Chapter 1: Suicide or Homicide
In mid-May, the spring breeze blows, and the scenery is full of flowers. The pedestrians on the road are in a hurry, and they are not in the mood to enjoy the scenery at all. At half past nine in the morning, the traffic was busy.
The first day after the weekend is over, it's still a day of impatience.
At this time, Wei Zhongwen had only one thought in his heart.
"Master, can you drive faster, I'm in a hurry!" Although the morning rush hour has passed, the number of vehicles on the road continues unabated, and Wei Zhongwen is already anxious as he sits in the car.
"Dude, this is already the fastest, and it should be a red light sooner." The driver said, his tone was full of helplessness.
I knew I would have taken the subway! Wei Zhongwen thought so in his heart, but he had nothing to do.
"It's almost there, less than a kilometer to go." The people around Wei Zhongwen reminded.
If the road had been clear, it should have been there in five minutes, but the long queue had been stopped for ten minutes.
Wei Zhongwen ran out of patience.
"Master, you send her to the destination, I will settle the list for you later, and I will get off first." Wei Zhongwen said, motioning for the other party to open the car door.
"Okay, look at you in such a hurry. Then pay attention, after all, it's on the road. The driver expressed frustration and immediately opened the door.
"I'll see you later." Wei Zhongwen said so, and then got out of the car.
"I'll see you later." Tang Yuran responded, but Wei Zhongwen had already melted into the traffic at this time.
"What's the urgency here, so anxious?" Seeing this, the driver couldn't help but gossip.
"Something to save your life..."Tang Yuran's voice was very small, so small that if you don't listen carefully, it will be easy to ignore. But even so, it was a word that filled the entire carriage.
......The air in the car froze suddenly, and no one spoke.
On the other side, Wei Zhongwen started running wildly as soon as he got out of the car, and finally saw the destination after two traffic lights.
Huating Community.
Every second counts, and that's the right word for this moment.
"Master, is there a person named Zhang Jingya in this community?" Wei Zhongwen hurriedly came to the doorman and asked eagerly.
"Miss Zhang Yajing? To know is to know... But what are you looking for her? The doorman replied as he looked Wei Zhongwen up and down. You don't seem to be from this community, I'm sorry, our community has rules, people who are not from this community must first..."
Before the other party's voice could fall, the voice was drowned out by a deafening explosion.
"Oops!" Wei Zhongwen couldn't help but secretly scream in his heart. It seems that it is still a step too late. "Police!" Wei Zhongwen said, took out a document from his pocket, but only for a moment, and then put it away again.
"Just... What was that just now? The uncle outside the door was obviously frightened, and asked Wei Zhongwen on the side in a daze.
"It's an explosion, call a fire truck!"
"Well... Good. Being yelled at by Wei Zhongwen like this, the doorman uncle regained his consciousness a little and hurriedly took out his mobile phone.
Looking at the billowing smoke not far away, Wei Zhongwen naturally knew the magnitude of the fire.
"Hey, wait, it's too dangerous, don't go!"
There was a call from the doorman behind him, but where could Wei Zhongwen hear this at this time.
After the explosion ended, a crowd of people began to gather in front of the building, and following the direction of the crowd and smoke, Wei Zhongwen quickly found the target location.
On the seventh floor of Unit 3 of Building 5, the location of the fire was on the top floor, and when I looked up, it was already thick smoke, and the whole building was filled with screams and cries for help.
It's still a step too late.
Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, Wei Zhongwen couldn't wait, and rushed straight into the building.
At this time, he had only one thought in his mind. Save!
The corridor was filled with thick smoke, so that he couldn't open his eyes, there was no elevator, Wei Zhongwen didn't dare to breathe, held his breath, and ran up all at once, but even so, the high concentration of dust and particles in the air began to make it difficult for him to breathe.
Because the explosion was heard, the occupants of the building began to evacuate as soon as possible. Wei Zhongwen covered his mouth and nose and breathed as little as possible, while organizing the residents to go downstairs in an orderly manner.
