remnants

After leaving the laboratory, Nie Qing took the test results and walked back to the criminal investigation hall.

The long vacation was over, everyone came back to work normally, and the hall finally returned to the previous noisy and shouting scene.

When Nie Qing entered the door, he happened to meet Chi Xiaofei who had just returned from the toilet. The two looked at each other, then turned their heads and walked away silently.

"Team leader," Liu Jinghua who was seated saw Nie Qing approaching and raised his hand at him, "He Tian's relationship has been basically found out, there is nothing particularly noteworthy."

Nie Qing sat down in her seat, nodded slightly, "Let me tell you what I have learned first."

"Okay." Liu Jinghua took his notebook and said to him: "He Tian is 34 years old this year, unmarried, and has no public relationship partner. Apart from her parents, the closest relatives in her family are her uncle's family. Passed away, her grandparents seemed to treat her badly since she was a child, so she seldom contacted her when she grew up. She currently lives alone, and her address is Room 68, Building 12, Rongjin Garden, No. 501 Jiaoyi Road, Wuhua District. The house was hers for four years. I bought it before, and her and her parents’ names are written on the real estate certificate, but her parents are currently living in Room 24, Building 3, Fengning Community, near No. 201 Middle School, Xishan District, and have lived there for almost ten years.”

"Rong Jin Garden?" Nie Qing tried to search for information about this community in his mind, but he couldn't remember anything.

Liu Jinghua guessed what he was thinking, and continued: "The group leader of this community may not have heard of it. It was newly built five years ago, with moderate housing prices and an average location. The main customer group is young people who have just started working. "

"The housing price is moderate..." Nie Qing lowered his head in thought, "Strange, this is an exception."

"Team leader, what exception did you say?"

"Don't you think He Tian's living conditions are very ordinary compared with the other victims - including the missing Zhou Jun?" Nie Qing raised his head and asked.

Liu Jinghua frowned subconsciously after hearing this, "So it's true...the other victims are considered to be people of status and status in our city, and they have a lot of personal assets, as can be seen from their residences. But He Tian is just an ordinary magazine editor, her salary is not high, and she lives in an average place. Although she bought the house by herself, according to what I found out, she also bought the house with a mortgage , until now I have to repay the mortgage of 2000 yuan every month, and my life is not well off."

"That doesn't make sense." Nie Qing stared at the wooden pen holder on his desk with some ecstasy, and said after a moment of silence: "If we still speculate according to the original thinking, then seven years ago, He Tian, ​​as Lin The direct participant of Nuan's operation must have received a lot of 'hush money'. Even if she was only an equipment nurse at the time, the money she got might be slightly less than Qiu Ruimin and Yang Zhengdong. , but not too much less. Because once she finds out that there is uneven buying among them, she is likely to be dissatisfied because of this unfairness, so she will expose the matter, which will hurt Su Yongdeng It is even more dangerous. Therefore, I think he should not be stingy in this matter."

"But the team leader, if He Tian really got this huge amount of hush money, why didn't she use it?" Liu Jinghua's face was full of puzzlement, "I heard from He Tian's uncle that in the past few years, He Tian has been in trouble because of changing jobs and The matter of buying a house has pushed me very hard. It is rare to save some money and still think about being filial to her parents. She herself is actually living very hard. You said that if she really had a lot of money in her hand, she would have given it out early How good is it? Why force yourself to live a hard life.”

Nie Qing shook his head slightly, and pondered: "There are two reasons for not having money, one is that you don't want to use it, and the other is that you can't use it. Which one do you think He Tian will be?"

"I think it should be the first one, right?" Liu Jinghua's tone was uncertain, "The money is already in her hands, why can't she use it? I guess she may be worried that people will find out the existence of the money. If someone questioned her where the money came from, she couldn't explain it, so she chose not to."

"The situation you mentioned is indeed possible, but it's not very likely." After finishing speaking, Nie Qing tapped on the desk calendar at hand with his fingertips, and then said: "If the time to get the money is still short, He Tian will not pay because of It’s okay to be guilty of not using the money. But it’s been seven years now. If her guilt and shame could last seven years, she would never have accepted the money in the first place.”

