remnants

Hurry back to the bureau, it's just 27:[-].

Luo Qi was standing at the gate of the Municipal Bureau, watching anxiously. When he saw Nie Qing approaching, he rushed over and whispered, "Leader, you are back! Let me tell you that this meeting tonight is not easy. Just now, not only the director came, but also Director Li, Director Nie, Secretary Wu from the mayor's office, and even Wang Huizhong, deputy secretary of the Municipal Legal Committee... Team leader, you said nothing will happen later, right? ?”

Nie Qing was also shocked when he heard such a big battle, but his face remained calm, and he comforted Luo Qi: "What could happen? It must be for the case, don't think about it."

"Oh..." Luo Qi nodded obediently, his anxious expression subsided, but he still followed Nie Qing a little nervously, as if he was afraid of being thrown off by him.

Walking all the way to the door of the conference room, Nie Qing also paused a little, took a deep breath, and then pushed the door open.

The meeting room, which can accommodate nearly 100 people, is now full.Almost all the major criminal investigators in the city were present.

There are two long wooden tables spliced ​​together on the front podium, and five chairs are placed side by side behind the wooden table. From left to right, Nie Shenxing, deputy mayor of Pingcheng City and director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, sits respectively. , Nie Gongping, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Committee and Executive Deputy Director of the Public Security Department, Li Changsheng, Secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Committee and Director of the Public Security Department, Wang Huizhong, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Legal Committee, and Wu Ming, Secretary of the Mayor's Office.

The faces of these five people are one serious and the other serious, sitting there like five door gods.

Nie Qing wanted to go in quietly through the side door, but Li Changcheng's eyes were sharp, and when he saw him coming, he called him through the microphone: "Nie Qing, sit in front."

Hearing his call, everyone in the meeting room immediately turned their gazes towards Nie Qing. There were all kinds of meanings in those gazes, including sympathy, sarcasm, worry, and gloating, but when it came to Nie Qing Everything here was automatically filtered out by him.

He didn't seem to notice these good and evil eyes at all, and went straight to the third row to sit with the other people in the third group, while the first and second rows were seated by the deputy directors of the city bureau, relevant officials, etc. The captain of the detachment and the director and deputy director of the relevant department.

"Everyone is almost here, I think we'll start." Li Changsheng suddenly restrained his voice at this moment, and beckoned to the side of the podium, and the projection screen behind him lit up.

Pingcheng Extraordinary Serial Murder Case - Case Discussion Conference.

Such a line of words is displayed on the screen in black and white.

Li Changsheng turned sideways, flicked the screen with his fingers, and said, "I think everyone is clear about the purpose of today's meeting, so I won't say much, let's get straight to the point. First, let's talk about the progress of the current case." How about the situation, Captain Fu, why don't you come?" Li Changsheng turned his attention to Fu Mingjie who was sitting in the second row on the left.

Fu Mingjie stood up in response, but said: "Li Ting, this case is currently under the full responsibility of the special case team led by Nie Qing, the leader of the third team of the criminal investigation detachment. I think it will be more convenient for him to explain the case and report the progress to everyone. suitable."

"Oh, that's it." Li Changsheng nodded with an expression of "I see." "Then Nie Qing, tell me."

"Yes." Nie Qing stood up at the same time Fu Mingjie sat back. He saw that his father and uncle on the podium were staring at him seriously, so he moved his eyes away from the two of them. .

"So far, it can be confirmed that there are three murders committed by the same murderer. The victims are, in order from far to near, Su Yongdeng, the director of the No. 1 People's Hospital, and the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital. Director Qiu Ruimin, and Deputy Chief Physician Yang Zhengdong of Cardiothoracic Surgery of No.1 Min Hospital."

"Wait, you said three times?" Li Changsheng was a little strange, and signaled the person in charge of operating the projector to turn the ppt to the next one, and pointed, "Didn't five people die already?"

"It's true that five people died, but the latest case of He Tian needs a detailed autopsy report from the forensic doctor before we can determine whether it can be incorporated into the serial murder case." Nie Qing paused, "As for Bai Chang's case, I have another idea now."

"Let's hear it." Li Changsheng looked at him with great interest.

Fu Mingjie also turned slightly sideways from the front row at this time, staring at Nie Qing.

