dead innocent

The next morning, He Cheng pushed open the door of the ward, and saw Chu Xingyun standing in front of the window, neatly dressed, on the window sill was the small mirror brought to him by the nurse just now, and Chu Xingyun was wearing a peaked cap facing the mirror.

He Cheng leaned against the door, frowned and said, "Don't you want your wound to heal?"

Chu Xingyun fiddled with the brim of his hat, and said casually: "It didn't press the wound."

Although this person's thinking is a tendon made of copper and rusty iron, he rarely trims his appearance on weekdays.But at certain moments, he still pays more attention to his own image. For example, today he will return to the city bureau, and maybe he will meet his old opponent Zheng Xihe. He will never show the slightest sign of embarrassment for people to laugh at.There is another very important reason. At this time, his identity is sensitive, and any action will attract people's attention. If he is a little careless, he will be criticized by others.It is better to keep a low profile when entering and exiting the Municipal Bureau at this time, after all, he is the one who has been suspended.

Chu Xingyun seldom wears a hat, and only wears a hat when he is following the suspect and changing his attire.At this time, wearing a black peaked cap, I looked left and right in the mirror, no matter how I looked at myself, I felt awkward, mainly because I was not used to my new hairstyle.

He Cheng glanced at his watch, then knocked on the cover: "It's almost ten o'clock."

Chu Xingyun took out a pair of sunglasses from his jeans pocket, put them on, turned around and walked towards the door: "Let's go."

Like He Cheng's bodyguard, he walked ahead and cut through the mountains, all the way out of the hospital gate, and saw Xiao Shu in the parking lot.

Xiao Shu handed him a car key, and said with a smile, "Your car probably won't be able to be repaired in a while."

Chu Xingyun knew very well that his broken car had been knocked into a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron. There was no need to repair it at all. It would be easier to pull it directly to the garbage dump.

He took the car keys, walked to the front of a brand new Ford SUV, patted the front cover of the car, turned around and asked He Cheng: "What's the market price?"

He Cheng told the truth: "What's the purpose of inquiring about it? You can't afford it."

The corners of Chu Xingyun's lips twitched slightly, he opened the driver's door and sat in, just as he was about to turn on the ignition, he saw He Cheng opened the door and sat in the co-pilot.

"What are you doing?"

He Cheng said, "It just so happens that I'm going to the City Bureau to drive."

Chu Xingyun understood that He Cheng was worried about him, worried that he would completely become a dead soul under the wheel of others.

The Ford SUV just drove onto the main road, and Chu Xingyun saw a Land Rover following them not far or near from the rearview mirror.Sitting in the car were two familiar faces, the two marines under General He's command.

Thanks to He Cheng, for the first time in his life, he experienced what it was like to be accompanied by bodyguards when traveling.

Looking at the road conditions ahead that were not considered congested, Chu Xingyun hesitated for a moment, but still felt the need to have a chat with He Cheng, and asked, "Has your brother contacted you?"

I thought that He Cheng was about to blow up when he heard that He Ying was mentioned, but He Cheng was very calm, at least he looked so, but his face was obviously displeased, and his eyes were like cold arrows, and he said coldly: "No, what did he contact me for?" ?”

Chu Xingyun secretly glanced at him with his eyes hidden behind the sunglasses, and seeing that he was in a normal mood, he asked one more question: "Is it because you didn't answer his call, or did he not contact you?"

He Cheng sneered: "You really understand clearly, he told you all?"

Chu Xingyun said truthfully: "No, I thought of it myself."

He Cheng turned his head and stared at him with aggressive eyes: "Who do you miss?"

Chu Xingyun felt that his ability to take meaning out of context to provoke troubles had become more mature in the past two years. He chopped off the beginning and tail of a good sentence, intercepted the ambiguous and extremely ambiguous words in the middle, and was given a strong attack power.

