Lin Xi!

When Lu Yong said the name, the recording he heard in the headphones on the day of the crime echoed in his ears again, it was not a story, but the mental torture and trial of the deceased by the murderer; It was a one-man show, and because the murderer was the only one performing from beginning to end, scrutinizing this recording may be a breakthrough point in finding out the murderer's identity. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lu Yong agreed with my analysis, he took out a stack of papers from a stack of high papers, looked at it a few times and said: "Regarding Lin Xi mentioned in the recording and the incident three years ago, we also conducted a special investigation, but unfortunately, there is no connection between the two, that is to say, nothing happened to the person named Lin Xi three years ago, and there was no person named Lin Xi in the old case three years ago." And that includes your case. ”

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, this is the second time that Lu Yong has mentioned the case three years ago in front of me, and the nightmare that I don't want to recall now still sounds harsh, wronged, detained by the police for three months, broke up with Nie Qian, and lost a job and a place to live, which may be a nightmare for an ordinary person.

I shook my head vigorously, trying to shake myself out of the nightmare, "Did the killer just happen to use this recording?" Also, how could the playground choose such a headless and tailless thing to put into the revenge room? ”

"I'm afraid it's impossible to investigate, after all, there won't be too many people paying attention to such a little-known small project, but for the sake of prudence, I'll still let them investigate again, but don't get your hopes up, I always think that the murderer just used the revenge room, not created it."

Lu Yong's words were not unreasonable, and it immediately reminded me of another important matter, "Have you investigated the staff in charge of this game?" The probability that he is the murderer is not lower than the seven of us, and even if he is not, he is very likely to be related to the murderer, you think about it, to kill someone in the revenge room, it is difficult to do it without a familiar environment. ”

Lu Yong raised his eyebrows, as if he had been inspired by something, and his voice was a lot more excited, "Yes, this is my negligence, we just made a normal inquiry about that staff member, and did not investigate him in particular, yes, I will let someone bring him over right now, I hope it's not too late." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the phone on the table and called Xu Long in, who had just pushed open the door of the office, and before he could stand firmly, Lu Yong instructed in a serious tone: "Old Xu, there is an important matter that must be handled by you personally, do you remember the staff member in charge of the revenge room game?" Immediately bring him back to the bureau for investigation, move quickly, and don't let him escape. ”

"Yes." Xu Long obviously heard the urgency in the captain's tone, and took the order without asking half a reason.

I don't have much hope for their hindsight, but if the staff wasn't too stupid, they wouldn't have been waiting for the police to arrest him, unless he really had nothing to do with the murder.

"Suspicion three, that staff." Lu Yong thought for a while, and then raised his head and looked at me after writing a few more strokes on the paper, "But that staff member is a woman in her thirties, and it is difficult for her to cause the kind of strong scar on the neck of the deceased alone, so we can't rule out the situation of several people working together, and this just answers the question you just asked, if you want to subdue and strangle a sturdy man like Li Qing, it is likely that more than one person will commit the murder." ”

"Not bad." I agree with this inference, "Although there were eight people in the same room at the time of the crime, there were only two related to Li Qing, if it weren't for Irene's diary, maybe I would suspect that she and Kang Long were accomplices, but now it seems that it is almost impossible with Erin's feelings for Li Qing, and now that Erin is dead, the remaining person is even more suspicious." ”

"You mean Kanglong?"

"Yes." I nodded in affirmation.

Lu Yong pondered noncommittally for a while, and said: "Kang Long is indeed suspicious, but what you just said is only half right, among you, he and Erin are not the only ones who have anything to do with Li Qing. ”

"What? And anyone?! Who is that person?! ”

My eyes widened to the point of no return, it was not only Erin and Kang Long who had anything to do with Li Qing, that is to say, someone lied, and that person was among the five of us!

This is something I never dreamed of!

The way Lu Yong looked at me was incomprehensible, it was a kind of professional instinctive scrutiny.

I didn't back down, I looked at him, and it took a long time for him to slowly spit out two words from his mouth, "Zhu Lu." ”

"Zhu Lu? You... Are you sure?! "After all, that person is not Lin Hui, which makes my heart feel a little comforted.

Lu Yong looked at me with a serious face and said affirmatively: "Yes, when we investigated the social relations of the deceased, we found that a year and a half ago, Zhu Lu also worked out in the gym where the deceased was for more than half a year, and his coach at that time was Li Qing. At that time, Erin and Kang Long hadn't come to the gym yet, so they didn't know Zhu Lu, but Li Qing and him were definitely old acquaintances. ”

Zhu Lu's concealment of his acquaintance with Li Qing has greatly increased his suspicion, which is understandable, but ......

I frowned and said puzzledly: "But I still don't understand a little bit, on the day of the crime, in the revenge room, Zhu Lu and Li Qing were already strangers, the two of them have known each other for more than half a year, and they have only been separated for more than half a year, so do they not recognize each other?" If there is a reason for Zhu Lu's incident, what about Li Qing? Why did he pretend not to know each other? ”

Lu Yong looked stunned, he didn't seem to expect this, he pondered for a moment and said vaguely: "Hmm~ This matter still needs to be investigated, let's just be suspicious." This time he didn't put pen to paper to write something, but quickly changed the subject, "Then ...... next?"

"Wait." I interrupted him abruptly and asked dissatisfiedly, "Since you already have such an important clue, why did you let Zhu Lu leave?" ”

I suddenly remembered what Lin Hui said to me at noon, but no matter how hard Zhu Lu's backstage is, this is always a murder case of a bad nature, not to mention that the police have already mastered such an important clue, but they still let him go, this negligence is too big, right?

