remnants

At eight o'clock in the morning on October [-]rd, Nie Qing showed up on time in the big office of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Pingcheng City Public Security Bureau.

There were very few people in the office, except for a few police officers who fell asleep on their seats because they handled the case too late last night, there was only one sober person left—the team leader Chi Xiaofei.

When Nie Qing walked in, Chi Xiaofei was looking carefully at a picture of a charred corpse on the computer screen, frowning, with a half-extinguished cigarette butt between his fingers, and gently tapped on the table.

Nie Qing recognized that what he was looking at was the live photo of the headless charred corpse found on the evening of October [-]st. He wanted to ask about the situation, but held back his words.

He closed his eyes and was about to walk back to his place, but Chi Xiaofei just raised his head at this moment, and when he saw Nie Qing, he called out to him, "Hey, isn't this the 'Prince'?"

Nie Qing turned to look at him, "Good morning, Team Leader Chi."

"It's too early for you." Chi Xiaofei's face showed his iconic disdain for Nie Qing, but unfortunately the two obvious dark circles under his eyes made his expression much less lethal.

Nie Qing had no intention of confronting him at this time, seeing that he had already spoken first, it was much easier for her to speak.So he asked, "How is the situation on your side? Has the identity of the deceased been confirmed?"

"You are so lenient." Chi Xiaofei said coldly, but after finishing speaking, he seemed too tired to fight any more, and his voice calmed down a bit: "I can't confirm, there is too little useful identity information gone."

"Have you checked all the missing persons in this city?" Nie Qing asked.

"Nonsense." Chi Xiaofei glared at him, "Do you still need to teach me? We have checked all the missing persons in this city and several neighboring cities and counties in the past six months, and there are no eligible ones. Candidates, and no relevant reports have been received.”

"Then it seems that the deceased is a foreigner." Nie Qing thought for a while, and then said: "But if it is a foreigner, there are not many acquaintances in this city, and no one has reported the case so far, which means that he has no special closeness here. Why did the murderer go to such great lengths to hide the identity of the deceased? Unless..."

"Unless, once the identity of the deceased is revealed, the murderer will inevitably be revealed." Chi Xiaofei took the words, his face darkening.

Nie Qing nodded in agreement, "There must be an extraordinary relationship between the deceased and the murderer, and this is the only guess at the moment."

"I will focus on investigating the non-local population who came to Pingcheng in the recent period to see if there are any companions or partners, but now there is one less person." Chi Xiaofei took a long breath, "Fortunately, there are Su Yongdeng's case distracts the attention of the media and the public, otherwise this endless charred corpse case would be a hot potato in the hands of the Criminal Investigation Team."

"By the way, do you have any idea about Su Yongdeng?" Chi Xiaofei picked up the lighter in hand, lit the cigarette butt in hand again and put it on his lips and asked.

Nie Qing shook his head, paused for a few seconds and then nodded, "There are some clues, but further analysis is needed."

"You've got a big deal this time," Chi Xiaofei smiled gloatingly, "Su Yongdeng is a famous figure in our city, if you can't solve the case here, the people outside won't look at you for a day Transfer. If you make any mistakes, then the title of 'Prince' will not sound good in the future."

"It doesn't sound good now." Nie Qing looked at him indifferently, "Anyway, let's save the captain some time and do our best."

Chi Xiaofei snorted coldly after hearing this, didn't speak again, and turned back to look at the photos of the scene.

Nie Qing returned to his seat silently, Luo Qi sat in the chair next to him and slept soundly, his head was raised high, his mouth was open, and a slight snoring sound came from the middle of his nasal cavity, fortunately, there was no sound of snoring from the corner of his mouth .

Nie Qing originally wanted to wake him up and ask if there was any new progress since he left last night, but he gave up after thinking about it. He quietly turned on the computer and called up the details of the case that he had sorted out yesterday, and looked at it carefully.

After about 10 minutes like this, Nie Qing suddenly heard the sound of high-heeled footsteps coming from the corridor.

The sound of footsteps finally stopped at the door of the criminal investigation hall, and it took about two or three seconds to step in, and then Nie Qing heard Chi Xiaofei's joyful and concerned voice: "Xiaojing! Why are you here? Look at your face like this Ugly, did you stay up all night last night??"

"Brother, your complexion is not much better." Chi Xiaojing said softly, "I'm here to deliver yesterday's autopsy report to Team Leader Nie. Is he there?"

"Oh, yes." Mentioning Nie Qing, the excitement in Chi Xiaofei's voice immediately dissipated, "He just came."

"Okay, I'll go find him." Chi Xiaojing's stiletto heels rang again.

Hearing the sound, Nie Qing sat up straight, leaned out half of her body from the partition, and said hello to Chi Xiaojing who was walking over: "Xiaojing, do you have any new discoveries?"

