On the way back from the hospital, Xu Lang asked some about the situation in the basement of the orphanage in the west of the city, although Xu Lang was in Lu Ye's office before, Lu Ye told him something, but Xu Lang still wanted to know more and know more details.

Ning Yanran naturally told Xu Lang everything she knew, since Xu Lang knew about the arms, then there was no need to hide anything else.

It's just that after Xu Lang listened to Ning Yanran's narration, he didn't express his views and opinions as usual, he fell into silence, and this silence kept coming back from the hospital, and the two of them entered the Public Security Bureau without ending.

Ning Yanran has been dealing with Xu Lang for more than a year and almost two years, she rarely sees Xu Lang as silent as she is now, and she found that what Xu Lang did and the attitude he showed after the 921 case was very different from usual, Xu Lang suddenly disappeared for a few days after the 921 case, and then came back, this time when she came back, Ning Yanran found that Xu Lang had changed a lot, was silent a lot, and seemed to have something on her mind in her heart, although she didn't know what Xu Lang was hiding in her heart, but, She obviously noticed that this must be related to the missing Shangguan Jing and the orphanage, but she noticed it, and she also faintly tested Xu Lang a few times, but she didn't get Xu Lang's explanation and response, so Ning Yanran had to give up temporarily.

In fact, compared to the truth that Zhang Lei told in the ward, which surprised and surprised Ning Yanran, what made Ning Yanran even more puzzled was why Xu Lang went to find Lu Ye as soon as possible after he came back this time, and the two of them stayed in the office for so long, and there was a fierce quarrel during this period, which made Ning Yanran puzzled at the same time, but also faintly aware of some kind of plausible danger, but what kind of danger it was, Ning Yanran didn't know it for the time being.

The Municipal Public Security Bureau was very busy during this time, really busy, the city leaders left the Municipal Public Security Bureau after that meeting, they as the top leaders of the city of S City, naturally there are too many things to do every day, too much work to deal with, it is impossible to spend all their energy on this case, although this case involves a batch of arms, but there are already special people to investigate the matter of this batch of arms, Lu Ye and they can't intervene, these leaders naturally can't intervene.

The director of the Provincial Public Security Department also returned to the province after the meeting, and only He Yongzhi and others from the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Provincial Public Security Department remained, and now, the highest leader here is naturally Hou Debao, a weapons expert, but Hou Debao did not specifically command He Yongzhi and Lu Ye how to do it, how to investigate the case and investigate it like this, he stayed in the Municipal Public Security Bureau every day, and he didn't know what he was busy with or what he was thinking.

After Xu Lang returned to the Municipal Public Security Bureau, he did not go to the Second Criminal Investigation Team, but to the forensic office, to be precise, to the autopsy room.

In the dissection room, Xu Lang saw a lot of forensic doctors who were busy, including Ye Xuefei.

In the past, when Xu Lang saw Ye Xuefei, he didn't feel embarrassed and anything, but since he knew a lot of things from Lu Ye, Xu Lang was actually not very willing to see Ye Xuefei, after all, she was Ye Zhenhai's daughter, and she was the woman who almost became his daughter-in-law, but escape is not the solution to the problem, Xu Lang wants to find Xu Yi, he can only solve these cases in front of him first, and only through Shangguan Jing can he know some things he wants to know, and in these cases, Except for Zhang Lei and Li Taiping and the children who wandered around the ghost gate, the only corpses left were lying in the freezer.

People, as long as they live, will always lie for various reasons, but the dead will not, in many cases, the dead speak much more honestly than the living, this point, Xu Lang has always been very convinced.

The bodies of Niu Honghe and the others have already been autopsied, and the autopsy report has already been handed over to Ning Yanran and them, and now, what Xu Lang wants to know when he comes to the autopsy room is that the corpses found in the cage in the basement of the orphanage, he wants to know what the identity of these victims is and what it has to do with the orphanage.

Xu Lang's arrival did not cause any sensation in the dissection room, the forensic doctors were busy in their respective jobs, I don't know if it was because of the heart or because of other reasons, when Xu Lang walked in, Ye Xuefei noticed Xu Lang, she put down the work in her hand, came to Xu Lang's side, and said, "You are here." ”

Ye Xuefei didn't ask Xu Lang where he had gone and what he had done during this time, like Ning Yanran, and the first sentence after the two people met was just a sentence that you came.

Xu Lang looked at the woman in front of him who had a sickly white skin because she stayed in the forensic office for a long time and didn't bask in the sun often, his eyes were very complicated, and after being silent for a few seconds, he nodded and said, "I'm here." ”

After saying this, Xu Lang didn't want to look at Ye Xuefei's eyes full of concern and worry, but looked at the dissecting table not far away, at this moment, there was a corpse on the dissecting table, and the forensic doctors were dissecting the corpse.

