The one who is sad and happy, the evil of virtue; Those who are angry and angry are the faults of the way; Those who like and dislike are lost in their hearts.

- Zhuangzi

【Introduction】

The seventh day of the first month. It's noon.

With the residual warmth of the New Year, the streets of Huajiang City are lit up with lights and crowds. Fashionably dressed girls, holding their arms in twos and threes, carrying exquisite shopping paper bags through the crowd, their youthful and beautiful smiling faces are the best business card of the city.

Bang.

A gunshot pierced the sky over the noisy city, and the world fell silent in an instant.

Quiet.

It's as quiet as death.

A few seconds later, the world suddenly restarted as if it had crashed. Wind. Shouts. Shriek. Crashing sounds. Crackling sound...... Wuyi Road, the most prosperous road in the center of Huajiang, was suddenly chaotic.

Bang. Bang.

Two more shots.

Wuyi Road, Dayao Jin, inside and outside the store, is already a mess. Two security guards and the lobby manager collapsed in a pool of blood, more than a dozen salespeople squatted in the corner with their heads in their hands, and the outermost girl buried her head in her chest and shivered. Although the sirens kept going off, the four robbers wearing long red hair hoods didn't look busy. One was guarding the doorway with a gun, one was a hostage with a gun in the corner, and the other two were busy around the counter and safe.

Hearing only a "squeak", a black van fell from the sky in front of the gold store. The driver, wearing the same hood, rolled down the window and whistled. The four robbers in the house received the signal and quickly assembled at the door. Seeing that "victory" was in sight, one of the robbers raised his head at the monitoring probe on the roof and raised his middle finger.

At that moment, a little boy with Ultraman in his hand stood up from the crowd in the corner.

[Chapter 22: The Hostages]

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Dayao gold shop.

A plump middle-aged woman in a mink coat looked at the storefront that had been ransacked by gangsters, and suddenly fell to her knees with a "wow".

"This is Ruan Jinhua, the owner of the gold shop." Fang Jinyu whispered.

Chen Nian nodded and walked over silently: "Hello, I'm ......"

Without waiting for Chen Nian to finish speaking, Ruan Jinhua grabbed Chen Nian's hand: "This shop is my life's work, you must be the master of me!" ”

Chen Nian hurriedly said, "Okay...... You can rest assured...... We'll be ......."

After being appeased for more than ten minutes, the female boss's mood was slightly stable, and Chen Nian hurriedly took the pretext of directing the on-site trace examination, autopsy and other work to leave. Fang Jinyu always stood aside and pursed her lips. Chen Nian just wanted to say something to Fang Jinyu, only to hear a crying roar from behind him:

"What about my son? Who saw my son? ”

"Sister Jinhua," a trembling answer came from the crowd: "Xiaohao was taken away by the robbers." ”

The woman in mink fell to the ground again.

Ding Xiaobai, who had just taken off his mask and was about to call it a day, sighed and said to his apprentice Cai Yao: "Yes, I have to say hello again." ”

While speaking, Chen Nian and Fang Jinyu had already come to the monitoring room behind the gold store. Gao Fang was crackling on the keyboard there, and when he saw Chen Nian and Fang Jinyu coming over, he sat down and said, "Brother Nian, Sister Jinyu, you see, the video of the entire robbery process is here, intact." ”

"It is impossible for a well-organized and sophisticated robbery gang to be unaware of the existence of surveillance video, unless it is intentional." Fang Jinyu said.

"Look at this ...... again," Gao Fang froze the video to the middle finger of the robber before leaving.

"It's so rampant, it's clearly a provocation!" Fang Jinyu said again.

Chen Nian was inextricably moved, just signaled Gao Fang to repeat the following video, and after watching it three times, he said: "Ruan Xiaohao saw the robber wearing a mask and a hood, and holding a gun, thinking that he was playing a game, he stood up and wanted to join, but his casual behavior obviously disrupted the rhythm of the robbers. According to the situation, the robbers did not need hostages to leave on their own. So under normal logic, the robbers should have two choices, first, ignore Ruan Xiaohao, after all, a four- or five-year-old child is not a threat to them; Second, shoot and kill, they have already killed three anyway, and they don't care about one more. ”

"That's right." Fang Jinyu said, "During the whole robbery process, the robbers planned carefully and acted decisively, only this paragraph is not logical. Whether it was an accident or a discovery of conscience, I am afraid only the person concerned knows. ”

"There is another possibility......"

"You mean, kidnapping, blackmail?"