"Nothing special, most of the content is the same as you speculated yesterday, but I have sorted out the conclusions of the autopsy in more detail." Chi Xiaojing said and handed the kraft paper file bag in her hand to Nie Qing, leaning against him The partition board said: "At present, the cause of death has been confirmed to be hemorrhagic shock death caused by a sharp instrument directly piercing the heart. The folding knife we ​​used as a reference for the murder weapon has also been confirmed to be in perfect agreement with the wound. The track is 78mm long and almost completely submerged, the difference of a few millimeters should be due to the shield on the jackknife."

Nie Qing looked at the opened autopsy report and nodded. Seeing that he had no intention of interrupting, Chi Xiaojing continued: "In addition, according to the sampling materials given by the on-site inspection team and the analysis results of the laboratory, the murderer He didn't leave a trace of himself on the scene. He did it very carefully, it can be said to be seamless."

"The clothes are seamless..." Nie Qing was thinking, at this time, from the corner of his eye, he saw Luo Qi was awake and staring at him with big eyes blinking, so he asked, "By the way, when you went to check the surveillance video yesterday, Are you sure the monitor on the [-]th floor was off at the time of the incident?"

"That's right!" Luo Qi regained his energy when he heard Nie Qing's question, nodded vigorously and said, "I checked with the building manager and the security guard in the duty room, and they all confirmed this."

"Hmm." Nie Ting couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

According to their investigation results yesterday, the cameras on the entire [-]th floor and the cameras in the elevators No. [-] and No. [-], which operate between the basement level and the [-]th level above ground, started at [-]:[-] last night. It is in a closed state, and the person who closed it is Su Yongdeng himself.

Regarding this point, Nie Qing and the others have repeatedly confirmed and tested it personally. In the No.1 civilian hospital, only the control system of the dean’s office has the highest authority, which can flexibly control every area, every elevator, every floor, and even The opening and closing of the camera in each ward.The control system of the security room is only responsible for opening and closing the cameras on floors [-] and below and in elevators [-] to [-]. If you want to operate other floors and areas, you must apply to the director for permission in advance, and the permission you apply for is only For one-time use, it will become invalid after the expiration date.

This situation made Nie Qing even more puzzled.

Su Yongdeng stayed in the office after eleven o'clock in the middle of the night on October [-]st. After telling his assistant not to disturb him, he took the initiative to turn off the cameras on the sixteenth floor and the elevators on the fifth and sixth floors.What is his purpose in doing this?Is it to do something in private, or to wait for someone?

If he was waiting for someone, what was so special about the person he was waiting for that required him to act in such an evasive way as turning off the camera?

Moreover, is the person he was waiting for the murderer, or was the real murderer taking advantage of the loophole?

Another point is that according to the current investigation situation at the scene, Su Yongdeng is almost defenseless against the murderer, which means that the other party is a person with a high degree of trust for him, and the relationship may be very close.Who would be Su Yongdeng's deep trust and closeness to him, but at the same time, he harbored hatred for him so much that he had to kill him to resolve it?

The more Nie Qing thought about it, the more she frowned.

He knew very well that if Su Ji hadn't been in the city bureau's forensic examination and appraisal center at the time of the incident, conducting an autopsy on the headless corpse, then as the well-known son who was "at odds" with Su Yongdeng, he might have been arrested. Listed as the first suspect in this case.

This is probably a blessing in misfortune.

But exclude him, who is left?

After thinking about it, Nie Qing went to touch the cigarette in his pocket again. At the same time, he pushed his feet forward vigorously, pushed the chair to the back, and asked Liu Jinghua on the other side through Luo Qi: "Jinghua, Dean Su's social relationship and since entering the industry. Is your surgery record ready?"

"All the operation records have been transferred from the No.1 civilian hospital yesterday, and they have been sorted out in chronological order and the healing status. There is still a gap in social relations and I haven't got the information. I will send it to you after I complete it." Liu Jinghua I didn't go home last night, and now I'm rubbing my eyes while talking.

Nie Qing said "Thanks for your hard work" and turned his chair back. When he raised his head, he realized that he was only thinking about the case for a long time and completely forgot that Chi Xiaojing was still standing here. Jing, thank you for sending over the autopsy report, if you have nothing else to do, go home and rest first, and stay up all night."

"Hmm..." Chi Xiaojing replied hesitantly, but her body didn't move, her eyes wandered hesitantly between Nie Qing's face and the floor.

"Do you have anything else to say?" Nie Qing asked her.

Chi Xiaojing hummed again, and finally raised her head, cast her eyes carefully on Nie Qing, and asked as if mustering all her courage: "Nie Qing...I want to ask you...Yu Sheng, Yu Sheng— When did he come back? For more than three years, he has not heard from him... Where did he go? "

Nie Qing didn't expect that she would suddenly ask about Yu Sheng, but Chi Xiaojing's nervous demeanor and cautious tone at this moment evoked his memories from a long time ago.

