remnants

The Wanda Plaza in the Chenggong New District of Pingcheng just opened in October last year. Because it is far away from the old city, the real estate in the new district is mainly high-end luxury, and there are not many residents, so the traffic here is not as large as that of the Wanda Plaza in the old city.Generally, apart from those who live nearby, it is some young people who like to avoid the crowds in the city and pursue the pure enjoyment of petty bourgeoisie.

Nie Qing drove Su Ji, arrived here before 09:30, and parked just opposite to the Starbucks on the first floor.

The shopping mall opened at ten o'clock. At this time, there was no one outside, and the whole place seemed extraordinarily quiet.

"It's not convenient to arrange anything in advance. I think he chose to meet here because of this consideration." Nie Qing said while carefully observing the surroundings of the mall.

Su Ji nodded, "So don't worry too much, just wait until I go in alone, don't follow, you won't be discovered by him, and the negotiation will probably fail."

"But you go to see him alone..." Nie Qing's eyebrows were tightly knit together. Although he knew that Nie Shenxing's people were probably not far away, but if Su Ji really wanted to face Chen Fangyu alone, he would still It doesn't feel right.

"It's all up to now, and I can only take risks when it's time to take risks." Su Ji clenched his fists, with an abnormal firmness in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I will adapt to the situation when I encounter danger, but this time, I feel Chen Fangyu should have come to meet with sincerity."

"I think so too. It would be great if the person he wants to see is me." Nie Qing paused, and then said: "No matter what, he is a criminal. Knowing that he has done so many unforgivable things but You can’t catch him, but you still have to discuss cooperation with him, this is really..."

"Don't be impatient, take it step by step. Now I just hope that he can really help us." Su Ji lightly stroked the watch on his wrist. It was Su Yongdeng's favorite watch before. The golden dial was dotted with mottled pieces. Drilling, dazzling without being too ostentatious.

Nie Qing also noticed this watch, and couldn't help asking: "Why did you come out wearing it today?"

"I don't know, I just remembered it suddenly. Probably, I want to find a sustenance." After speaking, Su Ji moved his gaze to the door of Starbucks. At this time, he could vaguely see people walking back and forth in the store, which should be in business. preparation before.After waiting for a while, Su Ji said to Nie Qing again: "When I go in, you don't come out of the car. I won't bring the wiretapping equipment. With Chen Fangyu's vigilance, he will definitely prepare for wiretapping. It's useless, but it will easily make him wary. The view here is very good, and if something happens in the store, you can see it immediately."

"Well, that's fine." Nie Qing looked at him with hesitation, "Secretary, you..."

"I'm really fine. You want to ask this, right?" Su Ji sighed softly, "Isn't the person still found? If I haven't found him, I don't believe that he is really dead. Apart from convincing myself to believe this Other than that, I can't do anything else right now. If you keep worrying, you won't be able to help, and you'll delay your business. Nie Qing, I know the importance of this matter, and I won't hold you back."

"It's good if you can think so." After Nie Qing said this, she didn't know what else to say.

Although Su Ji spoke impeccably, he was not a grass, so how could he not feel anything at all.Although he always looks cold and cheerless on the outside, Nie Qing understands him, and he should never be as calm as he appears on the inside.If Mu Xi Ze's life and death were really uncertain, would he not be anxious or anxious at all?

Unless... Nie Qing thought of the sentence he stopped Yu Sheng from saying yesterday when he was at the city bureau.

Unless, Mu Xi Ze is indeed not dead, and Su Ji knows this very well.

Nie Qing carefully glanced at Su Ji from the corner of his eye, full of doubts in his heart.

If you really knew he was alive, why did you keep it from me?Or am I really overthinking?

"It seems that the door is about to open." At this moment, Su Ji pointed in the direction of the mall's gate, and sure enough, a staff member was pulling the roller shutter open.

"Then I'll go first." Su Ji said again.

