dead innocent

A fire broke out in Ludan Mountain, and even from the distant city center, one could see thick smoke rising from the direction of Rose Manor that could not be washed away by rain.

Chu Xingyun stood at the gate of the police station, watching the fire burning, and watched the fire truck driving past the police station with the rain. The fire could not be extinguished by the heavy rain, and the Rose Manor was ravaged by the fire. , like a position abandoned by a general, using the tragedy of self-destructing the city to resist the invasion of the crusade army.

The Rose Manor was destroyed, which meant that Jiang Zhaonan fled.

All the free field workers followed him on the intricate roads of Yinjiang City. No one knew who the arresting target was, and no one knew where the destination was. Chu Xingyun didn't know either. He only knew that they were one An expeditionary force, even if it crosses from the south of the sky to the north of the sea, must continue to march against the wind and rain.

He Cheng's cell phone was only connected once, and before Chu Xingyun could talk to him in the future, he heard the sound of a car crashing on the cell phone, and then the phone was cut off, and He Cheng lost contact.

He called Ji Linchuan again, and the first thing he asked was: "Where's He Cheng?!"

The wind and rain on Ji Linchuan's side accelerated, and he said, "He Cheng? You mean that Ford SUV that has been blocking the front is He Cheng?"

He Cheng is fine.

Chu Xingyun felt a little relieved, and asked them where they were.

"The NO.16 road to Chengnan Airport, who are we arresting now?!"

Chu Xingyun's face was full of solemnity, and he spit out two words coldly: "Ya Nei—If you can't catch him, you and I will be finished!"

Perhaps because of the heavy rain, the NO.16 highway was completely deserted at this time, and there was very little traffic. There was only a pursuit line formed by a convoy running southward along the main road.

The Ford SUV whose front was hit was once again accelerated by two black Havals and almost hit the procuratorate's vehicle that was chasing after it. Ji Linchuan turned to the right in time to avoid the rear of the Ford. Yun said that the person in that car was He Cheng, and at this time He Cheng was desperately helping them chase the two Havals ahead, which made him really not sure who the ultimate target of this chase was.

He wanted to talk to He Cheng, but the Ford SUV adjusted its shape a bit, then increased its horsepower, rushed forward with a roar, and left all the vehicles behind in a blink of an eye.

Harvard suddenly changed lanes from the straight main road to the right-turning lane. It seemed that they wanted to escape the predicament of the front and rear flanks. They turned at the intersection [-] meters later and rushed into the side road, but the Ford SUV clung to it and changed lanes accordingly. Take the first step to block the car in front of the intersection, and block the way to Harvard.

On a rainy day, the road is wet, and the wheels are prone to slipping. Even though He Cheng's driving skills are still inexperienced and he has never learned drifting and flicking, he had to come up with a car that was comparable to Chu Xingyun's skills in the harsh environment. Drift and flick.

The extended and heightened Ford SUV crossed the road and blocked the road. Because of the excessive inertia, the body suddenly fell to the left. Fortunately, the tires gripped the ground well enough, and the heavy and huge steel body shook slightly and landed heavily. To overturn.

The two blocked Haval vehicles had to stop. The front wipers of the leading Haval vehicle kept swinging, and the flashing lights of the car kept flashing in the rain.

Three or two vehicles from the procuratorate quickly rushed to surround Haval. Ji Linchuan got out of the car, and before he even had time to close the door, he walked to the side of the Harvard car in the rain, and clapped his hands on the black window: "The people in the car get down!"

The person sitting in Havery didn't get out of the car, but the Ford SUV blocking the road made a sound of slamming the door.

He Cheng got out from the rear of the car and walked calmly in the heavy rain, his whole body was drenched by the rain, and dripping rain dripped down from the lenses of his pair of gold-rimmed glasses.

He walked around the body, leaned on the front of the Ford, stood with his feet casually crossed, lowered his eyes slightly, took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and ignored Haval who was stopped by him, and the prosecutor Ask, it seems that his purpose is to intercept the vehicle, as for what to do next and what will happen, he doesn't care.

Ji Linchuan saw that he had no intention of continuing to intervene, so he couldn't help but feel a little headache. Up to now, he didn't know who the person sitting in the car refused to get out of, but he was keenly aware that He Cheng was also involved in today's pursuit. , it means that He Cheng was caught in it even if he was not the person involved, and he thought of what Chu Xingyun told him in the morning, "the people behind Zheng Xihe." ', and it was Chu Xingyun who stood opposite Zheng Xihe, Zheng Xihe's whereabouts were unknown, and Chu Xingyun asked him to come to arrest the people in the Harvard car, which means that the person sitting in Harvard is the person who made Zheng Xihe Xihe was involved in the treason case, and he was the one who tried to murder him and He Cheng——

Ji Linchuan soon understood that he was being used as a spear by Chu Xingyun, or was forced into the team by him, no matter how he thought about it, whether he was willing or not, the current situation is exactly as Chu Xingyun said, arresting If it doesn't come to this person, both of them will be finished!