Time passed minute by minute, Wei Zhongwen was anxious, and no one could tell what the situation was on the seventh floor now.
Finally came to the sixth floor, but Wei Zhongwen couldn't get close to a single step, and the fire was far bigger than he expected.
With experience, Wei Zhongwen groped for something in the thick smoke, and finally found a fire extinguisher at the corner of the stairs.
The fire was so big that it had spread to the corridors, and even if there were people in the house, the chances of survival were slim.
But even so, Wei Zhongwen didn't want to give up the last chance.
Wei Zhongwen settled down and calculated the best path in his heart. The capacity of the fire extinguisher is limited, and it is necessary to be quick to walk to the door in the most economical situation.
I saw that in the next second, Wei Zhongwen trotted all the way and used a fire extinguisher to clear the way for himself, he couldn't help but look back, and everywhere he went just now, he was all engulfed in flames. Wei Zhongwen couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly.
With a deep breath and a puff, he made it to the door.
The door had been somewhat deformed by the impact of the blast wave, and Wei Zhongwen kicked it hard and kicked the door to the side. The room was full of smoke, Wei Zhongwen was so smoked that he couldn't open his eyes, he tried his best to move into the room, but he was still forced back by the heat wave and flames.
"Damn!" Wei Zhongwen didn't want to give up like this, he tried his best to use a fire extinguisher to clear the way for himself, but he still couldn't resist the raging flames.
Seeing that the fire extinguisher was about to be used up, Wei Zhongwen's heart sank, and he secretly screamed badly.
But at this time, I heard the exclamations of the firefighters. "There's one more person here!"
Wei Zhongwen just wanted to say something, but suddenly a thick fog made him cough, and he couldn't say anything.
Subsequently, Wei Zhongwen was forcibly taken away from the scene of the fire, he was annoyed, but there was nothing he could do.
In the end, Wei Zhongwen still couldn't save that person.
'On May 12th, the day of my birthday, I chose to be born again. Farewell, Feng Ming. ’
Wei Zhongwen never thought that such an unknown diary turned out to be a suicide notice.
Wei Zhongwen's heart was very chaotic, but he tried his best to restrain himself and remind himself to stay calm. He settled, raised his left hand, and looked at his watch, 10:31 a.m.
Wei Zhongwen silently wrote down the time.
didn't have time to think about it, took a deep breath, and Wei Zhongwen dialed the phone number that he was once familiar with.
"Hey, Wei... Team Wei? An uncertain voice came from the other side. Obviously, the other party didn't expect that he would receive a call from Wei Zhongwen again.
"Hey, it's me. There was a homicide in Unit 3 of Building 5 of Huating Community, and the situation is quite special, so you should come over as soon as possible. Concise and to the point, Wei Zhongwen finished speaking, and then hung up the phone. He knew that the other party would definitely come.
Although the fire was large, fortunately, the fire engine was not far from the area and arrived at the scene within five minutes. The fire was finally brought under control, and although it spread downstairs, fortunately there were few casualties.
It's just that the source of the fire on the seventh floor took an hour to extinguish it due to the large fire.
The fire on the seventh floor is full of devastation as far as the eye can see.
"We're still late." The speaker was Tang Yuran, who came later. Looking at the billowing smoke from the seventh floor from time to time, she had an indescribable feeling in her heart, this was the first time she had witnessed the fire scene, and she didn't expect it to be such a scene.
Tang Yuran looked at Wei Zhongwen on the side, only to see that the other party's body was covered with a layer of charcoal ash, and his face was also dirty, with a few more gray-black marks. She understood in her heart that Wei Zhongwen was afraid that he had gone to save people just now.
"I didn't expect what was written in the diary to be true... If you can get there earlier..."Tang Yuran was halfway through speaking, she couldn't go on, she noticed that Wei Zhongwen's face was wrong.
Tang Yuran's voice was very small, but every word was like a needle prick, piercing Wei Zhongwen's brain.
