Zhao Cui took over a task, he lit a cigarette, and worked hard to dispel the constant sleepiness. At four o'clock in the morning, at the most exhausting moment, it is not so easy to maintain a high level of desire to explore. The case in front of him, but the homicide that just happened, a bartender was hit by a teenager and broke his skull, not died on the spot, the bartender struggled in the ICU ward for more than an hour before losing his life. Zhao Cui is not the first time he has come into contact with homicide cases, but one case after another for decades, and those who died have only become the last black and white words he filed. The sudden feeling caught him off guard, but fortunately, this surging feeling freed him from his heavy sleep.

When I walked into the case handling area, it was five o'clock in the morning. Four police officers were printing documents in front of the computer, and A4 sheets of paper jumped out of the printer with various drawings. Zhao Cui grabbed a few of them and looked at them, and all kinds of evidence on them were portrayed in a unique procedure.

Flip to the front, and there is all the information about the suspect. Of course, the suspect's name is Nian Hao. A child who was abandoned in a welfare home has not had any bad behavior for more than ten years, but quietly follows the life that should not belong to him. Unblemished, clean and straightforward, not even a single reason to be suspicious. Zhao Cui asked himself like this, he remembered the scene when he was handling the case that day, and he happened to meet Nian Hao and Yao Luoxuan, and heard a lot of words next to them. As a veteran detective, quietly eavesdropping on other people's words is a necessary skill.

Zhao Cui thought about it for a while, and felt that there seemed to be nothing to doubt in Nian Hao's words with Yao Luoxuan. The only thing that surprised him was that Nian Hao actually kissed Yao Luoxuan. kissed without warning, and Yao Luoxuan, as a married woman, did not resist at all, which surprised him. He is not a gossip about the style of the police force. I felt that something was wrong, but what was it? I put the information back in my hand and flipped through other things. Some of the materials needed for the final trial are almost unproblematic. But Zhao Cui still felt a faint trace of unease.

The criminal police have a high degree of perceptual ability, especially the old criminal policeman like Zhao Cui, who has a higher ability to distinguish things around him than ordinary people. He put down the information in his hand, and the first thing he had to think about was not how to perfect the case, but what needed to be something like a key to enter the core area of the case. It's just that the reality shows everything, Nian Hao clashed with four bartenders in a bar, slightly injured two people, seriously injured one, and killed one person. This is the reality, and all the evidence collected is firmly fixed in the case and cannot be refuted. But what is there to connect with? How could he think of other clues to contact? What made Zhao Cui even more puzzled was what was the purpose of the direction he wanted to contact? This is not known at all, as long as he maintains the desire to explore, even if there is no clear purpose, it can create a different ending--- this is Zhao Cui's comfort to himself.

Yao Luoxuan was already waiting at the door of the police station at four o'clock, and she also brought a girl with her, Sun Qian. The two of them sat quietly like this. It stands to reason that Yao Luoxuan belongs to the public security officers, and if she does not touch the secret, the staff of the police station will always arrange for her to be in a warm room. But today, the head of the police station ordered the people below to ignore her. So, the two of them sat silently on the iron seats in the hall.

Zhao Cui asked the main leader of the police station, Li Suo, some questions. also learned about Yao Luoxuan's situation. Li Suo asked, "How do you get this girl Xiaoyao?" Zhao Cui said calmly: "If she is willing to wait, just wait, just ignore her like this." Li asked, "What if she asks for it?" Zhao Cui shook his head and replied, "No, she didn't ask for it!"

At night, the people who were present when Nian Hao beat people were already at the police station, and some people were seriously injured, so they had already made a record of these people and carefully considered them for a long time. But Yao Luoxuan, who was present, did not arrange for her to make any confession. This is not to favor Yao Luoxuan, but Zhao Cui got the order from above, so that Yao Luoxuan has nothing to do with this matter. This kind of order clearly protects Yao Luoxuan.

Intuition surrounds Yao Luoxuan, which is no longer an ordinary protection as a colleague, but from the military. Zhao Cui can't get around this speculation, but this guess is very terrifying. Zhao Cui refilled himself with a cigarette, walked to the window, and looked at his figure, the two-bar three-star epaulettes were perfectly reflected on the glass in a different way. A first-class police superintendent, this police officer has been hanging on him for nearly ten years. Zhao Cui was already the captain of the criminal police team ten years ago, and according to normal logic, he was only one step away from the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, but he never took this step. He can achieve the position of captain, and the resources he has are not something that ordinary people can have, but these resources are precisely what he can't master. Zhao Cui is forty-nine years old, and in another year, he can retire first, but he is still very dissatisfied. Of course, this dissatisfaction is not an unsatisfactory position in which he is located. There was no perfect sentence to describe my mood before, until I overheard what Nian Hao said to Yao Luoxuan: Although it is none of our business, we should know who we should lean towards, but once we don't even want to know ourselves, justice will never come. These are Nian Hao's exact words.