Although the stakes are clarified, Ji Linchuan is unwilling to take the next step. The reason is very simple. This is Chu Xingyun's battlefield. Chu Xingyun should be the main general. Even if he is forced to join the army by Chu Xingyun, he is also an auxiliary role. What's more, he still can't confirm how big the fish in the car is, and whether it will break through the fishing net and return to Nanshan.

After floating in the political sea for a long time, the first thing he learned was to wait and see.

Haval, who was surrounded by crowds, stopped motionless, with only two flashing lights flashing in an orderly manner, and the black windows blocked the figures inside.

Seeing this, Ji Linchuan didn't dare to act rashly. He could tell that the black Haval was waiting for rescue.

But it was the pursuers who arrived before the rescue.

Several police cars parked one after another on the main road, and the messy parking spaces almost paralyzed the entire road.

Chu Xingyun got off from a police car headed by him, slammed the door of the car hard, and crawled into the besieged battlefield from the gap of the car covered in rain, and walked straight to the black Haval, with a sullen face and silent He smashed the window glass, then reached in and opened the car door, grabbed Jiang Zhaonan by the collar and dragged him out of the car, and yelled against his forehead: "Damn, you want to run?!"

Under his vicious tiger-like aura, Jiang Zhaonan looked like an innocent lamb, the rain rolled down his fair face, a pair of soft and beautiful eyes looked at him in a daze, and he squirmed his lips, seemingly He wanted to say something, but the next moment he punched him and knocked him to the ground.

He fell into the stagnant water on the ground, and the dirty rainwater gradually covered his face and body, and the expensive casual clothes on his body suddenly became messy.

Chu Xingyun straddled him resolutely in the past, squatted down and grabbed his collar, his eyes were red, and there was a vicious sneer on the corner of his lips: "You set fire to Rose Manor, put those girls' All the corpses were burned? When things come to an end, you don’t even leave them a whole corpse!”

At this time, the bodyguard who had been following Jiang Zhaonan got out of the car, as if he wanted to rescue Jiang Zhaonan and stop Chu Xingyun, but before he got close to Chu Xingyun, he was stopped by an arm in front of him.

He Cheng stopped him, lowered his eyes and glanced lightly at his hand extended to the back of his waist, the corners of his lips curled slightly, and said with a sneer: "Look at the situation clearly, in front of the police and prosecutors, do you dare to show your weapon?"

He really didn't dare, so he put his hand down, and watched Chu Xingyun punch Jiang Zhaonan in the stomach again, he just felt that the criminal police did have means, and they hit all the places where it was not easy to leave injuries.

Jiang Zhaonan seemed to have been knocked out by Chu Xingyun, with blankness and bewilderment close to ignorance appearing on his face, he neither resisted nor evaded, but accepted it calmly, until he heard He Cheng's voice, he struggled to think He wanted to stand up, so he dragged a lame leg and staggered to stand up, but he couldn't straighten his waist, looked at He Cheng with extremely hateful eyes, and roared wildly: "You clearly You are the same person as me, now what qualifications do you have to act as a righteous party to stop me!"

He Cheng held his glasses legs and turned towards him, stood in the rainstorm and looked at him calmly for a moment, then smiled coldly, and said softly: "I don't even know what kind of person I am, you What qualifications do you have to say that I am the same as you? I only know one thing, and that is that I am a human being, but you are not."

After he finished speaking, his eyes moved to Chu Xingyun, and the cold look in his eyes was instantly washed by the rain, and became extremely soft.

Chu Xingyun vented his personal anger and calmed down a lot. When He Cheng looked at him, he and He Cheng glanced at each other hastily, then recruited Zhao Feng and another criminal policeman, and said indifferently: "Take him away."

After Jiang Zhaonan had a conversation with He Cheng, blankness and confusion reappeared on his face as if he had fallen into the bottom of an abyss. It wasn't until his hands were twisted and his right hand was handcuffed with a cold handcuff that he suddenly came back to his senses, struggling and howling Said: "No one rescued me! He Cheng, the only difference between me and you is that I am alone from beginning to end, no matter what kind of person I am, no one cares about me, no matter how evil I do, no one cares about me, let alone Anyone who will help me, no one will help me, no one!"

