Xie Rui came home, shook the door, didn't take off his shoes, and fell directly on the bed exhausted. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This small house of more than 30 square meters is a single dormitory assigned by the bureau, Xie Rui has been living here since he worked, and he is very satisfied with this house, because this bedroom is very similar to his original bedroom.

Occasionally, when he lay in bed and let go of all the distractions of the day, he would think of his former home. He was not originally a native and lived in the far north. He will never forget the promise he made to his mother lying on the sickbed before leaving: "I will definitely become a good police officer and make a career outside!" ”

The weakened mother didn't say anything, just gave him a warm and trusting smile. In this way, Xie Rui reluctantly left home, left his mother, came to the city, and became a policeman.

In fact, his original intention was not to be a police officer. He has shown a strong talent for painting since he was a child, and was unanimously recognized as a painting genius by the teachers of the school and the Children's Palace, and strongly encouraged him to continue to study painting and be admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in the future.

His parents supported him until that day, when his father, who was a police officer, died in the line of duty, and the killer has not been found.

From that day on, he personally gave up his dream of art, determined to inherit his father's mantle, no longer let any good person be blind, no longer let any prisoner go unpunished.

After his father's death, his mother's health deteriorated due to overwork. But she firmly rejected the idea left by Xie Rui: "If you want to achieve a career like your father, you can't stay here." It's too small to hold your dreams, and you're going to go outside and see the outside world. The world is big, and you have the ability to fly there. ”

Thinking of his mother, Xie Rui felt a sense of loss. He rolled over, folded his hands behind his head, and stared at the ceiling. The stuff in the back pocket of his pants hurt his ass, and he reached out and pulled it out, staring at it.

It was something he had just picked up at the dumping site in the grove across the street from the police station, and when he saw it, he immediately slipped it in the back pocket of his pants and made sure no one noticed him.

He took the little thing in his hand and looked at it carefully, and the light shone brightly on it. It is a brooch in the shape of a tiger, with a brass texture, a simple shape, smooth lines, and lifelike.

When Xie Rui wanted to leave the scene of the corpse, he suddenly felt a pain in the soles of his feet, as if he had been pierced by something, and it turned out that the pin behind this brooch pierced the soles of his shoes and stabbed him.

Xie Rui looked at this brooch, and his mood still couldn't be calm. His mind drifted back to a long time ago......

Early in the morning, Liu Changfa appeared in the office triumphantly, wandering around in front of everyone as if he was idle.

"Xiao Zhao, are you here so early today?" Liu Changfa said with a grin.

Xiao Zhao is a cleanliness addict and is frantically wiping the table, which is the first thing he has to do at work every day, and it takes half an hour to do it. He didn't even raise his head and said, "Yes, Brother Liu, you finally found out, I have been here every day since I went to work!" ”

Liu Changfa waited for a while and didn't see him look up, he really couldn't hold back, and said, "You look up at me." ”

Xiao Zhao was stunned for a moment, raised his head and looked at Liu Changfa from head to toe, and suddenly his face changed: "Brother Liu, you have dandruff on your shoulders!" Then he reached out and helped him whisk it off.

"Eh, no need, I'll do it myself." Liu Changfa hurriedly dodged.

Liu Changfa was very dissatisfied with Xiao Zhao's answer, and walked to the other tables in a huff.

"Lao Wang, you ......"

Before Liu Changfa could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the excited Lao Wang: "Lao Liu, did you watch last night's ball game?" I'm so angry that I'm going to have a heart attack! ”

This time it was Liu Changfa's turn to be stunned: "Uh, I didn't look at ......"

Lao Wang slapped the table heavily: "You said, so many opportunities were all wasted, and in the end, I was beaten 2-0 by such a weak team!" You say, what do they eat? If you want me to say, that coach should take the blame and resign! And ......"

Liu Changfa accidentally provoked the super talker and die-hard fan Lao Wang, and he couldn't help but complain, and it took a long time to get out.

But he didn't give up yet, and slowly walked in front of Xie Rui.

"Xiao Xie, what do you think of Brother Liu's clothes today?"

Xie Rui only glanced at him and understood what was going on today. But he deliberately pretended to be stupid: "Oh, Brother Liu, this dress today was bought for you by your sister-in-law, right?" Look at the true spirit! Sister-in-law is so good to you! ”

Liu Changfa was anxious: "Your sister-in-law did buy me a new one, but it's not this dress, you can take a look at ......"

