remnants

In the basement of No. 227 Wenhua Road, Funing County, Pingcheng City, Nie Qing did not expect to return to this place so soon.

It was still night, and the dim basement was filled with the bright white beam of the flashlight, which made people feel a subtle sense of disharmony.

Yang Zhengdong lay face down on the slightly damp floor of the basement, curled up, with his hands pressed against his blood-stained chest, he was already lifeless.

And in the pool of blood beside him, there was a piece of A4-sized white paper, the edges had been soaked in blood, only the center could barely read a line of words: theforthone.

"This is your case, so I didn't touch anyone at the scene. I'll leave it to you when you come." Chi Xiaofei said standing behind Nie Qing.

Nie Qing nodded lightly, "Thank you, thanks to your help today."

"Thanks to me?" Chi Xiaofei snorted self-deprecatingly, "Thanks to me following the murderer's footsteps to find the victim? No one can be saved, so stop talking about the scene."

Nie Qing was silent for a moment, then glanced at him, "At least you can find the scene of the crime in such a short period of time. If it takes longer, there will be fewer available clues."

"It's not difficult to find someone, it just takes some time." Chi Xiaofei looked at the corpse on the ground with a little confusion in his eyes, restrained the smell of gunpowder and said: "But this Yang Zhengdong really wants to jump into the fire pit by himself. If not He purposely went to a place where there was no surveillance and took a taxi, I'm sure I can find him sooner, maybe I can come here before he is killed."

"You said he deliberately went to a place where there was no surveillance to take a taxi?" Nie Qing asked with a frown.

Chi Xiaofei hummed, "The cameras near the No. 1 civilian hospital are fully installed. After this Yang Zhengdong went out from the west side door, he walked two intersections, avoiding the cameras at the hospital and the street. In the end, he should be in I took a taxi on the side of Baita West Road. That area is regarded as a monitoring blind spot, because there are no buildings and it is an area with a low incidence of accidents, so there is no monitoring device installed in the city."

"Deliberately avoiding the surveillance video must be for some purpose of deceiving people." Nie Qing put one hand on his chin, lowered his head and thought, "What reason did the murderer use to make the victim come to the place unsuspecting? How about a secret meeting with him in such a remote place?"

Chi Xiaofei didn't intend to answer his question, and couldn't answer it. Instead, he asked, "By the way, why did you conclude that Yang Zhengdong's life was in danger before the incident happened? Do you know the murderer's reason for wanting to kill him?"

"Hmm." Nie Qing pondered for a moment before saying: "It was just a guess before, but now it seems that this guess is probably true."

"For serial murder cases, once the murderer's purpose is known, the subsequent investigation will be much easier." Chi Xiaofei looked at Nie Qing seriously, "Since you have found the right direction, what are you going to do next? Are you sure?" Is the next target candidate? My people can still be transferred to you."

"Thank you. But I don't need it for the time being." Nie Qing's face was clouded with sadness, which was made even more gloomy by the light of the flashlight.

His brain was running fast, but his speech was very slow.

"To determine the next target, we must first find the source of the murderer's motive."

Chi Xiaofei was slightly taken aback, "The source hasn't been found yet? Then how do you know the reason why Yang Zhengdong was killed?"

Nie Qing hesitated for a moment when he heard the words, not sure how to describe Yu Sheng's process of discovering the connection between Yang Zhengdong and Su Yongdeng.

But with his hesitation, Chi Xiaofei would be wrong.

Chi Xiaofei couldn't help but sneered and said, "Forget it, Team Leader Nie doesn't need to answer. It's because I asked a question that is not within my authority, which made it difficult for you."

"You misunderstood. It's not that I don't want to say it, but I just haven't thought about how to say it." Nie Qing said seriously.

However, Chi Xiaofei "cut" disdainfully, "There is no need to explain, I don't bother to listen if you don't want to say it. It seems that I have nothing to do here. I will take my people back first. Take your time to scout."

After Chi Xiaofei finished speaking, he called the group of people on the scene to evacuate. Nie Qing wanted to explain again, but seeing his attitude of "I won't listen, I won't listen, I won't listen", he finally decided to give up.

Anyway, there are too many conflicts between the two of them, so it doesn't matter to add another one.

"Team leader, should we contact Director Su or Miss Xiaojing and ask them to come over?" Luo Qi walked up to Nie Qing and asked.

Nie Qing shook his head, "No need, I called the secretary just now, and he is already on the way now."

"Okay." Luo Qi hesitated, and then asked: "Then what should we do with the anonymous mobile phone we just found on the bus?"

Nie Qing: "You put it away first, and give it to Mu Xi Ze when you return to the bureau."

"Obey!" Luo Qi nodded vigorously and ran away, while Nie Qing refocused on the deceased.

Yang Zhengdong, male, was born in Chongming County, Pingcheng City on March 40, 1. He is [-] years old and was the deputy chief physician of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the No.[-] People's Hospital of Pingcheng City.

His clothes at the time of the accident were a casual blue and white pinstriped shirt, heather gray suit trousers, and a pair of brown leather shoes on his feet.Although it seems quite casual, if you take a closer look at the brand, you will know that all of them are expensive.

