dead innocent

Yinjiang crosses Yihong River in the inner part of the river, and faces the sea in the west. Every year in autumn and winter, the temperature difference between day and night is always great. Two miserable branches and fallen leaves.

The lights outside the municipal building were quiet and deep, and the halos cast on the ground seemed to be sprinkled with patches of clean water, being stepped on by dozens of pairs of smooth and cold leather shoes one after another.

As soon as Chu Xingyun walked out of the municipal building, he was swallowed by the oncoming night wind. He felt bored in the meeting room just now, so he unbuttoned two buttons, and now he fastened them again when he got out of the building.

Unexpectedly, this meeting could be dragged until night, he raised his hand and looked at his watch, it was almost ten o'clock.

"Is there any dinner tonight?"

As a group of officials in uniform walked out of the gate in an orderly manner, he asked Chen Zhiyang in a low voice.

Chen Zhiyang turned his head and glanced at Chief Chen, who was surrounded by several prosecutors, and leaned on his ear and said, "I'm sick of it."

"I'm so fucking tired, I can fall asleep on the ground, you think of a way."

"I also think it's better if you don't go. Look at Ji Linchuan, this kid is holding back his vigor and intends to force you to death in a while."

"You see it too?"

"I can't see it?"

Chu Xingyun pushed him: "Then why don't you ask for leave for me?"

After a day of meetings, his nerves were sluggish. Standing in front of the municipal building, he took out a cigarette from his pocket by accident and lit it.

A sour and choking smoke went straight to Tianling Gai along the base of his nose, choking him sober immediately.

Chen Zhiyang broke through the crowd and rushed out of the siege, stood beside Director Chen, bit his ears with him for a while, and finally raised his finger to Chu Xingyun who was standing outside the crowd, but saw Chu Xingyun standing lazily with his pocket in one hand Smoke on the street.Chen Zhiyang's eyes twitched, and he was immediately speechless.

Fortunately, the newly appointed Director Chen was generous, and he took the initiative to walk over to him regardless of the less strict etiquette of the younger generation.

Diagonally across the street, under a street lamp, an SUV was parked. He Cheng was leaning on the front of the car, wearing a blue and black suit and a black windbreaker, with his hands in the pockets of the windbreaker, looking at Chu OK.

He saw Chu Xingyun and Chen Zhiyang flirting with each other at the entrance of the municipal building and chatting a few words, then walked away a few steps and stood by the street to smoke.

After a while, Director Chen stepped out from the crowd and walked up to him. He crushed half a cigarette and threw it into the trash can on the side of the road. He held Director Chen's hand and smiled properly.After exchanging pleasantries for a while, he watched Director Chen get into the black car parked on the side of the road, and the crowd dispersed before walking slowly along the sidewalk.

Originally, he was ready to accompany the drink, so he didn't drive the car in the team, and now he can only take a taxi to go back.As Chu Xingyun walked forward, he searched for taxis on the street with his eyes. The taxi didn't see it, but he caught a glimpse of a handsome guy across the road inadvertently.

His eyes lit up, he took a closer look, and he was sure that the man standing in front of the car was He Cheng, so he trotted across the road and ran towards him.

"Yo, why are you here?"

Chu Xingyun patted the front cover of the car, and smiled suavely: "Wait for me?"

This was the first time He Cheng saw him wearing a police uniform. This person always lived a rough and casual life on weekdays. He seldom tidied himself up properly. He had never been so upright dressed like today.

Originally, due to the long waiting time, his chest was filled with depression, but seeing how handsome he is today, He Cheng forgave him in his heart.But one yard is one yard, he hasn't forgotten that Chu Xingyun forgot his birthday, so he said with a cold face: "Well, two and a half hours."

However, Chu Xingyun's focus was so strange that he didn't understand his long wait. Instead, he looked at his watch and said, "Then you came back after seven o'clock? Why didn't you call me when you came back? Just help me take out the car, now The garage is closed again."

His new car, which was smashed by Zheng Xihe in less than a week, was towed to the garage for overhaul. It took nearly two months to repair it, because the name of the car insurance was registered in He Cheng's name, and the repair cost was too high. He Cheng himself went to sign to pick up the car.But He Cheng was on a business trip for a week, and this matter has been delayed, and the car has been left in the garage and no one has picked it up.