Chu Xingyun was asked to death by him, at this time He Cheng seemed unwilling to let him go easily, staring at him and waiting for his answer.Being stared at by him, Chu Xingyun was agitated, and he couldn't help but be a little distracted by observing the road ahead. He didn't realize that the car behind him was cutting the way of his car, and almost ran into the rear of someone else's car.Unknowingly began to sweat on the forehead, seeing that there was no way to retreat, so he could only bite the bullet and rush forward, gritted his teeth and said cruelly, "I——I miss you, miss you."

He Cheng was strangely silent for a while, then squinted at him half-believingly: "Really or not—"

"Really really really."

Chu Xingyun answered cleverly, wiped off the sweat of his palms on his pants, and changed the subject very lamely: "Open the windows, the wives are bored in the car."

He Cheng: ...

Ever since he got in the car, he turned on the air-conditioning to the maximum, the air-conditioning pipe was steaming, and the temperature in the car was almost below zero, so boring.

Fortunately, it is not far from the city bureau, and it only takes ten minutes to arrive. Chu Xingyun is still sweating hotly in the compartment where the temperature is approaching subzero.After getting out of the car and being blown by the wind, I suddenly felt clear-headed, parked the car not far away, and walked for a few minutes to the gate of the Municipal Bureau.

The police officers on duty didn't dare to stop him, and watched helplessly as he and He Cheng entered the gate and walked towards the office building.

At the entrance of the office building, Chu Xingyun suddenly stopped, looking at the familiar faces coming and going in the lobby on the first floor, wondering what he was thinking, suddenly lifted the hat on his head and held it in his hand, smiled very unruly, raised his head Pushing open the glass door: "Who is I hiding from?"

As soon as Chu Xingyun showed up, the whole building was alarmed up and down.Rumor has it that he was involved in two car accidents in a row, narrowly escaped death and was seriously injured, and half of his head was almost cut off.Looking at it today, this lone agent has the same air as before, and even changed his appearance to be more upright and handsome. He has the aura of a hero movie reborn from lust and returning from nirvana.

He went to the technical team to find Gao Yuannan, called Gao Yuannan into the corridor and said a few words, asking her to find out the source of the 3 million to 8 million that Liu Meng said, and be careful not to leak the news, and finally asked: "Where is Zheng Xihe?" ?”

Gao Yuannan shook his head: "Team Zheng never told us about his actions, nor did he let us participate in field work. He took Liu Meng and the others out early this morning."

Chu Xingyun bowed his head and thought for a while, then took off the sunglasses on his face, pinched the bridge of his nose that was not suitable for the frame, and said: "You should do whatever he asks you to do, and we will secretly investigate our own affairs."

Gao Yuannan said: "I understand."

Chu Xingyun nodded, and treated the tall and delicate girl standing in front of him as a man, and patted her on the shoulder: "It's hard work, let me know as soon as there is progress."

When he said this, his eyes turned around in the left and right corridors, and he didn't see the expression on Gao Yuannan's face unnaturally froze for a moment, shrugging his shoulders slightly.

Qiao Shishi and He Cheng came up from the stairs. He Cheng could ignore the unclear eyes of the people around him, and tried to keep a low profile in the police station.After all, the rumors and rumors about him and Chu Xingyun these days are well-known in the city. Just now when he and Chu Xingyun showed up together, a document in the hands of a policewoman fell to the ground. Witnessing the resurrection of the dead is not as good as her That kind of earth-shattering and weeping ghosts and gods eyes.

At this moment, he is like a human-shaped searchlight, wherever he goes, he is the focus of all eyes.Chu Xingyun asked him to stay in Qiao Shishi's office, and he couldn't stay there after sitting for a while. Although he could maintain himself and continue to escape from the world, he couldn't bear the fact that those police officers always had a reason to pass by the office door and use onlookers to watch The eyes of rare animals in the zoo flickered in front of his eyes again and again.

He was deeply bored, instead of staying in one place to be seen secretly, it would be better to stand with Chu Xingyun openly for people to visit, anyway, he has no scruples.

"what happened?"

Chu Xingyun looked at He Cheng who stopped in front of him and asked him.

Qiao Shishi continued: "Mr. He wants to find you."

