The top office of the Municipal Police Department.

The top boss of the criminal conglian, Director Wu Lao, and Director Dong stood side by side in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

The old man, who was about to retire, held a teacup without heat in his hand, closed his eyes slightly, and turned a deaf ear to the noise downstairs, as if he was going to sleep.

The entrance of the city bureau has long been surrounded by reporters, and every movement of the police officers entering and leaving the operation has been recorded by the camera.

Dong Hua looked down, his previous question did not get any response, so he had no choice but to raise his voice: "Teacher, you don't have to be sloppy." ”

Yes, it is well known that he came from the provincial capital to represent the highest opinion, but in fact he had to listen to one of the people present.

One day as a teacher and a lifetime as a father, that's probably what it means.

"I closed my eyes, I didn't shoot them."

The old man standing beside him half-opened his eyes, held the cup, and took a symbolic sip.

"I was going to detain someone just now, why didn't you let me do it."

Dong Hua stood with his hands in his hands, bowed his head and asked. It is obviously uncomfortable to let the president of Zhou Rui Pharmaceutical play a prestige in front of him and then leave.

Old Director Wu shook his head: "After so many years, you still like to compare these strengths." ”

"Since Zhourui Pharmaceutical is an accident company, and their person in charge came to the police station to surrender, shouldn't we control the relevant responsible persons?"

"It's a matter of course, but it doesn't mean it should be." Half of Director Wu's head is bald to the point of not having a single hair, so it is a little dazzling in the sun.

"I don't understand."

"The person in charge of the enterprise takes the initiative to admit the problem in front of you, isn't it just waiting for you to do so? On the one hand, he is the person responsible for the accident, but on the other hand, he is also an enthusiastic public and victim enterprise who came to provide clues to solve the case. Such a person was detained by the police on the spot, I'm afraid it's not pretty. ”

Dong Hua frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

"Hurry up, at this time, the drug superintendent's people should also arrive, right? Since Zhou Rui's people like to do news very much, then we can just make a big one. Wu Tianming raised his eyes and looked at the other party: "But before that, let's make room for our grassroots criminal police." ”

……

Inside the jeep cab.

Car radio is still broadcasting the news, and now the main news line has become a sporadic follow-up broadcast, about the analysis of drug experts and family coping strategies.

The criminal servant listened to these messages, but all he thought about was how to complete the control of the nursing home on the premise of ensuring the safety of everyone.

It is very likely that Shen Lian has escaped from being frightened, and of course it is possible that he may choose to stay there.

If she leaves, which main roads should the local police guard, or where is the key to control?

Finally, he turned down the volume of the radio and dialed the police officer of Mangrove Town, which is under the jurisdiction of Huihe Nursing Home.

……

The Laobian Dumpling Restaurant in Mangrove Town, where Huihe Nursing Home is located, is about 25 kilometers away, and it takes 30 minutes to drive according to the navigation software.

But the view is not big, and it is not the rush hour, so the road is unimpeded.

The advantage of having an old police officer by his side is that he knows all the roads in the city, including the township, so he can quickly find the best driving route.

Lao Bian stepped on the accelerator to the end with a serious face, his eyes were resolute, and his face had the unique lines of the criminal police after years of wind and sun.

Lin Chen glanced at the old police officer who was driving, and knew very well that the commotion in the store just now and the follow-up news must have made Lao Bian have something to ask, but he didn't say anything because of his stubborn personality.

The green light in front turned red, the old police officer stepped on the brake hard, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and reached out to touch the dashboard, as if looking for a lighter, Lin Chen took the lighter in his pocket and handed it over.

"You don't smoke, do you?" The old man turned his head and asked.

Lin Chen shook his head and only said, "It's for others." ”

Lao Bian lit his cigarette butt and took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind and said, "Shen Lian didn't lie at that time, right?" ”

The old man's arm was a little shaky, but the hand holding the steering wheel was very steady, and Lin Chen listened to the other party very quietly: "After talking to you, I have been thinking about that girl back then, if I had been a little more patient with her at that time, would nothing have happened after this?" ”

Lin Chen thought for a while, looked at the road ahead, and replied: "There are some things, we have no way of knowing until we complete the arrest of Shen Lian, but there is one thing I am very sure of, speaking of which, this is probably what I have felt the most recently." ”

"What kind of thing?"

"I suddenly found that in this world, kind people always like to rush to take responsibility, while those who are selfish and selfish like to shirk these things, if they can get away without being hurt a little bit, it would be better."

Lin Chen didn't know if what he said could comfort the old policeman beside him who was being condemned by his conscience, he only knew that this might not be a relief, but something that was happening all the time.

……

When Li Nuo received the call from the criminal servant, he was nervous and excited.

He is a police officer in the suburbs of Hongjing, and he usually deals with trivial things such as stealing chickens and touching dogs in the neighborhood and countryside.

