remnants

When Nie Qing received the call from Lian Xu, he had just stepped into the gate of the Fajian Center.

Chi Xiaojing, who was sitting not far from the door, had already seen him and was about to get up to say hello when she heard Nie Qing's cell phone ringing, so she nodded slightly at him and sat back down.

Nie Qing retreated into the corridor and pressed answer.

"What can I do for you?" He asked bluntly.

It took several seconds for Lian Xu's obviously unfriendly voice to come: "Nonsense, I'm not looking for you if I have nothing to do."

"Speak." Nie Qing walked to the window and stood still.

"You come to send third brother back tonight." Lian Xu's serious face seemed to be projected in front of Nie Qing through the phone.

"Let me take it? Didn't he say that he wouldn't let me go there?" Nie Qing thought it was Yu Sheng's intention, but couldn't figure out what he was thinking for a while, so he asked again: "Is something wrong?"

"It's okay. I just think it's better for you to come and give it to me. Anyway, I've given you a chance. Let's see if you can seize it." After Lian Xu finished speaking, he put down the phone directly.

And Nie Qing also understood at this moment, it seems that it was Lian Xu's own decision to let him go, not Yu Sheng's instigation.

But Lian Xu has always disliked him, until just now when they separated, he still looked as if he wished him to be far away from Yu Sheng as far as possible, why did his attitude suddenly change?

Nie Qing didn't have time to think about it. It happened that Su Ji was wearing a spotless white coat and had just come from the other end of the corridor. When he saw his first sentence, he asked, "Is Yu Sheng better?"

"It's a little better than yesterday." Nie Qing didn't want to say more on this topic, so he diverted and said, "By the way, you came early in the morning, did you see Chi Xiaofei?"

Su Ji shook his head, "No, but he came to me last night and asked me about the autopsy of the headless charred corpse last time."

"He is really looking into this." Nie Qing frowned, "Then what did you tell him? I remember that the autopsy results have been submitted before, and there are new discoveries?"

"If there are new discoveries, don't you know?" Su Ji sighed slightly. "I don't know why he suddenly became interested in this case and pestered me to ask a lot of questions. But I have written all the answers I can answer." It's in the autopsy report, and no matter how much he asks me, it's impossible to make up something new."

"What question did he ask you?" Nie Qing was puzzled and uneasy.

Su Ji glanced at him, "It's mainly speculation about the deceased's physical signs and identity during his lifetime. In addition to the basics such as gender, height, weight, age, and blood type, he also wants to know information about the deceased's handedness, preferences, and personal life habits." But to be honest, the body of the deceased was burned so badly that it is basically impossible to obtain more information with current technology."

"Preferences and personal habits... who exactly does he want to investigate?" Nie Qing murmured, and then confirmed to Su Ji: "The autopsy report said that the deceased was male, aged between 33 and 36, and his height was 175cm. Between 178 centimeters and 73 centimeters, with a weight between 76 and [-] kilograms, O-type blood, relatively well-developed muscle tissue, good physical condition before death, and no obvious lesions in organs and organs.'Is that right?"

"Well. Chi Xiaofei wants me to speculate on the occupation that the deceased may have engaged in during his lifetime through observation of the remains. I can only tell him that although the deceased has well-developed muscles, he should not be a person who specializes in manual labor, because through physical labor The muscle structure exercised will have a relatively obvious "professional imprint", that is to say, compared with each kind of labor, the muscle group exercised is relatively specific. However, judging from the remaining muscle tissue of the deceased, his Muscle distribution is more even, it should be through special training, but not by personal fitness training."

"Why not?" Nie Qing asked.

"Let's put it this way, people who exercise are generally very purposeful. They have very clear requirements on which part of the muscles they want to exercise, and they are mainly for bodybuilding, but not necessarily practical. It's like asking you to go with a two-meter-high If a muscular man goes to PK, he may not be able to beat you. In addition to the factors of skill and flexibility, it is also because his muscle performance may not be suitable for functions such as fighting, and his toughness and explosiveness are weaker. And your musculature is adapted to these movements because you've been training for them."

"Wait a minute, secretary, do you mean..." Nie Qing's face suddenly turned pale, with nine points of shock and one point of disbelief in his expression.

