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The parallel black lines are perfectly straight and parallel, and the radiation will distort people's perception of lines and shapes; this phenomenon was originally used to study the human eye's judgment on illusions, and was tried to judge prisoners by the end of the 19th century.Erroneous judgments and perceptions based on empiricism or inappropriate reference are known as the Hering illusion.

—— "Popular Science China"

Xia Bingyang returned to the police station and went upstairs to the office of the review team. The note-taking expert Lao Wu had been waiting for him in the office for a long time.

"You're back, where are your things?"

Ren Erdong greeted him, took a roll of materials in his hand, turned around and put it in front of the old policeman: "Old Wu, take a quick look."

"Young man, panic."

Old Wu put on his reading glasses in an unruffled manner, and began to compare the handwriting on several documents under the desk lamp.

Xia Bingyang poured himself a glass of water, drank the water all the way, walked to Lao Wu and sat down, a strand of bangs was wet with sweat and hung down the corner of his eyes, making his black ink eyes reveal a bit of moist murderous look, watching Looking at Old Wu, he asked, "How is it?"

"Young man, don't worry."

Before Old Wu's long accent was finished, Lou Yue patted Xia Bingyang on the shoulder and walked towards the window.

Xia Bingyang followed with a water glass, leaning sideways on the window sill: "Li Zhiming hasn't come back yet?"

"The person has been found and is walking back from the police station."

After Lou Yue finished speaking, she folded her arms and looked at Xia Bingyang and asked, "Tell us first, what is going on here?"

Ren Erdong came over and stood beside Lou Yue, also wanting to hear Xia Bingyang's explanation.

Xia Bingyang took a sip of water, said indifferently and calmly, "I suspect the murderer is Xu Hui."

Ren Erdong raised his eyebrows in surprise, and asked a stupid question: "Whose murderer?"

Lou Yue felt that his words were a bit stupid, so she glanced at him and said, "Who else is there, Hong Xin or Yuan Xiangxiang."

Ren Erdong reached out and tapped Xia Bingyang's shoulder: "Who did he kill?"

Xia Bingyang didn't say a word, just looked at Lou Yue, Lou Yue and him looked at each other for a moment, then slowly said: "Both Hong Xin and Yuan Xiangxiang were murdered by him?"

Xia Bingyang nodded: "It's just a suspicion at the moment."

Lou Yue was stunned for a moment, her face became hesitant, and she rarely became calm.

Ren Erdong suddenly felt a headache. He knelt on his forehead and thought for a while, but still couldn't figure it out, so he asked, "Why did Xu Hui get involved again? Isn't he a witness who witnessed Gong Haiqiang's car accident?"

Xia Bingyang took out the cigarette case and took out a cigarette in his mouth: "Speaking of the point, I still suspect that the person who killed Lei Honggen six years ago was not Gong Haiqiang, but Xu Hui, or not only Gong Haiqiang, but also Xu Hui." Hui."

Ren Erdong was stunned for a moment: "You|fuck... start your conspiracy theory!"

Old Wu Weng said in a low voice, "Young man, hold your breath."

Xia Bingyang shouted at the old policeman: "Hey, let's keep our voice down." After speaking, he stretched out his hand and stretched out to Ren Erdong: "Fire."

Ren Erdong not only took out the lighter, but also helped him light the cigarette, but with a slight shaking of his wrist, the flame flickered several times before he lit the cigarette.

Lou Yue quickly calmed down, lowered her head slightly and gently rubbed her left temple, and said in a deep thought: "What Bing Yang said actually makes sense. If you think about it carefully, Xu Hui was indeed involved in both the murder case and the car accident. If it is all explained by coincidence, it may not be too coincidental."

She looked at Xia Bingyang and said the last sentence.

