Same crime

Just when Li Wen was at a loss in the face of numerous and complicated case clues, and was struggling with no evidence to verify his ideas, the Lixia District Bureau received a report from the masses.

According to the reporter, this afternoon, an old man who scavenged waste was rummaging through garbage at a garbage spot in the vegetable market near Liuyuan Community. He found a large bag of frozen products in black plastic bags, and he pressed them with his fingers. It was still air-conditioned, and it felt like frozen meat. He thought it was the butchers in the vegetable market who had thrown away the useless bones and offal, because there were often such things in the past. He didn't think too much about it, so he opened it and looked at it. See if there is anything he can pick up, even if he doesn't eat it himself, he can still feed the stray cats and dogs.But as soon as he unwrapped the knot of the plastic bag, he was frightened. What he saw in front of him was a thick human thigh. The thigh was frozen solid, and there was even a layer of frost on it.Immediately, the old man fainted, and several young street vendors in the vicinity knew him, and when they saw that something was wrong, they also stepped forward to check. After being frightened, they quickly called the police.

When the call came, Li Wen happened to put together the problems found in the files of the several injury cases that happened a few years ago, and went through it again. He didn't ask Qin Zhengzheng and Li Hongbing, the participants in the original case, but simply Without saying a word, he looked at the A4 paper that he remembered those densely packed words.Biting his lips with his teeth should be his habitual action when thinking. He didn't even take a puff of the cigarette he was holding. He was frowning and thinking, and he didn't even have time to pay attention to Qin Zhengzheng who was sitting next to him, who was a little nervous.Because of the restlessness around him and the sensitivity of his profession, he finally pulled out of his thoughts and asked casually, "What's wrong?"

Li Hongbing quickly put on clothes, then explained and ordered: "That's right, the vegetable market not far from the Liuyuan community found a dismembered corpse, we are going to the scene. Zhengzheng, you wait in the office with your captain." I'll be back, or else, you go back to the hotel first and wait for my call." He said, rushing out in a hurry.

The store outside Liuyuan Community is a well-known local food street in Suijiang. In order to facilitate the daily life of the nearby people and the purchase of merchants, the Lixia District Government has built a large non-open-air vegetable market nearby. This vegetable market has two floors. The first floor is for seafood, and the second floor is for vegetables, meat and eggs.The price of vegetables here is very cheap, and many elderly people will come here to buy vegetables across districts. The impact was extremely bad, and Li Hongbing felt the urgency of time.

As soon as Li Wen heard that it was a corpse case, an impulse surged in his body, which made him feel extra excited.He took a step forward and grabbed Li Hongbing, and said, "Wait, Captain Li, I'll go take a look with you." After speaking, he looked at Li Hongbing, the captain of the criminal police who was much older than him, with piercing eyes. At this time, the sideburns were already gray, and there were heavy Sichuan lines between the eyebrows, always showing bitterness and hatred on his face.Those who work in their type of police basically have such an image. They have been suppressed by serious and important cases all the year round, and they are under tremendous physical and psychological pressure.On the contrary, there are very few people like Li Wen who are foolish and don't seem to care about anything.

"This..." Li Hongbing hesitated for a moment, but then he thought that he had worked in this position for more than 20 years, and he had seen many cases, large and small, but corpse mutilation cases were still rare.Li Wen was excited. He thought that maybe his colleagues in the provincial and urban bureau could provide him with some ideas and help, so he nodded in agreement.

Li Wen put away the papers that recorded things, and Qin Zhengzheng, who was full of worries, went to the scene with Li Hongbing and the others.

How could Qin Zhengzheng think that after a few months of leaving the Lixia branch, he would be able to go to the police with his former colleagues again. This inexplicable sense of familiarity and intimacy made him feel as if nothing had happened during the missing months. Same thing.

Li Ying was driving the car, Li Hongbing was sitting in the co-pilot, and Qin Zhengzheng and Li Wen were sitting in the back.When Qin Zhengzheng returned to his former unit, he followed Li Wen on the case before he even had time to exchange greetings with his old colleagues. Now that he was finally free, he listened to Li Ying's questions. Love, so kind.

When their mighty convoy arrived at the scene of the crime, colleagues from the nearby police station had sealed off the scene.In order not to damage the scene, the dismembered corpses were still packed in black plastic bags and piled up in the trash can. A few terrified onlookers were called aside by colleagues at the police station to take notes. to a nearby hospital.

The trace inspection and the forensic doctor entered the scene with them and worked separately. Both Qin Zhengzheng and Li Wen belonged to other units, so it was not easy to participate too much, so the two of them stood outside the cordon and watched.