Chu Xingyun listened to his wailing echoing in the rain, watched the tears on his face diluted by the rain, and the cold and solid corner of his heart was touched unexpectedly, even a little painful.

Yes, a lost person has no one to rescue him, he can only go step by step without return, at the end of his way, towards perdition.

He Cheng said that people like Jiang Zhaonan are actually looking forward to a trial. If there is no third-party intervention, Jiang Zhaonan will step into the court that checks and balances evil as he wishes, and accept the trial from the devil.

The sudden intervention of the Ministry of National Security was beyond everyone's expectations. When Director Liu of National Security got out of the car, Chu Xingyun had a premonition that today's heavy rain would not end no matter what.

Whether it is in terms of class rule or law enforcement power, the Ministry of State Security has the 'priority of human rights'. In this situation, even the procuratorate has to take a back seat, let alone a small criminal investigation team leader.

Director Liu walked up to Chu Xingyun under the umbrella held up by the secretary, and politely relayed to him that Jiang Zhaonan was suspected of leaking Huaxia Bank's national capital account information, and now the Ministry of State Security wants to take him away for investigation. After finishing speaking, the two The national security police took over Jiang Zhaonan.

Director Liu changed Jiang Zhaonan's status as a suspect from a murderer to a political prisoner with a single sentence. There are really too many gaps, ways to obtain, and room for mediation.

Chu Xingyun was so embarrassed by the heavy rain, the raindrops hit him, it seemed that he was punishing him, he stood still in the torrential rain, but his soul was crumbling.

When Jiang Zhaonan was about to be sent into a black bulletproof car by the national security police, he suddenly raised his voice, "Wait a minute."

His frozen eyes moved slightly, meeting Director Liu's dissatisfied gaze, he smiled and said, "Chu Liu, to be honest, I also have an arrest warrant in my hand. In the normal detention procedure, Jiang Zhaonan has to be handed over from me. If the suspect Jiang Zhaonan has other crimes, please wait a few days. After we transfer him to the procuratorate, you can arrest him according to the procedure. I'm really sorry Alright, Liu Chu, let you make this trip for nothing."

Director Liu looked at him in deep silence for a moment, and then said a very meaningful sentence: "How can Lao Yang use a person."

Jiang Zhaonan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly became irritable at this time, and two policemen desperately pulled his arms, struggled, turned around and shouted at Chu Xingyun: "I won't go with them! Please take me away, they just want to Shut my mouth, I'd rather die by your hands! Captain Chu! Please take me away! I'll say anything, I'll tell you everything! Those girls did die in Rose Manor! We— "

"boom!"

The ear-piercing gunshots suddenly resounded through the startling rain, shattering pieces of rain curtains, leaving fragmented bead curtains behind.

Chu Xingyun only paid attention to what Jiang Zhaonan was saying. When he heard the gunshot, Jiang Zhaonan's chest had been pierced by bullets, and the precise marksmanship hit his heart, killing him with one shot.

The shooter was not the criminal police, nor the prosecutor, nor the national security police, but the bodyguard who had been following Jiang Zhaonan.

After the bodyguard shot Jiang Zhaonan, he immediately dropped the pistol and knelt on the ground with his head in his hands. There was no trace of emotion on his calm face. It seemed that he was not aiming at his employer, but a fake target.

Jiang Zhaonan lay on the ground, staring blankly at the sky, his heart was pierced by bullets, bleeding continuously.

The first one to run to his side was Chu Xingyun, followed by He Cheng. Chu Xingyun squatted beside him and pressed his heart with his hands, shouting loudly: "Pick him into the car!"

But He Cheng suddenly held down his blood-stained hand, and shook his head at him.

Jiang Zhaonan was indeed dying, he wanted to speak, but blood gushed out of his mouth, and the blood choked in his throat, making his voice weaker.

Chu Xingyun bent down and put his ear to his mouth, only to hear him say: "So it hurts so much——"

Jiang Zhaonan suddenly took Chu Xingyun's hand that blocked the wound for him, turned his head and said in his ear: "Actually, I have been waiting for you, Captain Chu, I was waiting for you to find me, there is a butterfly hidden in my body, I'm waiting for you to kill it for me."

Jiang Zhaonan's body and his bodyguard were taken away by Director Liu. The arrest operation by the Public Security Joint Procuratorate came to an end after a gunshot. The rain washed away the pool of blood left by Jiang Zhaonan without leaving a trace, it was as clean as if Jiang Zhaonan had never come to this world, let alone his sinful and confused soul wandering among people.

