crime shadow [criminal investigation]

"How could such a big man be lost? Maybe he went out to visit relatives and friends by himself."

In the monitoring room of the community in spring, the property manager wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and looked at the criminal policemen with timid eyes. Then he thought, what does it have to do with the fact that the owner disappeared?The tone couldn't help but be a bit stiff: "We don't have the key to the owner's house. Isn't it breaking into the house to check it? Let's check the surveillance first."

There are three entrances and exits in "In the Spring". Jiang Bei and Yang Chao stood in front of the screen and adjusted all the monitoring for the past five days, including the one in the elevator room.Cheng Qiong went out five days ago and never came back.

Yang Chao smoked a few cigarettes in a row, secretly blaming himself for not contacting Cheng Qiong in time.

"Oh, it's all my fault!" Cheng Qiong's neighbor stomped on the side, "I should have called the police that night, looking for some property."

The person in charge of the property: "..."

There was a rush of footsteps outside the door. Jiang Nan just got out of the car and rushed to the monitoring room. Before he could catch his breath, he pushed away the two people who were blocking the screen, and slid his fingers on the mouse.

He looked at Jiang Bei: "Auntie Cheng wore this dress the day she came to see me."

On the screen, Cheng Qiong was wearing an old washed plain coat, looking at the mirror in the elevator room and straightening the broken hair around her ears.

For the first time, Jiang Bei saw a panicked look on Jiang Nan's face, and the knuckles of the hand holding the mouse turned white.Jiang Bei comforted him in a low voice, matched the time with him, and confirmed that Cheng Qiong went to see Jiangnan after going out.

The neighbor's face was pale, and he stared at Jiangnan's face without moving his eyes, as if he had bumped into a ghost in broad daylight.She recognized this face, but Cheng Qiong's son was dead, maybe he was reincarnated, so who is this person?

The neighbor tremblingly stretched out his hand, poked Jiang Nan's arm, and asked uncertainly: "You are Xiaoye? No wonder Cheng Niang said a few days ago that she was going to see 'Aye', I thought she was confused."

Jiang Nan's voice trembled: "She is seeing me."

Through the knitted jacket, Jiangnan felt the scorching temperature from his back. It was a hand comforting him, and his mind inexplicably calmed down.

Jiang Bei said: "The last time you saw Aunt Cheng was at the gate of our community. Lin An has already gone to check. The surveillance shows that she took a taxi and left after seeing you. The driver's information is still being checked, and there will be a report soon news."

"I was just thinking," Jiang Nan lowered his eyes halfway, "She said she was going to see Cheng Ye, would she go to Yong'an Cemetery?"

Cheng Qiong didn't go to the hotel where she worked in the past few days. The hotel thought she quit and didn't care.But no matter where she went, she disappeared for five days, and all communication was cut off. The experienced criminal policeman knew in his heart that it was probably more ominous than good.

Cheng Qiong lived alone and didn't want to trouble others. Yang Chao gave her a private phone number and she rarely contacted her. The only thing she cared about was Jiangnan who was banned from seeing her.

The atmosphere in the monitoring room was stalemate, the smell of nicotine filled the room, and the neighbors couldn't hold back, walking back and forth, which became more and more annoying.

Cheng Qiong has a docile temperament, almost no jealousy, and lives a simple life. He goes straight home after get off work, has no spare time activities, and has never made any enemies.She is a woman and has no money. If she is kidnapped, what is the other party planning?

Jiang Bei thought through all the possibilities. Cheng Qiong asked Yang Chao to fetch things a few days ago and met Jiangnan again, not to mention someone who couldn't think about doing something stupid.

Where did she go?

Just as he was thinking about it, Lin An called, and the hearts of all the people present rose to their throats.

"Brother Jiang, the taxi driver said that he drove a woman to Yong'an Cemetery a few days ago. There were few people going to the cemetery. The driver remembered it very clearly. He was sure that he left after sending the guests to the destination!"

Yong'an Cemetery is located on the outskirts of the city. Cheng Qiong personally picked this place, saying that the air is good and sunny, and Cheng Ye likes it.

The off-road vehicle rushed to the gate of Yong'an Cemetery, and Lin An had just arrived. He saw that Jiang Bei and Yang Chao did not say hello, but glanced at Jiangnan.

Speaking of Jiangnan being half of Cheng Qiong's family, a few days ago Lin An was drinking too much and talking nonsense, scolding Jiangnan for being heartless, he didn't even go to see Cheng Qiong, who cares about her?I'm afraid no one will know what happened.