"Tsk!" Wei Zhongwen was so annoyed that he slammed his fist on the wall beside him.
Unwilling.
Although he knew that he shouldn't go to this troubled water, Wei Zhongwen was still unwilling, gritted his teeth, and his heart was down, he still decided to find out.
The flames on the seventh floor had been extinguished, and there were still scorch marks everywhere, completely different from the blazing sensation just now.
In the absence of the police, it was not appropriate to enter the scene privately, but at this time, Wei Zhongwen was not much more careful, put on shoe covers, and entered the house.
Looking around, there was charred black everywhere, and presumably the clues had been burned away.
And somewhere, a humanoid lump made Wei Zhongwen's heart startled. It's her.
The girl who chose to be reborn on her birthday. Zhang Jingya.
Wei Zhongwen suddenly felt a little unbearable in his heart, twisted his head to the side, and didn't look at her.
Fortunately, Tang Yuran didn't follow, otherwise she wouldn't be able to stand it when she saw this kind of scene. Wei Zhongwen was thinking about it, but was interrupted by a voice behind him.
"Team Wei!" The person who came was Chen Xi, who was a police officer in Wei Zhongwen's team. It was the phone call that Wei Zhongwen had just made that summoned her to the scene.
After two years, Chen Xi saw Wei Zhongwen again, at this time she was no longer a rookie in the police force back then, and had been promoted to the new captain of the team.
Two years ago, Wei Zhongwen resigned resolutely for some reasons, left the police force, and chose to start a life of "a master in the world".
As for the reason, whether it is Chen Xi or the people in the team, everyone knows it, but everyone chooses not to mention it very tacitly.
"Hmm." Wei Zhongwen nodded. Although they haven't seen each other for two years, the two don't have the slightest relationship. Wei Zhongwen omitted unnecessary greetings and said directly. "Now that you're here, let's get started."
"Yes!" Even though he has been away for two years, Wei Zhongwen's style of doing things has not changed at all. When Chen Xi thought of this, his thoughts suddenly became complicated, and what happened two years ago was still vivid.
In the past two years, this is the first time that Wei Zhongwen has contacted the people "over there", and if it weren't for that diary, maybe Wei Zhongwen would never have had any intersection with the people "over there" again.
At this time, the police have already begun a rigorous collection work, and although the scene has been burned to ashes, no matter what, there will still be traces of one kind or another.
"Captain, how did you come here?" Chen Xi hesitated for a moment, but still asked. She couldn't help but think of the phone call she had just received, obviously, Wei Zhongwen knew from the beginning that what happened here was a murder, not just a fire.
"I received a notice of suicide from this girl, but I was still a step too late. Before he could enter the community, an explosion occurred. Wei Zhongwen said calmly, and there was some self-reproach in his tone.
"Suicide... Notice? Perhaps this concept is too abstract, Chen Xi did not react at once, but continued to ask rhetorically. What is that? ”
"That's a long story, I'll talk about it in detail when I make a transcript. Compared to this, what is the situation of the corpse now? Compared with this question, at this moment, Wei Zhongwen is more concerned about the deceased.
"That's... As for the deceased, it has been investigated just now, because the fire is large, so the degree of damage to the body is serious, and the preliminary judgment is that the degree of burns has reached 4 degrees, which is a serious burn. ”
The tissue of the corpse disappears from moisture, the protein coagulates, it has become hard, brittle and black, charring, and the skin is dry and cracked due to extreme dryness and contraction, forming a similar incision or cancillation tear.
These were already clear to Wei Zhongwen when he first saw the corpse, but he still didn't understand a little.
"If it's just a burn, how can it be so serious?" Wei Zhongwen couldn't help but ask.
"When we investigated just now, we found that around the body, there was an oil drum with a capacity of about 1L, although it was burned to the point that it was unrecognizable, but judging from the degree of burns, it should be something like gasoline." Chen Xi replied.
"You mean that the deceased poured gasoline on himself before he died?" Wei Zhongwen couldn't help but gasp. He could never have imagined that this person who was bent on suicide would choose such a painful way.
