Xu Yan was lying on the bed, his eyes closed and he wanted to rest, but he couldn't sleep.

His mind was full of mixed thoughts, one moment he thought of Zhu Youxiang's mystery and didn't know what her origin was, and then he thought of the thrilling scene last night, the hideous faces of several gangsters, and the cold feeling of the sharp dagger on his face...... All kinds of thoughts came one after another, Xu Yan's mind turned over and over, his whole body was shivering, and he couldn't sleep at all.

In the end, he simply got up, stood in front of the window and opened the curtains: the sky was indeed already bright, the sky of the east wind had appeared white, and there were already walking morning exercise crowds on the community road downstairs.

"It's dawn!"

Xu Yan remembered that although it was Sunday today, he had one elective class that was in the first or second class this morning.

The name of this elective course is also unusual, it is called "Appreciation and Analysis of Science Fiction Literature", and the reason why Xu Yan chose this course is purely to mix credits, and he has never been to a class before - I heard that the teacher who teaches this course never names people in class, and he never arrests people in the final exam, as long as he chooses this course, he will get two credits safely.

On Sundays in the past, Xu Yan slept peacefully until noon, regardless of what kind of science fiction literature and children's literature it was. But last night suddenly experienced such a thing, Xu Yan was very insecure, and wanted to find a place with a lot of people to stay - okay, then just go to class!

After making up his mind, Xu Yan washed up, put on his clothes and went out.

The morning sun is rising, the air is fresh, bathed in the warm morning light, strolling on the road of the community, Xu Yan only felt that his mood was suddenly brightened, and his spirit was also lifted. He walked briskly, greeting his neighbors politely along the way:

"Aunt Zhang, it's early, are you going to buy groceries?"

"Uncle Li, it's morning, go to the park to boxing again?"

"Xinxin, where are you going so early? Oh, my brother is going to class to study, do you want Xinxin to go with you-hehe, Aunt Li, do you want to take Xinxin to cram school?"

The surrounding residents are all old residents, and everyone knows Xu Yan, a humble and polite college student tenant, and they don't have a bad impression of him, and they also greet him. Xu Yan walked all the way to the gate of the community, but at this time, he suddenly became nervous: at the entrance of the community, there were several policemen wearing big hats, talking to the property security guards on duty.

These policemen are completely different from the policemen who usually come to check the household registration and mediate the quarrels between husband and wife, they are tall and tall, tall, sharp-eyed, very strict, and they all carry pistols around their waists. Several policemen were asking the security guards very strictly, and they were also taking out their notebooks to write down something.

Seeing the policeman with the gun on his shoulder, Xu Yan immediately felt weak, and he was so panicked that he could barely move. Fortunately, he was still a little sensible, knowing that he must not show his flaws at this time, so he quickly calmed himself. Like an ordinary curious crowd, he stopped and looked at the policemen twice, then walked past them as if nothing had happened, and was about to exit the gate when one of the policemen stopped him: "Hey, you, stop." ”

At that moment, Xu Yan really almost wet his pants!

His legs were weak, but he still turned around with a strong composure, and said expressionlessly, "Officer, are you looking for me?"

The officer looked at him and smiled, "Hey, you're Xu...... I still recognize you, but you don't recognize me?"

As he spoke, he took off the hat on his head, and Xu Yan recognized that this policeman was the young police officer Liu Piyun who he met in the police station yesterday.

"It turned out to be Officer Liu, I'm sorry, you were wearing a hat just now, I didn't recognize it. Well, you're calling me something?"

Xu Yan scolded in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face:

Liu Biyun smiled heartily: "It's nothing, it's just that I saw an acquaintance and said hello to you." You're from Shudu University, right, how do you live here?"

"It turned out that it was just a hello! Your sister almost scared Lao Tzu to death!" Xu Yan scolded secretly in his heart, but there was a smile on his face: "Officer Liu, there are six people in one room in the dormitory of the school, and there are people squeezed to death, so I can't stand it and move out to live - this, it's not illegal, right?"

"Hehe, what kind of law is committed, we police don't care about this. ”

Liu Piyun used his hat as a fan and shook the fan, he asked with a smile: "Xu Yan, you kid came out to live, I'm afraid it's not just because the dormitory is narrow, right? Honestly explain to the government, how many pure and beautiful girls have you brought back here?"

