Saturday, April 15, torrential rain.

One night later, when the light once again shrouded the land, the people who had been sleeping all night slowly woke up and began a new day.

In the major news media in S City, a news story was reported at the same time.

On April 14, at about 10 o'clock in the evening, there was a man in his thirties who set himself on fire at the entrance of the Intermediate People's Court of S City.

As soon as this news came out, most people focused not on what Shen Kaiwen did before his death, but on why Shen Kaiwen chose to self-immolate at the door of the court, and whether he did it was related to some of the cases he represented? Was it because of the miscarriage of justice?

It is understood that the police had arrived at the scene, and when the police arrived, Shen Kaiwen was still alive, and not long after the police came, Shen Kaiwen set himself on fire, and Shen Kaiwen set himself on fire, is Shen Kaiwen's death related to the police? Did the police violently enforce the law, or stabbed the deceased, that led to the death of the deceased?

And some conspiracy theorists left messages on the Internet saying that the reason why Shen Kaiwen chose to set himself on fire was because he represented a case before his death, and the defendant in this case was the child of a high-ranking official in S City, who was in a high position, powerful, and rich, and chose a lot of shady and illegal means to coerce, threaten, and intimidate the plaintiff in order to get the plaintiff to withdraw the accusation, and Shen Kaiwen, as the plaintiff's lawyer, was also treated unfairly, in order to attract public attention and give the plaintiff justice, he chose an extreme way, That's when he set himself on fire.

These people also listed all the information about this high-ranking official and his children on the Internet, and what they said had noses and eyes, which made people have to believe it.

Of course, these comments are only a small number of people, and most people still choose to wait and see the changes and choose to eat melons silently.

Just after the news was reported, when those people left comments on the Internet and made bold guesses, Xu Lang, who had not rested all night, was staying in Director Tian Yongchun's office with Du Ziqiao and Ding Haoqiong at this moment.

Tian Yongchun's face was gloomy and terrifying, he sat behind the desk, his dark face, because of the change in mood, seemed more and more dark, giving people the feeling that Tian Yongchun did not look like the director of the Public Security Bureau, but like a farmer who had been farming for a long time.

"Jingle Bell ......"

There were a total of four people in the office, Tian Yongchun was sitting, Xu Lang was standing, no one spoke, and their faces were very ugly, and the office that should have been quiet and dull was not quiet at the moment, several phones on Tian Yongchun's desk had been ringing non-stop since he came to the office, and the mobile phone screen he placed on the table was also flashing constantly.

Xu Lang frowned, lowered his head, didn't know what he was thinking, Ding Haoqiong saw that Xu Lang didn't speak, Tian Yongchun didn't speak, he naturally didn't speak, just stood on Xu Lang's side, cautiously looked at Tian Yongchun's face, and Du Ziqiao looked at Tian Yongchun's face with a gloomy face, turned his head slightly, and looked at the silent Xu Lang, he sighed secretly, and couldn't help but look at the phone that rang one after another, hesitating to answer the phone.

"Smack."

Just when Du Ziqiao was about to remind Tian Yongchun to answer the phone, Tian Yongchun, who had been silent for five minutes when Xu Lang and them came in, finally made a move, he slapped the table and glared at Xu Lang fiercely.

Ding Haoqiong and Du Ziqiao were frightened by Tian Yongchun's sudden slap, and Xu Lang, who lowered his head and pondered, was also awakened, he raised his head and looked at Tian Yongchun a little blankly, as if asking, what is the task?

"Aren't you going to give me an explanation?"

Tian Yongchun finally spoke, his voice was a little hoarse, but his tone was very cold, from his tone, you could see how angry Tian Yongchun was at the moment.

However, Xu Lang just looked at Tian Yongchun silently and did not mean to speak.

Seeing this, Tian Yongchun's already frowning brows wrinkled a little more, his eyelids kept shaking, those sharp eyes, staring at Xu Lang deadly, he wanted to get an explanation from Xu Lang, a reasonable explanation, why did Shen Kaiwen set himself on fire at the door of the court?