Xia Bingyang nodded, and said: "Let's reorganize from the beginning of the murder case and the car accident; on April 12, 4, Hong Xin's body was found in the old bridge hole of Provincial Highway 17, and the time of death was April 718. At that time, the police suspected The target and the focus of the investigation are Peng Mao. Peng Mao said that Hong Xin got out of the car at 4 o'clock, but he had no evidence to prove that Hong Xin really got out of the car, so the police did not believe him. But now we found Evidence proves that Hong Xin was still alive at 15:5, got into Meng Xiang's taxi, and got off at about 5:30 10 minutes later, which shows that Hong Xin was still alive at 5:40 and was killed at After 5:40, a car accident occurred on Provincial Highway 5 at around 40:6. The perpetrator Gong Haiqiang, the victim Lei Honggen, and the witness Xu Hui. Xu Hui happened to witness the car accident between Gong Haiqiang's truck and Lei Honggen while on patrol. And the pursuit of Gong Haiqiang when Gong Haiqiang was escaping caused Gong Haiqiang to die in a car accident, these are Xu Hui's confessions back then."

Ren Erdong: "What's the problem?"

Xia Bingyang said: "The problem is that Xu Hui is lying. He said that Lei Honggen was hit on the one-way street in the north, but in fact Lei Honggen was hit on the one-way street in the south. Just because he is lying, I have reason to suspect that he is lying The motive must not be pure."

Lou Yue then asked again: "How do you know Xu Hui is lying?"

"I have evidence, but I can't show it to you now. You will see it later."

Lou Yue and Ren Erdong looked at each other suspiciously.

Ren Erdong doubted: "Why are you always acting like a ghost recently? You didn't explain clearly how you found Cao Wu last time."

Xia Bingyang pulled his lips and smiled: "Anyway, I use formal investigative methods, which are in line with the supervision of the procuratorate. I must have the evidence. Let's bypass the evidence now and listen to me to continue."

Lou Yue nodded: "Say."

Xia Bingyang knocked the ashtray on the window sill, and then said: "Xu Hui is lying, Lei Honggen actually had a car accident on the south one-way street, but he said that Lei Honggen had a car accident on the north one-way street. I just found evidence to prove six A few years ago, Gong Haiqiang turned around and returned to the city for some reason. He diverted from the south one-way street to the north one-way street. The one-way street where Gong Haiqiang and Lei Honggen had a car accident was the south one-way street. Also, since Xu Hui was able to witness Gong Haiqiang and Lei Honggen A car accident occurred, and Gong Haiqiang was immediately pursued when he escaped. It shows that Xu Hui, Gong Haiqiang and Lei Honggen were on the same one-way street, and Xu Hui also said in his statement that Gong Haiqiang drove past him, just a dozen meters in front of his car. There was a car accident, is that a problem?"

Ren Erdong said: "Even if it proves that Gong Haiqiang and Lei Honggen had a car accident on the south one-way street, and Xu Hui was also driving on the south one-way street when the accident happened, what can that explain?"

Xia Bingyang looked at him calmly and sharply: "You have overlooked a problem."

Ren Erdong trembled inexplicably: "What's the problem?"

Lou Yue gasped silently, hugged her arms tightly, and said in a deep tone: "Xu Hui's patrol route was from east to west, driving on the one-way street in the north, why did he appear on the one-way street in the south from west to east?" ?”

Ren Erdong was stunned and froze.

Xia Bingyang looked at Lou Yue and nodded appreciatively, and said: "That's right, Xu Hui's patrol route at that time was to return to the police station and drive on the north one-way street from east to west. He had no reason to deviate from the established patrol route. Driving on the southern one-way street from west to east. But he did it."

As he spoke, Xia Bingyang raised his hand to press Ren Erdong's shoulder, with a few cold stars hidden in his dark eyes, and said, "That is to say, Xu Hui deviated from the established patrol route and turned around. Why did he turn around and drive back?"

That's right, Xu Hui turned around. For some reason, he must have turned around like Gong Haiqiang...

Lou Yue suddenly raised her eyes and stared at Xia Bingyang: "Go back... Go back to the east, and the old bridge hole is to the east!" She frowned and said, "But we have evidence to prove that Hong Xin's death was related to Xu Hui ?"

Xia Bingyang smiled slightly and said, "Did you forget the driving recorder in Meng Xiang's car?"

Lou Yue said: "I haven't seen the contents of the recorder yet."

