"Xiao Xia, aren't you leaving?"

I raised my head and replied to Lao Li by the door: "Finish sorting out the materials and leave." Lao Li nodded straightforwardly: "That's okay, remember to lock the door." After Lao Li left, I buried my head in the computer in front of me, browsing page by page and taking notes.

When I finished clicking Save File, I turned off my phone and packed up my things to get ready to get off work. Look at the time, it's almost nine o'clock in the evening, and it's another overtime night, get used to it.

The doors and windows were locked one by one, and I walked out of the police station.

Walking into a nearby ramen restaurant, the proprietress greeted her with a smile: "Xiao Xia, just got off work?" Or a bowl of beef noodles? I smiled and nodded, sat down in my seat, took the tea on the table and washed the dishes and chopsticks. It only took about ten minutes to wait, and the steaming noodles came up, and the proprietress knew how much I was eating, so she wouldn't hold a big bowl, and she would have more soup and more beef slices.

I scooped two spoonfuls of the hot sauce and stirred it in the noodles and ate it with a snort. I like the feeling that the tip of my tongue is spicy and numb, because the umami will enter the taste buds at the end, and I even drank the soup after a bowl of noodles, touched my stomach, and felt full of satiety.

When I came out of the ramen shop, it was almost half past nine, and I walked in the direction of the rented house.

In the dead of night, walking alone under the dim street lamp, the oblique shadow is elongated, and only the sound of the heel of his shoe hitting the concrete floor is heard, single and lonely. When I got to the entrance of the alley, I didn't hesitate to step into the darkness, there were no street lights, there were high walls on both sides, and from here, I walked through the alley to the rented house, which could be as fast as five minutes.

From the end of the alley to the end of the alley, about 100 meters, although it is a straight road, there will be several forks in the middle, each leading to another place. My steps are regular, not too fast and not too slow, and my heart rate is steady.

It's not because of their skills that they are bold, but because the people of this town are simple, and they haven't encountered any serious cases in the past year or so, at most some small cases of stealing chickens and dogs. Today's overtime is a family in the town was robbed, was stolen a lot of property, colleagues went to the scene to collect a lot of evidence back, I have to sort out the information into a file, and wait for tomorrow to hand over to the team leader Lao Li.

Five minutes later, I walked out of the alley without looking back at the darkness behind me.

This year, I learned not to look back.

Turn left and the first room is a rented house, a flat-roofed house, in addition to renting it in addition to a lot of space, I also like it to have a yard, I planted several pots of green plants. Every morning, I would breathe in the yard for half an hour before going to work.

By the time I finish freshening up and lying down, it is already past ten o'clock, and I will end my peaceful life and fall asleep peacefully.

As soon as I walked into the police station the next day, I was summoned to the office by Lao Li, and I brought in the USB flash drive that had sorted out the information. But Lao Li didn't come to urge me to hand in the information, and pointed to the seat and motioned for me to sit down and talk.

"Xiao Xia, I have something to discuss with you. I just received a notice from my superiors that the leaders of the Municipal Police Department are going to visit our town and need a careful person to assist from the side, I think you are the most stable, patient and good, and I plan to arrange for you to take this position, what do you think? ”

I was slightly stunned and asked, "Team leader, what exactly does this do?" I'm a clerical worker. ”

Lao Li slapped the table and said, "I want to be a clergy." What do you think, it's a formalism at most for the police department to send people down to investigate, what kind of tricks can we have in this small bamboo town, other people are frivolous, I don't worry. ”

It doesn't seem difficult to listen, I guess the main thing is to be in charge of entertaining, and then provide information to the leader, I hesitated and nodded: "Okay, then I'll sort out the information to be used." When he got up, he asked more: "What is the name of the leader?" ”

Lao Li: "His name is Liang Zheng, and it is said that he is already the second-in-command of the police department, and everyone calls him Brother Liang." ”

Before I could get all my documents ready, I was notified that the head of the city police department had arrived. I and a group of colleagues stood at the door to greet me. A black car was parked outside the police station, and a tall man got down. When Lao Li went up to call the man "Liang Team", I was slightly surprised, I heard Lao Li say that Liang was the second-in-command of the Municipal Police Department, thinking that he had to be in his forties, but he didn't want to be so young, at most about thirty years old.

It was that square face, and I thought of another person.