"Director, according to the clues we have found so far, I think the behavior pattern of the murderer in the Bai Zhang case is quite different from that of the other murderers. If we want to consider them together, the motive is It doesn't make sense. Therefore, I suspect that the murderer who killed Bai Zhang may not be the same murderer as the serial murderer."

As soon as Nie Qing finished speaking, there was an uproar in the conference room.

"Not the same? How could it not be the same??"

"That's right, hasn't this case been classified as a serial murder case long ago? I heard that a special case team was established because there were three murder cases including this one."

"That's right, the serial murder case was identified by Captain Fu himself, and he actually wants to reverse it?"

"Where it is possible for him to flip it out, it's not something that he can just slap his upper and lower lips, so he has to show some evidence."

"That's right, we must rely on evidence to speak!"

Hearing the discussion below, Nie Shenxing looked at his son with a hint of worry in his eyes.

But Li Changcheng waited until the discussion was almost finished, and finally raised his hand to press it down, motioning for everyone to silence, "Okay, what's the use of discussing so much, let people finish talking first." Then he turned his gaze to Nie Qing, quite amiably, "Nie Qing, continue."

"Yes."

Nie Qing nodded, sighed silently, and continued: "The reason why Bai Zhang's case was also included in the serial murder case was because the city bureau received a letter on the second day after Bai Zhang's death that said' twodealtwith, fivetogo...' anonymous letter, and Bai Zhang, like Dean Su, was directly stabbed in the heart by a murder weapon and died, so we took it for granted that the two cases must be committed by the same murderer. But it is true Is it?"

When Nie Qing said this, he paused for a moment, and his eyes slowly scanned the faces of the five people on the podium.

"In our previous investigations, we have not been able to identify the suspects. One of the main reasons is that we cannot find people who have the time to commit crimes—or in other words, we cannot find people who have the time to commit crimes in several cases. So I wondered, is it possible for the murderer to intentionally take on himself a crime that he did not commit? In this way, once all the cases are identified by the police as being committed by the same person, the murderer can use the alibi The contradictions in the past have exonerated myself." Nie Qing said again.

"What?! Is there such a possibility??"

"Just kidding... who would take the initiative to take the murder case on themselves?"

"But what he said is not unreasonable. If the murderer wants to take a different approach and find another way, once he gets rid of the suspicion, won't he be able to get away with it from now on?"

"But how can this be—"

"Be quiet!"

Wang Huizhong, deputy secretary of the Municipal Legal Committee, slammed the table, leaned forward, stared at Nie Qing like a hawk and asked, "Do you have evidence?"

"There is no conclusive evidence yet, but I have already started to investigate in this direction." Nie Qing bowed his head slightly.

"Cut—" There was another booing around.

"If the direction is right, how could another person die today?"

"I heard that people were specially arranged to protect the 'target person' they found, but the result is still the same."

"The 'target person' has been found out, and the murderer is actually allowed to succeed. What are their task forces doing—"

"Nie Qing!" Wang Huizhong cut off the booing and booing once again with a strong voice, his serious expression seemed to squeeze all the five senses together, and asked sharply: "If you are asked to continue to investigate in this direction, do you still have to go? How long will it take for a result?"

Nie Qing met his gaze, thought for a while and said, "Within three days."

"Okay. I'll give you three days. If your task force still can't solve the case after three days, it will be disbanded immediately." Wang Huizhong bit the last few words hard.

When Li Changsheng heard this, he finally couldn't help but interjected, "Secretary Wang, this meeting has only been held for 5 minutes, and what should be explained about the case has not been explained clearly. Why did you give the result so quickly?"

"Li Ting, I'm sorry, what I said just now may be suspected of overreaching. But I don't think the situation of the case should be discussed at the meeting. At least, it shouldn't be discussed in front of so many people." The lines on Wang Huizhong's face when he spoke Trembling and trembling, like cracks snaking in the face of a rock.

Hearing this, Li Changsheng's face, which seemed ready to joke at any time, tightened slightly, "Secretary Wang, all the people here are the core personnel and criminal investigation backbone of our Pingcheng public security system, if you don't tell them the details of the case, who else can you tell? "

"Who should I tell? I think it should be judged by the special case team." Wang Huizhong said and glanced at Nie Qing again, "Although I have never been a criminal police officer, according to my understanding, in criminal investigation work, appropriate The secrecy measures are very necessary. After all, there are so many people talking, whether it is intentional or not, as long as important information is leaked out, it is very likely to bring unpredictable difficulties to the detection work. What does Li Ting think?"

