The two walked all the way to the street less than 100 meters away from the Shengyi Building.

Because Shen Yunxi was not Lin Heng's colleague and had no investigative power, he was left in a café upstairs across the street, and glanced at Lin Heng slightly, Shen Yunxi "snorted" and went upstairs.

Lin Heng smiled awkwardly, turned around, first made a call to the task force, filed his investigation work in advance, and then walked towards the Shengyi Building without hesitation.

went to the café and sat down on a seat by the window, Shen Yunxi looked at Lin Heng, who had stepped into the Shengyi Building, and sighed lightly, the dissatisfaction on his face disappeared:

"The job of a police officer is not easier than that of a doctor."

Drinking coffee, she didn't know that the position she was sitting in at this time was the same place where Yang Luo was sitting when he watched Wang Ruo walk out of the foyer under the Shengyi Building a few months ago.

……

Lin Heng entered the Shengyi Building.

At this time, it was seven o'clock in the evening, and according to the working hours of 996, an Internet company like Shengyi, most people did not get off work.

And when Lin Heng came to the front desk, informed him of his identity and intention, and showed his work permit, the latter immediately dialed the phone with a little unease, but he was very skillful, and then said to Lin Heng:

"Please go to the reception room on the fifth floor and sit for a while, Mr. Cai will come to see you in about twenty minutes."

Mr. Cai?

Lin Heng nodded, signaling that he understood, and a man who came out of the workshop next to him skillfully brought him into the elevator. Go straight up to the fifth floor.

From the glass windows on the fifth floor, you can see many people working diligently in the vicinity. There are dual-screen monitors on the desks, and the heads and eyes of the employees are moving back and forth in front of the two screens, enjoying the full baptism of radiation.

Just as the man was walking forward with Lin Heng, the sound of the two stepping through the corridor was not loud or small, but it did not attract anyone's attention, and the eyes of the employees were always rotating back and forth in the computer screen, just like a cormorant that was used as a fishing tool, and the slender beak could only hold the body of the river fish forever, absolutely unable to swallow, and the Pavlovian reflex had been formed.

Before bringing Lin Heng to the reception room, the man opened the door and let go of a body. It was definitely not vulgar, but it was not very gentle to say to him:

"Mr. Cai will be here in a while, please wait here for a while."

Lin Heng nodded, sat down in the reception room, and watched the man's back leave.

Looking back on the process of just walking in, Lin Heng found that Shengyi's whole process of handling police visits was very natural and neat, and it seemed that Shengyi had received too many police officers from the special case team who came to investigate like himself in the past few months.

…… But even if they didn't get any clues in the end, would they get anything useful just by coming over on a whim to inquire?

For this, Lin Heng is not very confident.

When the previous police officers of the special case team entered the Shengyi investigation, they all had complete double certificates and came to the scene with a power of attorney approved by the provincial department to search, but they still did not gain anything; I don't have any coercive power today, at most it's a temporary inquiry, what can I get?

Lin Heng confirmed that his worries were very reasonable.

Twenty minutes later, when the woman with a weathered face and who looked to be about forty years old, and who could not hide her tiredness even in Chanel, sat down in front of him, the other party's unceremonious tone really set the tone for this meeting, and she pointed to the law enforcement recorder that Lin Heng put on the table.

"This one is closed."

Lin Heng owes himself.

"I'm sorry, we police investigate, we all need to turn on the recording - this is the program."

"Procedure? Hmph—"

Cai Xin had an undisguised indifferent smile on his face.

The woman's name is Cai Xin, and she is the "Mr. Cai" who was called by the front desk. She is Wang Changming's wife, her family background is extraordinary, and she has a discerning eye, and she took a fancy to Wang Changming, who was still shallow and had no assets at that time, and provided Wang Changming with the first funds to start a business.

In the early days of "Shengyi" entrepreneurship, she and Wang Changming also supported each other and made the company bigger together. But soon, with the rise of "Shengyi", after Wang Changming's several operations, Cai Xin and the Cai family behind him were ruthlessly kicked out, leaving only three percent of "Shengyi" shares and without any decision-making power, and Cai Xin and Wang Changming also divorced.

Since then, Wang Changming has not remarried, and he has become a prosperous person, but after his death, because Cai Xin and Wang Changming have a daughter, who is the legal heir of Wang Changming, plus Cai Xin himself holds five percent of the shares, so "Shengyi" is now going around and around, and it is considered to be back in the hands of Cai Xin, but, after all, "Shengyi" is now a behemoth, Wang Changming died, the business was turbulent, and Cai Xin was not able to take all the benefits. But compared with the previous meager shares, it is already a big profit.

