And here, after Lin Pu's life and death, the evidence that he was the leader of the criminal group also sprang up like snowflakes.

Organizing minors to engage in sex trade, kidnapping or even illegally detaining a large number of mountain village girls, and the pornographic cruise ship that exists like ironclad evidence for people to seek pleasure... These direct or indirect evidences immediately alarmed the central government stationed in S City monitoring team.

Therefore, after several more detailed investigations, the two long-running and extensively involved "Eleventh Two" and "Eleventh Five-Year" cases were finally officially closed with the death of the leader of the underground group.

When the drama on the stage came to an end, the time off the stage passed quickly like running water.

Song Zhengrong finally overcame his demons after visiting Qiu Jian that day.After many years, under the arrangement of the police station (more precisely, his father), he restarted being interviewed by the media by default.

This time, the police station arranged for a well-known legal evening newspaper in S City.However, different from those traditional legal newspapers, this one draws lessons from the popular entertainment section to a certain extent. The newspapers published by them are not only easier to understand in terms of the choice of words and sentences, but also in the selection of content. It is also a preference for popular and eye-catching subjects.

For example, the news of the disappearance of a large number of underage mountain girls (that is, the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan") was first reported by this family.

The content of the interview this day mainly revolves around the "[-]" Jiang Nanxi murder case that has attracted the most attention from the public recently. After all, it involves a famous entrepreneur, his wife, and an underground criminal group that was just dug up by the police. Everyone must be very happy to hear the love and hatred of these adults.

Although Song Zhengrong has not spoken as a representative of the police station for a long time, his calm and comprehensive narrative style and sharp and unique personal insights made the whole interview process go smoothly.

But when the reporter who was in charge of the question asked: "Can you describe to us the scene of the Arrow building fire in detail? When you saw the body, how did you come to the conclusion that 'Qiu Chuyi is no longer a suspect'? "

In fact, the reporter asked this question mainly because he was ordered by his superiors to write more about Song Zhengrong's "Spiritual Detective" in the newspaper - but he didn't want Song Zheng who was still talking about it just after he finished asking. Rong suddenly fell silent.

It's not that Song Zhengrong didn't want to share this experience with others, but when he recalled the scene of that day again, he couldn't even tell what was going on in his heart when he saw the corpses all over the ground. up.

Although he knew at the time that Qiu Chuyi's body was likely to be included on the ground, he also felt very sorry about it-but it was also very clear that he cared more about the Lin family than Qiu Chuyi's life and death. The situation of father and son.

Because he did not want Lin Pusheng and Lin Ze to survive the fire from the bottom of his heart.

Perhaps when Lin Pusheng asked Qiu Chuyi to act as a scapegoat, he never thought that he himself was actually a potential threat with a very high risk factor for some people.

After the day's interview ended, Song Zhengrong also became friends with the reporter who had a good chat.The two even made an appointment to come to the izakaya downstairs when they finished work, preparing to continue their private chat after business.

Otherwise, the interviewing reporter is a witty and knowledgeable man. According to him, he seems to have a very loving girlfriend and his girlfriend works in Qiu Chuyi's company, so this reporter will know whether he is public or private Pay extra attention to what's happening with the Arrow Group.

The two continued to talk about the topic that they hadn't been able to go deep into just now. The male reporter raised his glass and took a sip, then suddenly said: "...To be honest, I have interviewed hundreds if not thousands of celebrities, but Qiu Chuyi It gives me a completely different feeling from the CEOs of other groups.”

"Although he looks polite on the outside and seems to reject people thousands of miles away, but in the process of actually chatting with him, I can strongly feel the beauty and friendliness hidden by him."

When Song Zhengrong heard this, he suddenly felt his heart beating.He tentatively asked: "So, you knew Qiu Chuyi before?"

"Yes, I have interviewed him before." The male reporter seemed a little drunk, scratched his head and said, "Actually, it was quite unexpected that my girlfriend and I met on the day I finished interviewing Qiu Chuyi." , the two of us met by accident at the gate of the Arrow building. And my girlfriend's previous job in the Arrow group is also thanks to him, otherwise my little confused would have been abducted by a black hotel after graduation ,Hahaha……"

Song Zhengrong didn't take what the reporter said later.But just now when he heard the reporter say that he knew Qiu Chuyi before, Song Zhengrong felt inexplicably terrified.

But when he thought about it carefully, he didn't know exactly what made him feel wrong.So he comforted himself like this in his heart:

Maybe it's all just a coincidence.