"That's right, but—" Li Changsheng clasped his hands and put them on the table, "We have such a large meeting today, is it just to say a few words? The meeting is about to end?"

The corners of Wang Huizhong's pleated mouth moved slightly, but he couldn't see much of a smile, "I also feel strange, why did you choose to hold this meeting tonight? If it is to give an explanation to the citizens, the news office should have a special meeting tomorrow during the day. Hold a press meeting; and if it is really for the purpose of studying the case, the task force should organize a small-scale internal meeting with relevant responsible personnel. But like now, so many people are suddenly organized here, I don’t know , I thought the Municipal Public Security Bureau was going to put pressure on the task force in the name of the provincial and municipal committees."

The other four people sitting on the podium were stunned when they heard Wang Huizhong's words.

After being stunned, Li Changsheng laughed a few times, "I can't see that Secretary Wang is so humorous! Everyone is on their own, and they only want to solve the case as soon as possible. How can they put pressure on the special case team? Maybe!"

Wang Huizhong nodded, "I think so. The most important thing the public security should do now is to work together and fully cooperate with the special case team to solve the case. If anyone dares to pass small shoes behind his back and engage in small tricks at this time, once I find out, I, Wang Huizhong, will be the first to spare him."

"That is, that must cooperate!" Li Changsheng laughed and applauded, "The purpose of today's meeting is mainly to let everyone exchange clues and progress with each other and help in the investigation. But what Secretary Wang mentioned is true. It is very important, the confidentiality work cannot be neglected, so the specific situation will not be discussed at the meeting for the time being, and we will communicate and make special arrangements later! Nie Qing—”

Hearing Li Changcheng suddenly call his name, Nie Qing looked at him, and found that the head of the department was looking at him kindly and said, "Work hard, don't be too pressured. Since Secretary Wang gave you three days Time, you should seize it, and you must come up with the results in three days!"

"Yes." Nie Qing's voice was not loud, but he answered resolutely.

"Okay, the matter of that case has come to an end for the time being. Today, taking advantage of the crowd, let's talk about the direction of the provincial department's guidance for public security work..."

The topic of the meeting shifted from here to elsewhere.

After Nie Qing sat down, he listened absent-mindedly. He only knew that there were people talking all the time, but he didn't pay attention to what was being said.

I kept thinking about what happened before and after the discovery of He Tian's body today.

……

It wasn't until warm applause that marked the end of the meeting suddenly sounded beside him that Nie Qing came back to his senses and followed the crowd to leave.

On the podium, Li Changsheng and Wu Ming took a step ahead, and they left through the front door as soon as the meeting ended.

The rest of Nie Shenxing and Nie Gongping walked up to Wang Huizhong and lowered their voices slightly before the people around gathered together, "Secretary Wang, thank you just now."

"Thank you, I'm also for the case." Wang Huizhong put the pen on the table into his jacket pocket, and turned to face the two of them, "Nie Ting and Nie Ju also heard it just now. Let the task force be disbanded and the case handed over to someone who can do it."

"No problem." Nie Shenxing nodded, "Please deal with it when the time comes, I will never take sides."

"That's the best." Wang Huizhong put his hands in his pockets, "I can't rub sand in my eyes, so I hope Bureau Nie can put the case first like me."

"That's natural." Nie Shenxing said.

"Okay, it's getting late, I'll go first." Wang Huizhong didn't wait for the Nie brothers after finishing speaking, and walked away by himself, and he had already reached the door in a blink of an eye.

Nie Shenxing couldn't help but look at Nie Gongping, both of them had complicated eyes.

After a while, Nie Shenxing spoke first, "Brother, what do you think of Wang Huizhong?"

"Now it seems that his attitude is relatively neutral, but I heard that his backstage is not so tough. He dared to be so aggressive when he first arrived, and even Li would give him three points." Nie Gongping said in a deep voice.

"Well, we'll have to be more careful after that." Nie Shenxing suddenly sighed after finishing speaking.

Nie Gongping turned to look at him, "Worried about Ah Qing?"

"Yes, and no." Nie Shenxing thought of the scene where he met Yu Sheng in the parking lot of the cemetery this afternoon, and his heart sank again.

For some reason, he always has a feeling that the mountains and rains are about to come and the wind is overwhelming.

According to experience, older people tend to have more accurate intuition.