remnants

Before Nie Qing drove to the hospital, he received an urgent call from Yuan Qian: "Officer Nie, something happened to the third brother!"

"What's up with him??"

"A few strangers rushed in just now, saying it was 'Big Brother's order', and forcibly took Third Brother away!"

"Brother? Wu Shen?!" Nie Qing stepped on the brakes to the end, and the wheels made a harsh "squealing" sound, and suddenly stopped on the side of the road.

"Speak clearly! Why did Wu Shen's people take him away? Didn't he resist for the rest of his life?? Even if he can't see, with his ability, it's impossible to catch him without a fight!"

"There are six of them! They are very skilled! We are short of manpower...and they threatened the third brother with Xiao Xu, saying that if he didn't follow, they would take Xiao Xu away too, and the third brother compromised ..."

"How long have they been walking? In which direction? Is anyone following?" Nie Qing persuaded himself to calm down quickly.

"Just a few minutes ago, another brother and I were held up by their men and didn't follow up in time..."

"I see. You stay in the hospital and take care of Lian Xu. I'll go find someone and contact you in time if I have any news." Nie Qing hung up the phone and called Mu Xi Ze. He knew that Mu Xi Ze could trace Yu Sheng's whereabouts. Location.

However, no one answered.

Nie Qing tried to dial out again, but this time he saw an incoming call prompt after two rings, which was Su Ji.

"Is Mu Xi Ze with you?!" Nie Qing asked after picking up the phone.

Unexpectedly, the other end of the phone was silent for two seconds, and when he spoke, it was a voice he was all too familiar with: "Nie Qing, come to the bureau now."

"...Dad?" Nie Qing was stunned for a second, "Is Su Ji beside you?"

"Well. If there is something urgent, you come here first." Nie Shenxing said.

"...No. I can't go there now, Yu Sheng was taken away by someone, I have to find him! Please ask Su Ji for me, how can I contact Mu Xi Ze?"

"Yu Sheng should arrive in a while. You can see him when you come." Nie Shenxing's calm tone was in sharp contrast to Nie Qing's anxiety.

Nie Qing almost slammed on the brakes again, "Didn't he be arranged by Wu Shen--you?"

"We'll talk when we come." Nie Shenxing ended the conversation succinctly, and then hung up the phone without waiting for Nie Qing to ask again.

Now Nie Qing didn't dare to delay any longer, and rushed all the way to the Municipal Public Security Bureau at speed, he didn't care about the ticket or anything.

When he got to the gate of the City Bureau, he saw Yu Sheng getting off a taxi, and he drove away quickly after the taxi was put down. Nie Qing only had time to write down the license plate number.

"Ah Sheng!" Nie Qing jumped out of the car to hold Yu Sheng.

He was also very surprised when Yu Sheng heard it, "This is really the Public Security Bureau? What's going on?"

"I don't know, I still want to ask you. Yuan Qianqian called me and said that you were taken away by Wu Shen's people. They sent you here?"

"No, those people let me get off the car halfway, and changed to a taxi and said to take me to the Municipal Public Security Bureau. I'm still wondering if they lied to me—"

"Xiao Nie, Yu Sheng! You two stop blocking the door and chatting, go in quickly, the director is waiting! I will stop the car for you!" Just as he was talking, Jia Ming, the director of the propaganda department, ran out of the room while wiping his sweat. He waved and shouted at them.

Yu Sheng subconsciously turned his head to Nie Qing's side. Nie Qing held his hand tightly, walked towards Jia Ming, and handed over the car keys, "Jia Chu, I'll trouble you then."

Jia Ming took it with a nod, wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead and said, "Go, it's in the director's office."

Nie Shenxing's office is on the third floor of the Municipal Bureau's office building. When Nie Qing dragged Yu Sheng in, he saw Su Ji sitting on the reception sofa, drinking water from a glass, and he couldn't help feeling more at ease.

However, when he turned his head and found that Huang Zhiqiang, the captain of the security police detachment, was also there, Nie Qing did not take the initiative to greet Su Ji.In his impression, Huang Zhiqiang has always had no respect for Nie Shenxing. He heard that he is on the side of the deputy director Kong Xianming. He always likes to find fault with the criminal and economic investigators. Talk too much in front of you.

"Come here? Close the door." Nie Shenxing spoke first. He didn't seem surprised when he saw Yu Sheng being supported by Nie Qing. He shook his head and sighed, "You child... oh..."