As soon as the words came out, Chu Xingyun's liver trembled a little, because He Cheng's face was even more ugly, his face was so dark that water dripped out, and the four characters 'I'm not happy' were almost engraved on his forehead.

The corners of He Cheng's lips twitched a few times, and he sneered: "I got off the plane at seven o'clock, and Xiao Shu said that you would end the meeting at 07:30, who knew that your long tail would open endlessly, how do I know when you will come out."

Chu Xingyun frowned, a little puzzled: "What do you care when I come out?"

He Cheng was silent, took a deep breath, and said with a sneer, "Yeah, I don't care what time you come out to do? I'm not in a hurry to see you, and the person who hasn't seen you for seven days is not fucking me."

Chu Xingyun was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows, and smiled: "Look at our young master, they are all swearing."

He Cheng gave him a hard look, then turned around and opened the car door: "Go back by yourself!"

Chu Xingyun chased after the car shamelessly, sat in the co-pilot and put on his seat belt: "Don't tell me, don't you want to see me? Take it back and have a good look at it."

He Cheng glanced at him, duplicity: "I don't want to see you at all."

Chu Xingyun glanced at him, unbuttoned his seat belt and made a gesture to open the door: "Then I'm leaving, and I will go back to the unit to work overtime tonight."

He Cheng gritted his teeth: "Sit down!"

Chu Xingyun closed the car door neatly, and said in his mouth: "Okay."

While driving, He Cheng turned his head and glanced at him with a smug smile with the corners of his lips curled up, crackling sparks in his eyes, and said ruthlessly, "Wait."

Chu Xingyun took off the police cap on his head and threw it on the back seat, unbuttoned a button on the collar of his shirt, folded his arms and smiled calmly and calmly: "No problem, I'll wait."

He has lived in He Cheng's house for nearly two months, and he is already very familiar with He Cheng's house. He can touch the bedroom from the bathroom with his eyes closed, so He Cheng, who is pressing him to take off his clothes, is not an obstacle to him, and he can still be in front of the other party. The more eager offensive led him to the bedroom.

The two cats nestled in the living room, waiting to be fed, watched the two hugging each other with their bright and resentful eyes, stumbling around in circles, you pull me, I pull you, the journey was not smooth He went up to the second floor smoothly, and then closed the bedroom door with a bang.

The two mature cats looked at each other, neither of them had any hope for tonight's dinner. Daman lay down on the carpet with his hungry belly dry, Xiaoman walked around calmly a few times, and stepped on the remote control of the light. In the past, the lights in the living room went out in an instant.

In the early morning of the next day, the sun rose in the old place, and the room became clear and bright again.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Chu Xingyun was awakened by the ringing of the mobile phone.He groped around the bed with his eyes closed, found his mobile phone, turned over and lay down on the side of the bed, trying to stay away from He Cheng on the other side of the bed, and connected the phone in a daze.

"Ok?"

Qiao Shishi on the other end of the phone was in a noisy open-air environment: "Boss, a dead body was found in the square at the center of Sanfu Road. Come and have a look. The method of committing the crime is quite brutal."

Hearing the word dead body, Chu Xingyun sighed first, hooked his head to the floor, picked up the cigarette case from the ground, lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth, rubbed his forehead and said listlessly: "What kind of cruel method?"

Qiao Shishi said: "The head is almost cut off, the cut surface is very complete, it seems that he is a skilled hand."

"Is the site well preserved?"

"The time of death was around two o'clock in the morning last night. It was an employee of a nearby breakfast restaurant who found the body and reported it. It took less than half an hour from reporting the case to blocking the scene, so it should not have been damaged."

"You guys are busy first, I'll be there right away."

After hanging up the phone, Chu Xingyun looked back at He Cheng who was still sleeping on the bed with his back facing him, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, found a pair of pants on the floor and put them on, then opened the bedroom door, He went downstairs lightly.

Passing by Daman and Xiaoman's nest, he stepped on Daman's soft belly: "Why does Dad think you've lost weight?"

Daman hugged his ankle and begged for food, Chu Xingyun withdrew his foot and walked to the balcony without seeing it: "It must be an illusion."

