Xu Xincha did not hesitate for a moment in front of the gate of the Shiyan Institute, and directly turned around and got into the car and left. His mobile phone kept vibrating in his pocket, and it was the case information sent to him by the city bureau.

"Song Ming," Xu Xincha made a phone call in the car, "I am in charge of this case." ”

The deceased's name was Yuan Qi, a young man of only 25 years old, who had just graduated for three years and worked for Lime Cake Co., Ltd. in City B before his death. Before the incident, he had a physical examination at the Municipal People's Hospital, and the results of the physical examination showed that there was no problem. Xu Xincha carried a middle-aged police officer surnamed Xie sent to him by Wei Fei, followed the navigation all the way to Lime Cake Co., Ltd., and quickly met the person in charge of the company with one of his investigation cards and Officer Xie's police card.

"You said Yuan Qi from the sales department?" The person in charge didn't know who the young man in front of him was, but he knew the investigation card with the official seal. He smiled cautiously, "He is a young man with strong work ability in our company, he looks young, but his ability is very outstanding, and he has led the team to do a good job in the company's performance." It didn't take long for him to be promoted to minister. ”

"The sales department is here, please."

The nature of a case is nothing more than that, murder of love, murder of money, murder of vendetta and murder of passion. Yuan Qi is just a young man who has just graduated and worked, and his own savings must not be much, let alone have complicated emotional entanglements. In the world, why did the time thief pick him?

The middle-aged police officer surnamed Xie is named Heng, who has been following Wei Fei since he entered the city bureau, and is also familiar with Xu Xincha, the young director of the Shiyan Institute in front of him. He didn't have to communicate too much with Xu Xincha, he was half a step behind him, and kept an eye on the situation of this company.

The mobile phone in Xie Heng's trouser pocket shook, he picked it up and looked at it, then immediately walked quickly to Xu Xincha's side, and whispered to him: "Director Xu, the guards asked me to tell you that he said that there must be a command behind this case, and it is speculated that it should be a vendetta." You can start with the social connections of the deceased. ”

Xu Xincha listened expressionlessly, and finally nodded lightly at Xie Heng: "I understand." ”

He followed the step-by-step process, started from Yuan Qi's social relations, and asked several employees, and the impressions and evaluations of Yuan Qi were unanimously appreciated.

"Minister Yuan is a young man with a lot of ideas, and he has made several plans for our sales department, which has improved the performance of the department. He usually doesn't have anything bad, but if he insists on saying it, he is a little strong and ......" The employee in the sales department paused with a cup of hot coffee and thought of a wording, "Let's be straightforward." ”

Xu Xincha nodded thoughtfully, and as soon as he turned around, he bumped into the attendance sheet hanging on the door. The cake company still sticks to the signature punch method. He took it down and flipped through it, and saw that Yuan Qi's name appeared in the first row almost every time, which showed that his work was extremely serious and responsible.

But only on March 1, the fourth day before his death, the word "tioran" was written after Yuan Qi's name.

"Well," the employee with the hot coffee leaned over to take a look, "Minister Yuan's leave should be on the 20th of last month, and someone has adjusted his leave." ”

The attendance book in Xu Xincha's hand has only started in March, and if you want to find someone who is on leave with Yuan Qi, you have to get the attendance book of the previous month. He was about to turn away when he heard a familiar voice behind him.

"Excuse me, but where is the sales department?"

As soon as he turned around, he bumped into a person head-on, who passed by him, and then Xu Xincha saw Lu Jijiang, who should not have appeared here. He frowned slightly, and was about to go over, when the employee next to him suddenly grabbed his arm: "I remembered!" ”

He pursed his lips and motioned for Xu Xincha to follow his eyes and look over, it was the person who passed him just now. The employee took a sip of hot coffee, and the heat in the cup quickly hit his glasses, creating a layer of white mist: "It is Brother Chen who is on leave with Minister Yuan, he seems to be a little busy recently, and he doesn't know what happened." ”

"Brother Chen?" The man in sight was wearing ordinary work clothes, and hurriedly walked towards his office, and the employees who passed by greeted him one after another. He walked over to his office and sat down, turning on his computer. As if sensing Xu Xincha's gaze, he raised his head and looked in the direction of Xu Xincha, and quickly looked away.

The man had heavy dark circles under his eyes, his hair was unkempt, and he looked tired.