Unexpectedly, the word became a ki.

Lin An bit the tip of her tongue and said, "Aunt Cheng didn't leave after seeing Jiangnan that day. She sat on the side of the road for a long time. At noon, she bought buns to cushion her stomach. The owner of the bun shop saw her. She sat there until after four o'clock in the afternoon. , look..." Lin An paused, but what he should say was to say, "Look at Jiangnan going to class by car before leaving."

Jiang Nan knew that it was useless to be anxious, but he was extremely calm and knocked on the door of the security booth.The man guarding the cemetery was an old man who was dozing off. His snoring could be heard five meters away, and Jiang Nan woke up suddenly with a cry.

The management of the cemetery is loose. The uncle listens to the music except for taking a nap every day. He doesn’t know what to ask. Besides, there are only big stone tablets in it except for the urn. The thief won’t come to this place to steal things from the dead even if his head is kicked by a donkey. .

"Female? Over 50 years old? No impression." The uncle shook his head, his loose skin shaking, "Surveillance? I can't get that thing, you wait, I'll go find Xiao Liu, he will."

Jiang Bei was smoking a cigarette, observing Jiangnan from the corner of his eye. Jiangnan didn't smoke, and would only sleep when he was troubled. There was no bed at the moment. He stood in place like a wooden stake, looking at the rows of dark tombs on the mountainside.

Jiang Bei flicked off a piece of cigarette ash, feeling irritable. Cheng Qiong had been missing for five days, and it was almost impossible to find her in the cemetery. He just wanted a clue.

He said to Lin An: "Did Aunt Cheng return to the community in the end?"

She misses Jiangnan so much, what if she returns to the community to guard Jiangnan after going to the cemetery?

"No," Lin An extinguished the cigarette in the fine sand on top of the trash can, "Hey! If I knew it, I wouldn't be a crow mouth!"

Jiang Bei didn't take what he said when he was drunk: "The most important thing now is to find out where Aunt Cheng disappeared. Yang Chao, have you missed calls from strangers in the past few days? If you are kidnapped, you have to call for ransom, Aunt Cheng Not stupid, if the kidnapper asks her phone number, she should report it to you."

Yang Chao's hand gripping the phone was dripping with cold sweat, and he said in a low voice, "I'm afraid it's not."

"Keep your phone on."

While talking, the uncle came back, followed by a young man who was the person in charge of the cemetery.

Jiang Bei showed him the ID, and the person in charge cooperated very much. He sat on the chair and called up the surveillance at the door: "It was from [-]pm to [-]pm five days ago, right? Fortunately, you came in time, and the surveillance video should be automatically deleted two days later. gone."

In mid-October, there were few grave-sweepers, and no one came in the evening. Cheng Qiong's thin figure appeared in the camera at a glance. She was in a hurry, walking fast on her inflexible legs.

"We close at seven o'clock, and there will be patrols after that. If there is no one left, the garden will be closed. I'll take a look at the back."

The person in charge played the video at double speed, and the video was very clear. In the evening, a total of two people entered the cemetery, one Cheng Qiong and one gray-haired old man walked tremblingly holding a white flower.Before seven o'clock, the two came out one after the other.

It is not easy to take a taxi near the cemetery, but there are buses back to the city, which run every four to 10 minutes, and another surveillance camera happened to capture the bus stop.

The old man was holding a cane, as if he was about to fall to the ground in a second, and his body was bent so that he couldn't see his face clearly.With a good heart, Cheng Qiong helped the old man to sit on the iron chair and chatted for a while until the bus came, and they got on the car back to the city together.

Jiang Bei said, "Go to the bus company and check who is on shift that day."

There were only a few buses on the outskirts of Kaicheng. Seeing that Cheng Qiong was taking the bus, it seemed that there was a glimmer of hope. If you look for it, you may find someone.

"Wait," Jiang Nan was too tall to see the person in the surveillance video clearly with a cat on his back. He pointed with his finger and said, "This old man may be the last person to see Aunt Cheng. He brought flowers. I want to pay homage to the deceased, if I can find the person he paid homage to, can I contact the family members of the old man and ask about the situation?"

The person in charge of the cemetery patted the table: "Yes! At that time, all the cemeteries were bought and registered. I will take you in to have a look."

The four men divided into two groups, Lin An and Yang Chao went to check the bus company, and Jiang Jiang followed the person in charge into the cemetery.