A male policeman handed an envelope to Cho Cui. When Zhao Cui received it, he nodded, and asked the little policeman to go downstairs to get some coffee and snacks for the brothers who were working overtime. The little policeman agreed, but he suddenly asked: "Team Zhao, why are you still personally involved in such a clear homicide?" Zhao Cui pinched the envelope, sighed, and found a reason for himself, "Lead by example." With that, Zhao Cui patted the little policeman on the shoulder.

The envelope handed to Zhao Cui was ordinary, yellow kraft paper, without any words on it, just the seal was glued up. This letter is unusual, and Zhao Cui has been waiting for this letter for a long time. As for why this little policeman came to hand him this letter, it was that only this little policeman could open up channels with the person he wanted to communicate.

Zhao Cui didn't open the envelope, he took this thing, walked past the policemen who were handling the case, and walked out of the office. After passing through the three key cards, we came to the hall. The auxiliary police officer on duty in the hall was sitting in the corner, and the sign with the word "Visitor Registration" was erected on the table in front of him. As soon as the auxiliary police saw Zhao Cui coming, he immediately stood up. Zhao Cui waved his hand and said, "Go to the office, I asked someone to order coffee and food, go eat something, and close the door here." When the auxiliary police heard this, they consciously left their posts and closed the two doors next to them.

After the auxiliary police walked out, Zhao Cui moved a propaganda sign in the corner of the hall to the other side, and this angle just blocked the monitoring of the hall. Seeing such an action, Yao Luoxuan, who had been watching all this silently in the hall, spoke at this time: "Finally willing to see me?"

"I can't help it. Zhao Cui walked over and handed the envelope to Yao Luoxuan.

Regardless of whether Yao Luoxuan accepted it or not, Zhao Cui stuffed the envelope into Yao Luoxuan's hand.

"Perhaps, here's the answer you need. ”

Yao Luoxuan pinched the envelope, turned it slightly, and glanced at the stitches, which seemed to have no traces of opening. But Yao Luoxuan casually handed it to Sun Qian next to him, Sun Qian was stunned for a moment and accepted the envelope.

"Talk?"

"You're going to let people go, aren't you? ”

Yao Luoxuan nodded noncommittally.

"Then you're going to give me what I need to know. ”

"Why do you have to stare at me?"

"You have to figure this out, it seems that you broke into this puzzle. ”

"You treat the case as a puzzle?"

"Do you think so?"

Yao Luoxuan shook his head. "No, it's not a puzzle, it's just an endless abyss. You know, getting information from me is a big deal. Besides, why should I give you information? ”

"Don't you want Nian Hao to come out?"

"He's fighting back in self-defense!"

"Who knows?"

Speaking of this, Zhao Cui's eyes shone brightly. This is a threat, Yao Luoxuan looked at it calmly. Sun Qian was scared, and she involuntarily grabbed Yao Luoxuan's arm.

"If you do, it's going to be seamless. Despite his unwillingness, Yao Luoxuan still said so.

"I'm here to ask you why you kept this boy. ”

"I can't even guess the answer myself, can you believe it?" said Yao Luoxuan. Indeed, she couldn't understand this answer herself, but there were vague reasons in her heart, and it was unknown whether these reasons should be with her or whether she was resisting. It seems that some kind of tendency that has been studied before is like inertia and cannot be controlled.

"Won't you open the envelope and take a look?" Mr. Zhao said.

"No need. ”

"That's not good. ”

Yao Luoxuan smiled lightly, turned his head to the side, turned his gaze to Sun Qian, and then stared at Zhao Cui. "Now that you're sure, I don't need to touch your thunder. ”

"That's not good. ”

After Zhao Cui said this, he walked to the chair on the other side of the hall and sat down in front of the two of them.

"I ask you a question. Yao Luoxuan said.

"What's the matter?"

"You think this boy is pulling you, too?"

Zhao Cui showed a confused expression. "Probably not, but to get to the bottom of things, it's going to take two of us. Speaking of this, he glanced at Sun Qian next to him and made sure that these words could be said in front of this little girl. "It's supposed all three of us to find out. ”

After saying this, Zhao Cui shrugged his shoulders and added: "It should be said that we should cooperate to find the truth." ”

"Then can we believe you?" said Sun Qian, who had been silent.