These are all information on the situation within the task force, and the task force has conducted a detailed investigation of Cai Xin and the Cai family behind him - as the first beneficiary of Wang Changming's death, there is no doubt that they are the biggest suspects. However, after a few months, no evidence and clues have been found that Cai Xin and the Cai family were involved in this crime, so his suspicion is self-defeating.

Lin Heng, who had read the information related to Cai Xin in detail, didn't think that she was the murderer or that she had anything to do with the murderer, but Cai Xin, who walked into the conference room, didn't give him a good look.

"Don't you know the truth of 'melon fields and plums'? Every time the police come and go in and out of our courtesy, how much damage will it bring to the company's goodwill, and how much impact will it have on me personally, have you considered this matter? ”

Cai Xin said to Lin Heng in a milder tone than just now, but in a more unceremonious tone.

Lin Heng lowered his head slightly.

"I'm sorry to disturb you suddenly, but after all, this is a lot of lives, and the stakes are high, and I believe you don't want the truth to be in the fog all the time."

Cai Xin snorted.

“…… What do I care about the death of people like Wang Changming? ”

Even in front of Lin Heng, she did not hide her disgust, which made Lin Heng slightly surprised, and when she met his gaze, a mocking smile appeared at the corner of Cai Xin's mouth:

"Are you surprised when I say that? Hehe, you police should have investigated all the information related to me, so they naturally know what kind of relationship he and I will have. In that case, what am I going to hide? ”

Lin Heng smiled bitterly and nodded. Indeed it is.

He took a deep breath and decided to attack in a different way.

"But—I think that finding out the truth will not only help clear the fog that haunts Mr. Wang Changming's death, but it will also be beneficial to you."

"Me?"

Cai Xin took out a cigarette case from his arms, took out a cigarette and lit it, and the smell of tobacco gradually spread. Lin Heng had never smoked, and he didn't like to smell smoke, his nose twitched slightly, and he forcibly restrained himself from revealing an expression of disgust.

"What do I have?"

Cai Xin looked at him coldly.

"Now there are many people who suspect that you are the murderer of Mr. Wang Changming, although the police have refuted the rumors, but various online self-media are still hype...... If we can find the real murderer, we can clear these public opinions. ”

"I'm tired of hearing that, what else?"

“…… The murderer shot at the chairman of Shengyi, and there may be a strong malice against the entire Shengyi company behind it. After you take over Sheng Yi, this malice is very likely to be transferred to you and your minor daughter. So catching the murderer is also a kind of protection for you and your family. ”

"I've heard this kind of thing from your police no less than ten times."

Cai Xin looked at him with a mocking look on his face.

Are there any other words?

Lin Heng stared at Cai Xin, she turned her face slightly sideways, smoking a cigarette, her face gradually became expressionless, as if she was about to lose interest in this conversation.

"I don't have much time, if you don't have anything to say, just leave-"

At this moment, Lin Heng suddenly spoke.

"It's the 'desert card.'"

Cai Xin turned his head and stared at Lin Heng tightly, frowning.

"I remember that in the information, what you like to smoke is women's cigarettes, and Mr. Wang Changming will smoke this 'desert brand' cigarette. I don't think what you said just now about the death of Wang Changming is not true.

"After all, he used to be the person you loved, and you didn't remarry after the divorce...... In fact, you want to know why he died and what he went through before he died. But your hatred requires you to suppress this curiosity, you want to show that you don't care - but this suppressed curiosity is projected into action, so that you unconsciously try the cigarette he once smoked. ”

Cai Xin stared at him tightly, narrowing his eyes, his eyes projecting a cold gaze. Lin Heng looked at her without fear.

After a long time, Cai Xin's eyes softened, and he smiled disgustedly:

"Obviously a criminal policeman, he acts like a psychiatrist."

She snuffed out the cigarette butt she had just smoked, took out another cigarette from the cigarette case, lit it, and said:

“…… You're the first to notice this.

"But, you guessed wrong. The reason why I am concerned about the cause of his death is because of his death, not because of my love for him, but because of the daughter between us. I don't have much affection for him anymore, but my daughter is different, she still recognizes her father. After learning of his death, she hid in her bedroom for several days and did not come out, and still did not go out much. ”

Lin Heng listened quietly.

But Cai Xin seemed to have lost all interest, snuffed out the second cigarette in hand, sighed, and then looked directly at Lin Heng.

"So, I do have an interest in the cause of his death. But don't get me wrong, I really don't have any clues about his death, and all I know has been told to you in previous police visits. I can't give you the information you want. ”

Lin Heng could hear that this was true, but before he could be disappointed, Cai Xin changed the topic again:

However, the company's executive has been following Wang Changming before, and has been working in the company for many years. He had also been questioned by the police before, and I reminded him not to talk nonsense to avoid affecting the company's reputation...... Since you are so eager now, then I will ask him to come and talk to you again, this time as long as he knows about it, as long as you think it will be related to the case. But—"

She stared at Lin Heng tightly, and her eyes released pressure:

"First, I don't want the company's internal intelligence to leak out; Second, if the police get any breakthrough, I hope to know who the killer is in the first place. ”

Lin Heng met her eyes and nodded slowly, seriously.