"Uncle..." Yu Sheng called out a little cautiously.

"Sit down." Nie Shenxing pressed Yu Sheng on the sofa, then nodded to Nie Qing, "You sit too."

Nie Qing glanced at Huang Zhiqiang, walked silently to Yu Sheng and sat down next to him.

Huang Zhiqiang noticed Nie Qing's slightly guarded eyes, showed an indifferent expression, and said to Nie Shenxing: "Ju Nie, I don't think I have anything to do here, I'll go first."

Nie Shenxing nodded, "Okay, thank you for your hard work. Remember to keep an eye on that end too."

"Understood." Huang Zhiqiang went out after answering.

At this moment, Nie Qing finally couldn't help asking: "Dad, what's going on?"

"What's going on?" Nie Shenxing asked back, staring at his son with a particularly serious expression, "You still have the nerve to ask me? You are young and don't know the heights of heaven and earth! Don't listen to persuasion, don't tell adults about things, do your best Playing nonsense behind your back, who do you think you are? Do you think you are Monkey King? Do you think you are omnipotent? Let me tell you, even if you are really Monkey King, there is Tathagata Buddha on it! It's too far!"

During Nie Qing's growth, Nie Shenxing had always been kind to him.He respects his personal wishes in everything, and rarely criticizes or reprimands him harshly.

So at this moment, such a sudden reprimand made Nie Qing feel a little dazed.

He looked at Su Ji, trying to get some information, but found that Su Ji's face was very bad, and he just sat with his head down.

"Do you know that because of your actions without considering the consequences, you almost put yourself in danger!" Nie Shenxing took another deep breath and pointed at Su Ji, "You come and tell them what happened just now!"

"Hmm..." Although he didn't raise his head, Su Ji also knew that Nie Shenxing was speaking to himself.

He tightened the glass in his hand, and the heat from his palm seemed to reassure him a little. After a soft sigh, he said dryly: "At around seven o'clock tonight, Caesar went to Hong Jiajia's place. .”

Nie Qing and Yu Sheng sat up straight in an instant.

Su Ji continued: "He was going to ask Hong Jiajia about 'that person'. He already had a guess, because of the name 'Li Aijia', he guessed that 'that person' might be—"

"Li Changsheng?" Nie Qing took over the conversation.

Su Ji looked up at him in surprise, "That's right, you guessed it too?"

"I can basically confirm it." After Nie Qing finished speaking, he felt that Yu Sheng's body beside him became very stiff, so he patted him, "I will tell you in detail later. Secretary, you continue to talk, Mu Xi Ze go I asked Hong Jiajia and then what?"

"Hong Jiajia didn't answer his question directly. But judging from her reaction, there should be nothing wrong." Su Ji paused, "I have a recording of the call, you can listen to it yourself."

"It's easy to have a recording! Then we can—" Nie Qing stood up.

"Sit down!" Nie Shenxing glared at him, "What can you do? You can't get any conclusive information from the phone recording, and it can't be used as evidence at all. You think about it with an ambiguous and unauthorized recording. What to do? What can be done? Can you use your brain before doing things!"

Nie Qing was speechless for a moment.

"Then where is Mu Xi Ze now?" Yu Sheng asked suddenly.

Nie Shenxing looked at him, then motioned to Su Ji, "Go on."

Su Ji nodded and swallowed, "I don't know what method they used to monitor... Caesar specially helped me check my home and mobile phone before, and there was no problem. But this time, their people monitored Caesar called me, and Hong Jiajia knew that I had heard the whole conversation between her and Caesar, and she pointed it out to Caesar, and then the phone was disconnected, and I couldn't contact him..."

"So Mu Xi Ze is very dangerous now??" Yu Sheng could hardly sit still.

But Nie Shenxing's attitude towards him was much gentler than that towards Nie Qing. He came over and patted him, "Don't worry about his safety yet. After all, Hong Jiajia is his mother. At most, he will restrict his freedom of movement and communication. It will really hurt him. What you need to worry about most now is yourselves." Nie Shenxing suddenly squeezed Yu Sheng's shoulders when he said this, "Especially you."

Yu Sheng pursed his lips and said nothing.