He Cheng was more straightforward than him: "Why did you lock me in the office? If I want to sit in the office, do I still use it here?"

Chu Xingyun was always at a loss under his crooked reasoning, and said helplessly: "Then you follow me."

Damn it, when did He Cheng become so 'sticky'!

In the interrogation room on the first floor, Fu Yi was standing at the door talking to a solid-looking young man. Seeing that Chu Xingyun had arrived, he ignored He Cheng beside him as usual, and introduced the young man to him: "Zhang Qimin, I told you witnesses."

Zhang Qimin shook hands with Chu Xingyun in surprise, and said in surprise: "Comrade police are so young."

But no, Chu Xingyun cut his head and looked four or five years younger.

"polite."

Chu Xingyun smiled at him, and then asked Fu Yi: "How is it inside?"

Fu Yidao: "The one who arrived last night has been there for seven or eight hours."

Seven or eight hours, it stands to reason that the hostility of the detainees should have been dissipated, and it is time to break through the psychological defense line.

"Where's Wu Xiaoshuang?"

Chu Xingyun asked.

Fu Yi: "I live in the school dormitory for the past few days, and I don't know that Wu Yaowen has been arrested."

Chu Xingyun nodded and looked back at He Cheng: "You wait for me outside."

He Cheng didn't answer, and sat down on a set of benches by the wall.

Chu Xingyun pushed open the door of the interrogation room and walked in.

Wu Yaowen was sitting on a chair wearing a T-shirt and trousers. It was obvious at first glance that he was taken away from the bed by the police who broke into the house without any precautions.

When he heard the sound of the door opening, he looked towards the door subconsciously, and when he saw Chu Xingyun and Fu Yi walking in, he pressed his back against the back of the chair as if in defense, and put his hands together in front of him in an orderly manner. With lowered eyes that were stiff and lifeless from waiting for a long time, he still looked so simple and dull.

Chu Xingyun leaned against the table, and once again entered the role of interrogator given to him by his profession. He habitually folded his arms, narrowed his eyes slightly to hide the emotions in his eyes, looked at Wu Yaowen and said, "Is it him?"

Wu Yaowen thought that he was talking to him, and raised his head, revealing a pair of eyes that were scratched and rolled in the mud and dust, worn away by time, and cracked.Looking at Chu Xingyun with a bewildered and helpless expression like a primary school student, he seemed to be asking him for permission to speak.

Zhang Qimin looked at Wu Yaowen carefully, hesitantly said: "It's a bit like the man in the car."

Only now did Wu Yaowen notice that there was a man standing next to Fu Yi. The man kept looking at him, as if he had a standard in his heart. He took a ruler to measure his whole body carefully, and then compared it with the standard in his heart. right.

After a while, the man affirmed: "Well, it's him."

Chu Xingyun asked: "How do you decide?"

Zhang Qimin said: "The hunchbacked old man with his head hooked looks exactly the same as the figure behind the car window, and his eyes are gray and lifeless, just like a dead man."

Chu Xingyun was unhappy after hearing the last sentence, and gave Fu Yi a wink, and Fu Yi invited him out.

There were only two captains left in the interrogation room. Chu Xingyun turned his eyes back to Wu Yaowen, and his steady voice sounded deterrent with a lack of human touch.

"Do you know that person just now? Mr. Wu."

Wu Yaowen looked at him with those eyes that were lacking in spirit, like a dead old tree, perhaps because he was shocked by the environment he was in at the moment, thus lost his ability to speak, and stared at him blankly, his eyes were dry and white. His lips were like closed iron sheets, the gap could not be pried open no matter what.

As soon as the conversation changed, Chu Xingyun said with a smile: "Actually, we should have met here long ago. The last time I met you was at the tea house. It should have been here, but I didn't invite you here because of a little affection. , last time you told me that you went up the mountain on the 7th and brought Wu Xiaoshuang and Sun Shibin down from the mountain. I believed in you, I believed in you, but you were lying to me."

When Chu Xingyun uttered the word 'lying', Wu Yaowen's eyes trembled a few times as if being stabbed by needles, and a few bloodshots burst out from the gray-brown eyeballs, making him look old and decayed instantly Many, extremely bleak.