"Chen Sheng, the old head of our sales department." The employee next to him lowered his voice and whispered in Xu Xincha's ear, "Brother Chen seems to be a little contradictory to Minister Yuan, when he was doing the last project, he and Minister Yuan had different opinions. At that time, the two of them were arguing about this, but neither of them would budge, and in the end, Minister Yuan's plan was approved. ”

Xu Xincha nodded slightly, he raised his legs and walked towards Chen Sheng. Lu Jijiang, who had already arrived at the door, followed.

"It's not just a contradiction in the planning argument," he thought to himself, "and I'm still not convinced that a young man has just taken the position of minister." ”

Xu Xincha walked up to Chen Sheng and stood still, unfolded his investigation card and put it in front of the other party: "I'm sorry, I want to know something." ”

Chen Sheng raised his eyes to look at him, and hurriedly stood up and stretched out his hand to him. Xu Xincha was a little surprised, but still symbolically shook it with him.

"Where did you go on the 20th of last month and what did you do?"

Chen Sheng was slightly stunned, withdrew his hand and said, "No. 20? My mother was hospitalized on the night of the 19th, and I asked for leave to accompany her at the Municipal People's Hospital that day. He looked at Xu Xincha hesitantly: "Officer, what's wrong?" ”

Xu Xincha looked at him deeply, withdrew the investigation evidence casually, and wrote lightly: "It's okay." He patted Lu Jiang's shoulder on the side: "Let's go, it's not too early, it's time to go back." ”

As soon as he stepped out of Lime Cake Co., Ltd., he immediately took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Song Ming.

"Go to the Municipal People's Hospital and adjust the surveillance video of the inpatient department on the 20th of last month. The room number will be sent to you later. While burying his hair in the message, he found Wei Fei's chat bar and clicked in, and asked Lu Jijiang without raising his head, "Have you taken the driver's license?" ”

Lu Ji stretched out his hand.

“？”

Lu Jijiang looked straight ahead, and his tone was flat: "Key." ”

On the way back to the Institute, Wei Fei, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, had already sent Chen Sheng's family information to Xu Xincha with great efficiency, and Xu Xincha also forwarded it to Song Ming, asking him to go directly to the hospital to check Chen Sheng's mother's ward number. After the other party sent him a receipt, Xu Xincha finally put away his mobile phone, he looked at the driver's seat, and suddenly asked, "What do you think about this case?" ”

"Personally, I'm inclined to vendetta, but there's more than one murderer." Lu Jijiang has already heard about the investigation in the company, "Chen Sheng is very suspicious. ”

"If there are contradictions and disputes, there is also a motive for committing crimes. If he's not a time thief, he's behind it. He tapped the steering wheel, "A young man with a good reputation, I don't think the time thief has any deep grudge against him." ”

Xu Xincha was silent, Lu He glanced at him between driving, and added: "I have taken criminal psychology in college, so I have a little understanding of this part. My mentor has also told me about some examples. ”

"The modus operandi of time thieves is actually extremely limited," Xu Xincha said suddenly, "They commit crimes by tearing apart the timeline of ordinary people, which means that they must find the entrance to the time realm. ”

When Xu Xincha said this, he suddenly realized that he had said a new concept, and he smiled apologetically, but the other party was driving, and his gaze did not move over: "You time students should never have learned any 'timeline' and 'time field', right?" Because these can only be seen and entered by those who have the ability to time. The time realm is a space where another dimension exists, and there are currently only two fixed entrances, one on the negative floor of the Institute and the other on the third floor of the Institute of Space Research. ”

Lu Jijiang thought of Wan Qi and said, "If you can find out who has entered the time realm, the time thief will be easily caught." ”

"Theoretically, that's right," Xu Xincha's phone vibrated for a moment, and he turned it on, "But that's too difficult, the Air Research Institute can only monitor whether there are vital signs and activity based on the magnetic field of that dimension, and it can't be identified-and, going to the Sunshine Community on Mingdao Street, the field team said that a suspicious person was found!" ”

As soon as Wan Qizhe came out of the Air Research Institute, he saw from a distance that his director's car was almost at the door of the Institute, and he hurriedly walked two steps over, and saw that the car turned around and went farther and farther.