When he was first transferred here, he was full of passion and wanted to do something. But in less than half a year, he had already recognized the facts in front of him. Unless he is transferred elsewhere, it is impossible for him to make any meritorious contributions and receive any commendations in his life.

What happened to Hongjing not long ago also reached him, and he was a little worried about his grandfather at home. Grandpa's cardiovascular and cerebrovascular vessels have not been very good, and the medicine he takes seems to be Zhou Rui. According to the news, Grandpa's side is likely to ...... Li Nuo didn't dare to think about it anymore.

As a result, the convict Lian called.

Li Nuo knew who the criminal slave company was.

The captain of the municipal criminal police team, in recent years, he has cracked several major cases in a row, and in each case Li Nuo has found as much information as possible, studied it carefully, and the more he looked, the more he admired.

Then, the idol-like figure told him that the wanted suspect Shen Lian might be in his jurisdiction, and at that moment, Li Nuo had an unreal feeling as if he had been hit by a meteor, knowing that the odds were definitely much lower than winning the five million lottery.

Li Nuo hung up the phone and looked out the window at the farmland, at the old dog basking in the sun on the ridge, and a little further away, at the small hill by the lake.

The terrain is on the high side, the paths are complicated, the foot of the mountain is densely populated, and the higher places are quiet retirement homes. I have the impression that the nursing home is very quiet, and he has also been there during some fire inspections, and it is full of seriously ill elderly people, and the director is a very caring middle-aged woman, and the number of nurses is not large, but everything is tightly organized.

Shen Lian will be there, how is it possible?

The summer afternoon sun is so soft that it casts a golden veil over everything.

Li Nuo was shocked, knowing that all this was not an illusion, but a beautiful scene that actually happened, and because of the beauty, it would inevitably become very fragile.

The young police officer stuffed his phone back into his pocket and silently recited in his heart what the torturer had just arranged.

He picked up the walkie-talkie on the table, straightened his police hat, and rushed out.

……

When the convict connected to Huang Ze's phone, he had just parked his car in the parking lot of the city bureau.

Because of the reporter, there was a backlog of vehicles here, and it took him some time to find a parking space. Huang Ze's voice was as cold as if he could fall off the crushed ice ballast.

"You need to report to the Supervision and Inspection Section of the Municipal Bureau within one hour, and there must be no mistakes."

Hearing this, the Torture Conglian's movements slowed down. He turned off the engine, sat in the quiet car, glanced at the blue and white lights of the parking lot, and said, "Inspector Huang, is there something wrong?" ”

His flirtatious voice seemed to anger Huang Ze, Huang Ze's voice raised a little, and asked, "What mistake did you make, don't you know?" ”

"Making a mistake?" The criminal servant repeated these three words playfully, leaned back in the driver's seat, and said, "I really don't know, why don't you tell me Inspector Huang?" ”

Huang Ze's obvious inhalation sound came from the microphone, followed by a self-adjusting deep breathing voice: "No matter where you are now or what you do, immediately report to the Supervision and Inspection Department of the Municipal Bureau." You have been suspended from your duties, and it will be up to me to supervise you and investigate your actions. ”

"Huh." Xing Conglian laughed lightly twice, and said firmly, "It seems that this time it is aimed at me and not Lin Chen, what kind of complaint did Zhou Rui Pharmaceutical sue to make you so confident to come to Xingshi to ask for guilt." ”

Huang Ze's voice was even colder: "Within an hour, you remembered." ”

"It doesn't take an hour." The convict got out of the car and slammed the door shut, a loud sound echoing through the parking lot.

He said calmly, "I've arrived." ”

……

Lin Chen's fingers tapped on the armrest of the door.

The sedan was moving rapidly, and the scenery outside the window had already changed for a round.

The fields were wide, the sky was high and the clouds were light, and the vehicles were whizzing past the road between the thick green rice fields, and near the direction of Mangrove Town, they encountered two police cars coming from Linzhen, which were obviously the reserve forces mobilized by the criminal company.

The three cars drove back and forth, and each other didn't have time to stop and say hello, but the destination was very consistent.

At the foot of the small hill at the end of the world, Li Nuo stood on the edge of a low house, and he half-crouched down to say hello to the old lady who was sitting in the shade of the tree.

According to the instructions of the torture captain on the phone just now, he should not be near the nursing home, but only at the far end of the road. But for some reason, Li Nuo had an extremely bad premonition in his heart, so he changed into civilian clothes and arranged for the rest of the people to guard the main road and go up the mountain alone.