He Cheng silently walked to his side in the rain, also looked at the place where the blood melted, and said, "That person is not protecting Jiang Zhaonan, but monitoring him."

Chu Xingyun knew that he was talking about killing Jiang Zhaonan's bodyguard, so he didn't speak, and wanted to hear He Cheng continue.

He Cheng said: "Remember when I told you that shortly after he bought Rose Manor, his right leg fell and was seriously injured?"

Chu Xingyun turned his head to look at him, his eyes were dark without a trace of light.

He Cheng looked into his eyes, and sighed very lightly: "The entire patella was almost shattered, and it was his father who did it. In order to prevent him from continuing to commit crimes, so—"

Chu Xingyun grinned, with a faint smile on his face: "That's why he went to Green Garden to recuperate, and the murder of Duke Butterfly came to an abrupt end."

After finishing speaking, the nerves that affected his face suddenly broke, and he regained his expressionless face, uttering two words coldly: "Beast."

The poison of a tiger does not eat its offspring, but Mr. Jiang, who sent someone to monitor his son, was able to kill his son. Both of them are animals.

brute!

Jiang Zhaonan's death drove Duke Butterfly into the bottom of the sea again. Fu Yi, who came back from the Rose Manor fire scene, recalled the fire and said: "There is nothing left, the foundation has been dug up."

Now that Jiang Zhaonan is dead, the evidence is gone, and all the inferences are self-defeating. In the words of Ju Yang: "Everyone is dead, why should we investigate?"

The Ministry of State Security should have some kind of transaction with Huaxia Bank, perhaps it is the national fund account mentioned by Director Liu, and Jiang Zhaonan has long been used by both Huaxia Bank and the Ministry of State Security as a human shield to block guns. During the hunt, this was a severe blow to any party involved in the case. No matter whether they were performing their duties or not, they enforced the law impartially. Now Jiang Zhaonan died for no apparent reason. There was not even an interrogation. downwind.

Chu Xingyun originally thought that Jiang Zhaonan's death would lead to a change of blood from the criminal investigation team, and even shake the entire city bureau. He was also ready to pack up and go home, or even go deep into prison. Unexpectedly, he learned from Bureau Yang that Director Liu of Guoan spoke well of him, saying that he had a strong party spirit and a sense of responsibility. Although he acted a bit recklessly, he acted according to the law, and Jiang Zhaonan did not die at his hands, so he was not directly responsible.

Chu Xingyun understands that the Jiang family is showing favor to him, asking him for peace, no, it should be said that he is extending an olive branch to the He family through his hand, if He Ying and He Cheng are not arrested this time Participating, but because he was reckless and bold, trying to rebel, then his fate would not be much better than that of Jiang Zhaonan.

When he was sitting in a meeting with people from the procuratorate, He Cheng waited in his office from evening until late at night, until the clothes on his body dried naturally before Chu Xingyun came back, holding a thick stack of review materials.

Chu Xingyun was tired and didn't want to say anything. He threw the documents on the table, went straight to the window and opened the window. After a whole day of rain, it finally stopped, and the moist cool air at night blew in through the window and hit He Cheng. Only then did He Cheng wake up.

He Cheng opened his eyes, and saw Chu Xingyun standing in front of the window with his back facing him, smoking a cigarette.

As if with a premonition, Chu Xingyun turned his head and saw He Cheng who was still sleeping with his eyes closed just now had woken up at some point, and was sitting on the leather chair behind the desk, looking at him.

Chu Xingyun finished smoking a cigarette in silence, then casually pressed the cigarette end into the potted plant on the window sill, turned around and walked towards He Cheng.

He Cheng propped his arms on the table, supported his forehead, he was exhausted after running around for a day, and asked softly, "How is it?"

Although his tone is very flat, Chu Xingyun can see the heavy worry in his eyes.

He could see that He Cheng was worried that the Jiang family would take the opportunity to kill him, and the best result would be a permanent suspension, but he was even more afraid that Chu Xingyun would not admit defeat if he still had a breath, and insisted on dying alone. Stiff centipede, the challenge has been attributed to the calm balance of Tianmu.

Chu Xingyun knew very well that Jiang Zhaonan's death happened to be a big evacuation before the earthquake. He sacrificed his life to the dark and roaring depths of the earth in exchange for the overall safety. From down to the Yinjiang River and up to the central government, things need to be put to rest. This muddy water should not have been stirred up. It was he who insisted on going his own way and kept dissuading him from the sudden change of the situation that had to stir up the stagnant water that had been silent for many years.