Chu Xingyun didn't force him to speak, but said for him, "Sun Shibin didn't go down the mountain. Only you and your daughter Wu Xiaoshuang went down the mountain on the evening of the 7th. The person just now is the witness. He can prove that the only person who went down the mountain on the [-]th is you." There is no Sun Shibin with your daughter, please tell me now, where is Sun Shibin?"

Chu Xingyun left the table, walked a few steps in the direction where he was, until he crossed the security line before the two, and broke into his personal territory as an intruder, staring at him with eyes like smoldering fire , said: "He's dead, isn't he?"

Wu Yaowen gasped suddenly and slowly as if he was suffering from an illness, his teeth were chattering uncontrollably, and white saliva bubbles flowed from the corners of his mouth, as if an animal carrying a stone mill was turning old, and the corners of its mouth were polished to give off a grassy smell and The cloudy foam of the breath of death.

At this moment, Chu Xingyun is stern and selfless, does not care about human feelings, only talks about good and evil, facing such a desolate and helpless old man, not only does not have a soft heart, he even turns to attack his heart.

"Mr. Wu, I trust you. You used to be a lawyer with a sense of justice. Even when you became a victim of the powerful gun, you still maintained the justice and kindness in your heart. You are a good person. What you have done to the society over the years Although the contribution has not received real attention, but I know, I will always remember what you did. You are worthy of being included in the textbooks as a role model to teach young people. Your image has become a representative in my heart, 21 In the next century, the representatives of those kind people who survived the big waves! Presumably you also take kindness and benevolence as the benchmark and bottom line of being a person, but what are you doing now? The merits accumulated in half your life are all written off because of your lie Are you willing? Please tell me, Mr. Wu, are you still sticking to the integrity and kindness praised and praised by the whole country and society!"

The old camel was overwhelmed by the last straw. Wu Yaowen stretched out his rough and chapped hands and covered his face tightly. Muddy tears kept dripping from his fingers, and a short and feeble cry came from his throat. .

With a plop, he fell from the chair, kneeled on the ground, and knelt in front of Chu Xingyun.

Chu Xingyun shuddered all over, as if someone had kicked the hollow of his leg, he hurriedly bent down, touched the ground with one knee, and knelt down in front of Wu Yaowen.

What is Wu Yaowen crying for?Crying for the good roots strangled to death by his own hands?Crying that he was defeated by the tricks of fate, and finally became a dead soul washed and killed by the big waves?

Chu Xingyun was cold all over, and his hands couldn't stop shaking, as if kneeling in front of him was not a desperate and sad old man, but the dark and hopeless era was kneeling to him.

He felt that Wu Yaowen's knees were too heavy for him to lift up and carry.

He wanted to say something, but his eyes were dark, the wound on his head seemed to be torn open, and the scalp was completely peeled off. He held his forehead and almost fainted.

"Xingyun?"

Fu Yi noticed his abnormality, and was about to step forward to help him, when the door of the interrogation room was suddenly pushed open, He Cheng rushed in like a gust of wind, squatted beside Chu Xingyun, grabbed his shoulder and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ?”

Chu Xingyun closed his eyes tightly, his face was frighteningly pale, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead one after another.

He Cheng still calmly helped him by the shoulders to make him stand up, wrapped his arms around his waist and put him in his arms, and whispered in his ear with a gentle and incredible voice: "It's okay, I'll accompany you." I'm watching you, it's okay—"

Chu Xingyun put his forehead on his shoulder, the pain like tearing scalp gradually faded away, and the darkness in front of his eyes also gradually disappeared. He saw the collar of He Cheng's suit close to his eyes again, and smelled the lingering scent on his body. Cold sandalwood, this smell seems to have some kind of healing effect, relieve his blocked heart, and wake up his heart that has been frozen for a long time.

Chu Xingyun backed away from his arms, looked at Wu Yaowen who was still kneeling on the ground, and said, "Are you pleading guilty, Mr. Wu?"