……

Sheng Yi's administrative director sat down across from Lin Heng, with glasses on his face and a formulaic smile, the same as what Lin Heng had seen in the internal police investigation report - the cautious head of the administrative department.

In the investigation file of "Wang Changming's related persons", the interrogation record of the administrative director named Zong Yuan has a total of three pages, but the useful information does not exceed five sentences, and the questions faced by the police are basically "This is not clear", "It is the chairman's private matter" or "Ah, this is not my responsibility, do you want to ask others again?" to respond.

A slippery figure. This is how the investigating police officer was impressed with him.

But because Zong Yuan did not seem to have a deep connection to the case, and as the company's administrative director, he showed no signs of collusion with a competing company, so the police questioned him only once before concluding it.

However, now after sitting down in front of Lin Heng, Zong Yuan's opening remarks did not have that kind of sleek Tai Chi, and after a formulaic smile, he showed a sincere expression to Lin Heng:

"The chairman has already instructed me, what do you want to know, as long as it is not the most important secret of the company, I will say everything I can."

Such a sincere attitude made Lin Heng's heart happy, he sat up straight, nodded to Zong Yuan, and opened the law enforcement recorder and transcript:

"Thank you very much for your help, Director Zongyuan, may I ask how much you know about this case."

The first is to find out.

Zong Yuan glanced at the recorder, and then said:

"The information I know now is not much different from what is circulating on the Internet: Chairman Wang died in the villa manor, and dozens of security personnel and service personnel died in the manor, and it is said that there was a big explosion at the scene, and the entire manor was burned down. I've been to that manor, though. ”

The sentence at the end of him was new information that had not appeared in the previous information, and Lin Heng was shocked:

"Have you been? When is it? ”

"I go every year - Chairman Wang will invite his trusted assistant to celebrate in the villa manor at the end of each year, of course, it is not a secret party, it can be regarded as an internal meeting directly under Chairman Wang's company executives."

Directly under Wang Changming's company executives?

But Wang Changming is dead, and Zong Yuan, who is supposed to be a "veteran of the previous dynasty", was not dismissed by Cai Xin?

Lin Heng paused and glanced at him curiously, Zong Yuan pushed his glasses, smiled and spoke:

"When Chairman Wang was still alive, I had a good relationship with Mr. Cai, and I would bring gifts to the door during the New Year's holidays."

In just one sentence, it revealed the temperament of the human spirit after crawling in the secular oil pot, Lin Heng smiled a little embarrassed, and continued to ask:

"And what is your impression of that manor?"

"It was a big manor with small landscape gardens, so when I learned that the whole manor had been burned down, I thought it was a little incredible."

"-incredible?"

"Yes, because to that extent, it's impossible to do it with gasoline or fuel."

"So do you have any other memories of that villa?"

"Nothing else."

"What about Chairman Wang himself?"

"For Chairman Wang, I think he is a very complicated person. At the same time, he has both bold and cautious qualities, and knows when to let go and when to step back. He's a great businessman......"

……

The conversation continued downward, and with the dialogue with Zong Yuan, the image belonging to Wang Changming in Lin Heng's heart gradually became plump-

A business elite who has both academic qualifications and courage, will use all the resources around him, and at the same time can leave any emotion to make the most ruthless and rational judgment, because of this, in just 20 years, Shengyi has changed from a small company with less than ten people to a large Internet company with tens of thousands of people.

Most of the intelligence and information had been known from the case file before, but with the narration of Zong Yuan, the few people closest to Wang Changming, those details that had never existed before were constantly filled in, and Lin Heng felt that he was getting closer and closer to the image of the core victim of this case, and understood the motives of other people who might have taken this criminal action.

However, these clues are still like clouds hovering around the periphery of the August 12 case, unable to be connected into a piece, weaving into a sea of clouds, pointing out the way to the blue and sunny sky for those doubts.

…… However, after pestering back and forth for two or three hours, when Lin Heng asked for the fifth time, "Regarding this 8.12 case, have you met or learned anything that may be related to the case before and after the incident", this time, a hesitant expression suddenly appeared on Zong Yuan's face.

"Information that may be relevant to the case before and after the incident...... Is it okay if it's the kind of message that is completely out of bounds and people can't see the connection? ”

"Absolutely."

Lin Heng suddenly shook his spirits and stared at Zong Yuan with anticipation.

"Hmm......" Zong Yuan nodded and slowly recalled: "In fact, just over a month before the August 12 case, three grassroots employees of our company died—of course, it was not a sudden death at the workplace, but an accidental death. ”

"Three employees died in an accident?"

