Under the dark sky, the snow was still falling.

Ling Li sat at the door of the convenience store, wrapped in the coat that Zhu Jinchuan lent her, and she still couldn't stop trembling.

No way, although the car is warm, but the heating is really stuffy, only a moment to be groggy and uncomfortable, it didn't take long for her to stand it, she would rather be cold than nest in that small space.

In the distance, the snow-covered mountains are covered in snow, and the mountains are outlined by silver-white snow in a rolling curve, as if endless, and the bright white reflection shimmers in the dark night, reflecting the horizon transparently.

On the ground not far in front of me was a bunch of jumping orange-red bonfires.

It's just that in this cold night with heavy snowfall, it is an open and spacious space, and there is only a small pile of fire, unless you are close to the fire, it will not play a role in raising the temperature at all.

Sitting around the fire were three or four other people, mostly young people, talking in low voices.

This service area called Bodhisattva Gang is located at the end of a continuous 51-kilometer-long ramp on the Luochang Expressway, and the long downhill is very easy to make the brake pads fail, even if the road conditions are good on a sunny day, special attention must be paid to driving safety.

At this time, it was dark and the road was slippery, and they had heard the news of several car accidents ahead of them this afternoon.

In this service area, there was only one car at the beginning, and now there are more than a dozen small cars and several large trucks parked here, and the small parking lot is crowded, almost all of them stop and watch because the road ahead is impassable.

The service area, which is usually inaccessible, was noisy for a while.

Ling Li was a little lucky, fortunately she listened to Zhu Jinchuan's words and waited here, otherwise, if she was really stuck in the highway and couldn't move, she would have been sitting in the car for more than ten hours or even a whole day, and people would be tortured and crazy.

However, as soon as this number of people increased, the small convenience store was almost sold out, instant noodles, red sausages, biscuits, and milk tea became hot goods, and even the baked potatoes sold by the roadside grandma only seasoned with salt and chili powder became a delicacy at this time, and were snatched up.

Ling Li sighed, sure enough, it was difficult to go out for a thousand days at home, and it was only a day to leave the capital, and she broke her glasses with her foot and hand, and she was hungry and cold.

The most important thing is that this embarrassment is still with Zhu Jinchuan!

Thinking of this, she had a headache again.

Naturally, there was no place to sleep in the service area, and there was no doubt that she could only spend one night in the car for a while. However, in the same car as her, there was also Zhu Jinchuan.

Uh, so embarrassed, so helpless, so depressed......

She was frowning and worrying, when a dark brown bottle of drink appeared in front of her.

Zhu Jinchuan shook her with a can of coffee in his hand, and said, "I bought the last two cans, and I also scalded them with hot water, drink them, warm them up." ”

Ling Li took the coffee from his hand in a daze, looked up and asked, "When will the road be open?" ”

He frowned slightly, rubbed his eyebrows again, and said, "You have asked no less than twenty times, and I don't have wings to fly to the front to see, I really don't know." ”

Ling Li let out a sullen sigh, moved her slightly numb legs, and her left ankle was painful, and she couldn't help frowning.

In the afternoon, her foot did not improve, at first she could try to walk on her own, but then it hurt when she touched the ground, and the weather was cold, even if she stayed in the car, it would take a long time for her feet to warm up, and it became more and more uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, she looked down at the shoes on her feet again.

Zhu Dazhi really has good skills, at that time she walked away with her muddy shoes with a disgusted face, and she thought that she was going to be barefoot until she returned to the capital.

As a result, it didn't take long for an old grandmother in the surrounding village to send her a pair of red cotton shoes, although they looked very earthy and weird, and the yardage was also large, but it was just right for her to break her feet.

The two were silent for a while, and Zhu Jinchuan suddenly spoke: "I agreed with the car next door, let the girls in the car come over with you in a while, and I will go to their car." In this way, it is more convenient for everyone. ”

Ling Li tilted her head and recalled that the goose-yellow car parked next to Zhu Jinchuan's car seemed to be three men and one woman, except that the drivers were all in their twenties, and they seemed to be college students who had come out to travel.

She nodded subconsciously, still a little stunned, and Zhu Jinchuan instructed again: "Remember, when you sleep in the car at night, even if it is cold, you must open the window, otherwise, it is easy to have an accident." ”

She nodded again, and after realizing that she felt that the most embarrassing thing had been solved, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and was a little grateful to wish Jinchuan to come.

He doesn't seem to be so unkind, although he is cold-spoken, but quietly, he has solved all her difficulties.

However, before she could say the words of thanks, Zhu Jinchuan had already sipped his coffee, and his voice was leisurely: "Wearing high heels and sliding down a cliff in the snow, or sleeping in the car and choking to death by exhaust fumes, these ways of dying are too stupid, and they are not good for our reputation at all." ”

Ling Li, who was doused with gratitude by Zhu Jinchuan's words, rolled her eyes silently.

In this wilderness, Zhu Dazheng must be very boring without entertainment, so she takes sarcasm as a pastime, and she is worried about eating the king's luck.