Nie Qing remembered that when she was in school, Chi Xiaojing liked to live the rest of her life.

For the past two days, he was only thinking about Yu Sheng and the case, but he forgot about it.

"Xiaojing," Nie Qing said to Chi Xiaojing after thinking for a moment, "I also just found Yu Sheng. He hasn't told me about his experiences in the past three years, and I don't know."

"Didn't he even tell you..." Chi Xiaojing didn't seem to believe what Nie Qing said, but she couldn't ask any more, so she retreated and said, "Nie Qing, I was in a hurry last time in the hospital. I didn’t bother to talk to him properly... Now that he’s back, can you ask him when he’s free? I’d like to ask him to meet alone... Some things, I want to face to face He said."

"You want to see him alone?" Nie Qing frowned casually.He wasn't worried that Chi Xiaojing would confess his love to Yu Sheng again, anyway, it wouldn't make any difference whether he confessed or not, he was just not sure whether Yu Sheng would like to contact people he knew before.

And Chi Xiaojing may have misunderstood what Nie Qing meant. After hearing his question, her face turned slightly red, and she said in a low voice: "Don't worry... I know the relationship between you two... I swear I have no other thoughts! Just , I just want to see him..."

Nie Qing watched her face become more and more reddened, and heard her voice getting quieter and softer. After all, she couldn't bear to embarrass a girl like this.So he nodded and agreed: "Then I'll help you ask him first, and if he agrees, I'll tell you."

"Thank you!" Chi Xiaojing said in surprise.

Nie Qing smiled faintly at her, "It's nothing, you're welcome—"

"Hey Nie Qing! Are you fucking tired of working?! How dare you bully my sister!!" Chi Xiaofei suddenly jumped out from behind Chi Xiaojing at this moment, reaching out to grab Nie Qing's collar, but unfortunately he jumped null.

Nie Qing easily dodged and looked at him coldly. Just as he was about to speak, Chi Xiaojing became anxious with her brother first, and pushed Chi Xiaofei back hard and said, "Brother, why are you so nervous! You Which eye saw Team Leader Nie bullying me? Please don't be surprised at every turn, okay?!"

Chi Xiaofei looked dissatisfied, supported Chi Xiaojing's shoulder and looked carefully and asked: "Your eyes are red and you still say he didn't bully you?? I was fine when I saw you just now!"

"My eyes are red because I love red eyes. It's none of my business! If someone really bullies me, it must be you!" Chi Xiaojing said, her eye circles really became redder and redder, as if she was about to cry, " I warn you! If you do this again in the future, I will not go home! I will move out! Out of sight, out of mind!"

"...Don't Xiaojing, what are you talking about...Is it okay if you are wrong?" Chi Xiaofei's tone suddenly softened, and he glared at Nie Qing fiercely, and then whispered softly: "Xiaojing Don't be angry, I promise you don't care about him, okay?"

Chi Xiaojing stared at him tearfully, "It's not that he doesn't care, it's that he didn't do anything at all, it's that you embarrass me all the time!"

"I...then what do you want me to do?" Chi Xiaofei finally gave up staring at Nie Qing, and concentrated on coaxing his sister, saying: "My little aunt, grandma, I'm not angry anymore, you see you stayed up all night, How bad is it to be angry again?"

"Do you want me not to be angry?" Chi Xiaojing stared, seeing Chi Xiaofei nodding desperately, she continued, "Then apologize to Team Leader Nie."

"I apologize to him???" Chi Xiaofei's jaw was about to drop, and "Impossible" was written all over his face.

And the people in the third group, including Luo Qi and Liu Jinghua, all looked like they were waiting for a good show.

Chi Xiaofei was on the verge of collapse, looked at Chi Xiaojing with tears in his eyes, and begged, "Grandma, can we change to another one? You can ask me to do whatever you want... But to apologize to someone like him—"

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Chi Xiaojing stared at him condemningly, "That's all I ask, don't you understand?"

Chi Xiaofei: "I..."

Just when Chi Xiaofei was riding a tiger, the phone on Nie Qing's desk suddenly rang, and Chi Xiaofei immediately urged him with relief: "Hurry up and answer the phone!"

And Nie Qing had already held the receiver in his hand when he said this.

"Hello, this is the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Pingcheng City Public Security Bureau." Nie Qing put the microphone to his mouth and said in a calm and authentic voice.

There was a lot of chatter on the other end of the phone, as if very nervous, Nie's face suddenly darkened after listening.

After 1 minute, the phone was hung up, Nie Qing put the receiver back to its original place, raised his head and looked at the people around him very seriously:

"Another murder occurred. The location is on the third basement floor of No. 1 Civilian Hospital, the morgue."

报案时间是：10月3号上午，8点45分19秒。