Lin Heng's eyes suddenly became extremely sharp, and Zong Yuan noticed his eyes and smiled kindly:

"Huh...... Rest assured, I can pat my chest and confirm that these three employees all belong to the grassroots level, and the highest position among them is the team leader in a game project, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the internal secrets of any company. And the cause of their death was also different - one of them was killed by bandits on the street with his sister, another was killed by a burglary, and another employee was not reported to have died at the time, but we can basically confirm that he was dead - he had a cardiac sarcoma and was dying for a short time, and he was already in bed at the time......"

It all sounded like an accident, and when Lin Heng was thinking about whether there was any meaning behind these three death cases, Zong Yuan took the initiative to reveal the connection behind them for him.

However, at that time, the three employees were actually a little related - the first team leader, named Wang Ruo, and the second employee, named Huang Cheng, was HR, and after hearing that the third employee named Yang Luo was suffering from cardiac sarcoma, in order to reduce the burden on the company, he was dismissed, and the compensation was relatively small. At first, Yang Luo wanted to incite public opinion on the Internet and wanted to get more money, but Wang Ruo reached an agreement with him on behalf of the company and went to visit him lying on the sickbed, and Yang Luo shut up. ”

This was already a few months ago, and if it weren't for Zong Yuan, as the head of administration, who would specialize in dealing with this aspect of things, he really wouldn't remember the names of those minor characters.

These words came out of his mouth smoothly, but Lin Heng frowned slightly, and the good impression of him just now disappeared in an instant.

"Didn't you follow the labor laws?"

Lin Heng looked at Zong Yuan seriously, and his tone became a little cold.

But Zong Yuan just smiled and looked at it calmly.

"The purpose of the company is to make money, and most laws other than criminal law will be measured and compared in consideration of the cost and benefit of violating the law - and besides, the cost of violating the labor law is very low, although the police officer is a civil servant, you should understand it, right?"

Lin Heng was silent for a moment.

He doesn't live in a vacuum, and he's heard of the reality of existence outside of the establishment. But even so, for a famous company like Shengyi, he thought that there would be at least some human touch, but ......

"Of course, as a large factory, our company has paid all five insurances and one housing fund, and all benefits are fully equipped, and even the compensation after the dismissal of employees can never be regarded as the bottom in Internet companies, but it will not be easy to deal with such a serious illness of employees during work - large factories are not welfare homes, and there is not so much money to show love. What's more, the probability of illness and sudden death of employees is getting higher and higher, and if this aspect is too lenient, the company's profits are not guaranteed. Therefore, even if an employee may only give hundreds of thousands more, we will try to keep this expenditure as low as possible, considering its exemplary role.

"—Something like that, I dare to say it while you're recording, officer, just because I know it's irrelevant. We are still in a stage where we need to continue to accumulate wealth, and the society encourages efficiency, compared with the vast majority of companies, we are the one with the best welfare. I believe that you should understand the police officer, right? ”

Zong Yuan's gentle voice was heard in Lin Heng's ears, and he felt very harsh. He wanted to say something, but because he understood that this was a social reality and could not change it by his own strength, he couldn't say a word to refute it.

Let's get back to the case.

Lin Heng calmed down his agitated mood, restrained the divergent topic, and returned to the things he asked at the beginning:

"Let's go back to the case at the beginning - the two employees who were killed by the gangsters, and Yang Luo, who was hospitalized with a heart tumor, are there any more details?"

"Do you want to ask what Wang Ruo and Huang Cheng's deaths might have to do with Yang Luo?"

Zong Yuan has always had that calm smile, as if he would always be watching the fire from the other side.

"Well, that's pretty easy to think of - but, unfortunately, the ending of these three shouldn't matter. As far as I know, the murderers of Wang Ruo and Huang Cheng have been caught, and it was before the death of the chairman. Both of them died on a gang of robbers who were on the run. ”

Already closed?

It was like when the willows were bright, and suddenly hit a thick wall in front of him, Lin Heng suddenly felt a sense of suffocation in his heart.

But the suffocating sensation was only a few seconds later before he cleared it out of his chest.

Even at this moment, he still didn't want to give up. There was only one clue in front of him, and even if it seemed to be an ethereal clue, he would keep following it.

"—Excuse me, where is that gang being held now?"

"I don't know much about that."

Zong Yuan shook his head, and suddenly, as if he remembered something:

"I remember reading the newspaper...... It seems to be in the public security bureau of a neighboring city? ”

After a night of yarding, I finally got it done. In addition, I would like to mention the issue of chapter 72, which is blocked and needs to be revised, but it takes another 48 hours after each revision is not passed, so it may take some time to meet you again.

(End of chapter)