As the saying goes, time is a river that does not look back, when countless people or things in the memory are diluted by the light when they are afraid, some people like to reminisce about the season of old dreams, and turn the past events into an unchanging wine.

Today is the first time Lu Jiuchuan has insomnia in so many years, and he just came home thinking that he could sleep well after he was tired, but there were always some chaotic voices in his head that were pulling his nerves, such as what Leng Qian said to him.

Or maybe there are two voices in my head, struggling with whether to ask my mother to get the second manuscript back.

After tossing and turning, he simply got up and poured a glass of red wine, sat down in front of the computer, habitually opened the mailbox, and saw that there was an unread email.

It is the investigation information sent by Qin Kai:

At 17:47 on June 13, 2011, the Linxin Municipal Public Security Bureau received a report from 110 that a woman's body had been found at Yueyin Music Store in Jiangnan Street. After receiving the report, the police quickly arrived at the scene and found that the deceased was a 28-year-old piano teacher at Yueyin Piano Shop. According to the preliminary judgment of the medical examiner, the deceased had appeared and spread the corpse spots, and it was preliminarily determined that the time of death was within 12 hours, and the cause of death was forcibly poured into a large amount of boiling water, resulting in death. There are strong signs of struggle at the scene. At present, the whereabouts of the murderer are unknown, and the case is still under further investigation.

At 7:36 a.m. on June 21, 2011, the Linxin Municipal Public Security Bureau received a report from 110 that the body of a man had been found in the Ouke convenience store on Xinsheng Road. After receiving the report, the police quickly rushed to the scene and found that the deceased was the owner of the Ouke convenience store, 49 years old. According to the preliminary judgment of the forensic doctor, the deceased had not yet appeared corpse spots, and the preliminary judgment was that the time of death was within 2 hours, and the cause of death was forcibly poured into a large amount of boiling water. There are signs of fierce fighting at the scene, and surveillance has been cut off at the time of the incident. At present, the whereabouts of the murderer are unknown, and the case is still under further investigation, and it is initially suspected that the murder on the 13th was committed by the same person as this case.

At the end of the two police reports, there was a message from Qin Kai: Jiuchuan, I asked the seniors of the newspaper, and they told me that only the second of the two serial murders that year had the only clue extracted at the place of the crime, which was the DNA of the murderer. However, because the DNA has been destroyed by boiling water, it is impossible to determine the identity of the murderer, and there is no connection between the deceased, so the case has become an unsolved case. The criminal policeman in charge of investigating the case was Hu Zhiyong. In addition, two pictures of the deceased when they were found are attached, so please do not look at them while eating!!

When Lu Jiuchuan saw Qin Kai's last sentence, he subconsciously put down the wine glass, he clicked on the two pictures, and saw that the two deceased were dying very miserably, with their mouths open, their hands and feet stiff, as if they were dying in pain after a violent struggle.

"Well, this ......" Lu Jiuchuan approached the screen, seemed to have found something, and immediately printed out the two photos.

"It seems that we have to find Officer Hu." Lu Jiuchuan picked up his mobile phone, but he was afraid of disturbing Hu Zhiyong's rest at this time, so he didn't call him, and only sent a text message saying that he had important clues to tell him tomorrow.

It didn't take long for Lu Jiuchuan to hear the text message on his mobile phone, and when he saw that it was Hu Zhiyong's text message, it was simple and clear: "Okay." ”

Early the next morning, Lu Jiuchuan sat in the lobby of the Public Security Bureau waiting for Hu Zhiyong, and when Hu Zhiyong saw him, he led him to his office.

"Tell me, boy, what's new?" Hu Zhiyong stared at Lu Jiuchuan with interest and said.

"Officer Hu, look." Lu Jiuchuan took out the two photos that had been prepared a long time ago, handed them to Hu Zhiyong, and said, "These are the two deceased in the serial murder case seven years ago, you should know very well." ”

Hu Zhiyong didn't speak, took the photo, glanced at it, nodded, and put the photo on the table. This is a case that he did not find out, and it is a shame for him.

"Like Zhan Guoxiang, they were poured boiling water to death, but Zhan Guoxiang's cheeks and mouth were not burned, and the cheeks and mouths of the two deceased had obvious burn marks." Lu Jiuchuan pointed to the photo and said.

Hu Zhiyong still didn't speak, his brows furrowed, and he nodded slowly.

Lu Jiuchuan continued: "Qin Kai and I went to the scene of Zhan Guoxiang's death before, and found that Zhan Guoxiang's cheeks and mouth had no burns, but his lips were slightly cracked, and there were bruises on his hands, feet, arms, and scalp that you also told me yesterday, plus the only stool in the living room, I can conclude——"

"He was interrogated!" Hu Zhiyong and Lu Jiuchuan said these four words in unison.

"Well, yes." Lu Jiuchuan nodded, and then said, "I deduce that the murderer did not directly burn him to death with boiling water, but tied him to a stool and threatened him first, wanting to get something from his mouth." When the deceased would rather die, the killer opened his mouth with something like a funnel, pulled his head up with one hand by the hair, and slowly poured boiling water into his esophagus with a kettle with the other. It's more of a coerced confession than murder. ”

After listening to Lu Jiuchuan's reasoning, Hu Zhiyong pondered for a long time and silently took out the cigarette case and lighter from his pocket, he did not pay attention to the "no smoking" label on the wall, his thumb gently rubbed the roller of the lighter, and with a wisp of white smoke rose, the cigarette that bit his mouth was ignited. He squinted, took a sharp breath, spat out a hazy smoke ring, and said, "Boy, do you suspect that the Kaizen creature did it?" ”

Qiyuan, after all, a key enterprise that cooperates with the public security, and even the president Qi Yuan, is also rated as a leader among outstanding entrepreneurs in Linxin City, if the police want to check them, it is tantamount to slapping themselves in the face, Hu Zhiyong does not know.

