Seven days

number, and said incoherently: "Tang Haojun, I dreamed about Xiao Xu. Fuck, there was a lot of blood, he called for help... Tell me honestly, what happened to Xiao Xu?"

"..."

"Ye Xin."

"……Um."

"I'm here."

Ye Xin's rapid breathing was followed by slow exhalation and inhalation.On the other side of the microphone was the noise in the police station that was the opposite of Jing Ye. Tang Haojun's voice was soothing, "Ye Xin, I am someone who has experienced it. No matter what the outcome of Xiao Xu is, it is no longer something you can intervene or decide .Because this case happened to someone you are familiar with, the calmness you show during the day is determined by your good psychological quality, and the subconscious of the brain turns him into a dream because the body's self-protection mechanism is at work. alright."

As the breathing rate gradually stabilized, Ye Xin felt that he was so frightened by a dream in the middle of the night, so he pretended to be calm and said, "I didn't expect my man to analyze everything. He deserves to be a policeman. I still can't believe that Xiao Xu will kill people, yes, the old man in the dream is also there, Xiao Xu said that he and Zhang Youbin also met..."

The pen in his hand drew a sharp mark on the paper, and Tang Haojun didn't interrupt it. The premonition of uneasiness suppressed by reason in his heart for the past few days resurfaced with the sleepy voice of the young man on the phone, even until the microphone There was no movement or stop at the end.

The identity of the old man has been ascertained. He originally lived in the alley of Tangbei Road and had no children. He started wandering around Zhongshan Road half a month ago, and his mental state was unstable.

"Xiaozhou, contact the search team immediately, and ask to find Zheng Ming (the old man) as soon as possible."

Note.

Zhang Youbin, male, 26 years old, boyfriend - Xu Mingxun, a clerk at Chengmei Hairdressing Shop.

Cause of death: carotid artery rupture, excessive blood loss and death.The head was separated from the torso, and the missing eyeball in the head was found in the sewer. Anesthetic components were detected in the blood, and an injection needle was found on the back of the neck.

Murder weapon: Not found.

Scene: There are fingerprints of the murderer on the ring box.

Road monitoring: normal, need further investigation.

Day4.

At 05:30 in the winter morning, it was still dark, and sanitation worker Wang Guihua pushed the sanitation truck onto Zhongshan Road on time. Like the past few years, she picked up a broom and dustpan early in the morning to clean the streets of Zhongshan Road.

The wheels at the bottom of the sanitation vehicle rubbed against the road and rattled, and a new day in Vancouver began.

An hour later, the phone in the office of the Municipal Criminal Investigation Brigade rang.After answering the phone, Xiaozhou's face, which was somewhat pale due to working overtime for several days, was solemn, "Captain, the old man Zheng Ming is dead."

"Four or 10 minutes ago, the bureau received a report from a sanitation worker that a man's body was found under an overpass 100 meters west to north on Zhongshan Road. After the colleagues arrived, they confirmed that the deceased was the Zheng Ming we were looking for. The presumed cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage , The specific situation has to wait for the results of the forensic autopsy."

At this time, Wu Qiang, who had rushed back from Linshi all night, opened the door and came in, and directly reported: "Boss, I found the manager of the barber shop where Zhang Youbin works. His mobile phone was stolen and he was in the Linshi hot spring hotel. It is true that the barber shop is closed on New Year's Day." , and Zhang Youbin was also on the travel list, but Zhang Youbin received a call before departure and said that he had something to do. The store manager said that Zhang Youbin looked a little flustered at the time, and he was sure based on the tone of Zhang Youbin's call at that time, Zhang Youbin's call The person on the phone is not Xu Mingxun."

In other words, maybe Xu Mingxun didn't know that Zhang Youbin was at home that night.If Xu Mingxun was not the murderer, based on the fact that Zhang Youbin was killed after Xu Mingxun returned home and the first murder scene was the bathroom of the rented house, the murderer was probably lurking in the rented house at that time.After Xu Mingxun fell asleep, he killed Zhang Youbin, who had been knocked down by his medicine.The doors and windows of the rental house have not been damaged, and the murderer is likely to be an acquaintance.

Why did Xu Mingxun disappear?

If Xu Mingxun was also one of the murderer's targets, why didn't the murderer kill Xu Mingxun together? Given the circumstances at the time, the conditions for committing the crime were completely suitable.

How did the murderer avoid Xu Mingxun's attack?

Then there is Zheng Ming, as a materialist, Tang Haojun doesn't think that fate is determined by God, but due to various coincidences, it is very likely that Zheng Ming found important clues about the murderer before he said those words.But now that Zheng Ming is dead, once this invisible clue is broken, things will be even more difficult...

Tang Haojun sorted out his thoughts, and immediately made the next work instruction: "Throughly check Zhang Youbin's personal network and communication records, and according to the fact that there were no suspicious persons in the rented house during the time when the victim was killed, arrange personnel to investigate the tenants of the entire building. , in the name of investigation and visits, we must not startle the snakes."

"Yes."

