12. Funeral
Xin Pet and Singh attended the funeral of Zheng Lao together, the old criminal policeman who "Rong Ma has a lifetime" has had a lot of vigorous deeds during his lifetime, but the funeral after his death is very simple and plain, and the people who come to mourn are not only family members and former friends, but also old colleagues in the bureau.
Sister Zheng said that this is what Zheng Lao meant, saying that young people are busy with work, so don't notify them, and it is enough for old guys to get together and chat.
Xin Pet nodded and wiped her tears for Sister Zheng, "Sister Zheng, mourn." ”
Singh stood aside without saying a word, and went to the spirit with Xin Pet to offer flowers and bow, and when he was resting, he looked at the portrait of Zheng Lao and said, "This old man can finally sleep well." The last time I went to see him, he also analyzed the recent case with me, and he had to worry about his life for the rest of his life......"
Xin Pet looked back at him, his own self-proclaimed pure master, the old brother who shouted all day long about bleeding and sweating without tears, his eyes were red, and tears were about to fall.
Xin Pet handed the handkerchief over, Singh covered the handkerchief on his face, and there was no movement for a long time, but the small handkerchief gradually became wet.
When Singh finished crying and returned her handkerchief, he asked her, "Why didn't Dr. Ye come? Didn't you say that the old man was there on the day he went? ”
Xin Pet didn't speak, she remembered that day after the doctor announced that Old Man Zheng was gone, Ye Shichao's expression, his heart hurt like a pinprick, that was probably the person who was about to drown, and found that the straw he was holding on to was also broken, and his body and expression gave up struggling, that kind of blankness was really more terrible than despair. After that, Ye Shichao turned around and left, and until today, no one has seen him again.
Xin Pet lowered his head, thinking about what he looked like when he left, he was really a little worried, what would happen to him, and he was also very curious about what Zheng Lao told him when he was dying.
At the end of the funeral, Singh said to Xin Pet: "I want to go back to the team, the case of fire ants is a bit tricky, and I will continue to investigate the victim's social relationship when I go back." Where are you going?
Because both of them were busy, and they knew that they would have to go their own way as soon as the funeral was over, they came by their own cars.
Xin Pet nodded, shook his head again, and asked him, "Did you find anything?"
"The victim is a businessman, he borrowed money from a microfinance company three years ago, but he couldn't pay it back, ran away, and cut off contact with his family for two whole years, and even his wife and wife didn't know where he was in the past two years and how he spent it. Singh talked about the case with a solemn face, "Mr. Zheng suggested that I go to the credit company to check the collection of money, and we found out the collection gang outsourced by the credit company, but that gang is just a gang of people who are not stingy, and they can't ask anything." I asked Daliang to bring people to follow them, find a reason to bring them back, and ask slowly for 24 hours. Singh said as he ripped off his tie and threw it on the passenger seat, got into the car himself, and started the engine, "I won't tell you, I'll go to Daliang to see how the situation is." ”
"Go ahead. Xin Pet didn't delay him any longer, got out of the way, and waved at him, "Pay attention to safety." ”
Bidding farewell to Singh, I originally wanted to go back to the office and stare at the recent property dispute case, but my mind was full of the crime scene of the ghost beauty murder incident that Ye Shichao and he had preserved intact, as well as the overwhelming speculation on the tabloids he collected. Her heartbeat began to speed up again, and for a little money, the case of the brothers breaking their heads instantly became boring, and she really couldn't control her curiosity, so she drove to "have the sound of insects".
When there was a sound of insects, he was told that Ye Shichao was not there, and the male researcher with a young face smiled ambiguously when he looked at her, "Dr. Ye went out to take samples, if Lawyer Xin is not in a hurry, you can go to the doctor's office and wait, if there is an emergency, go to him yourself, it is not troublesome, the doctor is ...... now" He said and glanced at the tablet, and the open screen was a map of S City, which said "Red Fire Ant Distribution Map of S City" The red dot marked with the red fire ant logo is probably the place where the red fire ant usually appears, and the red dot flashing on the picture is probably the location of the mobile phone, "Dr. Ye is here." He pointed to one of the red dots, "Fenyuan Road's Forest Farm." It's not far from that. ”
It was indeed not far, and it was only twenty minutes after driving, Xin Pet parked the car on the side of the road, walked a few steps, and saw a small van with a sign of "insect sound" at the entrance of the forest farm.