"That's right... In the past seven years, she has had countless opportunities to secretly handle the money. She can save it as a private house or invest it, but she doesn't have any of it." Liu Jinghua seemed a little frustrated, and he didn't know what to do after he finished speaking. There was silence.

After a few minutes, probably because he suddenly realized that the two of them were relatively silent, Liu Jinghua asked again: "Team leader, what's your opinion?"

"Hmm..." Nie Qing was lost in his own thoughts, and after hearing his question, he reacted for a moment before saying: "I think the second situation—that is, it is more likely that He Tian won't be able to use the money. "

"But the money is in her hands, why can't she use it?" Liu Jinghua was puzzled.

Nie Qing was thinking and said, "What if the money is not in her hands? Suppose He Tian got the money, but she didn't dare to use it immediately because of a momentary guilt and guilt, and she didn't dare to tell other people around her, so She will probably find a hidden place to hide the money first. Or, give the money to someone she thinks she can trust."

"But where can it be so hidden?" Liu Jinghua followed Nie Qing's words, "The house is obviously not safe enough, her parents may go there at any time, and if the amount of money is large enough, it needs a certain amount of space. And if it is deposited in the bank, We have investigated all the passbooks and savings card accounts under He Tian's name, and found no abnormal inflow and outflow accounts. Unless she also has a savings account in an overseas bank or some secret safes, but it is difficult for us to check It’s going to be huge, understaffed, with limited authority, and it’s likely to take a lot of time.”

"I understand this, and I hope that this method will not be used as much as possible." Nie Qing couldn't help but sighed slightly, "Now we can only guess whether He Tian got the money, and if she got it, she put it in his hands. Where and where it is used, these need further investigation."

Liu Jinghua nodded, "Team leader, another situation you mentioned just now is that He Tian handed over the money to someone she can trust. Who do you think is most likely to be this person?"

Nie Qing thought for a while in silence, then said carefully, "Actually, the person I'm suspicious of right now is Zhou Jun."

"Zhou Jun??" Liu Jinghua was stunned for a moment, "Why do you suspect him? Could it be because of his relationship with He Tian?"

"That's right." Nie Qing frowned, and said in a lower voice, "If the secretary and Chi Xiaojing's tests are correct, He Tian was killed while taking a bath. Do you think her relationship with Zhou Jun is important?" How close is it to take a bath at his house?"

"This...Could it be that Zhou Jun and He Tian had been together seven years ago..."

"One is a well-known anesthetist, and the other is a young and beautiful equipment nurse. It's not surprising that they get along with each other day and night and perform operations together." Although Nie Qing said this, there was inadvertent disgust in his tone.

"However, even if the two of them really have that kind of relationship, isn't it impossible for He Tian to hand over so much money to Zhou Jun willingly? He Tian isn't that stupid..."

"People are blind when they fall in love." Nie Qing lowered his head slightly, staring at the potholes on the edge of the table, "Maybe He Tian and Zhou Jun signed some kind of contract, maybe it was just a verbal promise. But I'm afraid we have no chance to ask about this matter."

Liu Jinghua was startled, "Leader...you suspect that Zhou Jun—"

"Did Zhou Jun find it?" Just as he was talking, he heard a familiar loud voice suddenly coming from the door, and then he saw Fu Mingjie striding into the criminal investigation hall.

"I've been searching all night, and I haven't heard from him yet?" Fu Mingjie asked while staring at the captains of several action teams surrounding him.

"Not yet... We have searched the three floors and the outer three floors of the area we are in charge of, but we haven't even seen his shadow." One of the team leaders replied.

Fu Mingjie's expression became more and more serious, and he asked another question: "Have people been arranged at all the intersections out of the city, as well as the bus station, train station, and airport? Have you seen him?"

"It's been arranged, but it's true that no one was squatting." The team leader who was asked touched his forehead and found that three or four pimples had appeared on it overnight. His mood became more depressed, and he couldn't help cursing a little angrily: "This Zhou Jun is so fucking hateful! He's so courageous to kill and escape! Wait until you find him and see how I deal with him—"

"Then you should find out the person before you speak big words." Behind him, Chi Xiaofei who didn't know when came over said coldly.