Su Ji's expression was also very serious, and after staring at Nie Qingding for two seconds, he said very cautiously: "There are many people with similar muscle structure characteristics, from all walks of life, as long as they are willing to exercise, it is possible to achieve this level. This kind of effect, so I can't say for sure what the dead man did before he was alive. However, as far as the people I have come into contact with so far, whether they are living or dead, most of them have this kind of muscular structure. a policeman."

When the sound of Su Ji's last word fell, Nie Qing felt his internal organs twitch violently.

"Secretary, if the person who died was a policeman, the nature of this case will be even more serious." Nie Qing spoke very slowly, as if he was still digesting this conjecture while speaking.

Su Ji sighed softly, turned around and walked to the window, his eyes solemnly drifted to the somewhat gloomy sky, and said faintly: "Nie Qing, if the person who died was a policeman, the nature of the case is not serious, the key is this The other issues involved in this case. Killing a policeman is not a small matter, let alone to the point where the body is destroyed. I am worried that this may not be an independent case. The death of a policeman may not be a series of events. The end is the beginning of a series of events..."

Nie Qing broke into a cold sweat at Su Ji's words.

"Secretary, you didn't make this guess after Chi Xiaofei asked today, did you?" Nie Qing was silent for a moment before asking.

Su Ji shook his head, "I know what you want to say. This guess was made when I released the autopsy report. But at that time, because of my father's case and several murders that happened in succession, the important things followed one after another. I think that if I brought it up at that time, I am afraid that the chaos will be added to the chaos. In addition, I am not sure that this guess must be correct. I have privately investigated the various sub-bureaus and police stations in Pingcheng during that time, including ours. Did any of the police officers of the city bureau suddenly lose contact, but nothing was found. Therefore, I think there is another possibility. There are many people involved in gangs, private affairs, and drugs around Province Y. Naturally, many of these people have learned kung fu, maybe one of them was black-handed by the opponent, this kind of explanation makes sense, doesn't it?"

"It's possible, just in case..." Nie Qing pinched her frowning brows, paused for a few seconds and asked, "Does Chi Xiaofei know about this?"

"Well, I just told him there was such a possibility. However, his reaction at that time was a bit strange." Su Ji seemed to remember something, and his expression became thoughtful.

"What's the reaction?"

"After listening to my description of the deceased's physical signs, he muttered, 'It really looks like...' I asked him what he looked like, but he refused to say more, nodded and left."

Nie Qing became more and more puzzled, "It really looks like it? It seems that he has really locked the target, but who is he targeting?"

"You should ask him directly. But I think he doesn't intend to let others intervene." Su Ji turned his head and glanced into the door of the center, his voice softened, "He still won't let me tell Xiaojing He found this layer, afraid that she would worry."

Nie Qing was speechless for a moment.

"Okay, let's not say 'the emperor is not in a hurry to eunuchs'. Although Chi Xiaofei has a bit of a temper, he has always been cautious in handling cases, especially after Captain Fu left, he has become much more stable. Since he wants to investigate this matter, Just let him go and investigate, and I will do a good job of auxiliary work here, and I can help him at any time when he needs it." After Su Ji finished speaking, he took a deep look at Nie Qing, "You have time to worry about others , it’s better to deal with your own affairs first.”

Hearing his speech that was exactly the same as Yu Sheng's, Nie Qing couldn't help being taken aback, the stuffy and oppressive feeling in his chest began to gradually expand again.

Su Ji has then asked: "You didn't come here to chat with me, did you? What's the matter here?"

"Hmm... I want to ask Xiaojing something." Nie Qing finally gave up and continued to ask about the "Charged Corpse Case".

Su Ji nodded, "Then you go in, or should I call her out?"

"No, I'll go in and look for her. Anyway, it's just the two of you inside now."

After speaking, Nie Qing and Su Ji entered the gate of the Fajian Center.

"Xiaojing." Seeing that Chi Xiaojing had stood up, Nie Qing greeted her first, then walked over and sat down on the chair opposite her desk.

"You came to me for a private matter, right?" Chi Xiaojing's eyes were bright, sharp but harmless, a little tired but sober, exuding a capable and alert temperament.