Nie Qing nodded, "Be careful, no matter what happens, safety comes first."

"Understood." Su Ji got out of the car. Nie Qing watched him cross the road and waited at the door of Starbucks. Finally, at 57:[-], Starbucks opened. He walked in and chose a seat by the window. Down.

This location——Nie Qing was about to send Su Ji a message to ask him to change to a more secluded place, but saw a man in a pullover walking up to Su Ji, who didn't know what to say, Su Ji stood up, and the two walked together It's gone inside and cannot be directly observed from the outside.

As expected of Chen Fangyu, she must have thought of the risk of sitting by the window.

Su Ji probably made it easier for Nie Qing to observe, but it also made it easier for others to monitor.Moreover, if there is an extreme situation and someone attacks from the outside, the window is simply a living target.

For the next half an hour, Nie Qing sat on pins and needles in the car, waiting anxiously.

But when Su Ji suddenly appeared at the door of Starbucks and walked towards him quickly, Nie Qing was still taken aback.

"So fast??" When Su Ji got into the car, Nie Qing continued to look in the direction of the mall, but didn't see the jumper coming out just now.

"Don't look, he left through another door." Su Ji glanced around and said in a low voice: "Drive first, find a safe place to talk."

"Okay." Nie Qing started the car, and originally planned to go directly to the city bureau, but after thinking about it, there are too many people in the bureau, and they don't know who is with whom, and it will be difficult if someone hears something.So, step on the accelerator and go straight to another place.

When it was about to arrive, Su Ji had already recognized it, "Isn't this your parents' house?" Unexpectedly, Nie Qing drove into the old police compound.

"Well, it's safe enough here. They're all gone to work and they're not at home. My dad probably wouldn't install bugs in his home." Nie Qing's distrust of Nie Shenxing was revealed in Nie Qing's words, and Su Ji didn't say anything about it. , just watched silently as he drove the car into the yard, and then parked in the empty parking space downstairs at No. 1.

The two went upstairs, and when they entered the house, they found that no one was at home.

"Now we can talk about it. What exactly did you talk about?" Nie Qing was suppressed all the way from the bottom of her heart. She couldn't wait to get up, and asked eagerly as soon as she closed the door.

Su Ji took out a small USB flash drive from his pocket and handed it to him, "Look at this first, Chen Fangyu said it was left to him by Captain Fu, it should help us investigate the case."

"What?!" Nie Qing couldn't believe it, "He handed over such an important thing so easily?"

"Hmm..." Su Ji's eyes were a bit complicated, and he paused before continuing: "It seems that what happened with Caesar this time has shocked Chen Fangyu a lot. He told me all the details that happened that day. If If you are interested, I can tell you later."

"Of course I want to listen. I'll take a look at what's in this USB drive first. If it's evidence that can directly identify Li Changsheng's identity, that would be great." Nie Qing clenched his empty fist, feeling that his palm was full of sweat. , he didn't even realize that he was very nervous at this moment.

Isn't what Fu Mingjie gave to Chen Fangyu the handle of the person behind the scenes that Chen Fangyu exchanged on the condition of assisting him in completing the murder plan?What could it be... Although Nie Qing thinks it is unlikely that such a good thing will happen in one step, at least it should be some direct clues or evidence.

Nie Qing's heart was pounding. The process of turning on the computer was mechanical, and he almost didn't realize that he was doing it. He didn't answer until he inserted the USB flash drive into the interface and heard the "ding dong" when the drive was installed. Excessive.

"It's ready." Su Ji patted him next to him.

Nie Qing also saw the prompt that the installation was successful, so she couldn't help but take a deep breath before carefully clicking "Check".

"……This is?"

"..."

Seeing everything in the USB flash drive, Nie Qing and Su Ji were stunned for a moment.

A recording.

Moreover, it was an obviously edited recording, and even the name of the software used for editing was displayed carelessly in the suffix of the file name.