Mingdao Street is quite far from the scientific research center in City B, and when Xu Xincha and Lu He are about to arrive, the sun is almost at the end, and the Sunshine Community is still an old-fashioned residential area. He Zhi from the Field Support Department was already waiting at the door, and when he saw Xu Xincha, he waved his hand and ran up: "Xu Suo!" ”

Xu Xincha closed the car door and walked towards the community: "Approximate situation? ”

"The deceased's rented house was in Room 501 of a building in the Sunshine Community, and we called the landlord to open the door and go in to investigate, and then caught a sneaky person following us outside the door." He Xiang stretched out his hand and pointed, "It's him, his name is Zhao Weitao!" ”

The alleged person was sitting on the sofa in room 501, looking unwilling and annoyed, and there were two people standing next to him, one was a member of the field service, and two police officers who were working together with the police. Seeing how he came in, Zhao Weitao's eyes wandered over Xu Xincha and Lu Jijiang, and stood up suddenly: "You are their leader, right?" I said I didn't do anything! I'm just going to see what you're doing! ”

His gaze was fixed on the expressionless, tall and indifferent Lu Jijiang, as if he wanted to burn him out of a hole. Xu Xincha coughed dryly, stepped forward to block Lu Jijiang, and showed Zhao Weitao the investigation evidence: "I'm sorry, please cooperate with our investigation." What are you wandering around in Room 501 trying to do? ”

"I've said it all, I didn't do anything!"

"You're just here to see what's going on, aren't you?" Xu Xincha nodded knowingly, raised his leg and approached him. He slowly took out a pair of white gloves from his pocket and put them on himself, and suddenly bent down slightly and reached out to the left pocket of Zhao Weitao's pants, Zhao Weitao was shocked and hurriedly wanted to hold down Xu Xincha's hand, but the latter suddenly changed direction and took out the things in his right pocket.

Zhao Weitao's face was bloody, he trembled all over, and involuntarily took a step back. The two people next to him immediately took a small step forward and stared closely at Zhao Weitao's movements.

Xu Xincha took the silver knife and shook it in front of Zhao Weitao's eyes: "Come and see with the controlled knife?" ”

He leaned slightly, raised his voice slightly, and said to the police officers who coordinated with the police: "Officer Xiao, do you need to leave this to you?" ”

"Yes, I want it." Officer Xiao pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, took out the evidence bag with a serious face, and put the knife in front of Zhao Weitao, "There are three sales locations of this brand of switchblade on Mingdao Street, all of which have installed surveillance, and we can investigate its ownership and fingerprints." Xu Suo, will I go back now? ”

Xu Xincha retracted his gaze and stared at Zhao Weitao, who was already frozen: "Let's go back in a while." ”

"Don't you tell me?" Xu Xincha said slowly, "Carrying a controlled knife with you to someone else's house, don't tell me that you don't know this family." He suddenly approached Zhao Weitao, "You often fight with people, and the marks on your face haven't completely disappeared!" ”

"I ...... I'm looking for this kid to pay back! Zhao Weitao scolded and scolded, not daring to meet Xu Xincha's eyes, "Yuan Qi has not paid back the money he borrowed from me for more than ten days!" I just wanted to, I wanted to threaten him! ”

"How much did you lend him?"

"Twenty, twenty thousand."

"Xu Suo!" The members of the Field Support Department came out of the bedroom and handed Xu Xincha a small stack of papers, "We found this in the deceased's room!" ”

Xu Xincha took it, looked at it, and smiled. He walked up to Zhao Weitao and raised a stack of papers in his hand: "Zhao Weitao, you have a knife with you, what do you want to do?" ”

It was a small stack of loan slips, the borrower was Yuan Qi, and the borrower had Zhao Weitao's name written on it.

"You refused to cooperate with the investigation before I came, and after you found the knife, you lied to ask Yuan Qi to pay back the money," Xu Xincha said, "Now are you willing to go with us?" He glanced at Officer Xiao, who understood, and took Zhao Weitao into the police car. Xu Xincha followed out and found that the surrounding onlookers all stepped back when they saw Zhao Weitao, some of them had their eyes full of contempt, and some of them were a little gloating.

"Is that him?" Lu Jijiang asked lightly beside him.

Xu Xincha shook his head: "I don't think so." ”

"After he arrives at the police station in a while, I will ask Song Ming to pull out his timeline to see if he is a time thief - the timeline of people with time ability is different, and the golden light is mixed with fine blue light." Xu Xincha took out his mobile phone and said while sending a message, "If he is not a time thief, he can completely rule out the suspicion of the murderer." It's just a street thug, we don't need to care. ”

As soon as he finished editing the message, Song Ming's call came. Xu Xincha picked it up, and Song Ming's deep voice came out: "Xu Suo, Chen Sheng didn't lie. ”

"He came to the hospital directly after getting off work on the night of the 19th, and until the evening of the 20th, he never left the hospital except for going out to buy three meals."