After having dinner with the reporter that day, Song Zhengrong, who hadn't been drinking, immediately drove back to the bureau.Because the higher-ups attach great importance to the case of Lin Pusheng's criminal group, all relevant personnel in the police station have been doing finishing work after the case is closed these days, such as comforting the victims and their families and writing endless case summary reports.

It was just a rare moment for Song Zhengrong to take a break from his busy schedule.

Although Song Zhengrong didn't have to do the basic and boring document sorting work, he would still go through the sorted materials again for the accuracy of the results.

When he came to the office, he casually flipped through a pile of documents piled on the table, and saw that most of the contents were related to the "Nov. The fuse, the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" that was exposed later, the Qiu Jian rape case a few years ago, and the underground criminal group that the police took many years to finally crack down, it seems that it was because of this case that it was widely involved and finally entered public view.

But Song Zhengrong was flipping through it, and suddenly he was attracted by one of the news that he had never seen before.

It seems that the police station received an enthusiastic clue from some people, but because the date of reporting was the day when the fire broke out in the Arrow Building, and the case was officially closed on the day of "November [-]", it is estimated that the police officer in charge of the reception did not report this That's why Song Zhengrong never saw this clue - the top of the record was written with some common content, but when he continued to browse down, his brows were tense for a split second. Wrinkled tightly.

"...Can you please repeat the clues you thought of?" The police officer who was in charge of the reception that day recorded the conversation between the two, and then the enthusiastic crowd once again said that he had been on November [-]. The scene I saw that day.

"It's something that I suddenly recalled. Because I cooperated with the police to make a record before, but at that time, I saw a person in charge on your side familiar with me, but I didn't remember where I saw him at that time. "

"It just happened that I drove past an intersection near the moat two days ago - that place is very remote, but it seems to be quite close to Beihu Villa - then I suddenly remembered that I saw that on the side of the road A police officer drove the car away from a side intersection at the intersection. I had a general impression because he was handsome. But because he was not wearing a uniform that day and the car was driving very fast, so I just saw it on the day I took the record. He couldn't remember it all at once."

"And do you remember what car the officer was driving on November [-]nd?"

"Oh, I can't remember the specifics. I can tell you the location of the intersection, but you can check the license plate number yourself."

The police officer at the reception probably knew that the surveillance inspection was carried out that day, so the police could not find out the license plate number, so he asked again: "Do you remember the model or color of that car?"

"I don't know the model, but I vaguely remember it's a wine red SUV..."

"..."

***

After Song Zhengrong put down the phone, he realized that it was snowing outside the window again.

Snowflakes the size of goose feathers fall densely from the sky above, and eventually cover the ground, distant roofs or people.However, for the citizens, this sudden snowfall is just a small willfulness that occasionally occurs in winter weather.

After confirming with the hospital that only Cheng Ye has woken up from the coma, Song Zhengrong thought about it, and decided to drive to the hospital in the wind and snow to visit the two of them.

It's just that the moment Song Zhengrong left the elevator, he immediately recognized that the fat man who passed him just now seemed to be Cheng Ye's colleague in City D.

But because the elevator door closed very quickly, although Song Zhengrong felt a little weird, he still couldn't figure out what was wrong for a while.

Maybe he just came here to visit Cheng Ye and the others—Song Zhengrong found a reasonable excuse for him in his heart.Now he only hopes that what is wrong in his heart is just his own illusion.

But just before he was about to walk into Cheng Ye's ward, he suddenly knew where the discomfort in his heart came from!The fat man just came here in a hurry, so he was dressed in casual clothes, but Song Zhengrong felt that his coat pockets were unexpectedly swollen. If he thinks about it carefully now, he vaguely felt that the pockets were in the shape of a gun...

"...Are you also here to see the patient?" A nurse suddenly appeared, interrupting Song Zhengrong's thoughts.

All he had to say was, "Yes, I'm coming to visit my two friends."

"The two people inside are awake now, but it seems that one of them has just fallen asleep again. Please, please lower your voice when you talk later. The patient needs enough rest."

Song Zhengrong didn't expect Qiu Chuyi to wake up, which was indeed a pleasant surprise.So he quickly promised the nurse: "Okay, I will pay attention."

After he opened the door to a narrow gap and walked in cautiously, when he looked up, he saw Cheng Ye's face smiling brightly at him.

"You are here." Cheng Ye spoke in a low voice. He looked at the bed next to him and reminded Song Zhengrong, "But he just fell asleep, so you may have to wait a little longer if you want to talk to him." .”

Song Zhengrong didn't think carefully about Cheng Ye's eviction order hidden in his words because he had something on his mind.He just walked to Cheng Ye's bedside, and said to him in the same low voice: "Actually, I have nothing else to do here, one is to see how the two of you are recovering—" Then he went straight to the topic: "Secondly, someone told me that they seemed to have seen you near Beihu Villa. You know, because the time and place are a bit special, so I came here to ask you."

