Chapter Twenty-Eight: Lin Xi and Shilin
"What did you say?"
Even though Xu Long had tried his best to restrain his emotions and make him look calmer, I could still hear the turmoil in the other person's heart from the sound of his breathing. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
I enjoyed the feeling, this feeling of forcing him into an embarrassment, it was an invisible counterattack, no matter how I said it, I couldn't always be led by the nose, "Before you entered the secret room that day, even we, the parties involved, didn't know what was going on inside, but you insisted on breaking down the door, how could you do this if you didn't know about it for a long time?" Also, what kind of emergency situation made you choose to break the door? ”
I stared intently at Xu Long's expression, even every slight change, in order to speculate on his thoughts, and he had reservations about me, which made the relationship between us that seemed to be mutual trust and dependence seem thin and broken at the first stab.
I don't know what his purpose was for having reservations? I don't know how many things he needs to keep? At least he had his own calculations in doing so, and it was definitely not to speed up the case.
Xu Long is obviously a veteran of controlling emotions, and after a short silence, he became calm again, "I didn't mean to hide this from you, I just didn't think about it, since you said it now, I can answer you, when the crime happened, we did deploy police forces outside the secret room, that was because we received a report that there was a homicide in the secret room, but I didn't expect that we were still one step slower, and the tragedy had already happened when we rushed in." ”
"Someone reported it?"
This explanation didn't convince me completely, so I casually asked, "Did you find the whistleblower?" ”
Xu Long shrugged his shoulders and said, "No, the other party reported anonymously, and the source of the call cannot be found." ”
His answer was exactly what I expected.
Although I am skeptical of the anonymous report, I can't prove its authenticity, so let's listen to it.
The police learned the news that Li Qing might be killed in advance, and it can be seen from their manpower and breaking into the door that they are in a hurry to rescue Li Qing, which is not controversial, but their approach seems to be a bit reckless, and it is not like what a group of well-trained criminal police will do, at least before rushing into the secret room, they should confirm the situation inside, if they provoke the murderer because of their recklessness, Li Qing may not be the only one who died.
For my question, Xu Long showed an embarrassed expression for the first time, he thought for a long time before telling me that this was an order given by Lu Yong, although he felt unruly at that time, but because of the urgency of the case, he did not insist on it, and this somewhat hasty decision did not affect the case, so it was forgotten by everyone afterwards.
"It's never that simple."
I shook my head slowly, an old criminal policeman like Lu Yong, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, would not make such a low-level mistake, there must be another reason for it, but I can't figure it out for a while.
This thought of mine made Xu Long show a thoughtful expression, and he nodded slowly and said, "Your guess is not unreasonable, if Lu Yong's order is not a mistake, then this Li Qing must have a great relationship with him." ”
"The revenge room is the cause of the whole thing, and this cause stems from the old case three years ago, the direct person who handled that case is Lu Yong, and Li Qing may also be related to the 10.18 murder of the police......
Speaking of which, Xu Long and I glanced at each other, and a strange feeling appeared in our hearts, but this Li Qing did not appear in the case investigation report!
What's going on here?
If the murderer is really trying to get revenge, then who is he avenging?
Suddenly, a name appeared in my mind, Xue Zilong!
If this murderer is to avenge him, then Li Qing should be the murderer of Xue Zilong, but the facts are ...... It doesn't seem to be the case......
I felt like the nerves in my brain were knotted, my thoughts were clogged, and I had looked at this case from countless angles, but I never found the crucial key that could be unlocked.
I closed my eyes tiredly, and Xu Long's voice came from my ears, "I will find a way to investigate what you said, if you have no other questions, just listen to the news I brought you." ”
I didn't speak, so I acquiesced.
"First of all, about Zhu Lu's death, foreign police investigation reports have come, including his DNA identification, Zhu Lu is really dead, and the traffic accident was purely accidental."
I didn't open my eyes, and said with emotion: "Alas, this is fate, I think I will be safe if I flee abroad, but I still can't escape the arrangement of fate, if he is really the murderer, you can close the case." ”
At the end of the day, there was a bit of helpless sarcasm in my tone.
Of course, saying that the case was closed was just a joke, but Xu Long didn't seem to hear the meaning, and said with a solemn face: "Then how can it be done, how can such a big case have to be investigated, what if the murderer is someone else?" ”
This is probably the persistence and uprightness of being a criminal policeman, right?
Of course, it was impossible for me to explain a joke to him, so I changed the topic and said, "There are only five people left, are the Ye family sisters and Kang Long okay?" If it continues to develop like this, I am afraid that it will really make the murderer happy, if Zhu Lu is not the murderer. ”
"Don't worry, they all live in the bureau, and they don't have to worry about their personal safety......"