As if knowing what Xu Lang wanted to ask when he came to the dissection room, Ye Xuefei said slowly: "We found five corpses in the basement of the orphanage, three men and two women, all of whom are not very old, and the eldest is only seventeen years old, they have been dead for a while, and the preliminary judgment should be around the beginning of September." ”

Hearing Ye Xuefei say this, Xu Lang retracted his gaze, glanced at Ye Xuefei, frowned, and asked, "Early September?" That wasn't before I went to the orphanage. ”

Ye Xuefei nodded and said, "They suffered a lot of torture before they died, they were starved to death. ”

"Starving?" Xu Lang raised his eyebrows and looked at Ye Xuefei in surprise.

Ye Xuefei's eyes moved slightly, but she still nodded, and said, "Yes, we have dissected four corpses and found that they are severely dehydrated, there is not a single bit of food in their stomachs, and the fat in their bodies is seriously consumed. ”

"In addition, they have been imprisoned in a very small iron cage during their lifetime, five people are pressed against each other, their bodies are a little deformed, after their death, because of the decomposition of the corpses, their corpses are glued together, and it took a lot of effort to separate them when we dissected them."

Before Xu Lang came to the autopsy room, he had already known the tragic situation in the basement through Ning Yanran, and also knew the effort and cost of the police to get these corpses out of the iron cage, but what he couldn't figure out was who these five people who were locked in the iron cage in the basement? Are they orphans in orphanages? Xu Lang asked Ning Yanran this question before, and Ning Yanran was not very clear, but she told Xu Lang that these deceased should not be children in the orphanage, because in the past two years, the economic conditions of the orphanage in the west of the city have not been very good, except for the thirteen children, there are no other children, and according to the police investigation, the children in the orphanage will generally leave the orphanage when they are about fifteen years old, and it is precisely because of this that Xu Lang can't figure out who these five corpses are.

Ye Xuefei seemed to know what Xu Lang was thinking, she took Xu Lang to the workbench, picked up five photos from the workbench, handed them to Xu Lang, and said slowly: "They also have them on their heads." ”

Xu Lang took the photo, looked at it, and found that the photo was a tattoo of five skulls, exactly the same as the tattoo he saw before, Xu Lang looked at the photo, his brows were tightened, he thought about it and asked, "Did the autopsy find anything?" ”

"The bodies of the five corpses all have many old scars, which are caused by external forces, the latest scars were left a year ago, and, according to the autopsy, these five victims have not seen the sun for at least a year." Ye Xuefei explained.

Xu Lang believed in Ye Xuefei's ability and knew the conclusion she had reached, Xu Lang thought for a while and asked, "Is there any clue about this skeleton tattoo?" ”

As soon as Xu Lang said this, he found that Ye Xuefei looked at him with strange eyes, Xu Lang was a little uncomfortable by her, he scratched his head and asked, "What's wrong?" Could there be any major discoveries that have not been made? ”

Ye Xuefei shook her head and said, "I am a forensic doctor, and I am only responsible for dissecting corpses, dealing with dead people, and finding clues to tattoos, you should ask Ning Yanran about them." ”

Hearing Ye Xuefei say this, Xu Lang came back to his senses and knew that Ye Xuefei was right, he smiled apologetically at Ye Xuefei, and then prepared to leave the dissection room to ask Ning Yanran about the skeleton tattoo.

Ye Xuefei seemed to think of something, and suddenly said: "Regarding the matter of the skeleton tattoo, you'd better ask Mr. Hou Debao, a weapons expert from Yanjing, he may know more." ”

Xu Lang was stunned for a moment, he turned his head to look at Ye Xuefei, as if he wanted to ask Ye Xuefei why he said that.

Ye Xuefei explained slowly: "After all, he came from Yanjing, and he is one of the eight experts in the public security system of Huaxia State, so he must know more things than we know. ”

Xu Lang thought about it, nodded, and felt that what Ye Xuefei said was right.

Seeing Xu Lang's expression, Ye Xuefei remembered one more thing and asked, "I heard that after you came back today, you went to the Lu Bureau and had a big fight with him in his office?" ”

Xu Lang smiled bitterly and nodded, I didn't expect that it hadn't been long since it had passed, and the whole situation knew that he and Lu Ye had quarreled, sure enough, where there were people, there was gossip, and the spread of news was fast, he touched his nose and said, "It's not a quarrel, it's just arguing about something." ”

"Can you tell me?" Ye Xuefei asked tentatively.

Xu Lang glanced at Ye Xuefei with complicated eyes, shook his head, and did not speak.

"Hey"

Ye Xuefei sighed softly, didn't say anything, and then, she thought for a while and asked, "Did you go to the hospital to see Zhang Lei?" ”

Xu Lang nodded, he knew what Ye Xuefei wanted to ask, so he said: "Just came back from the hospital, Zhang Lei is fine, just recuperate in the hospital for a while." ”

"So, what about the kids?" Ye Xuefei is a woman and a forensic doctor, although she deals with corpses every day, she still cares about those children.

"It's also recovering well, Zhang Lei's family is helping to take care of it, there should be no problem." Xu Lang explained.

When Ye Xuefei heard this, her slightly furrowed brows gradually eased, she glanced at Xu Lang, and said softly: "Zhang Lei is a good person and a good policeman. ”

Xu Lang knew what Ye Xuefei wanted to express when he said this, but he didn't express his position on this issue, but turned around and left the dissection room.