Nie Qing slowly squatted down on the side of Yang Zhengdong's body, seeing his distorted face and astonished expression, her heart felt unspeakably heavy.

He could have saved this man.

If he hadn't delayed at that time, but had sent someone to guard immediately after Yu Sheng's call, the tragedy at this moment might have been avoided.

Why didn't you act decisively?

Why procrastinate?

Could it be that, as Yu Sheng said, because he was concerned about Su Ji's feelings, he was unwilling to confirm that Su Yongdeng concealed the fact that the operation failed.And this kind of emotion also subconsciously affected his judgment and actions.

For a moment, Nie Qing felt that he was so stupid.

If he can't conduct an objective analysis, what qualifications does he have to lead others to solve the case together?He doesn't deserve to be the team leader at all.

He doesn't even deserve to be a policeman.

"Team leader, team leader?" Luo Qi's voice sounded behind him, and Nie Qing didn't know how many times he called before he came back to his senses.

"What's wrong?" Nie Qing turned around and asked.

Luo Qi looked at him worriedly, pointed to the direction of the basement stairs, and said, "Boss Yu just came and told you to go up."

"Yu Sheng?" Nie Qing was startled, "How did he know?"

"Probably Director Su told him." Luo Qi was also puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, guessing.

Nie Qing nodded, got up and walked towards the stairs. As soon as he reached the first floor, he saw Yu Sheng standing at the gate waiting for him.

"Ah Qing," Yu Sheng waved to him after seeing him, motioning him to walk to the door of No. 227, "Come and have a look."

Yu Sheng squatted down while talking, and pointed to the floor, "I just observed the shoe prints at the entrance of the room, and found a very strange thing."

"What's so strange?" Nie Qing also squatted down and asked.

"The number of shoe prints is wrong." Yu Sheng looked up at him, "There is only one person's shoe prints here."

Nie Qing was taken aback, "A person? Is it Yang Zhengdong's?"

"No, it should belong to Chi Xiaofei." Yu Sheng moved his position, not letting his body cover the light, revealing a light gray footprint beside him.

"I just asked your people, and they told me about the situation when they discovered the scene. After Chi Xiaofei led people to track it down here, in order to prevent too many people from entering at one breath and causing confusion, they went into the room alone to check. Wait. After discovering the body, he let his own people wear foot gloves and gloves to enter the door, including when you arrived later." Yu Sheng took a breath after finishing speaking.

Nie Qing thought for a few seconds, and said: "I can understand what you mean. You mean to say that there are no footprints of Yang Zhengdong and the murderer here, right? But is it possible that footprints are not easy to leave here? Someone accidentally overwrote it?"

"It's extremely unlikely." Yu Sheng said as he took off the shoe cover on one of his feet, and said to Nie Qing, "Let me show you."

He then used the foot that was still covered with the shoe cover to hop lightly to a place a little far away from the door, then put the other foot down, took two steps on the ground, turned his head and said, "Ah Qing, Did you see any shoe prints on the floor?"

Nie Qing followed behind him and carefully observed the floor, and sure enough, he saw two more footprints with light lines on the ground.

"Indeed." Nie Qing said.

Yu Sheng nodded slightly, "That's right. There is dust on the wooden floor here, and as long as someone walks by, it will definitely leave a mark. Even if wearing shoe covers can cover up the soles, at least it will leave the shape of the shoe cover. Generally, it can be seen with the naked eye. Also, regarding your question of 'covering', this is unlikely. There must be a difference in shape between a complete footprint and a covered footprint, unless the cover and The size of the shoes worn by the covered person is exactly the same, the sole pattern is exactly the same, and they are superimposed tightly, so that it is possible to not see the traces of being covered."

"Besides," Yu Sheng paused, "The people in your criminal investigation team are all professionals, so you shouldn't make such a low-level mistake of destroying the scene, right?"

"En." Nie Qing responded, but then she didn't know what to say.

"Ah Qing? What's wrong with you?" Yu Sheng saw that something was wrong with him, stood up and pulled him to the wall, and asked with concern: "Why do you look so ugly? Are you too tired?"

Nie Qing shook his head imperceptibly, "I'm fine."

Yu Sheng couldn't help frowning, and his eyes became serious, "What are you pretending to do with me? Tell me what's wrong with you?"

"Asheng." Nie listened to his words, called him in a low voice, and then exhaled a long breath before saying very tiredly: "I could have prevented this from happening."

"Ah Qing...it's not your fault." Yu Sheng immediately understood his thoughts, pinched his shoulders and squeezed hard, "You've tried your best, but unfortunate things happen from time to time, don't take this as a blame torture yourself."

But Nie Qing shook his head slightly, "If I could have been earlier... If I hadn't waited for the ten minutes, Chi Xiaofei's people would have rushed to the hospital in time to stop Yang Zhengdong. You have clearly warned me, But I still couldn't save him..."

"Ah Qing, stop talking." Yu Sheng stepped forward and hugged Nie Qing tightly, feeling him slowly burying his head into his shoulder socket.

"Ah Sheng, I may, really, not be suitable to be a policeman."