remnants

At 2016:10 on October 21, 21, a major traffic accident occurred on the southern section of Qinghe Road, Lianxiang District, Pingcheng City. A heavy truck collided with a speeding car from the side, and the car was almost flattened. The owner died at the scene.The loss of the front of the truck was also serious, and the driver was seriously injured and is still being rescued in the hospital.

This is the news that was just broadcast in the "Pingcheng Traffic Express" at 21 pm on the 10st.

Due to the special status of the owner of the car, it has not been notified yet.

The scene has been controlled by people from the Lianxiang District Traffic Police Brigade, and roadblocks have been set up in a radius of one kilometer to prohibit irrelevant vehicles from coming and going.

Hu Yimian, the captain of the traffic police brigade, stood beside the deformed black car with a gloomy expression. His two thick eyebrows were almost twisted into a hemp rope, and the already deep nasolabial folds were pulled down by the corners of his mouth. He looked even more gloomy on his face.

Occasionally, when a team member came over to ask him something, he also pursed his lips tightly, gave a short "hmm" or shook his head.

Suddenly, the walkie-talkie at his waist rang a few times, and as soon as Hu Yimian picked it up, he heard it say: "Captain, the city criminal police team is here. Do you want to let him go?"

"Let go!" Hu Yimian's heart relaxed first, and then he asked nervously, "Who is here?"

"Zhu Zuwei and Liu Jinghua from the third criminal investigation team," answered the intercom.

The three groups... Hu Yimian turned his head and remembered that this was the group in charge of the son of the city bureau director Nie Shenxing.Unexpectedly, a difficult one came.If this matter is not handled well, and he adds fuel to the situation in front of the chief, I'm afraid it will be difficult to secure my position.

Hu Yimian scratched his head distractedly, and turned to meet them in the direction of their car.

On the other side, at the gate of the City Bureau's Forensic Prosecution Center, a crowd of people was already crowded.

After the accident, the body of the owner of the car was sent directly to the Forensic Medical Examination and Appraisal Center of the Municipal Public Security Bureau because the death was confirmed on the spot by the medical staff rushed to the nearest place.

Although the news has been properly blocked, it is impossible to keep such a big incident secret. Many people have heard about it, so they all wait for the news at the judicial center with their own minds.

When Nie Qing and Yu Sheng arrived, what they saw was such a chaotic and depressing scene.

"Team Leader Nie..." Everyone gave way when they saw him coming.Luo Qi had already arrived ahead of time, and at this moment, with red eyes, he squeezed forward and said in a low voice: "Group leader, several leaders from the hall and bureau are inside, and the director is also..."

Nie Qing silently nodded, then turned to look at Yu Sheng behind her.

"Understood, I won't go in." Yu Sheng also had a rare serious expression at this time, and after he finished speaking, he turned around and slipped behind the people.

Nie Qing walked to the door of the Forensic Prosecution Center's office, took a deep breath, hesitated for a moment, and then gently knocked on the door twice.

The door opened quickly, as if someone was waiting for him.After opening it, Nie Qing saw that the person inside was actually Chi Xiaojing.

"Ah..." Chi Xiaojing's eyes were already red and swollen, and there were still tears in her eyes that were too late to hide. Seeing Nie Qing, she froze for a moment, then quickly lowered her head and stepped aside.Nie Qing wanted to comfort her, but he opened his mouth but couldn't find the right words.

"Nie Qing, come here." Seeing him inside, Nie Shenxing motioned for him to hurry over with a livid face.

As soon as Nie Qing stepped into the door, Chi Xiaojing hurried out from behind him.

The office is full of acquaintances, Li Changsheng, Director of the Provincial Public Security Department, Nie Gongping, Executive Deputy Director of the Public Security Bureau, Nie Shenxing, Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Wu Changfu, Deputy Director, Kong Xianming, Deputy Director Zhu Bin, Liu Xinghe, Director of the Technical Department, There are also Chen Liang, captain of the criminal investigation team of the provincial public security department, and Lu Zhongming, captain of the city traffic police team.

Everyone had serious and painful expressions on their faces.Nie leaned towards them and nodded slightly as a greeting.