Xia Bingyang said: "I have seen it, and I found a light in the rearview mirror of Meng Xiang's taxi, a faint light made of blue and red. At first I couldn't figure out what this light was, until now I Only then did I understand."

He raised his hand and knocked on the window lightly, looking down at the rows of police cars parked in the police station compound: "That's the light of police lights."

To be precise, it was the lights of the patrol car.

Lou Yue also looked down from the window: "Are you sure there is this light?"

Xia Bingyang's voice was very soft, but very firm: "I'm sure."

Ren Erdong connected the scattered clues in their mouths: "You mean, when Hong Xin got off Meng Xiang's car, there was a police car following them, and it was Xu Hui's patrol car?"

Xia Bingyang looked back at him: "Section 718, at around 5:40, I have already checked, and the person patrolling at that time was Xu Hui."

Ren Erdong pinched his brows hard and frowned tightly: "After Hong Xin got out of Meng Xiang's car, did he get into Xu Hui's police car?"

Lou Yue: "Otherwise, how do you explain Hong Xin's disappearance at Section 718 without reason?"

"But... But just the light in the rearview mirror of the taxi can't prove that Xu Hui killed Hong Xin." Ren Erdong suddenly caught a loophole, looked at Xia Bingyang and said anxiously: " Also, Hong Xin's fatal wound was on the right side of the neck, while Yuan Xiangxiang's and Ran Jie's fatal wounds were on the left side of the neck. The murderer's modus operandi is inconsistent. Don't you also suspect that the murderer who killed Yuan Xiangxiang committed a copycat crime? You can't Repeat the mistakes of Bureau Min, because I found some clues, I determined Xu Hui as the murderer in my heart, and all the evidence I found later was to convict Xu Hui."

Lou Yue also said: "Yes, Bingyang, this is inconsistent with your previous speculation."

Xia Bingyang only looked at Ren Erdong deeply, and said: "Do you still remember the last time we went to Xu Hui's house and saw a few pictures of him hanging on the wall in the living room? There is also a picture of him in the window .”

Ren Erdong recalled and said: "You mean the photo when he participated in the cultural performance? Remember, he was writing calligraphy at that time, and his colleague took the photo with the help of him."

Xia Bingyang nodded: "I remember very clearly that in that photo, he wrote calligraphy with his left hand. But when we first went to his company to find him, I saw him writing on the whiteboard with a pen His hand is right handed. Later he served us coffee in the office and poured us tea at home, all with his left hand. I noticed at that time that his left hand was raised very low, as if he didn’t use any strength The hand that a person uses unintentionally is his dominant hand. Xu Hui's dominant hand was his left hand six years ago, but now his dominant hand is his right hand, and he tries to pretend in front of us that his dominant hand is still his left hand .”

Xia Bingyang's eyes became darker and colder: "Why did he pretend that he is left-handed? What is the reason? Could it be that he has a ghost in his heart?"

Ren Erdong rubbed his hands vigorously, and a layer of cold sweat gradually gushed out of his palms: "He...he wants to confuse us? He knew that we would find Yuan Xiangxiang's body sooner or later, and Hong Xin and Yuan Xiangxiang's deadly wounds were in different directions. He wanted to use This, to clear yourself of suspicion?"

Xia Bingyang was noncommittal, and said: "Now back to the rainy day when Hong Xin was killed six years ago, why did Xu Hui appear behind Hong Xin by such a coincidence? And why did he witness Gong Haiqiang hitting Lei Honggen to death by such a coincidence? And all these coincidences happened The reason is that Xu Hui deviated from the established patrol route and turned around. He lied that the driveway where Gong Haiqiang killed Lei Honggen was a one-way street in the north. In fact, he was hiding the fact that he turned around. We have been confused by Xu Hui's confession for too long. Said that he witnessed Gong Haiqiang hitting and killing Lei Honggen with his own eyes, and then escaped, so he chased Gong Haiqiang by car, which accidentally caused Gong Haiqiang's death."