The surrounding onlookers were discussing something, chaotically, Li Wen put his hands in his pockets, his eyes were fixed on the body parts removed from the bag, he ignored the noise of the environment, and asked He said something unrelated to this: "Zhengzheng, you and that Gong Yuechao..." He paused, and then said: "What is the relationship?"

Qin Zhengzheng was stunned for a moment, he thought he heard it wrong, he looked at Li Wen, Li Wen also looked at him, and asked the question again, Qin Zhengzheng realized that he heard it right, he stabilized his mind and told himself Don't panic, just smiled awkwardly and asked your leader: "What's the relationship?"

"Ha..." Li Wen also smiled, and that smile was a tacit sarcasm, "Sometimes I wonder what kind of relationship of free will makes you so desperate, little informer." He He glanced at Qin Zhengzheng contemptuously, and then turned his gaze back to the corpse. He was not afraid of the cold corpse. He had a relaxed expression on his face, as if he had an answer in his heart, and said to himself : "As far as I know, Gong Yuechao was originally a Chinese teacher at Suijiang No. [-] High School before entering. You graduated from that school. When you were at the Lixia Branch, you participated in the investigation of a case related to Gong Yuechao. Not long after Gong Yuechao was released from prison, he left Suijiang and came to Zhangzhou. As for you, you also passed the selection test and transferred your relationship to the Zhangzhou City Bureau. After that, someone spoke to you through the deputy director, asking me to take care of you. Well, it happened to be Shi Mucheng, the boss of Mucheng Group, the company where Gong Yuechao works. Later, in the case of the murder of the 'little skinny man', you also revealed to him the secret that we were going to the airport to ask him to come back to investigate... Tsk tsk tsk , Zhengzheng, you said that this is a trap, do you want to take the initiative to explain it, or do you want me to expose you?" Li Wen looked at Qin Zhengzheng playfully.

Qin Zhengzheng's face suddenly turned pale, and he stood in the cold wind, looking at the bloody scene, all the sounds around him seemed to disappear, only Li Wen's words hit his eardrum with certainty Go up and tear off his disguise little by little.How could he have thought that such a thoughtful leader would check him out? Could it be that he really suspected that Gong Yuechao was responsible for those serial injury cases?But as a gust of north wind blew past, Qin Zhengzheng suddenly calmed down again. It is clear that only Chen Yusheng and he knew who was the instigator of the several injury cases. Although Zhang Mingfeng exerted pressure secretly many times during the investigation , but the police still have no evidence to prove that Gong Yuechao did it, and it is still an unsolved case, so that means that if he and Chen Yusheng don't talk about it, Li Wen has no way of knowing.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhengzheng calmed down, and said to Li Wen: "Captain Li, he and I are just friends, you're overthinking it."

The smile on the corner of Li Wen's mouth grew wider, as if he had already guessed Qin Zhengzheng's thoughts, he stopped talking and continued to watch the Suijiang police busy investigating and collecting evidence at the scene.

When they took the team back to work, Suijiang, which had been gloomy for a long time, began to snow.

Sitting in the car, Li Wen began to discuss the case with Li Hongbing, who was sitting in the co-pilot.

According to Li Hongbing, the victim was male and his whole body was divided into several pieces. Because he was in a frozen state, no autopsy could be performed at the scene, so it was impossible to determine the specific cause of death.There were actually four layers of bags on the outside of the body parts. They found a lot of condensed red oil stains on the outside of the innermost bag, and it was also contaminated on the second and third layers of plastic bags. Because of this, the intersection of garbage points was ruled out. contamination, they prepared to take it back for testing.The vendors around said that there are a lot of people who come to the garbage spot to pile up garbage every day, and the garbage removal truck has to clear it three times a day in the morning, noon and evening, but for some reason, it only came once in the morning today.When the police asked if they found out who threw the black garbage bag, only one person recalled that it seemed to be a small box of goods, but because there were many people who came to this vegetable market to buy goods, many of them even drove this kind of garbage bag. car, so it is difficult to tell who threw the garbage bag.

After Li Wen listened, he didn't express any opinion. He just said to Li Hongbing: "Then Li team, you should go to work first. I want to go to the Suijiang City Bureau and Lixia District Court to look at the case files tomorrow. Please contact me."

Li Hongbing nodded, and made a phone call. The Lixia District Court said that he could go now, and it happened to be on the way back to the branch office. After Li Wen and Qin Zhengzheng got off the car, the police car they were riding in sped away.

Li Wen walked into the gate of the court with his hands in his pockets, and Qin Zhengzheng was behind him in charge of displaying his documents and letters of introduction. By the time the bailiff at the gate slowly checked them in and let him in, Li Wen had already wandered into the court building.

