remnants

Dark night.

Looking out from the bay window that was not covered by curtains, it was pitch black outside, and even the stars could not be seen.

The room was brightly lit.

Nie Qing had already made himself another cup of strong tea. Yu Sheng felt that drinking tea was not enjoyable, so he went to the kitchen to make a bag of instant coffee and brought it over. Only Su Ji was still calmly drinking the warm water in the cup.

"I think the deduction about the first scene and the second scene of the crime that Ah Qing said just now is very reasonable. The first thing we need to do is to determine where the deceased was killed." Yu Sheng seemed to touch water with the tip of his tongue. dipped in coffee.

Nie Qing took a sip of tea, "We have so few clues now that it's hard to determine where the first scene of the crime is. In my opinion, the breakthrough lies in the anonymous phone call and the hospital's surveillance video. If we can find out who did it and where, all problems can be solved."

"But the source of the anonymous call, the technical department hasn't given an answer yet, right?" Su Ji held the glass in the palms of both hands and rolled it slowly, "There is no problem found in the surveillance video for the time being. It’s best to be mentally prepared.”

"Is there anything to gain..." Nie Qing pondered, "If these two clues are useless, we can only investigate from the murderer's motive and his feelings for the deceased. The people around the deceased, except Mu Xi Other than Ze, I have to check again carefully to sort out his interpersonal relationship. In addition, Mu Xi Ze can't relax his vigilance. I always feel that this person is not as simple as he looks, even if he has nothing to do with Bai Zhang's death. Before the case is solved, we should pay more attention to him."

"I want to meet this Musize after what you said." Yu Sheng changed his posture, laying back and pillow on Nie Qing's lap, crossing Erlang's legs by himself, and put the coffee cup on his lower abdomen, He said quite comfortably: "Speaking of which, why do you think the murderer stabbed the deceased a second time? Is it to confuse the public?"

Su Ji shook his head disapprovingly, "No. I told Nie Qing when I saw the corpse today that the murderer has certain medical knowledge and surgical skills, and it is very likely that he is a professional. I think he should understand The principle of stabbing way is right."

"That is to say, the purpose of the murderer is not to hide anything, but to convey something." Nie Qing said aside.

Yu Sheng nodded, fixed his eyes on Nie Qing's sharp jaw, and asked: "Then what did he want to convey? What is the significance of doing this? If the murderer didn't want to use the scalpel in the first place, can we think that this This case was also unexpected for the murderer, so he didn't prepare in advance, so he chose to use a murder weapon with a certain meaning to complete his message after the murder?"

"If this is the case, then the murderer is very likely to be a medical personnel. After all, not everyone can easily take out a scalpel to kill someone." Nie Qing looked down at Yu Sheng, frowning slightly, "Su The dean himself is the dean of the No.1 civilian hospital, and Bai Zhang was most likely killed by related medical staff, is there really any connection between these two cases?"

Su Ji: "I've heard what Team Fu said this afternoon, and I seem to be inclined to suspect that the murderer in these two cases is the same person."

Nie Qing's expression clearly disagreed, "It doesn't make sense. In the two cases, the murderer's emotional expression towards the deceased was very different. Do you remember the scene where Dean Su was murdered? Let people go in and see it for the first time. It’s a place that feels very inconsistent—”

"—Scratches on the writing." Yu Sheng and Su Ji said in unison.

"That's right." Nie Qing nodded, "At the scene of Dean Su's murder, all traces were cleaned up, except for the words on the wall that read 'Benevolent Heart and Art of Rejuvenation, Sacred Hand of Rejuvenation'. There is a blood-stained scratch, which should be left by a murder weapon. The murderer can obviously leave without leaving a trace, and he also pays attention to restraining his emotions in other aspects, but only for this picture, he seems He showed uncontrollable anger and insisted on destroying it. In contrast to Bai Zhang's case, the murderer's handling of the body of the deceased can almost be described as 'gentle', and the motive is obviously different from that of Dean Su."

"That's why I said that the murderer's killing of Bai Zhang was probably unexpected." Yu Sheng folded his hands behind his head, looked at Nie Qing and said, "If you really follow the idea of ​​'the same murderer in two cases', Thinking about it, there is a possibility that Bai Zhang may have accidentally discovered clues about the murderer, and he was suspicious, so he deliberately approached the murderer to seek the truth. Did you kill Bai Zhang to silence him out of desperation?"

"This really makes sense." Su Ji nodded slightly.

Nie Qing still held an objection.After he took a deep breath, he said patiently to the two of them in a deep voice: "Think about it carefully, there are contradictions in this line of thinking. First of all, we have not found any relationship between Dean Su and Bai Zhang. There is no intersection, nor is there any intersection in their circle of friends, so how likely is it that Bai Zhang accidentally discovered the murderer who killed Dean Su? Secondly, according to our investigation so far, Bai Zhang is a A person who is very unwilling to meddle in other people's business, and has little interest in current affairs and gossip. The murder at No.1 civilian hospital may be just a news headline to him. Why would he risk his life to follow a potential Murderer? That's very illogical."

"Unless this potential murderer is someone he is very familiar with." Yu Sheng blinked, "That's why you suspect Mu Xi Ze."