Nie Shenxing sighed heavily, "Ah Sheng, let me tell you frankly that Nie Qing, Su Ji, and Mu Xize all have their own protective shields. Both Nie Qing and Su Ji are police officers. Not to mention, I still have some influence as the bureau chief. As for Mu Xizhe, the tiger poison is not a predator. As long as he doesn't rush to find death by himself, he will definitely not hurt his life. Only you, only you so far It is still their "thorn in the side, thorn in the flesh", and they want to get rid of it quickly. Since you returned to Pingcheng in October last year, how many things have happened, big or small? How many times have you escaped from death? The reason why you are now You are still alive, one is because you have Wu Shen's relationship behind you, and the other is because your eyes are no longer visible, making people feel that there is not much threat. However, if you continue to mess around with Nie Qing without restraint, Do you need me to tell you what the consequences will be? No one can predict unexpected events, even if I find someone to protect you, it will not be safe. Your parents were just..."

Suddenly mentioning Yu Sheng's parents, Nie Shenxing couldn't help but look sad.

"Uncle, do you know my relationship with Wu Shen?" Yu Sheng unconsciously clenched his hands together.Combining what happened today and many things before, he seemed to realize something in an instant.

Nie Shenxing's eyes fell on him, and he nodded, "I know."

"Since when did you know?" Yu Sheng asked again.

Nie Shenxing looked at him quietly, and after a few seconds, he said cautiously: "I knew it from the beginning."

"... At the beginning? So it was like this..." Yu Sheng finally figured it out.

"It's no wonder that several times before, when I was about to encounter a crisis, I was always interrupted by some inexplicable accidents, or the actions I didn't want to participate in were terminated for some reason. I still felt strange at the time that my luck was so Well, I can save myself from danger every time... Is it you who have been secretly helping me?"

"It is true that someone is helping you, but it may not be me every time." Nie Shenxing's answer is meaningful.

Yu Sheng wanted to ask again, but unexpectedly Nie Qing took the lead.

"What do you mean by 'in the beginning'?" Nie Qing fixed his eyes on Nie Shenxing, the flames in his eyes seemed to burn two holes in his face, and his voice sounded like he was gnashing his teeth, "You I have always known the whereabouts of Yu Sheng, where he is, and what he is doing, but these past few years, seeing me looking for him like crazy, but you can bear to not even tell me a word?! Is there a father like you? !!!”

Nie Shenxing didn't mean to defend himself, just nodded and said: "You are too young and too impulsive. If I tell you the truth, I don't know what you will do. This is a situation that many people work hard to insist on. Years of planning, and I can't let my son be the saboteur of that plan."

"What plan??" Nie Qing and Yu Sheng asked in unison.

Nie Shenxing looked at the two of them silently, and after waiting for a while, he sighed softly, "I still want you to know about this matter. Yu Sheng has already been involved in it, so I can't hide it from him. As for Nie Qing, because Your series of reckless actions, even if I want to exclude you now, is impossible. Su Ji, you don't have to avoid—"

Calling Su Ji who was about to stand up, Nie Shenxing also sat down on the reception sofa on the other side, "You want to know the cause and effect, so I will tell you now."

"Let's start with about eight years ago. At that time, the two things that the province was most concerned about were drugs and people. You also know the geographical location of our province and the complex surrounding environment. Cross-border crimes have been repeatedly banned. Absolutely, especially in drug trafficking and smuggling. At that time, the provincial government wanted to make great efforts to eradicate these two cancers. After making some decisions, they divided up the tasks and assigned them. Come and take over. Of course, the process is very complicated, so I won’t go into details. In short, after the order was conveyed, Yu Sheng, your father, as the captain of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Pingcheng City Public Security Bureau, was mainly responsible for the investigation of cross-border population. Investigation of smuggling and organ trafficking. And your mother was given a special mission to sneak into the drug trafficking organization after her identity was cleared."

"I've known these things for a long time." Yu Sheng said at this time, "I also know that my mother's immediate boss was you at that time, and the captain of the Provincial Anti-drug Team was..."

"Nie Gongping, my elder brother, right?" Seeing Yu Sheng bowed his head and said nothing, Nie Shenxing continued on his own: "I know you doubted me in your heart, so this time when you came back, I never forced Nie Qing to take me with you. When you go home, you just don’t want to put pressure on you and make things difficult for you. But now, the matter has roughly figured out, can my suspicion be lifted? "

Yu Sheng quickly raised his head, nodded and said nothing.

