In the sweltering summer, even if the sun goes down at night, you can feel the remaining temperature of the sun, which is very uncomfortable. Most of the people who have been holding back for a day will come out in the evening, in the streets and alleys, in the fly shop. Children are playing and want to expend the energy of the day, adults sit around in twos and threes, chatting about the fun after tea and dinner, and people sitting in front of the store drinking strings, enjoying the hard-won coolness and pleasure.

Xu Hao, who was tired for a day, walked home slowly and leisurely, and whenever he got off work, Xu Hao always felt exhausted, and even walked a few steps home.

The street in front was crowded with people, and it was impossible to see what was going on inside. Xu Hao smiled in his heart, people in small counties still love to join in the fun, and small things that are big sesame can be said for several days, not to mention slightly larger things, gathering so many people, they must be afraid of missing something important.

If it was normal, Xu Hao might have leaned over to take a look, but he was really tired today, so he passed by.

"Oh mom, this is too scary, why do you kill someone? Second sister-in-law, I may tell you, but look at your daughter, it's not safe outside. ”

A woman's voice came from the crowd, Xu Hao heard that everyone was watching the murder scene, no wonder these people had to get in alive or dead, this is not an ordinary thing.

Curiosity also surged into his heart, and Xu Hao silently approached the edge of the crowd.

The people who watched the excitement gathered three or four floors, and between the gaps, you could vaguely see policemen in police uniforms flashing inside, as well as flashing police lights. This kind of scene is the first time Xu Hao has really seen it. Generally, the police are mostly dispatched to solve some trivial matters between neighbors, and they are all police officers from the police station, but this time they are criminal police.

Xu Hao, who couldn't see it clearly, squeezed inside, and the person next to him muttered quietly and cast a disdainful look, clearly saying: Everyone wants to see clearly, so you squeeze inside.

Xu Hao didn't care about other people's eyes, and while saying sorry, he squeezed to the front.

Within the cordon is the scene of the murder, several policemen are busy investigating the scene, and the dim alley itself has been illuminated by temporary lights set up by the police.

A forensic doctor in a white lab coat was crouching beside the corpse, carefully examining it, hoping to get some clues.

Xu Hao also felt a pity in his heart, people said that it would be gone, it seems that the county seat is not very safe, and when he goes back, he must tell Xuanxuan to go out less at night in the future, and to fool around with fox friends and dogs.

Thinking of this, Xu Hao's attention was attracted by the corpse's feet.

The shoes on his feet look very familiar, aren't they the ones he bought for Xuanxuan?

An ominous premonition sprouted in the new life, and the world suddenly felt like the world was spinning.

"Xuanxuan! Xuanxuan! ”

Xu Hao broke through the cordon and ran towards Xuanxuan, but was stopped by the police and shouted at him not to break into the scene. Xu Hao didn't listen to a word the police said at all, his eyes were only staring at the shoes, trying to break free from the police, and his mouth kept repeating Xuanxuan's name.

A policeman who looked like the person in charge came over and asked about the situation, looked at Xu Hao's mental state, and asked him if he was a family member of the victim.

Victim? This name is too unfamiliar, and Xu Hao doesn't want to admit and accept this identity from the bottom of his heart.

"Yes, is it Xu Xuan?" Xu Hao asked, with a hint of hope in his heart, hoping that the police would tell him that the victim was not Xu Xuan.

But it backfired, the police listened to Xu Hao's words, was silent for a while, and instructed the police who blocked Xu Hao to take him aside.

The silent trial, Xu Hao had already determined the answer in his heart, his heart was instantly cold, and the exhausted strength could not support his body.

Xuanxuan, did you really leave like this?

The sun has not been seen for several days, the clear sky is covered by dark clouds, and the world is gloomy, and people seem to be not so happy. Compared to the scorching summer of the previous two years, this summer has been unusually rainy, and it is strange to say that this day is either dry to death or rain non-stop.

Xu Hao sat at the table in the small restaurant, waiting for the boss to prepare steaming noodles. Maybe I'm used to eating, and I feel that other things are not as delicious as knife-cut noodles. Zhang Xiu sat opposite Xu Hao, watching the TV series on the TV in the corner of the restaurant with no purpose and boredom.

After a while, the boss brought two bowls of knife-cut noodles, Xu Hao ordered tomato knife-cut noodles, and Zhang Xiu ordered a bowl of beef knife-cut noodles. Without further ado, the two of them picked up the chopsticks and feasted, nodding from time to time, praising the taste of this side from the bottom of their hearts.

Two years have passed, and the price of noodles has not increased, and it is still the same as before.

Of course, some things are the same as before, no changes.