After Zhang Lei woke up, he chose to remain silent, and the police were also investigating Zhang Lei and his family, everyone in the bureau knew about this matter, and Zhang Lei naturally knew that although Ye Xuefei was a forensic doctor, she must also know that this was a procedural issue and a matter of principle, although no one was willing to easily doubt the comrades around him, but when there was a problem, the investigation must be an indispensable issue, Ye Xuefei just said that Zhang Lei is a good person and a good policeman, nothing more than to tell Xu Lang, She believed in Zhang Lei.

In fact, not only Ye Xuefei believes in Zhang Lei, but the people in the second criminal investigation team believe in Zhang Lei, and they don't think that Zhang Lei has anything to do with the 921 case, but it is one thing to believe in it, and it is another thing to investigate, Xu Lang is just a criminal investigation consultant now, and he is not qualified to say anything about this matter with that power, besides, the matter of investigating Zhang Lei and his family is not something that the Municipal Public Security Bureau can interfere in.

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When Xu Lang left the autopsy room and came to the second criminal investigation team, he didn't see Ning Yanran, he didn't know where she went, and he didn't see Li Lei, but he saw weapons expert Hou Debao.

When Xu Lang walked into the office area of the second criminal investigation team, Hou Debao noticed Xu Lang, and Xu Lang also noticed Hou Debao for the first time, the two looked at each other for a while, Xu Lang walked straight to the opposite side of Hou Debao and sat down, he held the photo he took from Ye Xuefei in his hand, put it on the table, pushed it in front of Hou Debao, and asked straight to the point: "Do you know the origin of this tattoo?" ”

Hou Debao didn't look at the photos on the table, a pair of slightly narrowed eyes, looked Xu Lang up and down, and after a long time, he asked, "You are Xu Lang?" ”

Xu Lang was slightly stunned and frowned, he didn't understand why the weapon expert from Yanjing in front of him asked him this question, but he still nodded and said, "I'm Xu Lang, we've met before?" ”

Hou Debao knew what Xu Lang was testing, he smiled slightly, shook his head, and said, "We haven't met before, this is the first time we have met." ”

"What about you"

Hou Debao didn't continue to stare at Xu Lang, but looked down at the photos that Xu Lang pushed in front of him, picked up one of them and looked at it carefully, while looking at it, he said: "I have long heard that there is a great young detective named Xu Lang in S City, I have always been very curious, and I don't believe it, especially after I arrived in your S City, I can always hear someone mention you, so I am very curious and want to see you, I saw it today, you are younger than I imagined, it is really terrifying." ”

When Hou Debao said this, he raised his head and looked at Xu Lang with complicated eyes.

Xu Lang heard Hou Debao's words, he frowned, he didn't understand what this so-called weapons expert wanted, he didn't think he could have such a big reputation, and it could be passed on to Yanjing, not to mention that Yanjing is in the north, S City is in the south, just talk about Hou Debao's age and identity, he is a weapons expert, he is almost sixty years old, he has been in the public security system for decades, what kind of detective has not been seen, what kind of person has not been dealt with, He didn't think that the little things he had done in S City in the past few years would be in the eyes of this expert.

Although Xu Lang himself knows that he does have a certain talent in solving cases, most of the methods are learned in the police academy, and other things are summarized in practice, since he can do this, he believes that other people can do it, but he does it a little better and uses it in the right place, and that's it, so Xu Lang is very puzzled why Hou Debao said this when he saw him.

After Hou Debao finished saying that, he lowered his head again, looked at the photo in his hand, and didn't look at Xu Lang who was frowning, he didn't explain anything, in fact, according to Hou Debao's age and identity, there is really no need to explain anything to Xu Lang, a junior.

Xu Lang saw that Hou Debao didn't explain, and he didn't want to ask questions, so he put the doubts in his heart into his heart, looked at the photo in Hou Debao's hand, waited for a while, and saw that Hou Debao didn't speak, so he asked: "Do you see the origin of the tattoo?" ”

Hou Debao raised his head and glanced at Xu Lang, put down the photo in his hand, and then looked at Xu Lang with a somewhat solemn face, and said, "Do you know 'Master Chang'?" ”

Xu Lang was stunned, he looked at Hou Debao suspiciously, he didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned 'Master Chang', but then he thought of something, his frowning brows were a little tighter, and he asked tentatively: "You mean to say that this tattoo is related to 'Master Chang'?" ”

Hou Debao looked at the young man in front of him, nodded slightly, smiled, and said, "Yes." ”

After saying this, the old man took out a few documents and photos from a briefcase placed in the office, handed them to Xu Lang, and said, "Look at this." ”

Xu Lang took the things handed over by Hou Debao, he didn't rush to look at the documents, but first picked up the photos and looked at them, only looked at two, his expression became extremely solemn, and then raised his head, looked at Hou Debao, and asked with a shocked face: "Where did this photo come from?" ”

Hou Debao was very satisfied with Xu Lang's shock, he seemed to think of something, determined something, and then said slowly: "This is found on the bodies of several victims in several cases I have participated in before. ”

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