"What's the matter? Captain Fu's accident has only happened a few days ago, and Xiaochi..." Li Changsheng sighed heavily at this moment, and stopped in the middle of speaking.

Lu Zhongming, the captain of the traffic police team, frowned, clenched his fists suddenly, and said in a suppressed voice, "Even if it's for handling a case, speeding on that kind of road is too dangerous..."

"Xiaochi has a quick temper, is usually impulsive, and doesn't think about the consequences when doing things. But he always knows how to measure when it comes to key issues. It stands to reason that if he hadn't been forced into that role, he wouldn't have taken his own life as a joke." After Wu Changfu finished speaking slowly, he turned his back and covered his face with his hands, and kept silent.

"Nie Qing, do you know what Xiaochi has been chasing these two days? Why is he so careless..." Li Changsheng asked.

Nie Qing has hardly spoken since he hung up the phone call. At this time, he controlled his emotions and opened his mouth, but found that his voice was hoarse, as if it had been polished in the sand. pain.

"The charred corpse case."

"Jiao Corpse?" Li Changcheng frowned and narrowed his eyes, "Oh, it's that case..."

"Didn't you keep saying you had no clue before? Have you got a new clue?" Kong Xianming asked.

Nie Qing shook his head, "I don't know."

"Just now I heard from a colleague in the technical department that Xiaochi's last call before the accident was to you." Chen Liang, the head of the criminal investigation department of the provincial department, took a deep look at Nie Qing at this moment, "Did he not say anything to you?"

Nie Qing looked up at him, and from the corner of his eye, he could feel that the eyes of everyone in the room were focused on him now, as if they were silently asking him: Did the car accident happen because of this phone call?

"Nie Qing, don't worry too much. We didn't mean to blame you. We just wanted to find out the cause of the accident." Perhaps sensing the unfriendly atmosphere in the air, Li Changsheng smoothed things over, speaking as much as possible. He asked gently, "What were you talking about?"

Nie Qing turned his attention to him, and after a short silence, he said, "The call time is too short, and the signal is not good, so I can't hear anything clearly."

"However, I heard that Captain Chi sent you a text message before he died, and only wrote the word 'Autumn'. Do you know what that means?" Kong Xianming stared at Nie Qing sharply and asked.

Nie Qing gave him a cold look, "I don't know."

With "don't believe it" written all over his face, Kong Xianming snorted, "It was sent to you alone, how could you not know."

"It's normal for Nie Qing not to know." Zhu Bin sighed, and said slowly: "What can one know with the word 'autumn'? Autumn, autumn wind, swing, autumn colors, there are too many. What's more, in that situation , we are not even sure if what Xiaochi wants to send is the word 'autumn'. Maybe it's the word 'Qiu' in Qiuling? Or Qiu Shaoyun's 'Qiu'? Maybe it's not the word 'begging' for help?"

"Yeah, with just this one word, I can still think of Captain Qiu." Liu Xinghe, the director of the technical department, interjected.

Kong Xianming heard that these two people obviously wanted to defend Nie Qing, his already gloomy face became more and more cloudy, and he opened his mouth to block them: "It's far-fetched——"

"Everyone." Nie Shenxing, who had been silent for a while, suddenly spoke out.Although the volume is not loud, the weight in the words cannot be ignored.He slowly glanced at everyone in the room, and said in a deep voice: "It's not my fault, but I have to remind everyone. Anyone who has an accident in Xiaochi is sad, and the cause and responsibility of the accident must be investigated clearly. But , just because Xiaochi is one of us, the process of pursuing responsibility can’t be messed up according to the rules.”

Speaking of this, Nie Shenxing's painful eyes suddenly became sharp and sharp, and he swept towards Kong Xianming, but his tone remained calm and polite: "Today's tragedy, it seems that it is just an unfortunate traffic accident. Traces. If there is any doubt, our investigation direction should also focus on the evidence collection at the scene and the questioning of the truck driver. I don’t think it’s appropriate to suspect colleagues here just because of a phone call and a message. Bureau Kong , what do you say?"