Xu Lang and Tian Yongchun looked at each other like this, and no one spoke, but the atmosphere in the office suddenly became tense and dignified, making people's breathing a little heavier, Du Ziqiao and Ding Haoqiong looked back and forth on Xu Lang and Tian Yongchun's faces, and finally, Du Ziqiao spoke.

"Tian Bureau, the incident happened suddenly, and we also received a temporary call from the police, saying that Shen Kaiwen appeared at the door of the court, and after we got the news, we rushed to the scene as soon as possible, and we ......"

However, without waiting for Du Ziqiao to finish speaking, Tian Yongchun waved his hand and interrupted Du Ziqiao's explanation, he turned his head, glanced at Du Ziqiao lightly, then looked at Xu Lang and asked: "I don't want to hear this, what I want to know is, why did Shen Kaiwen set himself on fire at the door of the court, and how long has it been since the case happened?" What do you want, what do I give you, you carry out the whole process of searching, and I also let the following departments cooperate with you, but if the person is not caught, the case will not be solved, what are you eating? Now, Shen Kaiwen has appeared, but he has died under your noses, how can you let me give an explanation to the general public, how to give an explanation to the superior leaders? ”

"Jingle Bell ......"

Tian Yongchun's voice was so loud that it overshadowed the phone ringing in the office.

And when Xu Lang questioned Tian Yongchun, he still didn't rush to speak, but looked at Tian Yongchun.

Seeing Xu Lang's appearance, Tian Yongchun became more and more angry, he turned his head, no longer looking at Xu Lang, but picked up a cigarette case from the table, took out a cigarette from it, lit it, and took a big sip of it fiercely, before he spit out a smoke that was so dense that it couldn't be dissolved.

As the smoke rose, it obscured Tian Yongchun's dark and angry face, and at the same time, it obscured his vision.

Perhaps it was because he was disgusted that the phone kept ringing, which made him more and more irritable, Tian Yongchun suddenly stretched out his hand, unplugged the phone line, and at the same time, turned off the mobile phone that kept ringing.

After doing all this, Tian Yongchun looked at Xu Lang through the smoke, and asked in a soothing tone, "How long will it take to solve the case?" ”

Tian Yongchun already knew what happened, not long after Shen Kaiwen's death, there were related posts and videos on the Internet, and the city leaders also called to ask Tian Yongchun what the situation was, and Tian Yongchun didn't know at the time, after calling Du Ziqiao to inquire, he also learned the truth, for Shen Kaiwen's death, Tian Yongchun knew that Xu Lang couldn't be blamed all, after all, it happened suddenly, and Xu Lang rushed to the scene as soon as they found Shen Kaiwen's traces to deal with this matter. didn't do anything wrong, but what really annoyed and angered Tian Yongchun was that Shen Kaiwen set himself on fire at the door of the court, and he did it in front of the public, there were so many onlookers at the scene, and the impact was very bad.

What is the courthouse? The court represents fairness, represents justice, is the spokesperson of a country, a city, and is a very solemn and majestic place, and if someone dies in this place, it will have a very bad impact on the majesty of the country and the justice of the law.

For those rumors and speculations on the Internet, Tian Yongchun didn't read it, even if he didn't read it, he knew what was said above, the more so, the more angry Tian Yongchun was, the bigger his head was, this morning, Tian Yongchun received countless phone calls, some city leaders, some provincial leaders, of course, the most are those who are engaged in the news media, they all want to get an explanation from Tian Yongchun, however, how can Tian Yongchun explain?

"Half a month."

After being silent for a while, Xu Lang thought about it and said.

"Half a month?"