"Sure enough, Chen Fangyu still kept a hand." Nie Qing said with a frown.

"Listen first." Su Ji was more calm than Nie Qing, took the mouse and double-clicked to turn on the recording, first heard a slight electric sound, and the two of them sat up straight in an instant.

About ten seconds later, a human voice finally came from inside, it was Fu Mingjie's voice!

"...Cough, what I'm going to say next may or may not be useful to you. In order to prevent this recording from being heard by others, please forgive me for only taking this indirect way. I'm sorry for causing you a lot of trouble. , and let you go through a lot of unnecessary things. However, I believe that if there is one person who can crack these things I left behind, that person must be you. Then I will start talking now. 2, 8, 13, 3 , 6, 2, 1, 4, 17, 1, 15, 2, ..."

In the nearly 5-minute recording, Fu Mingjie said a total of 39 numbers. If considering his deliberate pause in the middle, there are a total of 13 groups, each with 3 numbers.

And at the end of the recording, Fu Mingjie said: "I have already predicted the development of the matter to this point. Therefore, I will prepare the things that need to be prepared in advance. After everything is over, it will appear in the In front of you. Remember, don’t trust anyone. You can only rely on yourself for the answer.”

There was another stabbing electric sound, and the recording ended.

The room suddenly fell into a strange silence.

After waiting for a while, Su Ji couldn't help asking: "Captain Fu, what do you want to tell Chen Fangyu?"

However, Nie Qing didn't seem to hear his words, and continued to stare at the computer screen in thought.

Seeing this, Su Ji didn't ask any more questions, just sat quietly and waited.

About 5 minutes later, Nie Qing suddenly jumped up from the sofa and said loudly, "I see!"

"What?" Su Ji was startled by him.

"This recording is not for Chen Fangyu! It's for me!" Nie Qing's eyes flashed with excitement, and he held Su Ji's arm tightly and said, "The last words he said were all for me. I don’t know how he pre-arranged all this, maybe he had already thought that if we really want to find out the person behind the scenes, then it’s inevitable to cooperate with Chen Fangyu. In the recording, he also explained, so Chen Fangyu will only give you this section alone, because this information is not for him, and it is useless for him to get it."

"Wait--I don't quite understand yet." Su Ji's face was full of doubts, "Even if it wasn't for Chen Fangyu, how do you know it must be for you? What do the numbers he said mean? You Have you figured it all out?"

"Of course!" Nie Qing raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a kind of wanton self-confidence, "Go! Talk while walking!"

"Where are you going??" Su Ji was dragged by him and almost lost his footing, while Nie Qing hastily pulled out the USB flash drive, grabbed his jacket, and dragged him out the door, seemingly unwilling to delay for a moment.

"Go back to the game!" Without waiting for the elevator, Nie Qing ran straight from the stairs to the front of the car, let go of Su Ji to let him get in the car, jumped into the driver's seat and started the car immediately.

"What on earth are you thinking of? Why are you going to the bureau?" Su Ji rushed out of the car before he fastened his seat belt.

"Get what the captain left for me! Didn't he say that he has arranged in advance that after everything is over, that thing will appear in front of me. In addition, the 39 numbers, a total of 13 groups, three of each group A number is actually a coordinate on something. Do you remember what we received after the previous serial killings ended?"

Su Ji thought about it, and suddenly his eyes widened, "Could it be - Dui Fu's confession?!"

"That's right!" Nie Qing was so excited that he patted the steering wheel vigorously, "A group of three numbers must represent the page number, line number and the number of characters. As long as you get the confession and correspond to each, you can Get the message he wanted to convey to me!"

"But I remember that the last group of numbers in the recording just now wasn't '21, 89, 76'? The confession is less than ten pages in total. If you follow this way of thinking, it is impossible for this series of numbers to correspond to any text."

"At least the first twelve can be matched. Find out the corresponding ones first. As for the last group, it may have other meanings. We can study it separately at that time."