Before Nie Qing could answer, she said first: "Just now when I saw you coming in, I looked at me with a heavy heart, as if everyone has come but I haven't thought about what to say. I have never seen you at work. I have hesitated so much. Is it related to the rest of my life?"

Hearing that she had already guessed correctly, Nie Qing gave a "hmm" and asked directly: "Xiaojing, when you were in your senior year, you went to the Huanggu branch for an internship, right?"

Chi Xiaojing was slightly taken aback, but her next reaction was more direct than Nie Qing: "Tell me what you know first."

"I know about Yu Sheng being shot, he told me himself." Nie Qing stared into her eyes, "I also know that you participated in the on-site investigation of the shooting, and took Yu Sheng's DNA and the blood left on the scene I did a comparison. At that time, you knew that besides the man who was killed, there was Yu Sheng at the scene of the crime, and he was also injured. But after that, I went to the Criminal Police Academy to ask you about Yu Sheng, you But you told me that you had no clue. And after you and I became colleagues, you knew that I was looking for him all the time, but you never said a word to me. Am I right?"

Chi Xiaojing's face turned as white as the white coat she was wearing in an instant.

She stared fixedly at Nie Qing, and after a while, she slowly nodded and replied, "Yes."

Seeing her appearance, Nie Qing realized that she had inadvertently said something serious just now, so she slowed down her tone and said apologetically: "Xiaojing, I didn't come to Xingshi to inquire about these things, I just wanted to confirm with you The fact. Don't feel pressured, I don't mean to blame you. "

Chi Xiaojing looked down at the table, and asked softly after a while: "You don't blame me for not telling you about Yu Sheng's injury?"

Nie Qing showed a helpless smile, "What are you blaming? It's not you who caused him to be injured. Besides, even if I knew he was injured at the time, I didn't know where to find him. He deliberately hid from me and hid it from me. , No matter how hard I look for it, it will be in vain.”

"But he..." Chi Xiaojing bit her lower lip lightly, raised her eyes and said hesitantly: "I think there must be a compelling reason for Yu Sheng to hide it from you, and he won't intentionally make you anxious. Nie Qing, don't give up He's angry, let him explain it to you and it'll be fine."

"...Well, I understand." Nie Qing avoided Chi Xiaojing's earnest gaze, pretended to stare at a cactus on her table, and asked: "By the way, Xiaojing, can you tell me more carefully?" Let’s talk about what happened after the shooting. As far as I know, the case was transferred to the Municipal Bureau of S City not long after it was released in the Huanggu Sub-bureau. Do you know who took it over?”

After hearing this, Chi Xiaojing shook her head first, then turned her head to think for a moment, and said, "I only know that the person in charge of the sub-bureau is Liang Yaozu, the captain of the criminal investigation brigade at that time, but I don't know who will take over after I arrive at the city bureau." .In fact, I have been trying to inquire about the situation of this case since then, but I have run into walls everywhere, and all the information is as if sealed in an iron bucket. In addition, you just said that this case has not been placed in the Huanggu branch for long. Not only did it not take long, it didn't even take two hours. Nie Qing, when Yu Sheng came to see me, I didn't dare to ask him... But now that you are here, I want to ask, what exactly is Yu Sheng involved in? What happened? How can ordinary cases be so mysterious and airtight?"

Nie Qing frowned deeply, "This is what I want to understand. Xiao Jing, do you still have the contact information of Captain Liang?"

"I have his mobile phone number, but it's been so long, I'm not sure if he changed it or not." Chi Xiaojing said as she took out her mobile phone, opened the address book and looked down, "Here, here, I'll send it to you." .”

"Thank you very much." Nie Qing waited to save Liang Yaozu's mobile phone number, thought about it and asked again: "Xiaojing, apart from being handed over very quickly, did you notice any other suspicious points in this case at that time?"