Xia Bingyang's gaze quickly scanned Lou Yue and Ren Erdong, then turned to the night outside the window, and suddenly drifted away, saying: "Luan Yunfeng always said that there was a second car at the scene of the car accident, now I believe her, I believe that there is a second car at the scene of the car accident car, that car is the police car driven by Xu Hui, and Lei Honggen died in the accident caused by Xu Hui's police car and Gong Haiqiang's truck." His voice suddenly sank, as cold as a gust of cold wind in deep winter: "Perhaps Gong Haiqiang was not the perpetrator at all, but an eyewitness. He witnessed Xu Hui leaving the patrol route and turning around, and witnessed a car accident in Xu Hui's police car, so he was not escaping by driving, but running for his life—but Xu Hui cannot allow witnesses to escape, because his car accident on the one-way street in the south proves that he made a U-turn, but he cannot explain the reason for his U-turn, because there is a dead body hidden in his police car—”

Xia Bingyang turned around suddenly, with a cold gleam in his calm eyes, he stared at Lou Yue and Ren Erdong and said, "Xu Hui turned around to dispose of Hong Xin's body, but on the way he had a car accident with Gong Haiqiang and killed Lei Honggen." But he can't be involved in a traffic accident, because there is still a dead body in his car, once the accident happens, the body will be exposed. So he wants to kill Gong Haiqiang, and then hide Hong Xin's body in the old bridge hole according to the original plan, Push all the responsibility for the accident on Gong Haiqiang."

Ren Erdong: "...This is outrageous, you seem to be telling a story."

Xia Bingyang said coldly: "On April 4th, Hong Xin disappeared at 15:5, and at around 40:6, a car accident happened. Two days later, Hong Xin's body was found. On the same day, on the same road section, the difference between before and after A homicide case and a car accident occurred one after another in half an hour, both of which involved Xu Hui. Hong Xin’s wound was on the right side of the neck, Xu Hui was left-handed six years ago, and Yuan Xiangxiang’s wound was on the left side of the neck. Xu Hui is right-handed now. Before Hong Xin died, the taxi recorder captured the headlights of Xu Hui’s patrol car. Before Yuan Xiangxiang died, he was looking for a house. Xu Hui happened to be a real estate agent, and the broken place in Tongzilou on Bafang Street was his Site, is this all a fucking coincidence?!"

The window clanged and was blown open by the evening wind, as if drawing an end to their argument, the atmosphere in the room was frozen and silent, and the air was still.

Xia Bingyang closed the window, looked up at the dim yellow moon in the night sky like an inconspicuous smoke ring.A small meteor streaked across the night sky, like a river in the sky, the river flowed quietly, Hong Xin, Yuan Xiangxiang, and Ran Jie, their faces were lying peacefully on the bottom of the river, their bodies were like sinking At the bottom of the river, like a series of river lanterns, it flows from the other side of the night to the other side of the night with the river water, as if there is no end.

Old Wu's old voice rang out again: "Young man, come and have a look."

Xia Bingyang walked over quickly: "How is it?"

Old Wu said: "Listen to the process or the conclusion?"

"in conclusion."

Old Wu found out a confession signed by Xu Hui six years ago and put it aside, saying: "This is written by the left hand." He also found a contract signed by Xu Hui a month ago and put it on the other side, saying: " This is written on the right hand." After speaking, he looked up at Xia Bingyang: "Can I get off work? My little granddaughter is celebrating her birthday today."

Xia Bingyang hung up the inside line and found someone to take Old Wu home.

As soon as Old Wu left, Li Zhiming came back.

Li Zhiming stood at the door profusely with sweat, holding black-rimmed glasses in his hands, still looked at Xia Bingyang dully and said: "Team leader, the car has been towed back."

Ren Erdong asked, "What car?"

Li Zhiming said: "Six years ago, Xu Hui drove that police car."

Ren Erdong: "Damn... Where did you get the old antique?"

"In 12, a group of patrol cars were just eliminated, and the replaced ones were parked in the traffic bureau and have not been processed."

Ren Erdong raised his middle finger at Xia Bingyang: "You are awesome, you are awesome."