"Yes! I don't know what the motivation is, but I don't think they have anything to do with it. Lu Jiuchuan said with great certainty.

"Alright, boy, would you like to come with me? We don't go as investigators, but as 'informed'. Hu Zhiyong felt more and more that the boy in front of him was pleasing to the eye, and for some reason he actually hoped that he could accompany him to handle the case.

"More than happy to oblige." Lu Jiuchuan raised his right hand and made a saluting motion, as if he wanted to make the atmosphere a little lighter.

……

At the gate of Qiyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd., since the last press conference, there will always be some paparazzi-like characters squatting here.

When Lu Jiuchuan and Hu Zhiyong arrived at the door of the company, they happened to see Zhou Wei walking out of the gate. And the two bodyguards beside Zhou Wei desperately used their bodies to protect him so that he could get into the car with peace of mind. When the car is gone, the paparazzi disperse in a stupid way, and the scene is funny and ironic.

"This Zhou Wei really regards himself as a star." Lu Jiuchuan pouted and said in a disdainful tone.

"It's no wonder, after all, he will be the first person to cross, and there are always people who hope that he can bury some treasure or something after he becomes emperor. Build a good relationship with him now, in case he can reveal it in advance, it can also make them a fortune. Hu Zhiyong pointed to the scattered paparazzi and made a joke in front of Lu Jiuchuan, so that Lu Jiuchuan was stunned - this old-fashioned policeman actually jokes?

After Hu Zhiyong showed his ID, the front desk lady picked up the phone and reported to the president's office, and after getting a reply, she led the two of them into the elevator.

Shortly after pressing down on the floor, the two of them arrived on the floor of Qi Yuan's office. They looked around all the way, and after a while, they came to the door of the president's office.

"Please come in." Qi Yuan's voice came out of it at the right time.

When he pushed the door open, Qi Yuan saw that Lu Jiuchuan was also coming, and a trace of imperceptible doubt flashed between his eyebrows, but with many years of experience in the shopping mall, he immediately adjusted back, motioned for the two to sit down, and said to Hu Zhiyong happily: "Captain Hu came to our company, I don't know what happened?" ”

"Where, where, it's just that there was a murder recently, and it is said that the deceased also developed a time machine before, so I'll come here to ask and see if there are any clues." Hu Zhiyong said.

"What does Captain Hu mean is that this matter has something to do with our company?" Although Qi Yuan's expression was smiling at the moment, anyone could feel the sharp sword in his words.

"No, no, no." Hu Zhiyong's hands, which had nowhere to put at the moment, also began to wave his hands in denial according to his tone, and said, "The deceased Zhan Guoxiang has no relatives in this city, and there is no information about him in the gene bank, and we have no clue why he was murdered, so we can only start with 'peers'." ”

"Hahahaha!" Qi Yuan let out an unstoppable smile and said, "Captain Hu is really good at talking, but you can tell me who our whole company is, what reason do you have to kill Zhan Guoxiang?" Let's just take the things he spent his whole life researching, we have already broken through in just a few years! ”

"Mr. Qi, you are serious, we are not suspicious of your company, it is just a routine." Hu Zhiyong is still making meaningless explanations, but everyone knows that Hu Zhiyong came to visit because he was suspicious, and saying that it was routine is just an excuse.

"Mr. Qi, hello, my name is Lu Jiuchuan, and I am Officer Hu's assistant. IMHO, your company did have a motive for killing Zhan Guoxiang. Seeing that Hu Zhiyong was silent, Lu Jiuchuan bluntly expressed the doubts in his heart, "If your company's so-called time machine is fake, then there is enough reason to kill Zhan Guoxiang!" ”

"Boy!" Hu Zhiyong angrily pushed Lu Jiuchuan and yelled.

"Good, you're so much more honest than this guy! Go on, I'm a man who doesn't like to hear roundabouts. Qi Yuan applauded, as if he was interested, and there was no look of annoyance on his face.

At this time, Lu Jiuchuan did not take into account Hu Zhiyong's fierce eyes, and continued: "Mr. Qi, as far as I know, the so-called experiment of your company's time machine has only been mentioned at the press conference, but it has not been seen by the public, has it?" And Zhan Guoxiang was already a well-known authority in the academic community in the 90s, and he once published a paper documenting how to send particles back to the experimental process 0.2 seconds ago, which is an indisputable fact. If such a person is included in your command, it can be described as the icing on the cake for your company, after all, with the equipment of the 90s, it can reach that level, let alone the current one. ”

Qi Yuan was very calm after hearing this, and he was a little trembling when he calmed down, he seemed to have made a thoughtful decision, and said, "In this way, I'll show you the time machine." As long as you see it, it means that our Qiyuan has no motive to kill Zhan Guoxiang, and we don't need any skills from Zhan Guoxiang. This time machine can even help you investigate the case. But...... It's just a bit expensive! ”

"You mean, use the time machine to help us find out about the murder of Zhan Guoxiang?" Hu Zhiyong was also immediately interested.

"That's right, just once! I can't guarantee that I can't find out, but I can give you clues. Qi Yuan made up his mind, but he seemed to have something to say.