"Hmm..." Chi Xiaojing lowered her head and supported her chin with her hands, and after thinking carefully for a while, she said, "I personally think that there are two strange things. The first is the Jetta car where the deceased was buried at the time. The door of the passenger seat and the The doors on the side of the rear seat close to the driver's seat were forcibly opened from the outside after passing through the broken window. The deceased fell face down between the driver's seat and the passenger seat. It should have been shot while talking to the person in the back seat. It was shot from the back of the head. According to the bloodstains I extracted from the scene, the person sitting in the back seat of the car should be Yu Sheng, who was injured by the bullet that penetrated the head of the deceased. After the incident, Yu Sheng was very It was obvious that someone took him away, so it is understandable that the rear door was broken open. But why is the co-pilot's door also open? The deceased obviously locked the door when he was talking to Yu Sheng. After being shot, he was killed on the spot, while It is impossible for Yu Sheng to open the door of the front seat in that situation, so the possibility of someone intentionally creating the illusion of breaking the window to open the door can be ruled out."

"Are you trying to say that besides the one who took Yu Sheng away, there are other people who got into the co-pilot for a certain purpose?" Nie Qing understood.

Chi Xiaojing nodded, "It should be like this, and this person came faster than the person who took Yu Sheng away. Because if you want to take Yu Sheng away, it must be more convenient to open the door of the back seat, and once the door of the back seat is opened, you want to come from It’s easier for the co-pilot to come in from the back and do something, there’s no need to break the window again, otherwise the noise will be too loud and it will attract people’s attention.”

Nie Qing agreed with a "huh", "It seems that the one who took Yu Sheng and the one who shot them are indeed not the same group."

"Do you think the person who opened the passenger door is the murderer?" Chi Xiaojing's tone did not seem to be asking, but was using Nie Qing to verify her guess.

"If it wasn't the murderer, who could have rushed to the scene so quickly? It took at most 10 minutes for the police to arrive at the scene. During these 10 minutes, Yu Sheng was taken away. The person who entered the co-pilot may have just finished beating the police. The gun comes in and finds something."

"Looking for something?" Chi Xiaojing looked at him puzzled.

"Well, it should be a bug. I heard from Yu Sheng that Lian Hai was about to tell him the name of a key person, but he was shot suddenly. If there was no bug, it would be hard to imagine that the other party would get the timing so accurate."

Nie Qing's eyes at this moment are so deep and abnormal that people can't help but feel chills in their hearts. "Even Hai probably didn't think until his death that the car he rented had been tampered with long ago."

"It's been a long time..." Chi Xiaojing subconsciously tightened the white coat on her body, feeling that doing so would not be able to withstand the layer upon layer of coolness from the bottom of her heart, she couldn't help shivering.

"Nie Qing... the rest of his life... what happened to him? He will be fine..."

"No." Nie Qing replied in a low voice.But soon he took another breath and said in a normal voice: "With me here, nothing will happen to him."

"That's good." Chi Xiaojing couldn't tell whether it was gratitude, envy, or anxiety in her eyes, and she opened her mouth hesitantly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she just repeated her own words, " That's good."

"Xiaojing." Nie Qing looked at her, although he knew what she was thinking, but it was difficult to tell her, and he had no position to comfort her.

However, Chi Xiaojing smiled in self-consolation, "Let's not mention this, let's move on to the second point just now. I think another suspicious point is that, based on the analysis of the ballistic trajectory and on-site evidence collection, we inferred that The gunman was probably located behind a black Highlander about five meters away from the left front of the Jetta. The Highlander has a taller body, which made it easier for the gunman to hide. But I heard from the trace inspectors at the time that they took At least two sets of relatively new footprints were extracted around, and from the footprints, the two people seem to be together."

"Together??" This was really beyond Nie Qing's expectation.Obviously what Fu Mingjie said was that he was the one who shot Yu Sheng back then, and he didn't mention that he had accomplices.

Chi Xiaojing also seemed to be confused, and could only use a speculative tone: "Could there really be two gunmen? Although this kind of thing is usually the less people the better, but it does not rule out the possibility of a two-person partnership." Possibly. But what I don’t understand is, what’s the point of the second person’s existence? The scene seems to be enough for a single person to commit the crime..."

Nie Qing nodded slightly, but did not make a sound.His mind was in a mess at the moment, the clues provided by Chi Xiaojing were entangled with the original ones, making the already confusing case even more complicated.

How many people are involved here?

Fu Mingjie, Yu Sheng, Lian Hai, Wu Shen, Chen Fangyu, and the policeman behind Fu Mingjie... To figure out the relationship between these people, what should he do next?

The answer is actually obvious.

Nie Qing realized that he and Yu Sheng must cooperate.