Xia Bingyang packed up a confession record and several contracts, rolled them up in his hand, and said to Ren Erdong: "You and Li Zhiming take the investigation team down to check that police car, and don't let go of any corners." Stop and wave your hand: "Sister Lou, follow me."

Lou Yue followed him to the office area of ​​the technical team downstairs, Xia Bingyang went directly to Lang Xixi's desk, put the documents on her desk, leaned against the desk and waited for Lang Xixi to hang up the phone before asking: "Did you find Xu Hui? "

Lang Xixi hung up the phone and began to operate the computer. He was so busy that he didn't even have time to look at Xia Bingyang: "Not yet, he left the company at two o'clock in the afternoon, and then went to the mall, bought a bunch of flowers, and then It disappeared from the road surveillance, and it didn’t show up on Jian’an South Road until after five o’clock in the evening, and drove south.”

Xia Bingyang's heart sank: "He left the city?"

"Yes, but the camera has not captured him. I am checking the surrounding high-speed video to see if I can find him."

Lou Yue handed him a walkie-talkie and said, "The action team is ready."

Xia Bingyang took it, and said to Lang Xixi: "I'm leading someone to chase south from Jian'an Road, and when I find Xu Hui, let me know in time."

"clear."

Xia Bingyang used the walkie-talkie to talk to the action team on standby downstairs, and just as he walked to the door of the technical team, Lang Xixi called him.

"Team Xia."

Xia Bingyang looked back at her: "Huh?"

Lang Xixi pursed her lips and hesitated for a moment, then said, "I found something just now, I don't know if it has anything to do with this case."

"You said."

Lang Xixi said: "Xu Hui has a girlfriend who has been dating for six years. The two broke up in March 11. Later, his girlfriend got engaged to a businessman named Robin. But just the day before their wedding , Xu Hui's girlfriend suddenly disappeared, and there is no news so far."

"Missing time?"

"January 11, 7."

Lou Yue completed the team downstairs and urged Xia Bingyang to leave quickly through the walkie-talkie.

Xia Bingyang responded, and turned around to tell Lang Xixi, "Send his girlfriend's information to my phone."

"Ok."

Xia Bingyang walked downstairs quickly while putting on his coat, walked out of the police office building and was blown by the evening wind, suddenly remembered that today is July 7st.

Four police cars parked in the police station compound in an orderly manner, and the plainclothes criminal policemen lined up in front of the front of the police cars, ready to go.

Lou Yue shouted at him: "Quick!"

Xia Bingyang temporarily put away his doubts, walked over and stood in front of the criminal police and briefly described the target of arrest tonight, and then said: "Check the equipment and weapons."

The detectives said one after another: "No problem."

Xia Bingyang waved his hand forward, and walked towards a police car parked in the front: "Let's go!"

On the way out of the city, Lou Yue drove.Xia Bingyang sat in the co-pilot, looked at the road conditions at night and said to the walkie-talkie: "Xiao Wu, you go ahead and open the way, turn on the lights, the cars behind will spread out, don't squeeze into the same lane!"

Xia Bingyang put down the walkie-talkie and took out the cell phone, and opened a document that Lang Xixi had sent him.

Xu Hui's first love girlfriend is Xue Yumeng. The two started dating from high school until they graduated from university. Xue Yumeng broke up with Xu Hui not long after he joined the patrol team.In March of the same year, Xue Yumeng and Robin got engaged and disappeared in mid-July.So far no news.

A girl in her 20s has been missing for six years, and the probability of her survival is so low that it is almost non-existent.

Xia Bingyang couldn't help assuming that Xue Yumeng was dead, but she disappeared the night before her wedding. It cannot be ruled out that her disappearance was related to a sexual relationship.Among them, the most suspected person is Xu Hui. Judging from the data, Xue Yumeng's love history is very simple. He has been in love with Xu Hui for seven years but failed. Two months after breaking up with Xu Hui, he got engaged to Robin under the auspices of his family. , her predecessor is only one Xu Hui, does that mean that her disappearance is related to Xu Hui?