"Xiao Li." The old lady squinted her eyes and looked at him for a while before recognizing him, "Old Zhangtou's family quarreled again?" ”

The old lady in the mouth of the old Zhang Tou is a very noisy family in the village, Mrs. Zhang is fierce by nature, and the old man fights when he disagrees, he comes here ten times, and eight times is called by the neighbors of the Zhang family to persuade him. A small piece of police like them usually deals with such trivial matters, and now they suddenly want to arrest some A-level fugitives, and Li Nuo said in his heart that he was not worried was also false. But he still asked in a low voice: "Grandma Wang, have you been sitting here, have you seen any suspicious people coming down from the mountain sanatorium?" ”

"Yes, I'll be here to chill out when I'm full." The old lady slapped her fan, sat up straight, and was very alert, "What's wrong, is there a thief?" ”

Li Nuo shook his head: "It's just that something happened, you can help think about it." ”

"The people in the nursing home, no, I haven't seen Aunt Chen today." The old lady shook the fan again, and suddenly patted her leg, "When you say that, it seems that the small van in the nursing home to buy vegetables has just been driven." ”

Li Nuo was alert, turned around directly, and dialed the phone number of a friend in the county transportation bureau, asking the other party to verify the vehicles belonging to the nursing home and the monitoring of traffic crossings.

……

When Xing Conglian obtained the photo of Shen Lian driving a van out of the main road in Mangrove Town, Huang Ze was standing opposite him and said something like "Xing Conglian is now the inspector department is officially interviewing you, please turn off all communication equipment."

He didn't hear the content at most, just looked at the surveillance photo carefully.

In the photo, Shen Lian is still calm like an expressionless doll on the shelf, as if she is going to go on a date that has been arranged for a long time.

The time shows that it happened twenty minutes ago, that is, according to the time calculation, almost at the same time as the news appeared, Shen Lian got the news to take action.

Xing Conglian's mood was very complicated for a moment, on the one hand, he once again admired the accuracy of Lin Chen's judgment and positioning, and on the other hand, he was angry, if it wasn't for Zhou Rui Pharmaceutical's sideways, they would probably have officially met Shen Lian by now.

And the more angry a person like him is, the calmer he is.

He didn't yell at Huang Ze, but lowered his head and arranged a few more arrangements through text messages, and finally sent the phone number of the police officer in charge to Lin Chen, so he had time to raise his head and glance at the inspector in front of him.

He may not have controlled his gaze at that time, or Huang Ze saw the content on his mobile phone photo, in short, the inspector slapped the table and said angrily: "Criminal Conglian, now the right to handle the case is no longer in your hands, what you have to do is to explain the problem clearly!" ”

The convict looked around and only asked, "What about the people from Zhou Rui Pharmaceutical?" ”

"It's not something you're entitled to care about!"

The convict dragged a chair and sat down across the table: "It's not that there is any situation that I need to explain clearly, I always have to confront him face to face." He sneered, took out a lighter, lit a cigarette, and asked, "What about the old Wu people?" ”

Huang Ze also hesitated for a moment before realizing who he was talking about Lao Wu.

"I want to talk to Lao Wu, this upstairs and downstairs, find someone for me."

……

Li Nuo walked down the hill, and Lin Chen's car had just arrived.

He had known this psychologist from live TV broadcasts for a long time, and now when he saw a real person, he always felt that it seemed to be unremarkable.

Lin Chen also wore a brick-red checked shirt and light-colored slacks, unlike the usual experts who wore glasses or a scholarly atmosphere, except for the fact that his skin was very white and his eyes were very peaceful, there was nothing outstanding about it.

But how to say it, when Li Nuo shook hands with Lin Chen, or the strength of Lin Chen's palm, or Lin Chen's calm tone that could eliminate all tension, Li Nuo only felt that this person was very trustworthy.

"Let's talk about the situation at the Huihe Nursing Home."

Lin Chen didn't say anything to him again, but said very simply.

The police officers who rushed to the town also got into the car before and after, but because the surveillance showed that Shen Lian had left the nursing home, most of the police force was drained and sent to the main road for control, and what they arrived was the most basic 10-person team.

Among all of them, there was also a third-level superintendent with the rank of section chief, but in front of Lin Chen, no one interjected or gave any messy orders.

Li Nuo briefly described the situation in Huihe Nursing Home, but Lin Chen did not answer immediately.

At this time, someone said: "Since there is evidence that Shen Lian left from the nursing home above, it is still necessary to do a basic search." ”

"But didn't the notice say that the woman was carrying a drama □□, could there be a trap on it?" Another said.

"It's just a female fugitive, and everyone is gone, and we policemen are afraid of the bottom of the mountain, what does it look like?"

Li Nuo swallowed his saliva and looked at Lin Chen.

At this time, the psychological consultant spoke: "Is there a villager who said that he has not seen any people from the sanatorium go down the mountain for a day today?" ”

"Yes, but it's just Mrs. Wang's statement." Li Nuo cautiously added.

