On the eve of the National Day.

The tranquility of the natural village was shattered, and a group of travelers who went into the abandoned natural village to play an adventure found Xiong Zhi's body hanging from a beam, and then a scream broke the sweltering heat of the middle hour.

At two or three o'clock in the afternoon, police cars flashed their police lights and drove here, and the blockade line also surrounded the place, a policeman was carefully searching for evidence in the house, Xiong Zhi's rotting body was still hanging in the middle of the room and swaying from side to side, and the rotten face and the green-headed flies flying around it made every policeman who looked at this face shudder.

"Has the identity of the deceased come out? Is that him? A policeman asked with an ID card that had been found in Xiong Zhi's pocket.

The policeman with the inquiry machine next to him: "Come out immediately...... It's really him, the wanted criminal suspected of committing a big crime in the bombing more than a week ago! ”

What the?!

The police gathered around, only to see Xiong Zhi's face on the electronic screen, even if it was a dignified ID photo, revealing a fierce and vicious aura. At the top of the photo is a line of big red letters: Wanted (Class A) Xiong Zhi, and below is a text introduction to Xiong Zhi's crimes.

"I caught a big fish, when his accomplices confessed to him, the province still attached great importance to it, and we arrested him within a time limit, and we were trained for this matter." A policeman glanced at the screen with some disgust, smiled wryly and said, "I said, why can't we find it when we dig three feet into the ground, it turns out that it is dead, I wonder if we can find it now?" ”

"You think beautifully! It's all a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse, and if you don't find a dead one, it's good not to be scolded! Although the final result will not come out until after the autopsy, there are no traces of a fight around, and in my opinion, it was not killed by him. An older policeman said, "I guess I can't bear my conscience, I can't bear the nightmare, and I committed suicide with the last straw more than a week ago." This kind of person, bah, is innocent of death, but it's a pity that it's too cheap for him to hang himself without trial. ”

After another investigation, seeing that there was nothing to collect evidence, several policemen simply glanced at the corpses on the beam with disdain, and walked out of the house together.

"Okay, it's almost done. Xiao Chen, you stay and watch the finish, and when the corpse arrives, put it down and send it away, and a few of us will go to eat first. Before I ate the lunch at noon, I got up from this incident, and it was really unappetizing to see this......"

……

Y County Public Security Bureau Headquarters, Conference Room.

It was late at night, but the conference room was still brightly lit.

On the big screen of the slideshow, there are terrifying pictures that make your stomach ache and go straight to your throat: skeletons burned to black charcoal, "hanged ghosts" hanging from beams all over their bodies, minced meat covered with billboards, corpses with different heads, black, swollen and ulcerated, like patients lying in the ICU like thousand-year-old rice dumplings......

It is the "masterpiece" of Zhongheng and others these days.

On the whiteboard next to the projection, photos are pasted side by side, and the corresponding names are written below: Xiong Zhi, Liu Zhongxiong, Wei Mucheng, Nian Dafu, Qian Zhong, Zhou Yu, Hou Wenhao, Ouyang Gang...... Between the different names and the photos, thin lines are outlined with black markers, and the corresponding relationship is written on the side of each thin line.

On the far right of the whiteboard is a picture of the tube building where Zhongheng once rented, and below, two words in quotation marks, the most taboo words for the police, are vaguely written:

"Haunted".

"Ning Bureau, the report on the results of the discussion is out, you can take a look." The forensic doctor from last time handed a report to Ning Kangming, who was sitting at the end of the conference table.

Flipping through the report, one suspicious point after another was revealed: 1. There were no fingerprints on the hemp rope used by the deceased Xiong Zhi to hang himself. 2. There are no fingerprints on the snakeskin bag containing the explosives nitrotetrazolium copper amine. 3. No detonating device fragments were found in the toilet of the Yifeng Bar. 4. According to the testimony of witnesses in the vicinity, there were two explosions with an interval of more than 10 seconds, but according to the on-site inspection, only one explosion occurred. 5. The source of the explosives is unknown. 6. The deceased Wei Mucheng, Liu Zhongxiong, Qian Zhong, and Zhou Yu died in a series of deaths a few days before the explosion, and the cause of death was determined to be an accident. 7. The video of the deceased Qian Zhong's fall shows that his death was caused by a strong push on his back, but the video does not show that someone pushed the deceased. 8. The "haunted" incident did not recur.

Finally, there is the most eye-catching one: the tenant of the original tube building 303 Zhongheng was suspected of being picked and provoked by social personnel on September 8, and disappeared afterwards, and there is no record of the use of ID cards so far.

"If you have any other opinions, let's talk about them." Ning Kangming put down the stack of paper in his hand.