The appearance of Xue Yumeng straightened out a line of thought that Xia Bingyang had always been puzzled by. He suspected that Xu Hui was a serial killer. Judging from the clues he had so far, the No. 1 deceased under Xu Hui was Hong Xin, and the No. 2 deceased was Yuan Xiangxiang, his method of killing Hong Xin was very mature. It can be said that he pierced Hong Xin's neck without leaving any body fluid or skin tissue on Hong Xin's body. Hong Xin immediately chose a place to dump the body. These behaviors are not in line with the way a killer commits crimes for the first time. Xu Hui's killing methods are very organized and systematic, and have obviously been upgraded.Xia Bingyang suspects that Hong Xin is not the No. 1 wronged soul who died under Xu Hui's hands. Thinking further, since it is not Hong Xin?Who is that?

More importantly, Xue Yumeng disappeared on July 11, 7, exactly seven years ago today, Xu Hui happened to leave the city at noon today, where would Xu Hui go?Where is the missing Xue Yumeng?

Xia Bingyang was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't notice that his phone rang, it was Lou Yue who reminded him.

He took out his mobile phone and connected without even looking at it. He subconsciously thought it was Lang Xixi or Ren Erdong: "What's the matter?"

Ji Zheng said: "It's me."

Xia Bingyang's thoughts stuck in the chaos suddenly became clearer, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Brother Ji Zheng."

Ji Zheng heard the sharp police siren in the background of the phone, and hurriedly asked: "What happened to you?"

Xia Bingyang said: "It's okay, the suspect has been identified and is on the way to arrest."

"Who?"

"Xu Hui."

This is within Ji Zheng's expectation, but also seems to be unexpected.Ji Zheng turned on the light in the car, and saw the empty parking lot inside the community through the light in the car, and asked, "Is he related to Hong Xin's death?"

"Not only Hong Xin, but also Yuan Xiangxiang." Xia Bingyang paused, and said in a deep voice, "And Xue Yumeng."

In the last sentence, he seemed to be talking to himself, but Ji Zheng heard it and asked, "Are you talking about Xu Hui's girlfriend?"

Xia Bingyang was startled: "How do you know?"

Ji Zheng said: "I have been following him since I came back from the provincial road. He went to the flower shop to buy a bunch of flowers at four o'clock in the noon. I asked the owner of the flower shop, and the owner of the flower shop said that he would buy a bunch of flowers every year today. Said it was an anniversary with his girlfriend. The owner of the flower shop knew him very well and knew the girl's name, so she called him Xue Yumeng."

"Anniversary?"

Xia Bingyang silently repeated these three words, and suddenly felt a chill running down his spine, and his whole body was covered with gloom.

Ji Zheng noticed it, and asked softly: "What's wrong?"

Xia Bingyang regained his composure before saying, "Xue Yumeng disappeared in 11, and the time of his disappearance was July 7st, which is today."

Ji Zheng also noticed the meaning of it, he was speechless for a while, and then slowly said: "He said that July 7st is the anniversary of him and his girlfriend, what kind of anniversary will it be?"

Xia Bingyang said: "I don't know, but I have a feeling that as long as I find Xu Hui tonight, I can find the missing Xue Yumeng."

Ji Zheng asked: "Do you have any clues?"

"No, Xu Hui left the city. I only found out that he went south along Jian'an South Road. I don't know his whereabouts afterwards."

Ji Zheng pondered for a moment, and when he was about to speak, his face sank suddenly. He quickly turned off the lights in the car, and saw a man come out of the unit building by the streetlights on the side of the corridor in front of the community, and got into a car parked by the side of the corridor. Gray Santana.

Ji Zheng watched the gray Santana drive out of the gate of the community along the corridor, smiled slightly in the dark jeep, and said, "I know where he is going."

"how do you know?"

Ji Zheng drove out of the community, saw the gray Santana hiding in the traffic flow tens of meters ahead, and said: "Xu Hui just went out, and I was following him. It is also the direction out of the city. If he has been going to the same place for the past seven years The place celebrated the anniversary with Xue Yumeng, as long as I follow him now, you will be able to find him six years later."