He retrieved a T-shirt and a jacket from the balcony, put them on in a hurry, washed his face casually, put his mobile phone on his back and went out, took a taxi and went straight to Sanfu Road Street Park.

Sanfu Road is located on the outskirts of the city, a stone's throw away from Baipingzhou. Although it is inferior to the bustling street scene in the city center, it is by no means dirty and messy. It is just a street with a mixed flow of people.

Jiexin Park is the center of Sanfu Road, with a superior geographical location, and it is densely populated with people coming and going every day.Now that there has been a murder, the early risers crowd behind a cordon that has been erected outside the park and look inside.

Chu Xingyun pushed aside the crowd, set off the cordon and bent over to enter the blocked scene.

In front of the sculpture in the park, a man was lying on the ground. Just as Qiao Shishi said, his neck was cut off by a sharp weapon. Because the blood had already flowed out, the wound condensed into a thick red and black.

Several criminal policemen spread out to search for evidence that might be left behind. Zhao Feng was interrogating the security staff of the breakfast shop, and Qiao Shishi was assisting Su Wan, squatting on both sides of the corpse to do a simple autopsy.

"Boss."

Seeing him coming, Qiao Shishi gave up the seat next to the corpse.

Chu Xingyun squatted in front of the corpse, looked at the amount of bleeding under the corpse, and the direction of the blood, and determined that this was the first scene.

"You go get the monitoring."

He said, then lowered his body to carefully look at the wound on the corpse's neck, and asked Su Wan, "Is this the only fatal wound?"

Su Wan turned the pen in her hand, and said, "There is still a blow wound on the back of the head, but it is not fatal. This man died of blood loss from a cut throat. We have checked, and there is no identification document on him."

With that said, Su Wan pointed to the wrinkled and peeling skin on the back of the corpse's hand: "I have allergic dermatitis, go back and do a pathological section, and you will know what the allergen is."

The first time he saw the male corpse, Chu Xingyun felt that the man lying on the ground was a bit unusual.The deceased was tall and tall. It can be seen from his body shape that he has been exercising all year round. From the direction of his body muscles, it can be seen that his physical fitness is very good, and his skin is dark and shiny, and his forehead is as hard and smooth as if he had been roasted by a slow fire.

The victims he has seen are mainly women and some men who are not strong in self-defense. It is the first time for this man who looks tall and strong today, not to mention that he was killed by such a brutal method, and his head was almost cut off. .

Chu Xingyun put on a pair of white gloves, opened his palms, and his face became more dignified.

Spear cocoons, this man's tiger's mouth, fingers and palms are covered with layers of gun cocoons.

He suddenly grabbed the corpse's hand and put it under his nose to smell the back of the dead man's hand. He smelled a very faint salty smell, which immediately reminded him of the sea breeze soaking into the skin.

Was the deceased working at sea, or by the sea?

Chu Xingyun checked the palm of the deceased again, and found that there were no other scars or calluses on his hand except for the gun cocoon, unlike a pair of hands engaged in physical labor. He searched the body of the corpse and found no weapon, but it was in the pocket of the deceased's trousers I took out two wrinkled receipts, which were invoices issued by two hotels.

He put the two invoices into the evidence bag, suddenly opened the neckline of the deceased, and took his jacket down to his shoulders, his expression suddenly became more dignified.

Su Wan asked in surprise, "Gunshot wound?"

There was a bullet-scabbed scar on the dead man's shoulder and back.

Although he didn't continue to look down, he could also deduce that the deceased must have suffered more than one gunshot wound during his lifetime.

Chu Xingyun took off his white gloves and put them aside, stood up and looked around, suspicious, and asked, "When was the injury on the back of the head left?"

Su Wan opened the bloody wound on the back of the deceased's head, and said, "The blood is very fresh. Judging by the degree of coagulation, it's about the same time as the cut wound on the neck."

Since the deceased was struck in the head at about the same time as the neck was cut, it could only have been a modus operandi of knocking the victim unconscious and then cutting his neck.

He could probably guess the identity of the victim, but there was only one doubt that troubled him at this time.