"Hehe, officer, look at what you said, I'm not that person...... Officer Liu, come here so early, do you have any important tasks, can you tell us about them?"

Xu Yan pretended to be very nervous, and he lowered his voice: "Officer, you have so many people here, could it be that there is a wanted criminal hiding in our community for murder? ”

"Don't think about it, where are there so many wanted criminals, it's nothing-by the way, do you live here?

Xu Yan's heart jumped, and he said casually: "I live in Room 403 of Building 7, what's wrong?"

"Oh, No. 403 in Building Seven...... Did you hear any strange movements and sounds when you slept at home last night?"

"Strange movements and noises, officer, last night, the couple next door to me had a big quarrel, is this considered movement?"

"Not about that. Liu Biyun shook his head impatiently, and said, "I'm asking if you have heard some strange sounds - such as the sound of heavy equipment such as helicopters or cranes. ”

Xu Yan shook his head: "No-how can we have a helicopter flying here?"

"Well, have you ever heard someone fighting, screaming or something, or something special?"

Xu Yan pretended to groan for a while, shook his head and said, "I didn't hear anything. Officer, what's wrong?"

Liu Biyun shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it shouldn't have much to do with your community." Okay, you're holding the book, you're going to class, right? I'm not going to delay you, you're busy. ”

"Hey, Officer Liu, then I'll go first~I'll see you later~"

Xu Yan waved his hand, said goodbye to Liu Biyun and walked towards the door of the community. He noticed that several policemen were looking at him consciously or unconsciously, and with these few words, the clothes behind him were completely soaked, but he still had to pretend to be calm, and walked calmly under the gaze of the policemen, and those few steps were really difficult.

At this time, our classmate Xu Yan had not yet realized the fact that his fear of the police was actually completely unnecessary. Because last night, it was Zhu Youxiang who killed people, and it was Zhu Youxiang who threw the body downstairs, Zhu Youxiang and Xu Yan did not have any personal affiliation, and they couldn't talk about instructing at all. During the whole process, Xu Yan didn't do anything, he lost too much blood due to his injury, and the only thing he did was to lie on the ground and hum - strictly speaking, Xu Yan was not even a convict or an accomplice.

Therefore, everyone understands that from a legal point of view, Xu Yan is completely innocent. If you have to charge him, the only reliable charge is the crime of knowingly not reporting or harboring the murderer. If Xu Yan reported Zhu Youxiang to the police, then he would even wash away this charge, and he would really be innocent.

But it's a pity that our Xu Gongzi didn't denounce - or to be more accurate, the word "denunciation" is not within Xu Yan's thinking at all, and our teenagers have simple and simple moral standards.

"Xuan Yun killed someone to save me, how could I betray her?"

Xu Yan, who grew up under the words and deeds of his parents, has had such an opinion since he was a child: Traitors are shameful. Betraying one's companion to save oneself is an act that breaks the moral bottom line, and if it is one's own life-saving benefactor who is betrayed, it is simply intolerable -- even if this kind of thing is in accordance with the law. In Xu Yan's view, revenge is not only an unforgivable despicable act, but also the most shameful crime in the world.

That's often what happens in the world: law is one thing, morality is another. In Xu Yan's view, since Zhu Youxiang is his companion and she killed someone to save herself, then herself, as a beneficiary, also bears the same heavy responsibility for all her actions, and if she tries to shirk this responsibility, it is immoral in the pure concept of life of a young man. ――Unconsciously, Xu Yan had tied himself to Zhu Youxiang in his heart. Even, Xu Yan is ready for the worst: even if the matter is revealed in the end, Xu Yan would rather go to prison than betray Zhu Youxiang.

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Several policemen watched Xu Yan's back disappear at the door, and another police officer with a two-bar and two-star epaulette asked Liu Piyun: "Liu Zi, what's wrong? This student, what's the situation?"