Nie Qing nodded, but quickly shook his head and said, "If the person Bai Zhang is following is Mu Xi Ze, the idea of ​​'same murderer' is even less likely to be true, because Mu Xi Ze was killed during the period when Dean Su was killed. Ze has an absolute alibi. He volunteered at an orphanage in the south of the city all day on October [-]st, helping to take care of the children there. At night, after the children were asleep, he would clean up with the orphanage staff. Things, sorting out the donations received during the day, he was busy until two o’clock in the morning before returning home, and the people in the orphanage could help him prove it. In addition, we calculated the time required to return from the orphanage to Ninghe community, and followed The surveillance video at the entrance of the complex shows that Musize appears at the same time, even if the error in the time of death is calculated according to the maximum interval, Musize has no possibility of committing the crime."

"He still volunteers in the orphanage?" Yu Sheng was a little surprised.

Nie Qing looked at him helplessly, obviously feeling that he was off the point, pulled back and continued: "In short, I can understand your doubts about the 'same murderer', I have thought about it myself, but the existing clues There is no way for me to accept this statement. And don’t you find it strange? The circumstances of the two cases this time are very subtle, and whether they are related or not, there are things that make people wonder.”

After hearing this, Su Ji hummed softly, Yu Sheng put his head on Nie Qing's thigh and shook his head, closed his eyes and asked, "Ah Qing, you should be more inclined to believe that these two cases are not connected? If that's the case Why not look down in this direction?"

"If I believe there is no connection, then Bai Zhang's case is too coincidental." Nie Qing said.

Yu Sheng: "Coincidence?"

"Well," Nie Qing sighed slightly, "Regarding Dean Su's case, the bureau strictly controlled the news. It only said that Dean Su was killed, but did not elaborate on the method of killing or the type of murder weapon. .Even if someone in the hospital leaked the news, they would not know that the murder weapon was a jackknife, and it was so clear that even the specifications and sizes were exactly the same.”

"The people who know about this kind of thing, except for the police officers involved in handling the case, are the murderer himself." Su Ji said, looking down at his cup that had bottomed out.

"That's right. If it is said that the person who killed Bai Zhang has nothing to do with Dean Su's case, then he happened to use the same murder weapon as in the previous case, happened to stab at the same place, and happened to kill the place where the body was found. How small is the probability of being selected in the No.1 civilian hospital?" Nie Qing seemed to be asking Yu Sheng and Su Ji, as well as himself.

When Yu Sheng heard this, he couldn't help but let out a low chuckle, but after glancing at Su Ji's expression, he restrained himself to get serious again, cleared his throat and said, "Ah Qing, since we've already talked about this , don’t you ever suspect that your police’s internal information leaked?”

Nie Qing and Su Ji shot their eyes at the same time when they heard his words, Nie Qing was silent for three or four seconds before saying very seriously: "Yu Sheng, Chi Xiaojing just handed over Dean Su's autopsy report to me this morning. The specific size of the murder weapon was also known at that time, but Bai Zhang was already dead at that time."

"Oh, let me ask, why don't you be so fierce." Yu Sheng sat up, saw that Nie Qing was still stern, and asked jokingly: "What's the matter? I suspect that your criminal investigation detachment is not happy with Team Leader Nie?"

"I didn't say you can't doubt. But if you want to doubt, please come up with effective evidence first." Nie Qing's expression was a little cold, and he added: "I don't want my brothers to work hard every day to handle the case, and still To suffer such injustice.”

Yu Sheng saw that he was serious, and his joking face was a little embarrassed, "As for what, just casually say why you are so on the line—"

Nie Qing: "——Just casually—"

"Yu Sheng, Nie Qing."

Su Ji's voice snuffed out the little sparks in the air in time. He patted Nie Qing and said, "It's very late today, and everyone is tired. I think it's better to rest first? Replenish your energy and continue working tomorrow." , what do you say?"

Nie Qing looked at him, then at Yu Sheng, and finally said nothing, nodded and stood up first, then reached out to La Suji, "You can sleep here tonight, everything is complete anyway."

Su Ji seemed a little hesitant, "Or I'd better go—"

"Don't go, it's not safe for a little forensic doctor like you to walk on the road at night." Yu Sheng also got up from the carpet at this time, looked at Nie Qing, "You guys go to bed early , we should go back too."

After finishing speaking, he walked to the sofa and patted Lian Xu, who had already fallen asleep leaning on it, and said softly: "Xiao Xu, wake up, go home."

"Oh... third brother!" It took Lian Xu a second to wake up from confusion, and he jumped off the sofa, standing straight in front of Yu Sheng and asked, "Shall we go now?"

"Yeah." Yu Sheng smiled, "I'm so sleepy, go back to sleep."

"Okay!" Lian Xu seemed very happy that he would not stay overnight at Nie Qing's house for the rest of his life.

And Nie Qing did not ask to stay.

He silently watched Yu Sheng and Lian Xu walk out of the house, and watched the door close firmly, then walked to the balcony alone, looking downstairs quietly.

"What's the matter with you two? It's good and bad for a while, what's the trouble?" Su Ji asked with a silent sigh behind him.

Nie Qing shook his head, and after a while, he didn't say in a low voice until the two hazy figures appeared and disappeared from his field of vision: "Secretary, if we don't untie some knots between him and me, we won't be able to get along with each other." treat each other the way we used to."

"Heart Knot..." Su Ji leaned against the door frame, raised his head slightly and said, "Nie Qing, everything is false, only when people are by your side is the most real. If everyone is lost, the heart will be lost." Knot is a fart."

Nie Qing couldn't help being shocked, "Secretary..."

"Remember what I said, the reason why people can do it is because they still have the capital to do it. When the capital is gone, who can you argue with?" Su Ji turned around after finishing speaking, and turned his back to Nie pour.

"good night."