Chu Xingyun was very puzzled, why did the murderer choose to commit the crime in the middle of the street park?There is a lot of traffic here, even in the middle of the night, it is very likely to create witnesses.And there was no trace of a fight at the scene, which means that the deceased was killed under the condition of complete submission. Combined with the scars on the head of the deceased, it is difficult not to make a guess; the deceased was in a coma and was killed by the murderer. Brought to the sculpture in the middle of the street, the neck was cut off.

This process is not like a simple killing, but rather a ritualistic 'death penalty'.

So why did the murderer take the deceased to the park in the middle of the street for 'execution'?

Chu Xingyun suddenly looked back at the crowd standing outside the cordon.

The news of the homicide in the park in the middle of the street spread like wildfire. The spectators stood near or far from the side of the street, and everyone watched the death scene with eyes full of curiosity and fear.The occurrence of a murder case has broken the original busyness and tranquility of Sanfu Road, like a scene where a stone is dropped into tranquility.In the eyes of the onlookers, he saw an emotion similar to 'panic' gradually spreading...

Is this the murderer's purpose?Putting victims to death by 'beheading' is a way to attract attention and create panic.

Suddenly, he had a premonition that the man lying in front of him today was just the first victim, and the murderer would definitely not stop here if he was so mobilizing to create panic.

'He' will definitely have the next move.

"Captain Chu, look at this."

Su Wan took out an evidence bag from the pocket of her white coat, and handed it to him, "This is what we put under the dead body when we saw it."

Chu Xingyun took it, looked through the transparent evidence bag, and found that it was just a boat folded from white paper, and no writing was seen after it was disassembled.

Although the paper boat didn't bring any clues, it did bring a message.

This paper boat seems to indirectly confirm his conjecture. A murderer who can leave some kind of "marker" at the crime scene and an item that can refer to his identity must be a mature, deliberate, and possessed A person or group with a clear purpose of killing.

What gave him a headache was not only the escaped murderer with a certain 'terrorist' color, but also the currently closed crime scene, which is difficult to obtain evidence.

Although the center of the street park is crowded with people and there are many shops on both sides of the street, the shops on both sides are not a short distance from the park in the center of the street, and the place where the deceased fell was in front of the sculpture in the inner part of the park. Filmed the murderer's crime process.

The current hope is that the public and private cameras around will be able to take pictures of the victim and the murderer, but there are many blind spots here, so he doesn't expect much.The only hope left is to find out the identity of the victim, find out the reason why he was killed, and dig out the murderer's motive for killing, so as to fundamentally curb this 'horrific' murder.

The surroundings of the corpse were clean, and no valuable clues were found, not even footprints.Chu Xingyun recruited two criminal policemen, carried the body into the car, and prepared to close the team.

As soon as the body was put into the police car, the group of people had not had time to drive away. Chu Xingyun was about to get in the car when he suddenly saw two black bulletproof cars with the words 'Guoan' printed on them coming from the south of Sanfu Road. At the crossroads, the car turned around, ran over the dead branches and yellow leaves on the ground like a wind, and stopped firmly on the side of the road, a few meters away from their police car.

The door of the leading bulletproof car was opened, and two uniformed national security police officers got out from the co-pilot and the back seat.

Qiao Shishi squeezed to his side, bluffing in a low voice: "Guoan? What's going on? This is it?"

Chu Xingyun frowned and looked at the two national security police officers standing on the side of the road. They looked at the car behind with serious expressions, as if they were waiting for someone.

Soon, the door of the bulletproof car behind was also opened. A tall man with sharp eyes got out of the car first, then opened the rear door, and then a man wearing a black suit and a black coat got out from the back seat .

The man was wearing an exquisite suit and coat, and he was taller than the tall bodyguard.His gaze was determined and powerful, and he had been staring at Chu Xingyun since he got out of the car, and walked towards him with a smile on his face, and the hem of his coat swayed gently with his steady pace.

As the man approached, Qiao Shishi felt a forceful aura coming towards him, and he took a step back involuntarily, stood behind Chu Xingyun and looked at him carefully, and said in a low voice: "This man is so good It looks familiar, I seem to have seen it somewhere—"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw Chu Xingyun step forward, open his arms to meet him, and said, "Brother He Ying."