There are not many people who come to catch red fire ants, or it can be said to be wonderful, after a little inquiry, I learned where they were, and following the guidance of the security guard, Xin Pet soon saw Ye Shichao, he was wearing a light-colored windproof suit, wrapped from beginning to end impermeable, well-proportioned and fit, followed by Han Meimei, who was also in the same outfit.
Han Meimei was the first to see Xin Pet, pulled down her mask, and greeted her, "Lawyer Xin, are you looking for Dr. Ye? Dr. is here, here!" The voice is as loud and penetrating as ever, and now it is estimated that the people in the entire forest farm know her and Ye Shichao's surnames.
Xin Pet smiled helplessly, walked over there, and walked in only to see Ye Shichao digging the nest of red fire ants, the enraged red fire ants were scurrying around, Ye Shichao put the soil and ants into the bag together, and then squatted down and rummaged in the nest, strangely, he squatted in the encirclement of the angry red fire ants, but the red fire ants didn't seem to dare to attack him, but instead bypassed him and ran around, as magical as a science fiction movie.
"Don't come here. Ye Shichao warned her, "Your clothes are not good, there are gaps everywhere, be careful of being bitten." ”
The voice is very normal, there is no previous mood swings, it seems that the recovery is good, or a person has been used to it for so many years, and the handling of negative emotions has become familiar.
Moreover, he didn't even look back at her, how did he know, her clothes were not good? Xin Pet looked down at the black suit and skirt on his body, pouted, and thought to himself, her legs are thin, straight and white, and she is very domineering in a skirt, why can't she do it? Otherwise, you look back twice?
Thinking so, she felt that she had to come to him at this time, and there was probably a little bit of "showing off her legs".
"Why don't fire ants bite you?" Xin Pet stood outside the circle and asked Ye Shichao.
Ye Shichao was busy catching the queen ant, and without saying anything, Han Meimei ran over, took out a spray from the big bag she carried, and shook it in front of Xin Pet, "2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine, simulating the alarm pheromone of red fire ants, can have the effect of dispersing the fire instrument, Dr. Ye personally prepared it, Lawyer Xin will also spray it." ”
Han Meimei said, leaned down and sprayed some on Xin Pet's shoes, and sure enough, she saw a few red fire ants that had crawled on her shoes and crawled somewhere else.
Xin Pet secretly sighed magically, took two steps forward, Ye Shichao also finished sampling, sealed the sample box, handed it to Han Meimei, then took off the mask, and asked Xin Pet: "What are you doing here?"
Xin Pet actually wanted to ask him why he didn't go to Zheng Lao's funeral today, but he couldn't ask, so he could only talk about him left and right, "Singh said that the victim disappeared for two years in order to avoid debts, and there was a two-year gap in social relations, which was difficult to investigate, but rest assured, he had a way to find out something." ”
Ye Shichao looked at her, his dark eyes were a little cold, "What are you doing with me?" I am in charge of insects and the laboratory, and it is the job of the criminal police to investigate social relations. ”
Oh oh, okay.
Xin Pet pursed his lips and quieted down, a fiery person, he didn't even get angry, and looked for other topics for himself, "Those red fire ants that were copied by you just left it alone, it will hurt people, right?"
"It's time to bring ant killers to the forest owners, and they will spray them themselves, so we don't have to worry about it. Ye Shichao said, he had already come to the minivan, helped Han Meimei load the samples, raised her voice and instructed her: "Bring it back to the laboratory, number it first, and wait for me to go back and process it." ”
"Okay. Han Meimei nodded, and asked again, "Aren't you going back with me?"
Ye Shichao shook his head and pointed at Xin Pet, "I'll take her car back." ”
Xin Pet nodded hurriedly, "Okay, okay, I have good driving skills." ”
Han Meimei looked at Xin Pet, then looked at Ye Shichao and showed a "aunt smile", and nodded, "Doctor, don't rush back, Da Liu Xiaoqin and they didn't come back so soon, there is still time." ”
With that, he smiled and drove away in a minivan.