Facts have proved that Nie Qing was right in thinking this time.

From the evidence storage office, Fu Mingjie's confession at that time was retrieved, and corresponding to the first twelve groups of numbers in the recording, there were twelve characters: Nie Qing, what you want is in the archives room.

Archives...

Nie Qing and Su Ji ran to the archives room non-stop. Master Zheng was not here today, and a young policeman was on duty. Because he knew Nie Qing's identity, he saw the two of them simply checked their IDs and let them in.

"There are so many documents in the archives, how do you know where he hides them?" Facing the vast sea of ​​files, Su Ji was also a little anxious at this moment.

"It must be a place that no one else will move for the time being, and I can definitely think of it... It should be the one I checked before..." Nie Qing muttered, "It can't be his own file, something happened. It's been transferred since then. It's not going to be the serial murder file, that case wasn't closed when he could hide things. What else could it be? Anything else he knows I'm definitely interested in ——Wait—'6 Action'!" Nie Qing turned around abruptly, and walked quickly towards a corner of the archives room.

"Isn't the file of '6 Action' not here?" Su Ji followed him closely and asked.

"It is true that the file of that operation is not here, but the document that Aunt Liang was posthumously named a second-level hero model because of this incident is here!" Nie Qing said with extra firmness, and her footsteps were also in a filing cabinet with a combination lock. stopped before.

"Ah!" Seeing the combination lock, Su Ji immediately understood.

Nie Qing glanced at him, then lowered his voice and said, "Go ahead and watch for me. My authority is not allowed to open this cabinet. If anyone comes, please remind me."

"Okay." After Su Ji finished speaking, he walked to the aisle and pretended to be reading the case files there.

聂倾此刻都能听到自己越来越响的心跳声，他深深地吸了口气，然后缓慢而郑重地伸出手，在密码盘上依次按下“2、1、8、9、7、6”。

Just a "beep" sound, and the combination lock opened in response.

Sure enough.

Nie Qing clenched her teeth subconsciously, but her hand movements quickened.He quickly dug out Liang He's folder from the cabinet. After opening it, he turned over a few pages and found a B5-sized kraft envelope in the middle, sealed with wax on the back.Nie Qing took out the envelope and took a look, only to see two small letters written on the lower right corner of the front: nq.

That's it!Nie Qing suppressed the urge to open the envelope immediately, first hid it in his clothes, then quickly put the file back in place, closed the cabinet door, and then walked towards Su Ji as if nothing had happened.

"Got it?" Su Ji asked in a low voice.

Nie Qing nodded, "Go and see it at my place."

Back in the criminal investigation hall, Nie Qing asked Luo Qi to be in charge of guarding, watching to keep others from approaching, then took out the envelope, put on plastic gloves, and carefully cut it open along the edge with a paper knife.

After opening it, I found that there was only a folded and crumpled piece of paper inside, which seemed to have been hastily torn from some document, and there was still a tear on the edge that was violently pulled by staples.

Nie Qing unfolded the paper carefully, and after seeing the content on it clearly, he stared at the paper in a daze as if he had been slapped.

On this piece of paper, only a few short lines were written, but it was shocking:

"

There are texts:

At 6 a.m. on June 29, in the inner courtyard of the Yunzhou quarry, Awen was picked up.

— written by Eagle himself.

"

And obliquely above the words "Eagle's own handwriting", there is a fingerprint that has been marked with the powder visualization method, and is clamped and fixed by two plastic sheets on the front and back.There is also a line of faint pencil writing on the side: the only fingerprint.It was Fu Mingjie's handwriting.

"This, could it be..." As soon as Su Ji opened his mouth, he found that his voice was trembling.

"The truth about the '6 Action'." After Nie Qing finished speaking, she realized that her vision was a bit blurred, and tears filled her eyes at some point.

Ah Sheng, I found what you wanted.