The expression on Tang Haojun's face remained calm, but the uneasiness in his heart and his keen intuition told him that there would be more dead people, and Xu Mingxun might be more or less ominous.On New Year’s Day, Ye Xin’s phrase “he’s going to die this week” that teased him as an emotion has become a heavy existence. To find clues as soon as possible, Tang Haojun couldn’t imagine pasting Ye Xin’s photo on the white record board of the police station. scene.

Ji Shanshan, Zhang Youbin, Xu Mingxun, Zheng Ming, what kind of connection do these four people have? Is it really just a coincidence? Is Xu Mingxun the victim or the suspect?

There are fewer people in the store, but business still has to be done.In the evening, Ye Xin closed the door early and went to the hospital with a fruit basket and a box of health care products.He knew Xu Mingxun's mother, who lived alone in a remote place on the outskirts of the city, and sometimes would come to the store to deliver some clothes and food to Xiao Xu.

A middle-aged woman in her 50s was lying on a white hospital bed, her complexion was ashen, and there was a faint breath of life on her haggard sick face.Tang Haojun's people have been here, Xiao Xu's mother should know something.Ye Xin was anxious in his heart, but his face was forced to be calm. In addition to comfort and confidence that Xiao Xu would not break the law, the factor called uneasiness still made the atmosphere of pretending to be relaxed and awkward.

Xiao Xu's mother: "Ye Xin, Xiaoxun is the flesh that fell from my body. I had a dream yesterday, and Xiaoxun said he was bored and in pain, and he called mom because of the discomfort, I..." Choked voices replaced the unfinished words .

Ye Xin's heart was heavy, and he said seriously: "Auntie, dreams are always the opposite, Xiao Xu will be fine. Good people are rewarded with rewards, so don't worry, Xiao Xu will be happy when you take care of yourself."

Little Xu is filial and frugal. Apart from concealing his mother's fact that he likes the same sex, Ye Xin doesn't believe that he will be linked with the word crime.But no one was comforted by saying this, because the ups and downs of life are cruel, let alone Xiao Xu's mother who has experienced her husband's derailment and hardship for most of her life, but in the end she was sick and her only child was unknown.

After nine o'clock, Ye Xin opened the door and entered the house, "Why are you back?"

Tang Haojun put down the case report in his hand and asked Ye Xin to wash his hands to prepare for supper, then he got up and went into the kitchen to put the rolled noodles into the pot.Ye Xin changed his clothes and came out, just in time for the hot hand-rolled noodles.

Something was on his mind, Ye Xin had trouble sleeping and eating for the past two days, Tang Haojun was busy handling the case, he was so distressed that he didn't have time to bother him anymore.Ye Xin was naturally happy to see the man who was supposed to be busy outside as soon as he got home.

As a northerner, Tang Haojun's noodles are very authentic.Ye Xin sucked and sucked, and Tang Haojun sat by and watched him eat.

When the noodles in the bowl were at the bottom, Ye Xin put down his chopsticks, took a tissue to wipe his mouth, took off the cigarette from the man's mouth, took a puff and pressed it into the vat, "Stop smoking, let's quit together. I I also want to be old enough to do Tai Chi and dance square dances with you in a few decades."

Tang Haojun's eyes flashed with deep meaning, and he hooked Ye Xin's head with one hand, covering it with his thin lips.There was a sound of water in the room, accompanied by faint panting, which made people blush and heartbeat.

The man's abdominal muscles became more three-dimensional with the rising body temperature, and when his hand was pulled out of his clothes, Ye Xin deliberately bit the other's thin lips with some dissatisfaction, in exchange for the man's muffled groan.

The transparent silver thread was implicated on the two red lips, Tang Haojun withdrew his hands before the situation could not be controlled, and wiped the water from the corner of Ye Xin's mouth with his thumb, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm going back to the game soon... good."

Ye Xin: "..."

Really treated him like a child... come on, he was willing and enjoying it.

Ye Xin leaned on the man's hot chest, and lowered his hand ready to move, obviously protesting.Tang Haojun buckled it helplessly, and put on the watch with the tracker in his pocket for him.In the afternoon, he made a decision, a decision that violated the bureau's regulations but made him feel at ease.

After finishing the narration in a steady voice, Ye Xin touched the cold touch on his hand and asked in a daze, "Is that old man dead?"

"Ah."

"What about Xiao Xu?"

"unknown."

"..."

Ye Xin unconsciously touched the hidden alarm on his wrist. After a while, he reacted and swallowed, "Damn it, why don't you tell me. Tang Haojun, will I also..."

"Shut up." Tang Haojun didn't regret his decision, it was when he decided to be with Ye Xin, and it is still now.Prevention is better than failure, he will protect his people, "Everything is up to me, I will not let you have an accident."

"In the next few days, you close the door early and come to the bureau to find me at night."

"……it is good."

With the trunk of the white Volkswagen POLO open, Tang Haojun put the change of clothes and daily necessities for the two of them in the car for the next few days.

"Is my car back?"

"There is no useful evidence in the car. Xu Mingxun drove it to the hospital and left it there. I will drive back for you on the way. You try to drive as much as possible these days."

Ye Xin is still stuck in a floating feeling called unreality, that kind of feeling that I just said that I didn't expect it to be true