He Cheng's repeated distress was thanks to him. Just at the meeting just now, he realized that under the tide, no one really cares about crime and the truth, and everyone is trying to protect themselves wisely. They are all forming cliques, and everyone is desperately looking for a balance in the tilted political situation, a balance that can minimize the casualties of all parties. The dead Jiang Zhaonan shakes hands and builds a balance beam for all parties. As long as they If a contract is reached between them, this turmoil will be able to pass through safely.

Liu Chu even "comforted" him in this way on the phone: Anyway, he is dead, so it can be considered that you have succeeded in arresting him.

Yes, Jiang Zhaonan is indeed dead, and his purpose is to make Jiang Zhaonan be sentenced to death, but Jiang Zhaonan's death is unclear and meaningless.

There is always a trial between him and death.

Chu Xingyun once again mourned his own incompetence and insignificance. He was like an ant in front of the unshakable system and rules.

He relayed the trial results at the meeting to He Cheng, not letting go of He Cheng's expression of relief after listening to it, and at the same time seeing his more tired and lazy expression because he relaxed his nerves.

He Cheng leaned on the back of the chair, looked at him loosely and softly, slightly raised the corners of his lips, and smiled helplessly: "What about you? What do you think?"

He was like a soldier who was exhausted after besieging ten cities, but because the commander was so aggressive, he was always ready to mount his horse with his gun and fight with all his strength.

Chu Xingyun looked at him carefully for a moment. For the first time in his life, he felt guilty and burdened by his persistence and stubbornness. He is not alone now, he still has He Cheng.

He Cheng was innocent from beginning to end.

He took out something from his pocket, spread his palm and put it in front of He Cheng's eyes.

It was a small USB flash drive. Before Jiang Zhaonan died, he grabbed his hand and stuffed it into his palm. There was still blood in Jiang Zhaonan's body.

"I know."

He Cheng said with a faint smile: "Seeing that he stuffed something into your hand in the chaos, how about it? Have you opened it?"

Just now, I was anxious to open it, but now, I don’t think much about it. The unprecedented fear and exhaustion hit him, making him momentarily unsure how to face the things in the USB flash drive. If Jiang Zhaonan provided clues that could break the balance at this time, then his heart would be broken again. The peace he obtained will also be broken. In the past, he would have no hesitation to overthrow the politicians' arguments and slogans, but now, he really has worries, worries about his own insignificance, the strength of reality, and his worries. Will He Cheng who is standing together be implicated?

"not yet."

Chu Xingyun put the U disk on the table, looked back at him, and asked, "Do you want me to open it?"

He Cheng propped his forehead and said with a smile: "As long as it is something you want to do, I will not stop it. Whether you open it or not, I don't care what you hear or see after opening it. I don't even care what you will do. I only care about whether you will hurt yourself and whether you can return safely after each battle."

The heart that was still hard and cold just now was warmed up by him.

Chu Xingyun felt that the internal organs soaked by the rain were roasted by a fire, and he penetrated into the bone marrow, and the frost that flowed into the blood evaporated little by little.

Suddenly, he felt very tired. He pursed the corners of his lips, showed a tired smile, bent down and supported the armrest of the chair with both hands.He lowered his head and put himself very close to He Cheng, so close that it almost touched his forehead.

Chu Xingyun didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly for a while, then raised his right hand and put it on his face, helping him wipe off a drop of mark left by the rain after it dried up, and said softly: "Don't worry, in order to be able to If I stay with you for a few more years, I will correct my stubborn and stubborn bad temper, adjust my life-or-death behavior style, learn to back down when necessary, stop chasing after me without leaving any room, and try my best to keep myself from being put to death And in the situation where you don’t know whether you can regenerate, you only have one life, if you fight it, it’s gone, I have to keep it and live with you.”

He Cheng closed his eyes as if being stabbed by the strong light, his eyelashes trembling constantly, raised his hand to cover his hand touching his face, turned his head and branded a deep, long and forceful kiss on his palm.

His breath is very hot, and it is warm in the palm of his hand, as if he was gently teased by a feather.

Chu Xingyun's heart trembled suddenly, he was lost in thought when he saw He Cheng closing his eyes and kissing the side face of his palm, and didn't realize that his breathing was getting hotter and hotter. When he realized that his expression was not right, He Cheng had already put His face was buried in his palm.

He Cheng's immunity was not good when he was young, and he would catch a cold if he was exposed to the rain. Today, he was exposed to a heavy rain and sat in the office for nearly half a day, and now he has a fever!

The author has something to say:

Chu Xingyun cares about He Cheng very much.

Also, the case is over.

Book Three: First Degree Murder