"I've been a policeman all my life, and I don't believe in ghosts, snakes, and gods. In my opinion, this is definitely not some illusory ghost, this is the vendetta between the county's criminal gangs, and even involves the recent crackdown on terrorist smuggling on the southwest border. ”

"The county has been cracking down on gangsters recently, they dare to commit crimes against the wind, and they dare to commit crimes against the wind, not to mention, the recent anti-terrorism situation is grim, the whole country is strictly investigating, they actually have so many explosives, this is to be placed in the northwest, it is a major event that alarms the central government, it is really against him!" A police officer, who was not in a high position, was about to reach retirement age, and was much older than Ning Kangming according to his seniority, shouted, "So, I think we should start from the source of their explosives, and we need to cooperate with the police in other places." ”

Ning Kangming nodded.

Another officer raised his hand.

"You say."

"The first 8 doubts, we have checked everything that can be checked, and then trying to dig out something from it is within the scope of technology, and it is not our responsibility." "I think we need to focus all our efforts on Article 8 to find this person, and although I don't think it's likely that he is the murderer or accomplice in this case, this unexplained disappearance of the final balance is too strange." I think it must be related to the case, and the final balance must have something we don't understand, which is likely to be the key to a breakthrough. ”

"Makes sense, but why do you say that, do you have solid evidence?" Ning Kangming asked rhetorically, "We are very tight on funds and time now, and it is impossible to allocate too much to investigate an insignificant person." ”

"No, it's just a gut feeling."

"Does anyone else have other ideas?"

"I don't agree with that." Another police officer said, "Ning Bureau, with all due respect, although the public opinion outside is big now, it does not mean that it wants us to solve the case, and on the contrary, it does not support our investigation and handling work very much, but hopes that we will turn our energy to the law and order aspect." ”

"This series of incidents, the evidence in many links, such as the surveillance video of Qian Zhong's death, or the fishing line that strangled Zhou Yu, are all shown to be accidents in the public, although the deaths of Wei Mucheng and Liu Zhongxiong are not so direct, but most of the evidence also indicates that it was an accident, and we have no direct and powerful evidence to prove that it is a vendetta and killing, so why should we bother ourselves."

"Although most of the suspects in the case are in a trance, full of nonsense and do not admit it, but at least they are all brought to justice, most of the evidence of Xiong Zhi led by him also shows that he committed suicide in fear of crime, and most of the evidence of the remaining four messengers points to an accident, and the pressure on us is mainly to chase the source of explosives, and it has nothing to do with the fact that those cases are not qualitatively dead, and even if there is, there is no evidence to find it."

"We should focus on the big and let go of the small, so just like last time, the deaths of those four people will end according to an accident. What's more, as you said last time, it is very likely that the things involved behind this are not qualified for us to understand. Why should we be thankless......" as he spoke, his voice getting quieter and quieter, even mixed with a hint of fear.

"Comrade Xiao Li, this kind of thinking of yours is very dangerous!" The old policeman just now said with some dissatisfaction, "You are right, our main focus should be on improving law and order and chasing the source of explosives, but this does not mean that the death of those four people, and those subtle clues we can not pay attention to!" ”

The tone became urgent, the voice became louder, the old policeman's enthusiasm was expressed, and the whole person was like an active volcano that would erupt at any time, and he would jump up from his chair in the next second: "Kill people in broad daylight, and there is no royal law!" It's good that you don't even look at it, just an accident is given, it's all like yours, what case do we handle, we all write 'accident'! ”

"Senior Yu, slow down." Ning Kangming wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Is there anything else?"

The female police officer raised her hand again last time: "In my opinion, what you said makes sense, but in either case, it is difficult to solve it alone with our strength now." Explosives and policing are the focus of our work, and we must not let them go, but the rest, with our current energy, is already difficult to meddle in. ”

"So, I don't think we can take care of the so-called face anymore, we should report all these suspicions to the higher authorities and see if we can win their help."

"Jingle bell!"

Just then, the phone rang.

"Hello?"

The female officer picked up the microphone.

"Ning Bureau, looking for you, say Cao Cao Cao has arrived, the leader of the province."

The room was silent for a minute or two.

"Sure enough, it's something that we are not qualified to touch," Ning Kangming, who put down the phone, said helplessly, with a face, "The province said that they took over the explosives, and we just need to fully cooperate." As for the death of the four people, alas, let's just end it as an accident, what we need to do next is to focus on public security and fighting gangsters, and we have to be busy......"

……

There was an uproar in the conference room again, and no one noticed that in some invisible corner outside the window, a pair of night eyes in the dark had been staring at them for a long time.

"What a thing you're doing, exciting!" The existence hidden in the shadows smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a month, but I have improved so much, it really deserves to be a potential level 5 existence, and it didn't disappoint me." ”

"I want to see what more exciting performances there will be at tomorrow's meeting, I hope I don't need to wipe my ass again like now!"

The eyes of the guy in the dark night glanced to the south, and the deep gaze seemed to be able to cross the endless hills, reflecting the lights of the first-tier cities at the end of that direction.

"Otherwise, you'll have to give up."

In the corner, the shadows shook slightly, and there was nothing left.

The database of the police station, in the archives.

Whether it is paper or electronic, all the materials with the word "final balance" begin to disappear page by page.