Xie Rui was really embarrassed to tease him anymore. He laughed and said, "Brother Liu, tell everyone what is going on with this thing you are wearing on your chest!" ”

This time, Liu Changfa was finally satisfied. He proudly showed off to everyone: "Last year was my wife's 20th wedding anniversary with me, and my wife specially prepared a big meal and gave me this thing, you see! ”

After speaking, he straightened his chest high, and the small fat on his stomach was retracted.

"Ouch, what kind of letter is this? Why haven't you seen it? Xiao Zhao leaned over, helped his glasses, and carefully looked at a brooch pinned to Liu Changfa's chest.

"What letters? What do you look at? Let's change your glasses! Liu Changfa was not happy.

"It's a tiger, isn't it?" Xie Rui took over the conversation.

"It's still Xiao Xie who has vision." Liu Changfa gave him a thumbs up.

"Where did you buy it? Is it expensive? Lao Wang asked.

"I didn't buy it, she made it herself!" Liu Changfa's chin was raised, vividly showing a middle-aged man's pride in love.

"Can you do this yourself?" Everyone was dumbfounded.

Lao Wang didn't believe it: "If you want to say that she knits a sweater for you, I believe it, how can you make this metal thing yourself?" ”

"Hey, don't believe me. She went outside to attend a handicraft class, where everything was taught. She specially learned to make brooches from her teacher, and she has been doing it for a long time, and there is such a thing in the world! ”

The scene of everyone's laughter is still vivid, but the once happy middle-aged man has become a "missing person", and the brooch as a wedding anniversary gift is now in Xie Rui's hand.

No matter what clothes Liu Changfa wears, this brooch has always been pinned to the same position on his chest, many people say that he looks motherly and awkward when he wears this thing, but he doesn't care at all, he still wears it every day. At that time, Xie Rui could see this brooch every day, and he was so familiar with it that he would never admit it.

"There's only one in the world!" Xie Rui remembered what Liu Changfa had said. If this is the case, why did this brooch happen to be present at the scene where the female corpse was found? Could it be that Liu Changfa has anything to do with this female corpse?

Xie Rui was tormented by this thought and couldn't sleep at night. Early the next morning, he drove his old car to Liu Changfa's house.

Xie Rui walked into an old and dilapidated six-story building, walked up the narrow and dim staircase to the fourth floor, and stood in front of a dusty iron door. The couplet on the door is still as bright as yesterday: "Heshun has a hundred blessings, and the word peace is worth a thousand gold." Xie Rui looked at this couplet, and his raised hand never put it on the doorbell.

Suddenly, the door opened. A middle-aged woman who was haggard and lonely was about to come out, but saw Xie Rui standing outside the door. She hesitated for a moment, and said unexpectedly: "Xiao Xie? ”

Xie Rui was a little embarrassed and scratched his head: "Sister-in-law." ”

"Come in, please." The middle-aged woman opened the door wider, sideways and let Xie Rui in.

Xie Rui walked into the room, the middle-aged woman closed the door, and said to him enthusiastically: "Sit down, what's polite!" ”

Xie Rui sat down on the sofa, saw her put a cloth bag on the table, and asked, "Sister-in-law, are you going out to buy groceries?" ”

The middle-aged woman said, "Yes, there are no more dishes at home." Wait a minute, I'll make you tea. ”

"Sister-in-law, don't be so polite, I'll sit down and leave." Xie Rui hurriedly said.

But she still made a pot of tea and put it in front of him.

The tea is fragrant, that is Liu Changfa's favorite Longjing tea. Xie Rui held the teacup and buried his face behind the rising heat, thoughtfully.

The middle-aged woman sat on a chair next to the sofa and spoke first: "Xiao Xie, you are here today, do you have any news to tell me?" Whatever it is, just tell me, I can handle it! ”

Xie Rui looked at her with a strong and calm expression, and felt even more unbearable in his heart. He hurriedly said: "No, sister-in-law, you misunderstood, we are still trying our best to find Brother Liu, and there is no further news yet." ”

Seeing that the middle-aged woman's expression was a little puzzled, Xie Rui took out the brooch from his jacket pocket and gently placed it on the coffee table.

"However, we recently found this in the woods across from the police station."

When the middle-aged woman saw the brooch, she was stunned for a moment, and then covered her mouth. Xie Rui saw tears rolling in her eyes, but she desperately held back and didn't let it flow out, and she didn't even allow herself to make a little crying sound.

It took a while for her to calm down a little. She wiped her eyes, sniffed, and held the brooch tightly in her hand.

"Thank you for finding this and giving it back to me."