The team leader was furious, but he didn't dare to provoke Chi Xiaofei, so he could only grin the corners of his mouth embarrassingly, and Nuonuo said: "Chief Chi... It's not that I don't want to look for it, I really can't find it..."

Chi Xiaofei glared at him and ignored him, turned to Mingjie and said, "Captain, I have already checked the surveillance video at the traffic police team, and there were no pictures of him at several intersections near Zhou Jun's home all day yesterday." car, not to mention any footage of him inside, has he really escaped?"

"Of course." Fu Mingjie answered very firmly, "He killed someone in his own home, knowing that he would not be able to get rid of the suspicion, he had no choice but to flee from the scene in desperation."

"Captain, I'm afraid it's too early to conclude that Zhou Jun killed He Tian." Nie Qing also walked over at this time, staring at Fu Mingjie and said, "If it's really like what you said just now, Zhou Jun is in a hurry to kill He Tian." If he fled from the scene, why did he take He Tian's clothes away?"

"Isn't that simple?" Fu Mingjie asked back with a cold face, "Of course he is afraid of leaving evidence, maybe there are traces of himself on those clothes, he doesn't want to be discovered, so of course he has to dispose of them."

"Afraid of leaving evidence? A dead person is lying in the bathtub of his house like that, and he still has the leisure to worry about other evidence?" Nie Qing couldn't help but took a deep breath, and said patiently: "If he can think of this level , then the first thing he should deal with is He Tian's body, not the clothes."

Fu Mingjie smiled coldly after hearing this, "Nie Qing, did you hear what I said? A dead person lying in his bathtub doesn't need any other evidence, so why are you still talking nonsense 'too early' ? He Tian was obviously killed by Zhou Jun!"

"...Captain, don't misinterpret what I mean. I just said that from Zhou Jun's point of view, if he really wants to destroy the evidence of his murder, he should dispose of the body first. But this does not mean that we These people who came to investigate should use this fact to establish the identity of the murderer." Nie Qing's face sank as he said.

Fu Mingjie squinted his eyes and stared at him for a few seconds, his nostrils fluttered, as if he couldn't get angry, and suddenly said sharply: "What is this called a 'conclusive conclusion'? It is clear that you are trying to argue! Zhou Jun may also want to Disposing of the corpse, but worried that time would be too late, so I only took away the clothes that were easiest to dispose of first, and planned to come back to dispose of the corpse later, but I didn’t expect the police to arrive so soon. What’s wrong with thinking like this??”

"Why is he worried that time is too late?" Nie Qing's good temper was almost exhausted, and he suppressed the fire: "He probably has no other plans that day, and it is only a temporary decision that we will go to his house to find him, even if there are guests. , besides the police, he can also pretend that he is not at home and not answer the door, why is he leaving in such a hurry?"

Fu Mingjie frowned tightly: "Maybe he's not worried about someone visiting, but he's in a hurry to see someone—"

"Bringing a bunch of murder certificates??" Nie Qing couldn't help it anymore, and raised his voice: "Captain, I didn't say that Zhou Jun must not be the murderer. Please don’t say that Zhou Jun must be the murderer so quickly! Didn’t you personally teach me when I first joined the Criminal Police Force that I must maintain an objective and calm attitude when handling cases, and not let subjective assumptions dominate me? Your reasoning, you told me this yourself, have you forgotten?!"

"Nie Qing—"

"Captain!" At this moment, Chi Xiaofei suddenly grabbed Fu Mingjie, who was blushing with anger and had a thick neck, and pulled him two steps away to persuade him: "Captain, don't be angry with this kind of person, he can't be arrogant It's been two days. Didn't Secretary Wang say that if the case can't be solved after three days, let their task force be disbanded, and we'll see if he's still going crazy."

Fu Mingjie snorted coldly after hearing this, "I'm not angry. Seeing our team leader Nie being so successful, I'm not happy yet, how can I be angry."

Chi Xiaofei smiled sarcastically, and looked at Nie Qing, "What are you still doing here? Waiting for the captain to praise you more?"

Nie Qing glanced at him coldly, then at Fu Mingjie, stood there silently for a few seconds, finally turned around and left without saying a word.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

In Nie Qing's eyes, Fu Mingjie's various performances could not be separated from the words "to cover up".