The weather in City A in September has gradually cooled, and there are not as many people who come to Maofeng Mountain for morning exercise and climbing. Wang Qiang walked slowly along the trail behind Maofeng Mountain as usual, he was old, and his legs and feet were a little weak, but this could not stop him from loving the beautiful scenery in Cheng Guangzhong. It was not yet six o'clock, the sun had just risen from the horizon, and looking down the mountain, the emerald green pines and cypresses were surrounded by mist, as if they were in Penglai Wonderland. Wang Qiang walked step by step, whistling as he went, except for the sound of birds, only the rustle of the breeze through the leaves.

Finally, when the sky was bright, Wang Qiang climbed to the top of Maofeng Mountain. He stood in the observation pavilion at the top of the hill, looked at the city under his feet that was alive in the morning light, took a deep breath, put his hands to his lips and shouted loudly.

"Ah~"

When some slightly cold air entered Wang Qiang's lungs, he felt as if he was a lot younger. As he turned to descend the mountain, he caught a glimpse of a large angular rock standing on the steep slope of the observation pavilion about ten meters below, and a small black-red patch of the stone on it. He didn't pay much attention to it and was about to go down the mountain to leave, but after walking a few steps, without the blind spot, and looking at the boulder again, Wang Qiang felt that the blood in his whole body was cold.

The Criminal Investigation Brigade of City A received a report that a citizen said that a female corpse was found on the top of Maofeng Mountain. When Xu Ranran arrived, the scene of the crime had already been surrounded by a yellow cordon, and several policemen were guarding it. She stepped forward, saluted her fellow guard, and showed her police ID.

"Hello, Xu Ranran, Criminal Police Brigade."

The other party returned the salute and opened the cordon and let her in. Xu Ranran walked quickly to the man who was half-squatting there with gloves on his face to inspect the body, the man raised his head and frowned slightly when he saw Xu Ranran. Seeing him like this, Xu Ranran hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Report to the captain, Xu Ranran of the Criminal Investigation Brigade asks to return to the team."

"Aren't you on vacation, why are you back?" Xiao Rongzheng's voice was low and a little hoarse, and as he spoke, he stood up, took off his gloves and walked quickly outside the cordon. Xu Ranran hurriedly followed, and said with a flattering smile.

"Didn't I hear that there was a case, I was afraid that the boss would not be able to keep busy, so I specially returned to the team to help." 、

"Come on, I think you can't stay idle at home. Lao Xie told me that yesterday I passed by your community and saw you teaching your family to walk right! ”

Xiao Rongzheng went outside the cordon, and then bent down and gently patted the dirt on his trouser leg with his hand. It was almost noon, the sun was high in the sky, and the weather was getting hotter. Sweat ran down Xiao Rongzheng's wheat-colored cheeks, and the back of his police uniform was already wet.

"Boss, don't listen to Lao Xie Hu, when did what he say be reliable. What's the situation now, what about the police? Xu Ranran touched her face a little embarrassed.

"No external injuries have been found on the deceased's body other than the wounds caused by the impact on the boulder. The footprints near the viewing pavilion are very messy, and the colleagues of the current trace examination are also extracting the footprints of the deceased, and the specific results of the cause of death will not be known until the forensic examination report comes out. You first go back to the bureau with Lao Xie to make a record of the informant. ”

"No problem, boss."

After Xiao Rongzheng finished speaking, he straightened the police hat he wore on his head, and wiped the sweat on his face with his hand by the way. The dirt on the trouser leg that had just been stained on his hands was mixed with sweat and left traces on his face. Xu Ranran looked around beside him looking for Lao Xie's figure, and didn't notice that their usually majestic captain had turned into a big face at the moment.

At this time, a bag of wet wipes was thrown in front of Xiao Rongzheng, and he subconsciously reached out to catch it, followed by a faint smell of citrus. He looked up and saw the girl standing about two meters away from him, her long black and shiny hair tied high behind her head, and a faint smile on her face. Wearing a baggy gray sweatshirt and light blue straight-leg jeans, there is a pair of khaki Martin boots that are somewhat worn-out. She lazily leaned on the trunk of a pine tree and looked at Xiao Rongzheng.

"Wipe it!"

"Who are you, this place is currently closed to the public, please leave here immediately." Xiao Rongzheng came back to his senses, frowned, said sharply, and walked quickly towards the girl. Xu Ranran, who was on the side, heard this, and hurriedly blocked in front of the girl, preventing Xiao Rongzheng from getting any closer.

"Hey, boss, this is my friend, Cheng Han, she's a doctor! She was the one who sent me here. Ah Han, this is the captain of our criminal investigation team, Xiao Rongzheng, Officer Xiao. ”

"Ranran, since you have returned to the team, I will go home to write my paper first, and I will not disturb your office. Call me when you're done, and I'll make you something to eat. Cheng Han ignored Xiao Rongzheng's fierce gaze, just stepped forward and gently patted Xu Ranran's shoulder, making her relax, and gently rubbed Xu Ranran's short hair as if encouraging.