Although this is a bit cruel, in order to solve the case as soon as possible, Xie Rui also had to be a bad guy and ask for more details: "Sister-in-law, are you sure this is the chest you gave to Brother Liu?" ”

The middle-aged woman nodded: "Your brother Liu is a tiger, this shape was thought up by myself and made by myself." There could be no more brooches like this one. ”

Xie Rui then asked, "Then did Brother Liu tell you that he would go to the woods opposite the police station?" ”

She thought for a moment, then shook her head, and said with certainty, "No, he never mentioned the forest." ”

Her statement was the same as Xie Rui's thoughts. In fact, there was nothing in the forest across from the police station, and they wouldn't normally go inside.

So what was the reason for Liu Changfa to go into that forest and drop the brooch inside?

Xie Rui was pondering, and Liu Changfa's wife asked, "You picked up this brooch in that woods?" ”

Xie Rui nodded and said, "Yes, this may be a clue, we will try to find more clues and find Brother Liu as soon as possible." ”

The middle-aged woman smiled sadly: "I'm sure you'll get him back." Do you want to bring this brooch back as a piece of evidence or something? ”

Xie Rui thought for a while and said, "No need, sister-in-law keep it." ”

"Thank you." Liu Changfa's wife carefully put it away, as if it were a priceless treasure.

"It's time for me to go back, don't bother my sister-in-law, I'll let you know as soon as there's any news." Xie Rui got up and said.

"Thank you, don't be busy, pay more attention to your body."

Her advice warmed Xie Rui's heart. He had a good relationship with Liu Changfa, and often came to his house for dinner in the past, so he became familiar with his wife. For Xie Rui, she is like a mother in a foreign land, warm and loving. So what happened to her made him even more heartbroken.

Saying goodbye to Liu Changfa's wife, Xie Rui drove away, but instead of returning to the police station, he went to the forensic doctor.

The fat forensic doctor who was in charge of the autopsy at the scene last night was surnamed Qin, Xie Rui was very familiar with him, and often called him fat and fat. He got out of the car, rushed directly into Forensic Doctor Qin's office, and asked straight to the point: "Fatty, how is it, is there a result?" ”

"What result?" The chubby Qin forensic doctor asked slowly and leisurely.

"Don't knowingly ask, it's the female corpse I found last night."

"Oh, you have to be clear. I handle so many corpses here every day, how do you know which one you are talking about? Lucky for you, I've been busy since last night, and I've just got results. For my sake, shouldn't you treat me to dinner? ”

"Okay, well, our police canteen, it's enough! Tell me more about this corpse! ”

"What a slamming door, you kid! As for the cafeteria at your police station, I might as well go home and cook instant noodles by myself! Qin Forensic Medicine was poor enough, and his face was straight: "There are no obvious injuries on the deceased's body, only a few less obvious marks have been found in the pelvis, and after examination, it should be the claw marks of some kind of large carnivore." Therefore, we judged that the deceased may have been attacked by some kind of beast and died of excessive blood loss. ”

"Beasts?" Xie Rui looked surprised. "Are there any beasts in our city?"

"As far as I know," Forensic Doctor Qin smiled bitterly, "the only thing in our city that can be called a beast is a stray dog." ”

"Can a stray dog cause that kind of scar?" Xie Rui asked immediately.

"I can't." Forensic Doctor Qin continued to smile bitterly.

Xie Rui rolled his eyes: "Doesn't that mean nothing?" Could it be that you are mistaken? ”

Forensic Doctor Qin said: "Definitely not, the autopsy was not done by me alone, this is the collective conclusion of all our forensic doctors." You can question me, but you can't question all of us, right? That's the claw marks of some kind of beast! ”

It seemed that there were no useful clues about the cause of death here for the time being, so Xie Rui asked instead, "Is the identity of the deceased confirmed?" ”

Coincidentally, before Xie Rui could finish speaking, the door of the office was pushed open, and a young police officer walked in and said loudly: "The identity has been judged!" ”

Xie Rui walked over and snatched the report from the young officer's hand, and looked at it carefully, Forensic Doctor Qin secretly glanced at the young officer, signaling him that this was his own person, don't be angry.

I saw that the report was printed with a photo of a woman, and since it was not printed in color, I couldn't see her face clearly. The identity information column shows: Luo Li, female, 28 years old, address: Room 1305, Building C, XX Community.

"Did the family of the deceased come to report the disappearance?" Xie Rui asked the young officer.

"Nope." The young officer was still dissatisfied with his rudeness just now, and replied without even looking at him.

Xie Rui threw down the report and rushed out of the office without looking back, leaving Forensic Doctor Qin with a helpless face and shook his head with a wry smile. (To be continued.) )