"Don't worry?" I suddenly interrupted him, "It's Lu Yong's territory, can you really not worry about it?" ”
Xu Long smiled quite confidently, "Although Lu Yong is very powerful, he won't do such a stupid thing as killing people in the bureau, so I'm more worried about Lin Hui's safety than them, so it's better for him to live with you now." ”
I raised my eyebrows and asked curiously, "How do you know he lives with me?" ”
Xu Long was stunned at first, and then smiled mysteriously: "How can such a trivial matter be hidden from us?" What's more, your current status is so special. ”
I grinned disdainfully, and didn't ask any more, I had already seen their methods, and it was just a piece of cake to grasp Lin Hui's whereabouts, which was why Xu Long didn't dare to take him to the hospital for treatment.
Sometimes I am confused and can't tell the difference between these cops and hooligans, as if they will change their identities when they take off their cloaks.
"I don't understand, since they all live in the criminal police team, you will definitely investigate, I think, this is one of the reasons why you asked everyone to stay in the criminal police team, but why are there no clues after so many days? Or are they all innocent? ”
Xu Long did not refute my allusion to the police's monitoring of the parties' behavior, but thought about it and said: "That's true, I even suspect that the murderers are not among these people, otherwise they are too well disguised, but this result is also my expectation, they are not criminals after all, and our investigation can't be too aggressive, basically tentative." ”
In this matter, I can understand their difficulties, if the murderer is really so easy to deal with, there will be no current troubles, I took the cup on the bedside table, poured some water, moistened my dry throat, and continued: "Is there anything else besides Zhu Lu's news?" ”
"Not for the time being, the staff hasn't been found yet, we have used almost all methods, but she seems to have evaporated from the world, leaving no traces."
This is what I had expected a long time ago, and the disappearance of the staff member is another proof that she must have something to do with the murder in the closed room.
"What's that staff's name?" I asked.
Xu Long replied without thinking, "Xue Xilin." ”
I opened my eyes wide in surprise, "What a coincidence, she is also surnamed Xue?" ”
"I know what you want to say, but it's a pity that we have investigated Xue Zilong's family, and they have nothing to do with this Xue Xilin." Xu Long said in an affirmative tone.
But my heart is suspicious and reborn, I don't believe that such a coincidence will happen, if I hadn't connected this murder case with the old case three years ago, maybe I would have the same idea as Xu Long, but now...... This Xue Xilin...... Xue Xilin......
Suddenly, I was silently reciting her name in my mind, and I seemed to think of something, Shirene...... Shireen ...... Linxi......
"That's right, it's Lin Xi! The name that appeared in the game's recordings, the name for which the murderer was going to avenge! I shouted.
At this moment, Xu Long seemed to understand, and he stood up from his seat with a "hoof", "So that's the case, yes, it is impossible to have so many coincidences at the same time, I will go back immediately now and re-investigate Xue Zilong's family." ”
His voice was full of excitement, and he turned to leave, but I stopped him, "Wait." ”
Xu Long turned his head and looked at me suspiciously.
"I want to go back to that secret room again, I hope you can help me arrange it."
"But your body ......"
"I'm fine."
Xu Long looked solemn, "Then when are you going to go over, I'll arrange it." ”
"The sooner the better, this afternoon, I'm alone, don't have any police officers present, and prepare me with the same pair of headphones as on the day of the crime, and the same recording."
Xu Long pondered for a moment and nodded, "Okay, then it's decided, I'll arrange it for you as soon as I get back to the team, um......" As he spoke, he raised his hand and looked at his watch, "At two o'clock in the afternoon, I will transfer the police on duty there, but you only have one hour to investigate, and if you are caught again this time, no one will be able to save you." ”
"An hour is enough."
Seeing Xu Long away, I got up from the hospital bed, got off the ground, moved my muscles and bones, and after feeling fine, I took off my hospital gown and changed into my own clothes.
At the same time, Nie Qian also came with a hot lunch.
"Why are you up? Got a change of clothes? She asked.
"I'll be fine, I'll be discharged after lunch."
As I spoke, I went to get the lunch box in Nie Qian's hand.
The other party seemed to see my anxiety and asked worriedly, "Are you really okay?" ”
"Really."
As I spoke, I had already spread out the bowls with the food on the table, picked up the chopsticks and began to eat.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Can't you eat slowly, really? Nie Qian said angrily.
"I'm going out soon."
"Go now?" Nie Qian looked up at the wall clock, "Didn't you say it's two o'clock in the afternoon?" It's still early. ”
"No, I'm going to Lane 901 of Mingsheng Road first."