She was half a head shorter than Xu Ranran, so she cushioned her feet slightly, so that she didn't have so much difficulty kneading the ground. Xiao Rongzheng looked at it from the side and felt a little funny, but he didn't dare to laugh out loud, so he could only keep a straight face and endure it.

"Then be careful on the road, and tell me when you get home."

"Okay, I see, bye-bye. Officer Xiao, then I'll see you first. ”

"Well, goodbye."

In the police station, Xu Ranran and Xie Wencong were making a record for Wang Qiang, the old man was overly frightened when he found the dead body in the morning, his face was pale, and he had vomited all morning, but now he has stopped, and his face is also a little bloody. Xu Ranran gave Wang Qiang a cup of hot tea and asked him to hold it in his hand to warm up.

"You said you found it during your morning exercise, can you tell us exactly when?" Xie Wencong asked questions as he took notes.

"When I got to the top of the mountain, it should be 6:55, because I am old, my health is not very good and I always forget to bring my mobile phone, so I wear a smart watch, I don't need to take it off, and it is convenient. I remember looking at my watch, and it was exactly 6:55. ”

"And then you found the deceased and immediately called the police?"

"Yes, although I was frightened, I didn't dare to delay at all."

"Did you see anyone else coming down as you went up the mountain?"

"Strange to say, I really haven't seen anyone today. In the past, I could meet a few old men and old ladies exercising, but today may be autumn, a little cold, I am alone from the bottom to the top of the mountain. ”

"Did you come into contact with the deceased after you found her?" Old man Wang, who was wrapping around the blanket and sucking the hot tea in his hand, heard Xie Wencong's words, and took a sharp breath, but his tongue was scalded.

"I said comrade policeman, I am just a small ordinary person, very timid. I was scared when I saw it in the pavilion, and I dared to step forward to join in the fun. You're not kidding me, old man! ”

"Okay, that's all for our time being, if there are any follow-up questions, I hope you can actively cooperate with our work."

"Cooperate, must cooperate." Xie Wencong glanced at the old man Wang, who was still a little trembling, and said to Xu Ranran, who was sitting in a precarious position.

"You sit with Uncle Wang for a while, and I'll report to the boss first." Xu Ranran nodded.

"There you go."

After Xie Wencong left, Old Man Wang's state was also better, and he didn't feel curious about the heroic female police officer in front of him.

"I said, girl, why are you thinking about being a criminal policeman? My old man is scared when he sees it, aren't you afraid of a girl's family? Hearing this, Xu Ranran smiled.

"Uncle, where is justice served, what kind of men and women are there. Aren't we all police officers serving the people and eliminating harm for the people? Besides, I'm professionally trained in the police academy, so I'm bold. ”

"That girl, you are really amazing, the current young people are not as young as you, some people like to join in the fun, regardless of the occasion, they actually make trouble for you!"

"Well, that's not it!" Xu Ranran nodded, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"You say someone is joining in the fun? After you called the police? ”

"Yes, there are a few young people who are angry and don't know where they heard about it. I had to go up when I came down, and I tried to talk about it, but in the end I didn't succeed when I saw the police coming. ”

"Why didn't you just say that!"

"I just remembered, didn't the officer ask!" Old man Wang looked at Xu Ranran a little innocently, and carefully took another sip of tea in the cup.

"You drink some more water, take a break, and I'll have my colleague take you home in a moment." After speaking, Xu Ranran walked out quickly.

"Boss!" Xu Ranran ran to the office out of breath and saw Xiao Rongzheng, who was listening to Xie Wencong's report.

"What's wrong?"

"Just now Uncle Wang told me that not long after he called the police, several young people in society got the news that they wanted to enter even though they knew that there were corpses here. I think their information channels are suspicious, or could they have something to do with the deceased? Hearing this, Xiao Rongzheng's brows tightened, and even the muscles of his face tightened.

"Stone, white dove!"

"Here!" A tall, athletic male officer and a petite female officer stepped forward.

"You two go check the surveillance at the foot of Maofeng Mountain, see if there are any suspicious characters that match the description of the caller, and take them to the police station as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

"Xu Ranran, Lao Xie, the two of you go check the major online platforms and see if you can find a channel to spread the news from above."

"Yes!"

After receiving the task, several people went their separate ways, and Xiao Rongzheng turned over the whiteboard in the office, on which there was a photo of a woman and an intricate network of relationships. This woman, Mei Mei, was found from Changyun Beach a week ago. At the time of discovery, the body had been hit beyond recognition by the reef.

After forensic DNA comparison and forensic examination, not only the identity of the deceased was determined, but also a large amount of air was found in the right ventricle of the deceased, and the preliminary judgment was that it was caused by man-made death, and the woman had just undergone sterilization shortly before her death. So far, there has been no progress in this case, and now another body has been found. Although the autopsy report has not yet come out, Xiao Rongzheng faintly feels that the two cases are somewhat related.