In a wordless atmosphere, the two of them kept their mouths shut and just ate noodles, that is, in less than ten minutes, they had eaten cleanly after the noodles.

The two looked at each other, both waiting for the other to speak first.

"Xu Hao, how are you doing?" It was Zhang Xiu who took the lead in opening the deadlock and asked about Xu Hao's current situation.

Xu Hao nodded in response.

Seeing Xu Hao's indifferent reaction, Zhang Xiu could also understand in his heart that he asked Xu Hao to calm down and wait for the development of things, and slowly find the answer, but he didn't think about it, this wait is two years. In the past two years, Li Muchuan's case has disappeared from people's memory, and only Xu Hao is left to remember. The case has been investigated, and it has been staying at the stage of investigation, and other than that, there has been no progress.

Zhang Xiu didn't get any more effective information, and there was no way to use it as evidence just by relying on Fang Youwei's unpointed words in Bathing City and his own conjectures. In the past two years, he has a closer relationship with Fang Youwei, and gradually becomes his right-hand man and one of his most trusted people.

As Zhang Xiu's understanding of Fang Youwei deepened, he felt that he might have some misunderstandings about Fang Youwei. Fang Youwei is a vigorous and resolute superior in his work, and he is not at all like the government leaders he contacted before, who can only speak official words and play rounds, and does not do practical things at all. Fang Youwei is very dedicated to his work, and Zhang Xiu has also learned a lot under him in the past two years. Fang Youwei also likes Zhang Xiu, a diligent and studious young man, and takes Zhang Xiu with him for everything, so that he can participate more and learn more.

Fang Youwei may really just want to protect his children, right?

"Maybe I shouldn't say this, but, Xu Hao, I still have to say it. Fang Youwei may not be what we thought before, maybe we are wrong. Zhang Xiu said in a low voice, and his unconfident words seemed even more unconfident.

Xu Hao sneered and scoffed at Zhang Xiu's words. "You were the one who suspected Fang Wei at the beginning, and now you are the one who thinks he is innocent. Two years, Zhang Xiu, we spared a circle in two years? ”

The words were cold, not so much accusations as disappointment. Is Zhang Xiu on the other side really really helping himself? Still is......

Xu Hao suddenly thought of a possibility that he didn't dare to think about.

Zhang Xiu didn't answer Xu Hao, he understood Xu Hao's mood and knew that Xu Hao was very disappointed in himself at the moment.

"Boss, another pound and two pots! Let me tell you, second brother, today our brothers are not drunk and will not return! ”

A loud man's voice came from the adjacent table, with a drunken voice, which showed that he had drunk too much.

Looking for the voice, it was a table of men eating and drinking, about four or five sitting around a table, one of them was wearing a police uniform, and he should have come directly from work.

His face was flushed, and he seemed to have been suppressed for a long time, and he was finally released under the hypnosis of alcohol, except for wearing a police uniform, this person was no different from the common people.

Picked up the wine glass and complained to the person next to him: "Second brother, you don't know, how miserable my brother has been in the past two years, my brother is a criminal policeman, not a film policeman, and it is a decent job for outsiders, brother, I think so, I have always wanted to do something big, I had a chance to show my skills, but I don't count if I say it myself." Do you remember the murder case in the alley of the Internet café? ”

The words of the Hutong murder case rushed into the ears of Zhang Xiu and Xu Hao, and all the nerves in their bodies moved, and they all looked sideways at the table next to them.

Of course, the few people who were on the rise did not pay attention to the two more pairs of staring eyes, and the policeman continued with his unfinished topic.

"You also know, second brother, this small county is a big thing, usually it's a trivial matter, you also know that I am a person who wants to do big things, and I was transferred to the task force but I thought I could do something, but I didn't expect that this task force was not established for a long time, and there were fewer and fewer people. All the colleagues transferred from the city have gone back, and even the colleagues from other groups have returned to their original posts. This task force is a virtual reality. This is not the end, and it won't be long before no one asks about this case anymore, and the top doesn't care anymore, and there is no momentum at all. ”

A glass of wine is drunk as soon as it is drunk, and it is also sorrowful to drink wine.

"But ah, I've heard of one thing, the case was so quietly suppressed, it was related to a certain leader." As he spoke, the policeman lowered his voice, looked around, and whispered to the person at the table.

"I heard that the deputy director of the county's tax bureau entrusted someone to suppress the case, and the murderer who escaped is said to be his illegitimate son!" The policeman described it vividly.

The person at the table, who was called the second brother, didn't believe what the policeman said, and widened his eyes and whispered to him: "I said Zhao Guoguang, don't keep talking nonsense, can this matter be judged by our people?" Besides, you don't have a shadow, which is the illegitimate son of the deputy director, have you watched too many TV series? ”

Listening to the second brother's reprimand, Zhao Guoguang seemed a little annoyed, he didn't believe his words, and was eager to prove that his words were not groundless.