Lu Yong sighed softly, this is the second time he has shown a helpless look today, and it also makes me feel for the first time that this steely man is also a mortal of flesh and blood, he said: "When Zhu Lu left, we didn't know the relationship between him and Li Qing, in fact, just before you came here, we were still discussing how to get him back?" ”

"Looks like you haven't figured it out yet, right?"

"Yes, it is unrealistic to let him come back to assist in the investigation, or to secretly contact the police abroad to send him back to China, I think you should understand the reason."

I looked at Lu Yong and nodded tacitly to show that he understood, Zhu Lu was not a convicted criminal, it was impossible to arrest, coupled with his strong background, once he left the control of the police, it would be difficult for him to come back, it seemed that the clues on him were likely to be interrupted, and this would be a huge loss to solve the case.

If I had been young, I would have taken it for granted that every citizen had the obligation to cooperate with the police in handling cases, and believed that everyone was equal before the law, but now it seems that it is just the ideal of children in the ivory tower who are not deeply involved in the world.

Seeing that I didn't say a word, Lu Yong coughed lightly to break the dullness, "Of course, I will still try harder, but fortunately, there are a lot of clues that we can investigate, and now I only hope that Lao Xu can bring that staff member back smoothly, so that we can avoid many detours." ”

Although his tone was relaxed, I could still feel the helplessness in the other party's heart.

There was silence for several minutes, and then the landline on Lu Yong's desk rang, he picked up the phone and listened, answered a few times and hung up, then looked at the wall clock on the wall and said to me: "I still have a meeting to open, Li Qing's case is almost finished, there is still some information about Erin's murder case, it is too late to study today, you take it back to see, I hope I can hear your good news soon." ”

I got up from the sofa, took the information handed by Lu Yong, and said, "I still have a question. ”

"Say."

"What exactly am I now? The police? Suspect? Or something else? ”

Lu Yongzheng was looking down to tidy up his desk, and when he heard this, he stopped what he was doing, raised his head to look at me, and said seriously: "You are still you, the same as before, as for the external ... It is said to assist the police in the investigation. Oh yes, from next time onwards, the person who contacts you will be Lao Xu, after all, I have a lot of other things to deal with, and Lao Xu will tell you in advance where you will meet. ”

I nodded, walked in the direction of the door, and when I reached the door, I suddenly stopped, looked back at Lu Yong and asked, "When this case is over, can I really live my old life?" ”

Lu Yong was stunned, and did not answer immediately, but stared into my eyes, and only after a moment did he spit out a few words from his mouth, "The previous life was ......"

He deliberately lengthened his voice, waiting for my answer.

"I don't want to have anything to do with you anymore, I just want to go back to my peaceful life." I say it categorically.

Lu Yong's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something, I don't know if it was an illusion, every time the other party looked at me with this kind of look, I felt distrusted, as if I was a prisoner who was lying.

"That's your freedom, and if you think like that then, I'll approve it."

"I need a promise, a promise that I can keep!" I strengthened my tone.

Lu Yong's eyes were constantly changing as he looked at me, I couldn't guess what he was thinking, but I knew that I didn't have the capital to negotiate with him now, and this promise sounded more like my prayer at the moment.

Walking out of the office building of the Criminal Police Brigade, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon.

The sky was pleasantly blue, the breeze was blowing, and an elegant and comfortable afternoon that should have belonged to me was abandoned because of Lu Yong.

What's even more ridiculous is that I don't know when this ridiculous day will end?

Lu Yong only gave a verbal promise to the request I made when I left, perhaps this is the best result I can get, not to mention whether this promise can be fulfilled in the future, at least it is a great comfort to me psychologically for now.

Just when I was a few hundred meters away from the main gate of the criminal police brigade, a woman's voice suddenly came from behind me, "Alas, Luo Jun, wait." ”

The voice was a little familiar, I stopped, turned around in surprise, and saw Liu Nan running towards me in a hurry, as if he was still holding something in his hand.

When she got closer, I asked strangely, "What's wrong?" Anything else? ”

"You...... You forgot to take something, Team Lu asked me to hand it over to you. Liu Nan gasped and handed over a dark brown document bag.

Forgot to pick something up?

I looked suspiciously at the case materials I was holding in my hand, which was handed over to me by Lu Yong himself, and it didn't seem to be anything less......

"Oh, these documents were only remembered by Team Lu after you left, and he told you not to read them carefully." Liu Nan explained, and also accentuated the tone of the words "read carefully".

I took the bag and said thank you, and left with a wry smile.

Serious reading? Hmph, Lu Yong is really welcome, he really called me as his subordinate!

These days, I'm almost in a state of confusion, just like now, walking on the crowded streets, and I don't know where to go?!

I know that Nie Qian must be looking forward to it at home now, hoping that I can go back sooner, but ...... But how should the case materials that were swinging with her arms be explained to her? Nie Qian wanted me to call the police, but she never wanted me to get involved in these cases, just like three years ago, even if we were in love vigorously at that time, she resolutely left.

"Smack!"

I threw the papers in my hand to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust, I looked at them in disgust, and I wanted to leave them alone, until now I still don't understand, why did Lu Yong take the trouble to guide himself into such an eccentric role?

Do you just want me to help him solve the case?

I looked up at the sky, the corners of my mouth grinned in a bitter arc, this answer was too ridiculous, everyone could see that there was something else hidden in this matter, but Lu Yong wouldn't say it, and I, if I asked, it was in vain.

But no matter what, solving the case is always the only way to get out of your predicament......

At least for now...

Reality and reason calmed me down, and I bent down to pick up the file bag on the floor again, while the phone in my trouser pocket vibrated violently.