"Asheng, do you know, in fact, I don't want you to be involved at all. I just want to see you and Nie Qing can successfully complete their studies. It doesn't matter whether you enter the police force after graduation. I hope you can be yourself What you really like is to live your own lives safely, healthily, and happily. But... I didn’t expect Lian Hai to look for you at that time. I didn’t even expect you to be shot and rescued by Wu Shen’s people. This It wasn't what I expected at all. But that's when our plans changed."

"After talking for a long time, I still don't know what this so-called 'plan' is." Nie Qing interjected coldly.

Nie Shenxing ignored his rude attitude and continued: "I still remember that some time after your parents had an accident, you always asked me why I closed the case so easily? Why didn't you investigate further? Your father really Is it a traitor? Was your mother really killed by your father? Is there any evidence? Why did everyone keep this case secret? I never answered you directly. Because I don’t know how to answer you. Ah Sheng, now I can tell you that the case back then has never been closed."

"...What?" Yu Sheng felt his heartbeat suddenly start to speed up.

"That case was too big and involved too much, so in order not to attract the attention of some people, we closed the case hastily on the surface, but secretly, we never stopped the investigation. It's just that our opponent was too cunning and wanted to find It is really not easy to find the person behind them. But when we were almost at an impasse, the incident between Lian Hai and you happened, and you were taken away by Wu Shen. We thought this might be an opportunity."

"So, what Chi Xiaojing told me is true. She said that my case was suddenly handed over to the Public Security Bureau of Province Y for handling. It was the intention of the superiors, but it was left behind. It was you who suppressed it. ?”

"I don't have the ability to press the case directly from Province L." Nie Shenxing paused, and then spoke in a cautious and cryptic tone: "You should be clear, since it is If there is a problem within the police, it cannot be caused by just one person. Behind this, how many people are involved and how many forces are competing, it is impossible to tell for a while. In short, don’t think about the problem. Easy."

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"Nie Qing...the inside story involved in this case...is too deep...why did his parents die back then...and why I...have come to this point...if you are brave enough...just Check it out..."

At this moment, Nie Qing suddenly remembered what Fu Mingjie had said to him before he died.

It turned out that he had already been hinted at that time.

"Uncle, what do you—and the people behind you, hope I can get from Wu Shen?" Yu Sheng asked.

Nie Qing couldn't help looking at him, but found that there was not much emotion on his face.It seemed that he had quickly accepted the information that came to him, the bad ones, and the worse ones, he had accepted them all.

Not even questioning, asking for details, not remembering the past.He was already thinking about what to do next.

Nie Shenxing also looked at Yu Sheng, "Ah Sheng, if we put someone in, no matter how flawless we think it is, it will arouse Wu Shen's suspicion. But you are different, you were brought in by him personally, he can Trust you, you can get more useful information."

"However, you have never looked for me or asked me anything. According to my previous experience, you have even more clues than me. I can't see what my existence does to you significance."

"I really wanted to talk to you about cooperation, but..." Speaking of this, Nie Shenxing had a rare hesitation, paused for a moment before continuing: "We have to take the condition of your eyes into consideration. If you really If you are blind, any more demands on you will only make your situation more dangerous. I can't see this kind of thing happen. I have to take good care of you for your parents."

"So..." Yu Sheng lowered his head, "Am I not even worth being used as a pawn?"

"Ah Sheng, don't think so. Listen to me, give up all investigations from now on, and Nie Qing, Su Ji, and you too, don't go any further. I have made my own arrangements for the next thing, it's not up to you anymore You just need to continue to live a normal life, and I will find someone to protect you secretly, just in case. As long as you don’t run around and don’t leave my sight, then in Pingcheng, I can still protect you. You are considerate." Nie Shenxing's words were very earnest, but unfortunately he didn't get the effect he wanted.

"Dad, did you know that Chi Xiaofei would die before his accident?" Nie Qing asked suddenly.

Nie Shenxing frowned, "Of course I don't know, Xiaochi's death can basically be classified as an accident. The traffic police team adjusted the surveillance video of the nearby road section, which indeed proved that he was driving speeding at that time, and the truck driver was drunk driving. The traffic rules were also not obeyed, which led to tragedy. Although it is heartbreaking, we have to admit that this is really just an unfortunate traffic accident."