Since Sun Qian raised such a question, there was no need for Yao Luoxuan to interrupt her. Zhao Cui waited for a moment for Yao Luoxuan's meaning, sighed and said, "Follow me!"

Then Zhao Cui stood up, and the door on the side of the hall, the auxiliary police inside opened the door. Zhao Cui said, "Let's go, take a look with me." ”

Yao Luoxuan nodded at Sun Qian, signaling agreement. As soon as the two of them stood up, Yao Luoxuan said in Sun Qian's ear, "Hide the letter." Sun Qian raised her head and folded the letter in front of Yao Luoxuan. There seemed to be something thick in the letter, but fortunately, there was no hindrance. After the fold became smaller, Sun Qian tucked it into one pocket of the jeans.

Zhao Cui led the two of them through the three access curfews and walked to the deputy director's office. There was no one else in the office, and it was neatly arranged, with a large desk with a computer LCD in the middle, a leather sofa that looked like a second-hand item in front of the desk, and a wooden stool leaning against the desk. Large bookcases are placed next to them, and various yellow file bags are placed in them.

Zhao Cui walked to the table, clicked a few times with the mouse on the desktop, opened the computer software, and then he flipped the monitor one hundred and eighty degrees, and motioned for the two to sit down. Yao Luoxuan led Sun Qian and the two sat on the leather sofa.

The monitor is the monitoring of the inquiry room. At the end are desks and chairs where computers are placed, as well as two uniformed police officers. Opposite them was Nian Hao, who was sitting in the interrogation chair, and Nian Hao's hands were restricted. There is no sound, only pictures, and the content of the pictures is easy to understand, just a simple inquiry. There is no other special look.

"This is a monitoring replay, did you find a problem?" asked Zhao Cui.

When Yao Luoxuan heard this, he observed it carefully, but did not find a problem.

"Shadow!" Sun Qian suddenly called out, "Nian Hao's shadow is out of sync with him!"

The picture was stopped by Zhao Cui, he clicked on one part of the picture, agreed with Sun Qian's words, he said: "Yes, you see his right hand, it is obviously held, but the shadow still stretches out his palm, and after a second and two, the shadow returns to its proper appearance." ”

"That's the connection you are talking about?" Yao Luoxuan said.

Zhao Cui nodded and prompted: "The picture I showed you yesterday afternoon, when the guy was the woman falling, the shadow's right hand was also clenched into a fist for a long time before it regained synchronization. ”

"Is this real?"

"That's what it is. ”

"What if it wasn't intended?"

Zhao Cui had a smile on his face.

"Is this a supernatural event?" asked Sun Qian.

"The little girl has watched too much TV. Haven't you seen something different about Nian Hao. Zhao Cui mentioned this point.

Sun Qian nodded involuntarily, indeed, it is impossible for a normal person to pinch and burst the pillars in the corridor.

"So, I said we should work together. ”

"What answer do you want to find?" Mr. Yao said.

"Don't you need an answer?" Zhao Cui asked rhetorically.

"We need different answers. Yao Luoxuan said.

"Okay, then we're going to cooperate. ”

Yao Luoxuan frowned, indeed, she agreed, but she still turned to Sun Qian and asked what Sun Qian meant.

Sun Qian lowered her head and was silent for a while before she said, "Whatever you want, I'll try my best to cooperate." ”

The three of them talked for a long time in the office and did not leave the office until six o'clock in the morning. The letter has never been opened, and it has always been in Sun Qian's pocket. When he walked out of the office, Zhao Cui got what he should know, although it was only scratching the surface, he was also very happy. He trotted to the case handling area, and one by one the instructions were issued, and the faces of those poor case-handling policemen were distorted, obviously helpless about Zhao Cui's instructions, but there was no way, who made him the head, so he had to do this.

And after Sun Qian and Yao Luoxuan walked out of the police station, they were in a lost mood. Because she knew that Nian Hao's kiss on Yao Luoxuan might be a kind of jealousy, or envy, but it was more of a loss, and it was impossible to know why she was lost.

"I'll take you home. Yao Luoxuan said.

"Thank you. Sun Qian didn't refuse, she needed someone to explain the answer to leaving in the middle of the night for her. It's six o'clock, and it's time for the family to find out that they've left.

Knowing Sun Qian's depressed mood, Yao Luoxuan shook his head and said, "I'm a thirty-four-year-old woman, and I'm still married. Speaking of this, Yao Luoxuan suddenly found that all this was not real, it was like nothingness.

Maybe it was such a comfort, Sun Qian smiled slightly, and her pale face suddenly became a little bloodshot.