Cheng Han returned to the door of the house, and before he entered the door, he heard the noise inside, as well as the screams of children from time to time. She rubbed her eyebrows and pulled out the key to open the door.

"Oh, this is Hanhan. I've grown into such a big girl! As soon as she entered the door, before she could change her slippers, she heard a somewhat shrill female voice say. Cheng Han looked at the woman in front of him who couldn't show her mouth full of teeth when she laughed, felt that her face was tight, and looked at her parents with some doubts.

Lu Wenjin hurriedly introduced her daughter, "Hanhan, this is your father's distant cousin, you can call your cousin." This little friend is your cousin's son, your cousin's nephew. ”

"Well, hello cousin, little nephew." Cheng Han smiled and nodded, changed into slippers, said hello and prepared to enter the room to write a thesis. When the teacher went to the capital to give a lecture, the task assigned to him was a big headache when he thought about it.

But when she opened the door to her room, she felt blood gushing up all over her body. I saw that the Lego of the Millennium Falcon that she had originally placed in the glass cover was knocked over to the ground, mixed with glass shards, and it was a mess. The photo on the table was also knocked over to the ground, and it was covered with graffiti with a black water-based pen as a canvas.

Cheng Han walked over, picked up the photo with trembling hands, and through the layers of graffiti, he seemed to see the young man's smile like a spring breeze in the photo again. She was silent for a few seconds, took a deep breath, walked out of the room, looked at the little boy running around in the living room, grabbed his collar as he passed her, lifted him up, and asked with a cold face.

"You've been in my room?"

"Ahhhh The little boy, who was about three or four years old, was suddenly picked up, startled, and kept kicking his legs to break free from Cheng Han's hands. The adults in the living room hurriedly came over, and the so-called cousin reached out and grabbed Cheng Han's hand with her fingernails, wanting her to let go. But even if he was injured and caught with blood marks, Cheng Han didn't let go.

"Is there something wrong with you, what's wrong with entering your room, what's the big deal. He's still a kid, what's there to say no! My cousin screamed, and she had long lost the harmony she had just now.

"Hanhan, what's wrong?" Cheng Guanhai knows his daughter's temper, there must be something hidden here. At this time, Lu Wenjin next to him glanced at his daughter's room and called out.

"Did you get it? Didn't your parents teach you not to mess with other people's things? If your parents don't educate you, I'll help them educate you! Cheng Han carried the little boy to the door of the room, pointed to a mess on the ground and said. The little boy was so frightened by Cheng Han that he cried and ran behind his grandmother. The cousin hurriedly hid the boy behind her, poked her head out, and glanced at it, retorting a little weakly but still not daring to show weakness.

"It's not a valuable thing, my grandson likes it, play what's wrong. He's still a child, what do you care about a child," she retorted indifferently, but she didn't notice that Lian Cheng Guanhai's face was slowly changing.

"Mom and Dad, look what he ruined Ah Xu's picture!" Cheng Han took out the photo that had been graffitied, his eyes were a little red, but his tone was still calm. When the old couple saw the photo, their eyes turned red all of a sudden. And the woman who sprinkled still didn't give up.

"Isn't it just a photo! You can wash it again, my baby can be painted on it or give him face! You are an adult, you are not ashamed to worry about your children! ”

"That's it!" Cheng Guanhai lifted the eyes on his nose and said sharply.

"But my cousin ......"

"Don't climb relatives, to be honest, we can't fight each other. What you want me to do, I won't do for you. Please leave my house with this child immediately! The couple protected Cheng Han in their arms one left and one right, preventing women from getting close to her again.

"But he's a child!"

"I advise you to take good care of your children, and don't bring them out to be ashamed if you lack a family and little education. Today, my family Hanhan is kind enough to help you discipline, if you don't teach well in the future, you may have to be beaten a lot. Lu Wenjin changed her usual elegant appearance, and at this moment she was like a hen guarding her cubs and saying things that pierced people's hearts, and protected her children firmly.

"Bah, what's the big deal. Also intellectual family, so stingy. Huzi, let's go. The cousin took the frightened child and walked away scolding.

Cheng Han handed the photo in his hand to his father, and then walked into his room without saying a word and closed the door gently. The old couple who stayed in the living room, looking at the photo of the destroyed unrecognizable son, Lu Wenjin's tears fell down with a click, Cheng Guanhai hugged his wife, and also reached out to wipe his eyes.

"Hanhan, Mom and Dad will work with you to put together Axu's spaceship." Lu Wenjin sorted out his emotions and asked cautiously lying on the door.

"Good! Mom and Dad, I'm fine, let's fight again when you have time. Listening to the somewhat hoarse response, the old couple also knew it, so they didn't stay at the door longer, and went back to the room.

In the room, Cheng Han sat on the ground with his back against the door, crossed his knees, looked at the mess in front of him, and silently left tears......