"That's right..."Chen Xi said, his words couldn't help but become heavy. It's the first time she's seen it in such a cruel way. "Captain, you just said... Is this person suicidal? Chen Xi suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but ask in surprise.
"That's right, like I said earlier, on that suicide notice, it was clearly written when the deceased committed suicide." Wei Zhongwen said, and at the same time remembered something, and said: "In addition to the fire, there was also the sound of explosions at the scene at that time. You measure the size of the room, the rate at which the gas spreads, and you can predict how long it will take for the gas to explode. ”
"Captain, you mean, there was not only gasoline in the room at the time, but also a gas leak?"
"That's right, an explosion caused by a fire alone wouldn't be so fast or so violent. I suspect that the deceased had turned on the gas beforehand, waited for the gas to fill the room, poured gasoline on his body, and then lit the fire. ”
"This..."After listening to Wei Zhongwen's analysis, Chen Xi was speechless in shock. What kind of person would choose such a cruel way to end his life?
"Strangely, though, despite the strength of the explosion, it did not cause physical damage to the body." Wei Zhongwen analyzed. "Even though the fire started far away from the kitchen, the gas concentration in the room was already high based on the magnitude of the explosion at the time, so if you start from this point, you may be able to make a new discovery."
"Okay, I see." Chen Xi said, not forgetting to write down what Wei Zhongwen said one by one, this seems to have become a habit for her.
"However, whether the deceased died by suicide or homicide will not be known until an autopsy has been performed. Do you understand what I mean? Wei Zhongwen said, turned around and walked towards the door.
"I understand." Chen Xi said and nodded seriously. She is no longer the rookie who didn't know anything back then. Chen Xi was even a little anxious to prove his ability to Wei Zhongwen.
"The situation at the scene is more complicated, it may take a little hard work, I still have something to do, if you need to make a record, you can contact me at any time." Wei Zhongwen said, taking advantage of the situation to make a gesture of making a call. "Oh, by the way, if you don't have a direction now, you can go investigate the deceased's boyfriend first, Feng Ming." Wei Zhongwen seemed to suddenly think of something, and reminded him.
Then, before Chen Xi could answer, Wei Zhongwen disappeared at the door.
In the room, Chen Xi stood alone, looking at Wei Zhongwen's departed figure, he couldn't help but look a little lonely, only to hear her whisper back: "Okay..."
Wei Zhongwen went downstairs, and the isolation zone had been placed in front of the building, as Wei Zhongwen expected, the downstairs had already been surrounded by water, except for the residents of the building, most of them were some people who came to see the excitement.
Wei Zhongwen ignored them, looked around, and finally locked his gaze on a corner.
On the bench on the side, Tang Yuran was alone, sitting alone on it, his face was very ugly.
"It's okay." Wei Zhongwen walked over and asked.
"Well, I'm fine."
"It's the first time I've seen a scene like this, it's normal."
"Hmm." Tang Yuran was a little embarrassed, he really looked a little out of shape. But then, as if she had thought of something, she asked, "That girl... Was she really, suicidal? ”
"What do you want?" Wei Zhongwen asked rhetorically.
"I hope... I hope she lives well. Tang Yuran said, his tone full of grief.
"Suicide or homicide, when the autopsy results come out, the truth will be revealed. But before I can do that, I'm going to meet someone else. Wei Zhongwen said and stood up from the bench. The sun shone on his back, casting a large shadow on him.
"What are you talking about..."Obviously, Tang Yuran had already guessed who it was.
"That's right." Wei Zhongwen said and walked towards the entrance of the community. It didn't take long for him to suddenly realize something, and he turned to Tang Yuran and asked. "Together?"
"Good, good." Tang Yuran was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and hurriedly got up and walked quickly to Wei Zhongwen's side.
What does the "perfect boyfriend" in the mouth of the deceased look like?
A person who can make a girl choose to commit suicide is a human or a demon?
This time, Tang Yuran wanted to judge it with his own eyes.