Tian Yongchun suddenly raised his voice, he looked at Xu Lang's eyes, and said word by word: "I'll only give you a week, if after a week, this case can't be solved, you, Xu Lang, just take off your police uniform, go home and take the child, and CSY doesn't need to exist." ”

Hearing Tian Yongchun say this, Xu Lang opened his mouth and wanted to say something, however, Tian Yongchun was the first to speak and said, "Don't bargain with me, I'll only give you a week, this matter is not negotiable." ”

Looking at Tian Yongchun's forcibly suppressed anger, Xu Lang chose to remain silent and didn't say anything more.

"You go back and hurry up and work, come up with a result as soon as possible, all the police forces in S City will cooperate with you, as for the pressure of public opinion in society, I will find a way to solve it, but, I will say ugly things in front, I can't stand it for long, you should understand."

The last sentence was said to Xu Lang.

Hearing this, Xu Lang didn't say anything, he glanced at Tian Yongchun deeply, then turned around and left, without saying a word of nonsense.

And Ding Haoqiong saw that Xu Lang was gone, he hurriedly said hello to Tian Yongchun, followed Xu Lang and left, while Du Ziqiao stayed in the office.

Looking at Xu Lang and their disappearing figures at the door, Tian Yongchun extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray, retracted his gaze, raised his head, looked at Du Ziqiao, and said, "Ziqiao, you are staring at Xu Lang." ”

Hearing Tian Yongchun say this, Du Ziqiao was stunned at first, and then looked at Tian Yongchun with a stunned face and asked, "Tian Ju, are you suspicious of Xu Lang?" ”

Tian Yongchun rolled his eyes, cursed, and said, "Idiot, when did I ever suspect that kid?" ”

"Then what are you asking me to stare at Xu Lang?" Du Ziqiao first breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked suspiciously.

"This case was aimed at Xu Lang from the beginning, and it also involved Lu Jianwei's case eight years ago, I learned about that case, and I knew that it was a big blow to Xu Lang, I asked you to stare at him, it was someone else who was emotional, and did something out of the ordinary, that kid always did things that didn't follow common sense, I was worried that he would do something irrational, so you have to keep an eye on him, if there is any situation, report to me immediately."

After listening to Tian Yongchun's explanation, Du Ziqiao suddenly realized that while he was relieved, he also felt an inexplicable pressure.

Eight years ago, when Xu Lang was still the captain of the second criminal investigation team, Lu Jianwei's case was handled by Xu Lang, at that time, Du Ziqiao had another task in his body, he did not participate in it, and he didn't know much about the details, but he knew that after Lu Jianwei's case ended, Xu Lang was depressed for a long time, Lu Jianwei's case did hit Xu Lang hard, and now, the punisher appeared again, and he came to Xu Lang from the beginning, what kind of character Xu Lang is, Du Ziqiao knows very well, Tian Yongchun's worries are not unreasonable.

"Don't worry, Tian Ju, I will keep an eye on Xu Lang all the time, and I won't let him do anything out of the ordinary." Du Ziqiao assured.

Tian Yongchun nodded, then waved his hand and motioned for Du Ziqiao to go out.

Du Ziqiao did not hesitate at all, turned around and left the office.

After Du Ziqiao left, Tian Yongchun was silent for a long time before slowly plugging the unplugged phone line back in, and at the moment when the phone line was plugged in, the piercing phone rang again, Tian Yongchun frowned and connected the phone.

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When Xu Lang walked out of Tian Yongchun's office and passed by Ning Yanran's office, she found that the door of Ning Yanran's office was open, and she stood at the door, as if she was waiting for Xu Lang.

"Trained?" Ning Yanran looked at Xu Lang and asked with a solemn expression.

Xu Lang didn't have any expression, just nodded.

"There is a lot of pressure from the Tian Bureau, and now Shen Kaiwen's matter is very troublesome, and the pressure of public opinion in the society is on the one hand, and the city leaders and provincial leaders are also very concerned about this case, he is angry at you, don't take it to heart."