The weather was gloomy, and rows of tombstones stood under the dark clouds, creating a sense of solemnity for no reason.Before the Chinese New Year, there were not many people sweeping the tomb, and many monuments were empty, and the sacrifices would be taken away by the staff every once in a while.

The person in charge took the two of them to look for him in a row. Jiang Nan was weak and unable to take care of himself anymore, his legs seemed to be unable to use his strength, and he fell far behind, dragging his steps slowly.

Jiang Bei walked over and asked, "You don't want to see Cheng Ye?"

"How could it be?" Jiang Nan shook Jiang Bei's wrist, "That's my own brother, and I haven't even seen him before."

His expression clearly shows that he doesn't want to see him.

Jiang Bei asked: "Why don't you wait for me at the foot of the mountain?"

"Forget it," Jiang Jiang said, "I'll go and see him, maybe he'll give me a dream at night and tell me who killed him? I'm still so young, I don't want to be a suspect all the time. Where is he buried?"

Jiang Bei saw his small movements of licking the tips of his teeth, and Jiang Bei was really afraid that he would come to dig the grave in the middle of the night.

It is not easy for a pair of brothers to have such a relationship.

The two followed the person in charge.

Ever since Jiang Bei listened to Jiang Nan's analysis of his mental journey last time, he wished to strip Jiang Nan clean, wanted to know all his thoughts, wanted to see his most instinctive reaction, just like today, he looked panicked like Jiang Bei didn't I've seen it, it seems that this kind of him is the real him.

"You seem to...have never regarded Cheng Ye as an older brother, why?"

Jiang Nan paused, with a little hesitation in his eyes, the vigor came up again, and he grabbed Jiang Bei's shoulder: "Want to know? Deputy Jiang Detachment, you can't be a white wolf with empty hands, you can see that You have become more and more curious about me recently, but I only answer my lover's questions, you have changed my contact note from 'little lover' to 'little bastard', and you still want to get some words from me. beautiful."

"..." Jiang Bei touched the tip of his nose.

The last time Jiang Nan didn't reply to messages for a long time, Jiang Bei changed the note. When Jiang Nan's phone broke and played with his phone, "Little Bastard" surfaced.

Jiang Nan let him go: "I'll talk to Lin An some other day, let him call me 'dear' in the future, don't you like to learn from him to swear?"

Jiang Bei was speechless, he really was a little bastard.

After Jiang Nan finished flirting, he lifted his legs and left.

It was very time-consuming to find several rows of tombstones. They didn't reach the seventh row until it was dark.Jiang Nan's claim that he didn't remember where Cheng Ye was buried was a lie. Cheng Ye slept in the middle of the seventh row.

The person in charge was rushing to get off work, so he couldn't help speeding up his pace, and rushed ahead, his eyes were like radium rays, scanning quickly.

He turned around and shouted at the two of them: "Here! There are flowers in front of this stele! Let's clean it up once a week and keep it."

The person in charge pointed at the stele, and was glad to be able to get off work just now. When he saw the photos of the deceased on the stele, he was almost scared out of his wits. Isn’t this the fucking young man?Fraud?It's getting dark, could it be that I've seen a ghost?

He read the materialism theory silently, turned around and wanted to run, Jiang Nan patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, it's just twins."

"Oh," the person in charge was out of his wits, "Look, I... my mother told me to go home for dinner, so I'm leaving first."

There were only a few lights in the cemetery, which could not illuminate the path of reincarnation of the dead. Jiang Bei stood in the dim light, not in a hurry to check the white flowers in front of Cheng Ye's stele, and wanted to wait for Jiangnan to pay homage.

Jiang Nan didn't take it seriously, he didn't respect the dead person at all, he just picked up the white chrysanthemum flower that was beaten on the ground, and said: "The old man took the white chrysanthemum flower, but Aunt Cheng came here empty-handed, so who is this flower?" Sent?"

The two of them checked the surveillance several times before to make sure that Cheng Qiong did not buy sacrifices at the gate of the cemetery.Originally, he wanted to use the flowers in the old man's hand to find his family members and ask about his situation, but he never thought that Hua would appear in front of Cheng Ye's tombstone, and he circled around and entered a dead end.

Jiang Bei asked suspiciously: "The old man was confused and sent the wrong delivery? Do you really have nothing to say to Cheng Ye?"

"What are you talking about?" Jiang Nan put the flowers back, "'Thank you for leaving me a mess'? What if he stands beside my bed in the middle of the night? I'm not afraid, I can't scare you."