Song Zhengrong secretly observed the expression on Cheng Ye's face. He pretended to smile relaxedly and said, "But don't worry, I haven't reported this matter. I'm the only one who knows about it."

"So tell me the truth? Where were you on November [-]nd?" Song Zhengrong still smiled: "You understand what I mean—you can't fool me by saying that you just left Have you arrived at the place where the surveillance system is being overhauled?"

Cheng Ye was still wearing a somewhat ridiculous breathing mask. Hearing this, he raised his head to look at Song Zhengrong, noticed the burning gaze in the other party's eyes, sighed silently in his heart, and said to himself: It seems that he has guessed everything.

But Cheng Ye replied: "It's been a while, let me think about it..."

"During that time, I just came to City S for the first time, and I was probably just driving around to familiarize myself with the road conditions—" Cheng Ye also smiled at him and asked, "Why? Isn't the 'Eleventh Two' case closed? I watch TV It is said that it was all done by that underground criminal group, so are you now suspecting that I have secretly linked up with that group of criminals?"

"How is this possible!" Cheng Ye immediately denied: "I have neither power nor power, even if criminals want to cooperate, they probably look down on me, who came from a poor family—" He deliberately paused and then asked Song Zhengrong directly: "You Say it?"

His tone sounded as foolish as ever, but in Song Zhengrong's eyes, Cheng Ye's unhurried manner and timely questioning were enough to explain everything.

He looked at that smiling face that was bright and clear but pretending to be so worldly, and countless horrifying details that he had vaguely outlined before but never dared to fully believe appeared in his heart——

If the person who shot the gun the day before yesterday was not Cheng Ye;

If Chen Jin, who was supposed to come to S City to study and exchange, was planned to replace him;

If Shi Li, an Arrow employee, met her reporter boyfriend, it would be a well-planned plan;

If the person driving the distance after five o'clock on November [-] is really not Qiu Chuyi;

What if... all of this was actually arranged by someone?

Song Zhengrong could even make up his mind that during the monitoring and maintenance period at Beihu Villa that day, Amber and Du Jialan in Mansion No. [-] might be being threatened and persecuted—and at the same time, the two old men who pretended not to know each other However, the friends secretly exchanged their positions with each other quietly.

Therefore, the car can be driven all the time;

Therefore, they were able to construct such a complete alibi.

Although someone had seen Cheng Ye that day, what's the use of that?There is no evidence that can directly prove that there were actually two drivers that day, and the above can only be regarded as Song Zhengrong's own guess.

Song Zhengrong wanted to say something, but Cheng Ye had already closed his eyes at this time, his face still looked a little pale and weak: "Let's keep our voices down, it's 'hard-won' for him now rest time."

There is also a clear meaning in these words.Song Zhengrong looked at Qiu Chuyi who was sleeping peacefully on another bed. Even with his eyes closed and a mask on, his sleeping face could be eye-catching, even unforgettable.

And in the boundless darkness of the room, he who was dressed in hospital clothes seemed to be covered with a layer of holy light, a faint light that was finally favored by God.

Maybe after so many years, he really can only sleep peacefully without any defenses today.

Song Zhengrong finally heard the obvious meaning of chasing guests in Cheng Ye's words.So, he had no choice but to say: "You...you, take care of your wounds." Then he turned and left from the ward.

The soles of the leather shoes rattled in the quiet, unoccupied corridor. Song Zhengrong, who usually walked quickly, unexpectedly slowed down and paced slowly.

He knew that after the topic was dismissed by Cheng Ye just now, no one would bring it up again in the future, just like the last sentence Cheng Ye asked him before leaving: "How can I cooperate with criminals if I have no power or power?"

Cheng Ye must also know that Song Zhengrong did not tell them everything.

Each of them has their own reservations.

——How can a mayfly shake a big tree?

More than 3000 days and evenings,

Countless sleepless days and nights,

What's more, it also spanned several mountains and oceans during the period,

But they recognized each other in the crowd just by their eyes.

Even without words, you can communicate with each other.

Song Zhengrong stamped his feet and looked back at them who seemed to be lying side by side in the ward, knowing that there would be no more decisive relationship in this world, so he turned and left immediately.

This time he walked firmly and never looked back.

***

You stretched out your hands to me at the narrow gate,

My flesh rejoices,

Souls are inspired by your leading;

Like a deer yearning for a murmuring brook,

Wash away the dirt from your body,

Willing to pray, willing to be godly,

the mercy and love of the Lord;

And

your salvation.