At nine o'clock in the morning, Nie Ming, who was still dreaming, was woken up by a deep male voice, and he opened his eyes to see his father with a serious face.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?" Nie Ming felt a little strange, his father had never called him to get up before.

"Hurry up, someone is looking for you." Father said with a calm face.

"Who?"

Nie Ming's father sat on the edge of the bed with a puzzled face and asked, "What have you done in the past few days?" ”

Nie Ming frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

The father looked at Nie Ming and said, "Do you know why the people from the Serious Crime Team of the Public Security Bureau came to look for you?" ”

"What? Serious Crime Squad! Nie Ming suddenly rolled up from the bed: "What are they coming to me for?" ”

"You really don't know why?"

Nie Ming shook his head in confusion: "I can't think of anything I will have to do with the serious crime team." ”

The father continued to stare at Nie Ming for a while, and then sighed: "They are sitting in the living room waiting for you, you quickly put on your clothes and go and talk to them." After speaking, he left Nie Ming's room.

Nie Ming hurriedly got dressed as fast as he could, and after washing up, he came to the living room.

Sitting on the sofa was a burly middle-aged male police officer about forty years old and a young female policewoman who looked less than thirty years old, and they stood up together after seeing Nie Ming.

The male police officer walked up to Nie Ming and showed his ID: "I am Liang Ye from the Serious Cases Group of the Public Security Bureau, and she is my assistant Ji Lin." You—Nie Ming? ”

Nie Ming nodded: "Officer Liang, what are you looking for me?" ”

Liang Ye looked at Nie Ming's parents, who were standing beside him with a nervous expression, and said to them, "I'm sorry, we want to talk to your son alone. ”

"Let's talk to my room." Nie Ming said he invited two officers from the Crime Squad to his room and closed the door.

After the two officers sat down, Nie Ming made them two cups of tea and sat down on the chair opposite. Ji Lin took out a notebook and a pen and prepared to take notes.

Liang Ye turned the teacup with his two hands, suddenly raised his head and asked, "Do you know what happened last night?" ”

Nie Ming was stunned: "I don't know, I went to bed very early last night." What, what's going on? ”

Liang Ye and his assistant glanced at each other, and then said slowly and clearly: "Lawyer Song Tairan, who has been with you all this afternoon, fell to his death from the balcony of his house at half past eight last night. ”

"What!" Nie Ming yelled and bounced up from his chair, "Lawyer Song...... He's dead? ”

Liang Ye nodded slightly and said, "You really don't know? ”

"How would I know! I haven't seen him since I parted with Mr. Song yesterday afternoon. ”

"You said you stayed home last night and didn't go anywhere?"

"Yes."

"Who else but your parents can prove it?"

"Wait," Nie Ming suddenly frowned, "What do you mean by that?" What do you think Lawyer Song's death has to do with me? ”

"Mr. Nie, you have to understand that what we are doing now is a routine, please be sure to support and cooperate." Liang Ye said.

"Okay," Nie Ming sighed helplessly, "If you want to get rid of my parents, I don't think anyone can prove it." However, I would like to know that Lawyer Song and I only met yesterday afternoon – why did you investigate me after his death? ”

Liang Ye and his assistant glanced at each other: "We learned from the investigation that Lawyer Song went to the Yu family manor yesterday afternoon - at that time, you were also there." And we went to Yu's house this morning, just now, to have a conversation with Mrs. Sima, and there we learned something like this—"

He took a sip of his tea, and then said, "Mrs. Sima told me a rough picture of what you did yesterday afternoon. Among them, two points caught my attention: first, that little book - of course, you know which one I'm talking about. According to Mrs. Sima, you made an appointment at that time, and Lawyer Song would look at it first, and then you would come to see it. However, after Lawyer Song finished reading this book, he suddenly changed his mind and didn't plan to hand it over to you, but insisted on taking the book home. ”

"Then, we may be able to understand it this way—in this book, there are some things that you can't know—that led Lawyer Song to temporarily decide not to give it to you after reading the book. Is that right? ”

Nie Ming frowned and didn't say no.

Liang Ye continued: "The second point is that the maid of the Yu family told me that after reading the notebook in the study for about half an hour, Lawyer Song ran out in a panic and called you outside the house to talk—then, your conversation must be related to the content of the small notebook, and it is very crucial. After that, Mr. Song left the Yu family manor and returned home. Two hours later, he fell to his death. That is to say - you, the last person he came into contact with before he died. Mr. Nie, now you know why we found you, right? ”

Nie Ming glanced at Liang Ye, who was staring at him with a scrutinizing gaze.

"You mean, I'm a suspect in the police, right?"

"I can only tell you frankly that the situation is indeed not in your favor."

"Well then, Mr. Officer. With regard to the two questions you just said — first, you said that you wrote things in that book that you couldn't let me know — that's impossible. Because Yu Cheng, the owner of this book, personally instructed me before he died.,I want to find this book.,And after reading it, do it according to what is written.。 If I can't let me know what is written in this notebook, how can he say such things to me? ”

Liang Ye blinked his eyes after listening to Nie Ming's words: "Mr. Nie, didn't you find a problem here?" ”

"What?"

"Yu Cheng is dead, what he said to you before he died, in fact, only you know."

"Could it be...... Do you suspect that I tampered with Yu Cheng's last words? Nie Ming got up from his chair.

"We're police officers, and we'll only agree with the facts – the fact now is that you really can't come up with evidence to prove that Yu Cheng's last words are not what you say. So, please sit down and talk about the second question I just raised – what did the old lawyer say to you that afternoon? ”

Nie Ming was stunned for a few seconds, slowly sat down on the chair, thought for a while, and said, "Yes, the old lawyer called me to the courtyard after reading the book, but he didn't tell me what was written in the small book at all. He just seemed flustered, and he told me that what was recorded in this book was not ordinary financial problems, but some hidden facts...... And, he added, he was going to prove these things. That's all I know. ”

"Mr. Nie, don't you think it's ......"

"I think so, I think about it! You would also think that the conversation between Lawyer Song and me is only known to the two of us. Now that he's dead, you can't tell if I'm telling the truth, can you? ”

"Please understand that we do need evidence."

"I have no proof. How would I know that the people who have been in contact with me recently have all died ......" Speaking of this, Nie Ming suddenly felt a little creepy, and he stopped.

Liang Ye stared at Nie Ming for a while, and said, "Last question, after you came out of the Yu family manor, did you go straight home?" Do you remember when you came home? ”

"Yes, I'm going straight home. Come to think of it, it was ...... At 6:30, I can remember. ”

"Okay." Officer Liang said that he looked at Ji Lin, who had been recording beside him.

"So, Officer Liang." Nie Ming said, "May I ask you a few questions?" ”