"Natsu-chan?" Feeling the back of my hand being touched, I came back to my senses, and when I raised my eyes, I saw Lao Li looking at me with an embarrassed face, and Liang Zheng had already walked in front of me, looking at me expressionlessly.

I felt a sigh in my heart, why did I run away in front of the leaders of the police department? Judging from the demeanor of several people, a polite smile pulled up at the corner of my lips, and I stretched out my right hand to Liang Zheng: "Hello Team Liang, I'm Xia Zhu." Next, we will be responsible for providing you with assistance in various file checks. Seeing Lao Li sighing in the afterglow, he knew that he had judged correctly.

Liang Zhengmo looked at me for two seconds and stretched out his hand to shake me, only a moment before letting go, and said lightly: "I hope the cooperation is pleasant." ”

I took a step back slightly, let him go first, and my eyes fell on the back of his head, and from the moment I shook him just now, I could tell that this person must be calm and resolute. My heart was slightly cold, and I intuitively felt that this police department sent an inspection may not be as simple as it seems.

Because it was a small police station and there was no living room, Lao Li gave up his office to Liang Zheng. After I moved a dozen materials in, Liang Zheng told me to do something else first, and he would call me if necessary. It was close to noon when the door opened from the inside, and Lao Li wanted to come forward and propose to go to the town for dinner, but Liang Zhenghuan looked around and shot his eyes at me: "Come in." ”

Seeing that there was work to be done in this situation, Lao Li gave me a look, and I nodded and pushed the door in.

Liang Zheng threw a folder from behind his desk, tapped his fingers on the desktop and asked, "Did you make this case information?" I flipped it open and looked at it, and nodded, "Yes." "This is exactly the burglary material I worked on last night, is there something wrong?

Liang Zheng asked: "Why is there no specific details of the stolen property in the confession of the Chen couple?" ”

"Because the Chen couple only said that they had stolen 3,000 yuan in cash from the drawer, and the rest was not lost."

"Don't you have any jewelry or gold in your home?"

"The confession says no."

Liang Zheng closed the laptop he brought on the desktop and made a decision: "Go to this house in the afternoon." I nodded and got up and said, "Then I'll go and inform my colleague who made the notes for the Chen couple to come with you." ”

"No, just you and me." He paused and said two words: "Secret visit." ”

In the afternoon, Liang Zheng and I went to the town near the Chen couple's house. Strictly speaking, this is the first time I have been in contact with a case head-on, and although I have been dealing with all kinds of trivial cases before, I have been sitting in front of the computer in the police station to sort out the file materials.

I don't quite understand Liang Zheng's motive for proposing the secret visit, is it because he suspects that the Chen couple is hiding something and didn't say anything? Generally, if the home is burglarized, no matter whether the property can be recovered or not, it is unlikely to hide the loss. However, from a certain psychological point of view, there are no absolutes in everything.

Although I've been in Zhuzhen for a year, I'm basically working and working at home, and most of them get up early and go dark, so the people in the town are basically not familiar with each other. Xindao This may also be the reason why Liang Zheng took me on an unannounced visit, otherwise he would have been replaced by his colleague Xiaoding, and basically no one would have known him on the street.

Liang Zheng didn't talk to anyone, just lit a cigarette and stood across the street smoking, his eyes drifting on the gate of Chen's house intentionally or unintentionally. At this moment, Chen's wife walked out, and an aunt on the side of the road greeted her, and the two stopped and chatted. The aunt's voice was very loud, and we could hear the conversation clearly when we stood across the street.

Auntie: "Xiaoqing, did you catch the thief?" ”

Xiaoqing is Chen's wife's nickname, and her full name is Wang Qing. There is a record in the confession, which I personally compiled, so remember.

I only heard Wang Qing sigh and say: "Alas, don't mention it, there is no hope." How many times has the police station been able to catch a thief? came to ask questions, took a few photos and left. I called this morning to ask, and the reply was 'checking', and there must be no follow-up later. ”

I touched my nose, a little embarrassed. Most of this kind of theft is indeed this process, and it is very difficult to catch the thief when you are used to squatting and leaving. Yu Guang glanced at Liang Zheng and saw that he was not depressed, so he was relieved.