Qin Zhengzheng was sensitively aware of what Li Wen, who was not interested in going to the court to review the papers, suddenly wanted to come over to read the papers.However, he probably understood later, he wanted to save time, and wanted to wait for the autopsy and trace examination reports to come out.Qin Zhengzheng couldn't understand why these two things were necessary to connect, or what answer Li Wen wanted to get, but his leader, who played cards irrationally, had a strategizing look on his face.

When we came out of the courthouse, the sky was getting darker. The snow was not light, and a thick layer had accumulated on the road.

It's not far from the Lixia Branch Office. At Li Wen's request, Qin Zhengzheng walked back to the Lixia Branch Office with him.

On the way, Li Wen said to Qin Zhengzheng for no reason: "Some perfect cases just look perfect. If a breakthrough is found, it will not become an unsolved case." Stopped.

Yes, he was referring to the motive of committing the crime. Qin Zhengzheng was also aware of this at the beginning, not to mention how could a shrewd person like Li Wen not think of it?How could it be possible not to discover the mysteries and similarities of those cases.He wanted to say something to defend Gong Yuechao, but he knew that too much talk would lead to mistakes. At this time, the best way to deal with it was to ignore it and pretend that Li Wen was talking to himself.

Back at the Lixia Branch Office, Qin Zhengzheng sent Gong Yuechao a WeChat message after getting into the bathroom under the pretext of going to the toilet. He said, "I think Li Wen may have guessed that you were responsible for the serial wounding case."

After a while, Gong Yuechao finally replied to him, saying, "Don't worry, if you have evidence, let them arrest me. I'm not afraid to stay here for a few more years."

Qin Zhengzheng didn't expect Gong Yuechao to have such an attitude. He wanted to say something, but what was it?The old case after many years has been brought up again, and some of the original evidence has even been lost. It is impossible to justify a person's crime just by relying on some inferences.

After a while, Gong Yuechao said to him again: "You can go on a business trip with peace of mind. When you come home, say hello to your mother for me. Don't worry about me. I'm fine. Remember to delete the chat history, don't cause trouble for yourself, and protect yourself .”

Qin Zhengzheng exited the chat window, and when he pressed delete, he still couldn't bear it, so he went back to look at it for a few more times, and then deleted everything cruelly, but he knew that his impulsiveness and hesitation would really give him peace. Gong Yuechao caused unnecessary trouble.

When he came out of the bathroom, he saw the smiling Li Hongbing head-on. He went into the bathroom, patted Qin Zhengzheng on the shoulder, and told him excitedly, "There is a clue to the case of dismembering the corpse."

Qin Zhengzheng thought so fast, and hurriedly asked what it was.

Standing in front of the urinal, Li Hongbing unbuttoned his trousers and said, "The red oil under the body bag is actually butter hot pot base, and Sichuan hot pot restaurants usually use this kind of ingredients. The autopsy report has to be released later, in order to gain time, we have sent a group of people to search the restaurants near the vegetable market, and the results are expected to be available soon."

As soon as Li Hongbing finished speaking, Qin Zhengzheng's temple seemed to be hit by something, and he couldn't explain why, a picture quickly appeared in his mind - that winter, he finally invited Gong Yuechao to dinner together, After Gong Yuechao got off the car, just as he was about to park the car, he saw Gong Yuechao standing on that street, looking at a hot pot restaurant from afar.Although he couldn't tell the meaning of that look, but he clearly remembered that when he proposed to eat together, Gong Yuechao said firmly to him: "No."——Yes, every detail of his relationship with Gong Yuechao He remembered everything clearly, like one painting after another was engraved in his heart, and he couldn't forget it no matter what.

Qin Zhengzheng subconsciously said to Li Hongbing: "The old Sichuan Jiugongge hot pot in Liuyuan District should be that one." His voice was not loud, but it filled the slightly empty bathroom, and occasionally some water came out from the water pipe. The sound of water, but it doesn't affect anything.

At this moment, after Li Hongbing finished untying his hands, he even stopped pulling his pants chain when he heard Qin Zhengzheng's unreasonable words.He looked at his former conscientious young subordinate, and asked in a daze, "How do you know?"

Qin Zhengzheng didn't know how to explain it for a while, so he avoided the answer in his heart extremely bluntly, and said: "I used to go there for dinner, and there are not many Sichuan hotpot restaurants nearby." This may be a good answer, he told himself so.

Li Hongbing didn't have time to worry about so much, he tidied himself up, held his mobile phone and ran to the office, his voice could still be heard in the corridor: "Quick! Go to the old Sichuan Jiugongge hot pot in Liuyuan District! "