"Why is there no shadow? When the task force investigated the case, it checked the travel records of the deputy director, what did you call Fang? I can't remember the name. I remember that he knew the suspect. When he couldn't find any clues, he expanded the scope of his search, and his travel records were found. In the month or two when the case just happened, Fang Youwei went out frequently, and he walked to more than ten places in two months. Are you talking normal? ”

"What's wrong with this, it's not normal for a deputy director to go on a business trip, you just guess."

Zhao Guoguang drank another glass of wine and shook his head, "Definitely not, a few months before and after, after the incident, he started a business trip?" Just that coincidentally? I don't believe it, he must have gone to see the suspect! I told my superiors about this doubt, and guess what, it's the same as you said! was scolded by his superiors. said that I was idle and didn't worry about eating turnips, and that I was in charge of my own affairs, and that the affairs of the deputy director were not something I should ponder. ”

There was bitterness and unwillingness in his words, but Zhao Guoguang also understood that he was just guessing, and it was probably not so easy to rely on this to investigate a deputy director, and it would cause unnecessary trouble to himself.

But isn't this an extraordinary way to find clues when you can't find them? Zhao Guoguang understood through this incident that too many people in the bureau do not seek merit, but seek the master who has no fault, follow the direction of the superiors, and will not do things that are not fully certain, full of bureaucracy.

"In a flash, two years have passed, and this case is still hanging here, you said that this kid is really powerful, he is so lucky, but he can't catch it."

After that, everyone diverged from the topic and talked about other things.

Leaning against the wall, Zhao Guoguang lowered his head with his waist down, his stomach churned, and he couldn't help but vomit.

scolded in his heart, every time he drank too much and vomited uncomfortably, he silently warned himself in his heart never to drink again, but every time he slapped himself in the face.

"Can I talk to you?"

Zhao Guoguang, who was uncomfortable, heard someone talking, raised his head and saw two men standing next to him.

There are only three of them in the alley of the small restaurant, and this must be saying this to himself.

"Who are you?" Holding back the churning in his stomach, Zhao Guoguang asked.

"I'm Zhang Xiu, this is Xu Hao, I have something I want to talk to you about."

"What's the matter?" Zhao Guoguang didn't know the other party's intentions, and he still had some mind in his heart, but he was not afraid of what the other party would do, although robberies and brawls in small counties often happened, but no one was bold enough to rob the police.

"It's about the case you just mentioned."

A cup of steaming tea was poured into his stomach, Zhao Guoguang felt much more comfortable, and he also recovered from his drunken state, his eyes scanned back and forth at the two men in front of him, guessing in his heart what the real purpose of the other party was.

"Tell me, why do you care so much about this case."

Zhang Xiu smiled, trying to make the atmosphere more relaxed, "We, like you, think this matter is very strange, but there is no evidence clue, I just heard the clue you said, and I think there is indeed such a possibility." ”

Hearing that someone recognized his guess, a glimmer of light flashed in Zhao Guoguang's eyes, and in an instant, Zhao Guoguang restrained his smug look and looked at Zhang Xiu vigilantly.

"What does this case have to do with you?"

"I'm the victim's brother."

It was the man who had just been silent. Zhao Guoguang's heart was tight, he didn't expect to meet the victim's family, they really should care about this case. Thinking that there has been no progress in the past two years, although there are countless cases that cannot be solved in the country for several years, but he has one in his own hands, Zhao Guoguang still feels a little ashamed in the face of the victim's family.

"So, we'd like to know more about what you just said about travel records."

Zhang Xiu's words made Zhao Guoguang's face look embarrassed, although this guess was put forward by himself, but it had been clearly rejected by his superiors, and it would not be good if it was taken out again.

Zhao Guoguang muttered in his heart, and forgot to answer Zhang Xiu's request for a while.

Zhang Xiu naturally knew Zhao Guoguang's entanglement, and if it was him, he would be in a dilemma.

"Brother Zhao, we won't embarrass you, you just tell us about the investigation, we will never say what you said."

After being silent for a long time, Zhao Guoguang made up his mind, "It's okay, forget it now, let's find a place to talk in detail." ”

It's worthy of your conscience, right? Zhao Guoguang thought in his heart, looking at the two young people in front of him, as a policeman, Zhao Guoguang had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Zhang Xiu and Xu Hao were full of laughter, Zhao Guoguang's clues could once again open a case that had been sealed for two years, and Xu Hao's face showed irrepressible excitement.