Suddenly, she remembered the "Second Sister Ling" he called her in the afternoon, and her throat became a little astringent for a while.

How did Zhu Jinchuan know her nickname? Did you hear about it from your uncle? But listening to what he said at that time, it seemed that they had known each other a long time ago.

Glancing sideways slightly, he looked at his face, which was traced by the firelight. With slightly pursed eyebrows, thin lips, and eyes dyed with jumping orange brilliance, this clean and neat face seems to be getting more and more familiar.

She looked at it in a daze for a while, Zhu Jinchuan seemed to sense her gaze, and suddenly turned his face: "What new views do you have on Qin Xinghai's case now?" ”

Ling Li was taken aback by his sudden movement of turning his head, but he also stubbornly picked up the topic: "If Qin Xinghai didn't lie, then it is very likely that the victim in this case was not killed by him." ”

Zhu Jinchuan nodded, and raised his eyebrows again: "You can talk about your inference." Remember, don't try to catch the real culprit, just extrapolate based on the current evidence. ”

Ling Li took a deep breath, sorted out his thoughts in his mind, and began to speak: "First of all, Qin Xinghai said that the tool he used to commit the crime was a bamboo stick called Hard-headed Yellow, which was not found at the scene. The kitchen knife, which is considered to be a tool for committing crimes, not only has Qin Xinghai's fingerprints on the handle, but also the fingerprints of everyone in their family.

Secondly, if he did not kill his mother, then the death of his father can also be defended from the perspective of legitimate defense. Just imagine, when you are sleeping in a daze, suddenly someone wants to cut you, of course you will resist. As for causing the victim to fall from the building during the resistance, this was also an accident, not that he did it intentionally.

In addition, there are also strange things about counterfeit money. At present, it seems that if it is not the counterfeit money given by Qin Xinghai's mother, it is the counterfeit money that was exchanged later. It's not Qin Xinghai's classmate, it's the creditor. ”

Zhu Jinchuan nodded: "Yes, you found this suspicion." On the issue of counterfeit money, I'm basically sure who did it. However, there is no way to confirm it now. ”

Ling Li was stunned: "Why?" I think it's more likely that Qin Xinghai will do something, wouldn't you know it after the interrogation? ”

Zhu Jinchuan turned his head and explained to her: "On the second night of Qin Xinghai's arrest, his classmate suddenly disappeared and was not heard from at all, and he escaped without a trace for so many years. It's not easy to find someone who wants to hide in the vast sea of people. ”

Ling Li was a little surprised: "Why do you want to run away?" ”

Zhu Jinchuan smiled softly: "Have you forgotten?" He is not only a gambling den, but also a drug den, once Qin Xinghai confesses to him and sells more than two kilograms of drugs, with Funan's sentencing standards, it will be enough for the death penalty. Don't you run at this time, wait for death? ”

Ling Li nodded when he said this: "I understand, he was the one who did tricks and tricks on money and exchanged fake money for real money." ”

Zhu Jinchuan lowered his head and took a sip of coffee, his voice was slightly hoarse: "This is definitely not the first time he has done this kind of thing, once this person is arrested, it involves opening casinos, usury, drug trafficking, counterfeit money, etc., it is difficult to survive, so he ran away with a little rumor." It's just that he didn't expect that Qin Xinghai was also righteous, and he didn't confess him all these years. ”

Ling Li's eyebrows frowned slightly, some couldn't figure out how a person like Qin Xinghai could be so righteous?

Qin Xinghai, a classmate, if he is arrested because of Qin Xinghai's confession, he is likely to be sentenced to a sentence of life or more, in this way, Qin Xinghai is a major meritorious service, and the criminal punishment can be reduced, and such a big temptation will not confess?

Zhu Jinchuan seemed to understand what she was thinking: "Ling Li, people are very complex animals, a person who is not well-educated and full of vices does not mean that he will forget his righteousness and betray his friends for his own life." Every time you slaughter more dogs, most of them are readers, and that's what they mean. ”

After saying this, Zhu Jinchuan let out a long sigh, turned his face to the bonfire, and looked depressed.

Ling Li saw that he seemed to be thinking about a problem, so he closed his mouth and didn't ask any more questions.

After a while, Zhu Jinchuan spoke again: "Ling Li, do you know why I took you on this trip?" ”

Ling Li raised his eyes and shook his head slightly, and heard him continue: "You are a very emotional person, even if you take this case, you are easily blinded by the testimony of witnesses in the file. Judging from the results of the previous reading of the papers, you actually determined that Qin Xinghai was the real murderer, so you found the wrong way to defend yourself. But when you saw him yesterday, you were shaken by your initial opinion, didn't you? ”

Ling Li nodded subconsciously. Thinking back to his feelings about the defendant, it seems that it is indeed as Zhu Jinchuan said, during this business trip, there was a change inadvertently.

However, Zhu Jinchuan's words sounded, and it seemed that he was also sure that Qin Xinghai was not the real murderer of this case, so he would take over the retrial of this case?

She couldn't help but ask again: "So, why do you think that Qin Xinghai is not the real murderer, Director Zhu, you still insist on defending your guilt?" ”