A flash of disdain flashed in Kong Xianming's eyes, he nodded briefly and said: "Listen to the director."

"En." Nie Shenxing seemed to be ignorant of his dissatisfaction, nodded his head in relief, and said to Li Changsheng: "Li Ting, I don't think we should continue to gather here, and hurry up to find out the cause of the accident and arrange Funeral affairs and comforting family members are more important. Xiaochi has been in the police force for more than three years, and Xiaojing also came here as soon as she graduated. Both of them are hardworking, down-to-earth, smart and capable children. Now Xiaochi has such an accident... Alas!" Nie Shenxing sighed heavily, and rubbed the center of his brows before continuing: "As the director, I am sorry for them, and even more sorry for his parents..."

"Ju Nie, don't blame yourself too much, it's not your responsibility." After Li Changsheng finished speaking, Nie Gongping also came over and patted his brother on the shoulder, then turned his head and said to Li Changcheng, "Let's go back first, stay here Affect their work. Be careful, don't worry, we will try our best to apply for the best compensation from the hall, and we can't treat others badly."

"Well, please." Nie Shenxing then went over to open the door first, motioning to Wu Changfu and Kong Xianming: "Wu Ju, Kong Ju, please go and send them off, I still have something to say to Liu Chu and Nie Qing. "

Several people filed out, leaving only Nie Shenxing, Liu Xinghe and Nie Qing in the office.

Liu Xinghe is an extremely astute person, and he has seen that Nie Shenxing called him because he was afraid that leaving Nie Qing alone would be too conspicuous, so after waiting for a while, he took the initiative to say: "Director, I still have something urgent to deal with. How about you Talk to team leader Nie first? I’ll come to you after I’m done.”

"Okay, then you go to work first, and go directly to my office after you're done."

"Hey." After Liu Xinghe answered, he strode away.

The door closes.Nie Shenxing watched Nie Qing quietly, and Nie Qing bowed his head in silence.About half a minute later, Nie Qing moved his stiff shoulders a little, raised his head slightly and said, "I'll go too if it's okay."

"Nie Qing." Nie Shenxing called to stop him, "I understand that you feel uncomfortable when something happened to Xiaochi. But you must cheer up as soon as possible. Next, you will have to bear more burdens."

"You want me to be the captain?" Nie Qing raised his head, and upon receiving Nie Shenxing's affirming eyes, he couldn't help grinning wryly and mockingly. "I'm wrong."

"Don't be arrogant. For the police force, for our family, and for yourself, you must be the captain." Nie Shenxing stared at him seriously.

But Nie Qing shook his head disapprovingly, "I'm not bargaining with you. I don't know how to be the captain, and it's useless to anyone to say. You'd better get busy with business. I... I'll go and see him." After saying this In the last sentence, Nie Qing didn't give Nie Shenxing any more room to answer, so he opened the door and went out.

At this time, most of the people in front of the office had dispersed, and it was estimated that when Li Changsheng and the others left just now, they had arranged for everyone to return to their respective positions, perform their duties, and wait for news.

Nie Qing saw Luo Qi standing at the door of the dissecting room and looking in eagerly, so he walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "If you want to go in, go in."

"Team leader..." Luo Qi turned his face away, his eyes were no longer as red as before, but his expression was still extremely depressed.He sniffed, took a step away from the door, and whispered, "I won't go in... The relationship with Team Chi has never been good... I'm afraid—"

"Don't say that." Nie Qing interrupted him. "Go see him off. By the way, have you seen Yu Sheng?"

"Oh, I see." Luo Qi turned his head and looked in the direction of the gate, "Just now Xiaojing ran out from inside, and Boss Yu followed."

Nie Qing was slightly taken aback, thought for a while, said nothing, and knocked lightly on the door of the dissecting room.

It was Su Ji who came to open the door.

It was not surprising to see Nie Qing coming to Su Ji, silently stepped aside to let him and Luo Qi in, then closed the door and locked it from the inside.

Nie Qing followed Su Ji to the No. [-] autopsy room where the body was parked, and saw Chi Xiaofei lying on the autopsy bed at a glance.

The person who was still talking to him more than ten hours ago was lying here coldly, lifeless.