Xu Lang shook his head and said, "I know." ”

Ning Yanran stared at Xu Lang's eyes, and after looking at it for a few seconds, she was sure that Xu Lang had indeed not become depressed because of the training, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, the two chatted a few more words, Xu Lang was not very interested in talking, and Ning Yanran didn't ask anything more, but just told Xu Lang that Xiao Yueyue lived well with her, so she didn't have to worry too much about anything.

After listening to this, Xu Lang nodded and thanked Ning Yanran, and then left the Public Security Bureau with Ding Haoqiong and returned to CSY.

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As soon as Xu Lang returned to CSY, the forensic doctor Qin Mingyue found Xu Lang and told him that Shen Kaiwen's autopsy results were out.

According to the autopsy results, Shen Kaiwen was indeed burned to death by the fire, most of Shen Kaiwen's body was burned, the skin tissue outside had been charred and carbonized, and biological samples such as fingerprints had been greatly damaged.

And Xu Lang already knew about this, so when Qin Mingyue reported this, Xu Lang seemed a little impatient.

However, next, Qin Mingyue's words brought new clues to the case.

After conducting a thorough autopsy on Shen Kaiwen's body, Qin Mingyue found that Shen Kaiwen had cancer, advanced liver cancer, and according to the current situation, even if Shen Kaiwen did not choose to set himself on fire, he would not live long, and it would take half a year at most, and he would die because of the spread of cancer cells.

In addition, Qin Mingyue also found that Shen Kaiwen did not show signs of going to the hospital for treatment before his death, but chose to take some anti-cancer drugs, and some anti-cancer drug ingredients were indeed found in Shen Kaiwen's body.

When Xu Lang heard this, he immediately frowned.

He thought for a moment and asked, "How long has Kevin Shen been suffering from cancer?" ”

"It's been over a year now."

Hearing this, Xu Lang immediately turned his head to Ding Haoqiong and said, "Immediately let someone check Shen Kaiwen's medical records in the past year to see which hospital he was in." ”

Ding Haoqiong nodded, turned around and left.

After Ding Haoqiong left, Xu Lang turned his head again, looked at Qin Mingyue and asked, "Did you find anything else?" ”

Qin Mingyue shook her head and said, "After the current autopsy results, these are similar to what you saw before. ”

Hearing Qin Mingyue say that there were not too many clues worth referring to, Xu Lang was obviously a little disappointed, and Qin Mingyue was still expressionless, he saw that Xu Lang didn't speak, and after standing for a while, he turned around and left, returned to the dissection room, and continued to work.

After Xu Lang stood in place for a while, he thought of a new breakthrough point, that is, Shen Kaiwen's wife Zhou Xiaoru, since Shen Kaiwen has cancer, then, as a wife, what should she know, perhaps, contact her, what can you know from her.

Thinking of this, Xu Lang found Luo Jiayan and asked her to find a way to contact Zhou Xiaoru who was far away in the UK.

And when Luo Jiayan found her in Xu Lang, she told Xu Lang that she had already contacted Zhou Xiaoru, and that she had taken the earliest plane back from the UK, and it was expected that she would arrive tomorrow.

After hearing the news, Xu Lang's irritable heart suddenly calmed down a lot, it was a good thing to contact Zhou Xiaoru, if he could learn something about Shen Kaiwen from her, it would naturally be the best, but Xu Lang had a feeling of unease, he was worried that with Shen Kaiwen's sexiness, Zhou Xiaoru should not know too much, or she didn't know anything, if this is the case, if you want to investigate the truth about Shen Kaiwen's self-immolation, you may need to open a breakthrough from other places, however, Xu Lang still held on to a glimmer of hope, hoping that Zhou Xiaoru would know something.

After arranging this task, Xu Lang looked around the CSY office area and found that Lu Xing was not there, Xu Lang asked other people, only to know that Lu Xing went out early this morning, as if he had gone to the traffic management department to investigate the clues of those cars.

After learning the news, Xu Lang was suddenly relieved, or the old partner knew himself and knew what he wanted to do, thinking of this, Xu Lang smiled helplessly, turned around and went to work.