Lin Chen's expression obviously condensed, but he quickly raised his eyes and said to him, "Do you have a nursing home phone, make a call." ”

Like the simplest temptation or something else, Li Nuo took out his mobile phone and only felt that the things at hand were as heavy as a thousand gold.

He flipped out the number from the phone book, looked up, Lin Chen's resolute gaze just swept over, he took a deep breath, and pressed the call button.

Everything around is quiet.

The wind from the wilderness blew by his side, but Li Nuo couldn't feel it, his heart was beating fast, and his nervous hands were trembling.

The first beep sounded, and he felt his heart beat out of his throat.

Honk......

A second long electronic sound slowly arrived.

This shows that the phone in the nursing home can still get through, and the line has not been unplugged, and Li Nuo doesn't know that he will worry about this, probably he is also afraid of something in his heart.

He clenched his fists and prayed that someone would pick up the phone, even if it was a simple "hey".

Time passed minute by minute, and it was clear that the phone waiting tone would not exceed a minute, but Li Nuo's heart seemed to be as long as a century.

However, until the call was automatically hung up by the telecommunications bureau, he didn't have to wait for that simple "hey".

Li Nuo subconsciously raised his head, only to feel that the golden yarn that had been covered by the sun on the top of the nursing home had turned black, like a cloud, covering everyone's hearts.

"Go up the mountain."

Lin Chen lowered his eyes, but said this to them in a very firm tone.

……

For a long time after this incident, Lin Chen's memory was not very clear.

Although he was sure that he had walked on the hill, and had an intuitive idea of the shape of the houses on both sides, the appearance of the woods, and even the appearance of hens pacing in the fields or the color of the vegetable fields halfway up the mountainside, he did not have much of the right logical order in his mind about how they came to the nursing home, and what they went through in the process.

However, at that time, he was still very sure that when he was about 100 meters away from the sanatorium, he felt something unusual faintly coming from the wind.

At the foot of the hill just now, some experienced old policemen had arranged for some people to outflank them from the rear in a roundabout way, and some policemen had made a detour from the houses, and only he and another policeman named Li Nuo generously walked up the cement road that led directly to the gate of the nursing home.

When he smelled that smell, he and Li Nuo glanced at each other, increased their pace, and rushed towards the iron gate of the nursing home.

When they could see the porter almost clearly, they were sure that there was no one in the porter.

Empty seats, an old beige telephone on the table, a visitor registration form in a corner of the wall, and other crooked miscellaneous items.

Lin Chen looked up, the surveillance camera on the corner of the porter happened to turn towards him, he looked at the camera lens of the black hole, as if he had seen the devil's vertical pupils, and he only felt chills.

Without wasting any time looking for someone or waiting for the strength of his back, the police officer next to him was very agile and climbed over the iron moving fence, rushed to the porter and pressed the button to open the door.

The electric iron door was moved away little by little, and the panoramic view of the nursing home really appeared little by little.

Lin Chen looked at the gray building in front of him and took a deep breath, the smell in the air became even stronger.

The young police officer named Li Nuo's face was completely white, and it was impossible for any normal human to fail to distinguish this smell.

The calls of other police officers came over the walkie-talkie, squeaking, but at that moment, neither he nor Li Nuo pressed the answer button with any force.

It was the young village policeman who was the first to react, Li Nuo didn't say a word, clenched his fists, turned around and rushed towards the main building of the nursing home.

Lin Chen looked at the young man's back, and also took heavy steps and followed.

The old wooden door is open, and the corridor is long.

One side of the corridor was as black as a ghost, and the other side was dyed white by the sunlight.

Lin Chen stepped on the white and translucent tiles step by step, and walked towards the depths of the corridor.

Beside him were very standard ward doors, each of which was closed with obsessive-compulsive habits, like a closed coffin lid, and people didn't even have the courage to touch it.

An increasingly strong smell permeated the cracks between the upper and lower parts of each door, lingering around him.

The smell was so strong that it seeped through his every pore and permeated every corner of the space. It was as if a soft rope was suffocating around a person's neck, but he knew very well that the feeling was not suffocation, but despair.

yes, that's the smell of blood.

Lin Chen took another deep breath, his whole body seemed to be soaked in viscous plasma, and the surroundings were wet and sticky, he could only barely put his hand on the doorknob, and his hand gained the strength to stand.

Through a thin door, his mind flashed through countless images, each of which was a simple black line on a background of heavy blood plasma, twisting and twisting, breaking apart, reassembling again, and then becoming more and more twisted and strange.

In the end, he was woken up by a cry of pain from an unknown room.

The cry was heart-rending, with the power of sincere grief.

Lin Chen settled down, looked out of the window blankly, and saw Lao Bian's old face, and other police officers rushed into the nursing home together.

Someone desperately gestured at him, but he couldn't recognize who the other party was, so he could only nod at the other party.

After doing this simple motion, he turned, pushed the door open, and walked inside. 166 Reading Network