Nie Qing suddenly felt a fiery and ice-like liquid surge in his chest, rushing straight to his brain along the blood, causing his body to shake violently, as if being suddenly hit by a heavy object, and his brain swelled after the ears "buzzed". Blank.

"...Nie Qing! Nie Qing!" Su Ji called him several times before Nie Qing came to his senses, and his consciousness gradually returned to his original position.

"Cheer up." Su Ji was as calm as ever, and there were not many emotional ups and downs on his face.Perhaps this is also one of the qualities necessary to become a forensic doctor.

"Haven't... started yet..." Nie Qing squeezed out a few words from his throat.

"No, the opinions of the family members have not yet been unified." Su Ji saw that he was standing there motionless, and Luo Qi dared not take a step forward, so he walked to the side of the body and said, "Xiaojing's meaning is that she agrees to the autopsy. It is suspected that Dui Chi might have been drugged before his death, which would have caused his abnormal driving. But Dui Chi’s parents disagreed with the autopsy. They believed that their son was just in a car accident. Even if there were doubts, they would not want to use a knife on their son.”

Nie Qing felt sad, and asked with patience, "Then where are his parents now? Nothing happened, right?"

"His mother fainted after hearing about this and was sent to the hospital, where the old man was with him. Fortunately, the two elders are usually in good health, otherwise it would be really worrying to suffer such a big blow suddenly."

"Hmm." Nie Qing had actually been doing ideological work for himself since he just entered the door. At this moment, he finally mustered up the courage to walk up to the anatomy bed step by step.

Su Ji has already done preliminary cleaning.

Chi Xiaofei in front of him was completely naked. Although there were large and small wounds all over his body, the blood stains all over his body had been cleaned up, and he didn't look as bloody and bloody as the remains of ordinary car accident victims.

He suffered the heaviest head injury, with an obvious depression in the back of the left brain visible to the naked eye.I heard from Su Ji that this is a fatal wound.

"Do you think it was a simple accident?" Nie Qing stared straight at the injury on the back of Chi Xiaofei's head, and asked suddenly.

Su Ji glanced at him thoughtfully, and waited for two seconds before saying: "In the absence of an autopsy, I can only tell you that the cause of his death was indeed the car accident. As for whether the car accident was an accident or a deliberate arrangement, we will Can't judge."

Nie Qing nodded silently.

The scene of smoking and chatting with Chi Xiaofei the night before suddenly appeared in his mind——

... "Nie Qing, I must investigate the captain's case to the bottom. If this matter is not investigated, I will not be able to sit down in this seat. Although the case has been closed, this matter cannot be left alone. In the past. I know you didn’t actually put this case down. Why don’t we investigate together? Don’t be on guard this time, and don’t hide it anymore. Once you have any news or clues, share with each other and strive for an early The day will really close the case."...

Why did you leave while the case was still open?

Who is it, and for what reason, that drove you to a dead end?

The questions in Nie Qing's heart were one after another, forming a series, and circling extremely quickly into an invisible vortex in her heart.

He felt that he was being pulled uncontrollably into the depths of the whirlpool, the more he struggled, the deeper he sank.

"It's not a problem to keep the body like this all the time, and we have to confirm with the family members as soon as possible whether to dissect it or not." At this time, Su Ji pulled a white cloth from the side and covered Chi Xiaofei lightly, then raised his head and said to Nie Qing: "Let's go find Xiaojing together. I'm not very good at talking, so I don't know how to comfort others. You can persuade her well. No matter what, the living must live."

Nie Qing nodded, stared at the white cloth silently for a while, and finally turned around unbearably, "Let's go."

All he can do now is to continue walking and investigate to the end.

As for Yu Sheng, when he saw Chi Xiaojing running out of the office just now, he quickly followed.

"Xiaojing! Wait!" Yu Sheng grabbed Chi Xiaojing at the door of the building, but was subconsciously thrown away by the other party. He only felt dizzy before his eyes, lost his balance instantly, and fell to the ground all of a sudden.

"Ouch—"

"Yu Sheng?? Why is it you!" Chi Xiaojing turned around and recognized him, stopped to help him up, and apologized: "I'm sorry... I didn't want to use so much strength..."