Listening to it again, the aunt was shouting again: "Oh, Xiaoqing, did the pendant around your neck also be stolen?" ”

Wang Qing's face changed, and she smiled a little reluctantly: "No, that one was put at home, and I didn't wear it today." ”

"Oh, I thought that the white jade Buddha was also stolen, that would be unlucky. It's best to wear it all the time to be blessed. The aunt was still verbose, Wang Qing shirked and said, "Auntie, there is no rice at home, I want to go to the supermarket to buy some back, so I won't talk to you first." After saying that, the two said goodbye.

Liang Zheng suddenly touched my arm, I turned my eyes to look, and saw that he was holding a white jade Guanyin statue pendant wearing a red rope in his hand, only to hear him say: "Put it on to explore the aunt's mouth." ”

After staring at the Guanyin pendant and shaking away the superfluous thoughts, I willingly hung the pendant around my neck and chased it over a few steps and shouted: "Auntie stay." ”

My aunt turned around, looked at me, and asked suspiciously, "Is there anything wrong with the girl?" ”

I stepped forward with a gentle smile and explained, "I just happened to hear you say that Guanyin should be worn all the time, and I think you must be someone who understands this, so I want to ask you if the rope that has been hanging around your neck suddenly breaks, will there be any bad meaning?" ”

My aunt took a closer look at the red rope exposed around my neck and asked gossipily, "What are you wearing?" ”

I didn't mind pulling out the pendant tucked into my collar, "Then, show me quickly, the rope was changed later." As I spoke, I kept staring at my aunt's expression, and I was obviously stunned when I saw the white jade Buddha pendant, and then looked at my eyes with surprise: "Girl, you also have this kind of pendant." She leaned over and touched it with her hand, shook her head and said, "Your texture doesn't seem to be as good as the daughter-in-law of the Chen family, but girl, don't you know that men wear Guanyin and women wear Buddhas?" It's best not to wear it, the rope break is probably also reminding you, pay more attention recently. ”

I pretended to be ignorant: "And this statement? I really don't know, I've been wearing it for over a year. By the way, just now you said that the daughter-in-law of the Chen family also wore such a pendant? Is she a Buddha or Guanyin? ”

"She's a Buddha, no problem. Her white jade is purer than yours, and it is said that Xiao Chen bought it from the city at a great price. She had been wearing it before, but it was expensive, and her house was robbed two days ago, and the loss was not stolen, or the loss would be great, and now I guess I don't dare to wear it out and hide it. ”

"Ah, and what? Did you steal anything? I asked, feigned surprise.

When the aunt is her age, she likes to talk about other people's affairs, so she doesn't doubt it: "I don't know, I heard the daughter-in-law of the Chen family say that the thousands of dollars in cash in the drawer are gone, and she has quarreled with Xiao Chen at home for the past two days." ”

The inquiry was over, and I made an excuse to leave after a few casual pleasantries.

went around to Liang Zheng's car, opened the door and sat in, took off the pendant around his neck and returned it to him. After seeing him casually stuffed in his pocket, he asked, "How?" ”

I repeated the message I had received, and unexpectedly he asked, "What do you think?" He was silent and excused himself: "I am responsible for sorting out the information, and I am not very good at analyzing the case." Liang Zheng looked at me calmly for a few seconds, "It doesn't matter, you just say that your point of view is okay." ”

So I can only analyze: "On the surface, it seems that there is no reason for Wang Qing of the Chen family to hide the fact that the white jade Buddha statue may have been stolen. But according to the aunt, the white jade Buddha is very expensive to buy, and Wang Qing must wear it when she goes out, and now she doesn't wear it because she hides it, which is a bit far-fetched. In addition, when the aunt asked about Wang Qing's pendant just now, her fists were slightly clenched, and the expression on her face changed significantly, which was a sign of nervousness. Therefore, it is very likely that the Chen couple was stolen not only 3,000 yuan, but also her valuable white jade Buddha pendant. There was a pause, "or something else." ”

Liang Zheng smiled, but the topic changed elsewhere: "Zhang Ji really didn't recommend the wrong person to me, he pointed out that you have a strong ability to analyze the logic of your behavior, which is comparable to any colleague in the criminal investigation team." ”

His heart skipped a beat and his eyebrows furrowed.

In a year, I have never heard of anything or people related to the past. When I said the name from Liang Zheng's mouth, I was stunned. <