Liu Biyun shook his head: "It's nothing, I met an acquaintance who lives here, just ask a few questions." Liang Da, after walking through this community, do you want to go to the other community and ask? I also know the security captain over there. ”

"Well, let's go ask before the security guards changed last night, maybe they can hear something. ”

Deputy Captain Liang Ke of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Sub-bureau closed the notebook in his hand and said "thank you" to the security guard on duty at the door, and he politely said to Liu Biyun: "Liu Zi, this trip is hard for you." I've heard that you just worked a full-day shift yesterday, so today you should have a rotational break, right? ”

"Hehe, Liang Da, you are polite, if you want to talk about trouble, it should be us who are troublesome to you. ”

Liu Biyun led the way in front, and said as he walked: "I received a call at five o'clock last night, saying that a body was found in the parking lot of Fengyuan Community. I was stunned for a minute. I've been in the prison for so many years, and I've never seen such a big murder case, and to be honest, I'm really thankful that your criminal investigator is willing to come down and take over this case. By the way, Liang Da, you have investigated the scene, have you found anything?"

It stands to reason that this kind of serious case, non-handlers are not allowed to listen to the case, but Liu Piyun is in a special situation, he is not only the criminal police in the office, but also the first batch of police to the scene, clear about the scene of the situation, there is no point in hiding it from him, so Captain Liang has no taboos, he said: "Over there at the scene, forensic medicine and technology are still exploring, and the specific conclusions have not yet come out." However, I also went to the parking lot just now to take a cursory look, hey, it's strange. These people looked like they had fallen from a high altitude and died in the air, but their bodies were at least 50 meters away from the nearest tall building! Hehe, this is really strange, Liu Zi, what do you think?"

"When we sent the police to wait for you to come, we also took a rough look at the scene and saw the appearance of the corpse. It also feels like falling from a high altitude and falling to death. But that location doesn't make sense - the parking lot is on the left of the road, on the right is the green belt of the community, and in front of it is the motorcycle parking area of the community. The closest to it is the No. 5 residential building in the Fengyuan community, which is more than 50 meters away from the corpse...... If you want to say that you will die by falling, unless you are right there, but that is too far away, right? Can you fall 50 meters from a five-story building?"

Team Liang shook his head: "It can't be there." Building 5 of Fengyuan Community is only 5 stories high, only 20 meters high, and it can't fall like that at all. Liu Zi, I have seen a few scenes of suicide by jumping off buildings, and I can be regarded as experienced: those guys fell into such a miserable appearance, at least it was a high-rise building of more than ten floors to jump down to have such an impact, but nearby, how can there be a high-rise building with more than ten floors?"

"Team Liang, is it possible that the parking lot where the deceased is located is not the first scene of death? They fell to their deaths somewhere else and were thrown here?"

"This is a matter of special technology. But in my impression, the parking lot should be the first scene. Look at the potholes and fragments on the concrete floor of the parking lot, the Toyota car that was smashed through, and the Buick, the impact force was so exaggerated, it was as if it was hit by a shell, and the whole thing was broken in two.

There is also the damage to the corpse, the range of blood splattering, not more than ten stories high, it is impossible to cause such much damage, and it is impossible to fake the scene to do this--uh, and ah, the surrounding residents also said that they did hear a few loud noises around two or three o'clock last night, but they didn't come out to see. If you want me to see, these guys probably fell from a helicopter, so I asked Liu Zi to help me ask if anyone heard a strange noise. ”

Liu Piyun smiled: "Falling off the helicopter? Liang Da, your imagination ...... Hehe, this is in our China, not the New York of US imperialism, helicopters are flying all over the sky. ”

Liang Da was not annoyed, he smiled and said, "Other than this, I really can't think of any possibility." Having said that, the sub-bureau may not be able to handle the case of five lives, so we will help block the scene or something, such a big case, it is difficult for the city bureau to take it. ”

Before he could finish speaking, the phone in his pocket was ringing. Captain Liang said sorry, walked away and answered the phone for a few minutes, and when he came back, his face had become solemn, and he laughed at himself: "My mouth is really a crow's mouth, what should I say." Liu Zi, this case, the city bureau will definitely take over, maybe it will alarm the department or even the department. ”

"Ah, Team Liang, what's wrong?"

"The investigation at the scene over there found a pistol on the body of a deceased person -- this is a trouble, and the city bureau must have a task force. ”

Several policemen present were all the same, and Huaxia strictly banned guns among the people, so they attached special importance to gun-related cases. This murder case is related to five lives, and it is already a case that has to be reported to the ministry, and coupled with the factor of involving guns, it is the ironclad supervision of the provincial department, and it is even necessary for the ministry to supervise and handle it.

Such a big case happened in their own jurisdiction, and several police officers felt the pressure, and everyone was in no mood to laugh. After walking through the two neighborhoods, the police hurried to the parking lot.