"It's okay, I didn't stand firm." Yu Sheng wanted to smile at her, but when he looked up and saw Chi Xiaojing's face full of tears and pain, he couldn't laugh anymore.

"I'm sorry... I..." Chi Xiaojing realized what she looked like at this time, and she didn't want to look too embarrassed in front of Yu Sheng, so she raised her arms and wiped her face with her sleeves, trying hard to conceal her appearance. Feelings of near collapse.

However, as soon as she wiped it twice, her arm was gently pulled by Yu Sheng.

"Xiaojing." After Yu Sheng called her name, he was silent for a few seconds, and then slowly said: "I can't make you feel sad, but you still have to pay attention to your health and safety. I understand the feeling of losing a loved one. Excessively leading to a trance will be very dangerous. If you want to cry, you can stay here, don't run outside, I will accompany you."

Hearing this, Chi Xiaojing raised her eyes and stared at Yu Sheng blankly. She saw worry and distress in his eyes, and also saw the helpless and dazed self reflected in his eyes.

This is probably the most tender time Yu Sheng has been to her since we met.

Why this time?Or, only at this time, would he feel pity for himself...

The painful and tormented memories of many years burst out of my mind in an instant like a burst embankment, becoming the last straw that broke the camel's back.

She got nothing.Now even the elder brother who loves her the most is gone.

Chi Xiaojing couldn't bear it anymore, threw herself into Yu Sheng's arms, hugged him tightly with both hands, and burst into tears.

A police officer who heard the movement came to check the situation. Seeing this picture, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing slightly, then turned his head and walked back into the building one by one, leaving space for these two people.

"Xiaojing..." Yu Sheng hesitated for a moment, but did not push her away.He had a feeling that if he pushed Chi Xiaojing away at this time, she would completely collapse.This is not ambiguous, just comfort.

After thinking about it, Yu Sheng raised his arms to gently wrap around the trembling girl who was crying in his arms, and while stroking her back, whispered softly in her ear: "It will pass, trust me. It will be fine." got up."

However, his consolation only got Chi Xiaojing to cry more and more wantonly.

Yu Sheng's face was still calm, but his heart was filled with a vast ocean.He couldn't vent his emotions as happily as Chi Xiaojing, so he could only borrow other people's tears to cry for himself.

When Nie Qing and Su Ji came out from the inside, they saw Chi Xiaojing who had been crying to the point of exhaustion, and Yu Sheng who was helping her to sit slowly on the steps with both hands.

Chi Xiaojing buried her head and couldn't see it, but Nie Qing saw Yu Sheng's eyes looking at her at this moment.

In addition to those emotions that should be present in this situation, in his eyes, Nie Qing also saw a kind of desperate and pathetic determination.

Yu Sheng, what are you thinking?

As if starting from an unknown point, it gradually condensed into a thread, then gathered into a strand, and finally the pain like a bursting embankment pierced through Nie Qing's limbs and bones in an instant.He staggered on the spot, and then firmly grasped Su Ji's shoulder to stand firm.

"Are you okay?" Su Ji supported him in surprise and worry.

"It's okay..." Nie leaned forward to look, and his eyes happened to meet Yu Sheng who had just turned around after hearing the movement.

Nie Qing knew what Yu Sheng had also realized, because his face instantly became bleak and pale.After so many years of tacit understanding, there is no need to say a lot of things between the two of them.

Nie Qing had already made a decision in her heart.He glanced at Yu Sheng silently, Yu Sheng nodded slightly at him, and mouthed: 10 minutes.

Nie Qing also nodded, then turned and walked back.

"Aren't you going to see Xiaojing?" Su Ji followed him and asked.

"Well, it's enough to have the rest of my life." Nie Qing paused, but then he took bigger and faster steps, as if he was competing with someone.

Nie Qing didn't intend to stop until the entrance of the Fajian Center. Su Ji wanted to call him back, but seeing his serious and solemn expression at the moment, he shut his mouth and let him go.

And as if to reflect everyone's state of mind, it suddenly started raining outside the house.