"That's right. Then do you know how the case of the charred corpse that happened last November is going?" Nie Qing asked again.

Nie Shenxing thought for a while and replied: "Xiaochi had been investigating the case of the Jiao Corpse before, but now it has been handed over to Haiming and his team?"

"Is it interesting to pretend again?" Nie Qing smiled wryly. "Since I've already said part of it, let's talk about the rest. The personnel files I want to check are mysteriously missing. The Military Bureau knows about this, and I saw you go to the file room with my own eyes. Now that I think about it, the files are probably missing. It's just a cover, and I just 'heard' about this situation, but I didn't confirm it. You don't want me to be involved in this case, so you want to create difficulties for me so that I can retreat, but I didn't expect that group of people They still attacked me. Chief Nie, are you being careless, or is your 'protection' unable to leave Panlong District?"

"Ah Qing, I'm sure about your injury—"

"I don't want to use this incident to blame anyone. I caused the trouble myself. I have no reason to blame anyone. I just want to say that as the director of the Public Security Bureau, you should be very clear about the personnel transfer situation in the bureau. You You must know that the person who was originally sent to take over the position of the captain of the anti-drug detachment was Lu Wei, but he suddenly 'absconded in fear of crime and his whereabouts are unknown' because of accepting bribes. Qiu Luxin replaced him. But not long after taking office, Pingcheng An unrecognizable charred corpse appeared, and it became a headless unsolved case. Haven't you ever suspected anything? If you have doubted, then you should at least take some action. After you realize that Chi Xiaofei may find Qiu Luxin's head When the time comes, you should stop him or assist him in time. In any case... you shouldn't let him be killed by someone and get a casual cause of death like 'speeding caused a traffic accident'!"

Nie Qing couldn't help but raise his voice, the anger and stagnation in his heart almost got out of control and was about to burst out.

"Now, Chi Xiaofei is dead, and I was also attacked. It's in Pingcheng, a city under your jurisdiction. You said you can protect people well, but who did you protect? You said you were looking for Uncle Yu The case with Aunt Liang has been going on for so long, has there been any substantial progress? You are also doubting Li Changsheng, right? Have measures been taken? Why was Mu Xize forced to do it to his own sister not long ago? A heart transplant operation became a murderer?? Why would Lian Xu be cut off with an arm in our province and then discarded in a room in a dilapidated guest house?? Also! Why did Mu Xize get killed when he went to Hong Jiajia today? Just stay there and cut off contact?? You said we were messing around, yes, we ran around like headless chickens for a long time, and we were covered in bruises, but we finally found some clues! We found Li Changsheng But you—what did you do?!"

Nie Qing's chest was heaving violently, and his body was shaking uncontrollably because of being too angry.

"You just said that because you were concerned about the condition of Yu Sheng's eyes and were afraid that he would be in danger, you didn't contact him and didn't ask him to do things for you. Then let me ask, since you know how difficult his situation is, you know that he is in danger. There is something wrong with his eyes and he needs help... Why didn't you rescue him? Why did you watch him stay in that place? Could it be that for you, even a useless pawn must squeeze out all possible existences? Is there any value? At that time, why didn't you think he was young, impulsive, or fooling around??" Nie Qing trembled slightly at the end of his speech.

"Ah Qing..." Yu Sheng grabbed his shoulder from the side, and persuaded him in a low voice, "Don't talk to uncle like that..."

"Is there anything I said wrong?" Although it was Yu Sheng's words, Nie Qing stared at Nie Shenxing.

After an embarrassing and depressing silence, Nie Shenxing took a deep breath.

"What you said is correct." He slowly rubbed the back of his right hand with the thumb of his left hand, as if he was considering his words, speaking very slowly, "I admit that there were many mistakes during the entire process of implementing the plan, I also made a lot of mistakes. This is why, I am trying my best to make up for it now, and I want you to stay away from these right and wrong. Ah Qing, whether as a superior or as a father, I hope you can trust me a little more. Here My chance to make amends, okay?"

"Okay." Nie Qing stood up at this moment, and pulled Yu Sheng together.

He held Yu Sheng's hand and said to Nie Shenxing: "As long as you can make him see the light again, I can do anything. Can you?"

Nie Shenxing didn't speak.

"No, stop talking cheap." Nie Qing's eyes were full of disappointment.After finishing speaking, he left Nie Shenxing's office with Yu Sheng.