Chen Nian nodded.

"But they have already robbed a lot of jewelry and cash, and how do they know that Ruan Xiaohao is the child of the gold shop owner?"

"Is this not possible at all?"

"No, but it still doesn't feel like it's reasonable."

"Where is there any reason to talk about criminals?"

Fang Jinyu heard this and silently said to herself: "Yes, maybe there is something hidden behind this case that we didn't expect." ”

"My gut tells me that this case is not simple." After Chen Nian said this, he vaguely remembered something, so he turned to Gao Fang and said, "Enlarge the picture just now, and I'll take a look." ”

A few people stepped forward.

After a while, Chen Nian pointed to the screen and said, "Look, what's the difference between this person's left middle finger?" ”

Gao Fang tilted his head and looked at it for a long time, and said, "It's no different, it's a little rough?" But this man looks like a fat man! After speaking, seeing the strange eyes of Chen Fang and the others, he silently lowered his head.

Fang Jinyu was thoughtful on the side: "The skin tissue in the middle of the finger looks very thick...... Is it calluses? ”

"That's right." Chen Nian said.

"Is it caused by a lot of guns? No, that would be an index finger callus. ”

"Hmm."

"So what kind of person would have such calluses on their middle fingers?"

"Angler."

Fang Jinyu was about to nod, but Gao Fang suddenly interjected: "Not necessarily!" Don't forget that this person only shows one middle finger, how can you be sure that there are no calluses on the other fingers? If you have both, anyone who does rough work is possible! ”

Chen Nian patted Gao Fang's shoulder and was happy: "You kid can now!" It is true that many possibilities cannot be ruled out, but we must first have a direction in our investigation...... To summarize roughly, the main suspect is between 40~50 years old, about 175 tall, fat, and his dominant hand is left-handed, so he is likely to be a fishing enthusiast. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Kejian brought a new discovery from outside the lobby: "Team Chen, this was found outside, an empty bullet casing. ”

Chen Nian took the transparent physical evidence bag and asked thoughtfully, "How many shots were fired at the scene?" ”

"Three shots." Da Zhou said, "The testimony of the eyewitnesses is consistent. ”

Chen Nian asked Gao Fang again: "What about in the video?" ”

"Three shots."

"Are you sure?"

"The preliminary judgment is that this is the case, and it is also possible to separate the audio and video in the later stage, and then further refine the comparison."

"I feel compelled to do this."

"Why?"

"Da Zhou, you tell him."

Zhou Kejian is a special police officer, although his brain is not so crooked when handling cases, but he is an out-and-out expert in fighting and firearms. So, he said to Gao Fang with some smugness and mystery: "Three gunshots, four bullet casings." ”

Seeing that Gao Fang was confused, he said: "Three American M1911 and one domestic QSG92." ”

The more Gao Fang listened, the more confused he became: "I'd better keep my brain cells to make my video!" ”

Chen Nian smiled and looked at Da Zhou: "In terms of the gun, you can't make a mistake, but the procedure that should be taken must be missing, take it back for ballistic testing!" Then he looked at Fang Jinyu: "Let's go our separate ways!" We'll meet this boss Ruan again. ”

In the afternoon, Huajiang People's Hospital.

Chen Nian and Fang Jinyu came to the VIP ward, saw Ruan Jinhua lying there, first glanced at each other, and then walked over tacitly.

Still without waiting for the police officer to speak, Ruan Jinhua cried with rain: "Oh my God, these people robbed my shop, why do they rob my son?" …… I'm serious about doing business, who is messing with whom, why can't you get along with me? …… If my son has three longs and two shorts, how will I live in the future? ……”

Seeing this, Fang Jinyu stepped forward and said gently: "Ms. Ruan, calm down first!" ”

"Calm down? My son is lost, you tell me, how can I calm down?! ”

"I understand your feelings! But don't worry, we're in full swing hunting down the robbers. ”

"And my shop, that's all my belongings!"

"Don't worry, we've already issued a wanted warrant......"

"Will they take my son hostage? …… The gold store was robbed, and I don't have any money as ransom! …… They're not going to rip up tickets, are they?! ......" Ruan Jinhua said and cried even more hideously, her round face twisted like a dinosaur egg about to burst.

Chen Nian felt that he was not a cold-blooded person, but in the face of this Ms. Ruan, he somehow couldn't sympathize. After some criticism and self-criticism, Chen Nian mustered up the courage to ask the question he had always wanted to ask but was not too embarrassed to ask:

"Where is the father of the child?"