remnants

The last clue that Nie Qing mentioned was naturally Ma Weiyuan.

According to his speculation, the murderer claimed to kill a total of seven people before, but now, except for Zhou Jun whose whereabouts are unknown, five people have died.Among the remaining targets, Ma Weiyuan was the most likely to be the murderer's next and last target.

Therefore, Ma Weiyuan's safety should be the most important thing to ensure right now.And if they wanted to get more information about the murderer, they might have to start with him.

In addition, what Nie Qing had to admit was that he wanted to go to the People's Hospital to find Ma Weiyuan because of selfish motives.

It was already noon when we got there by car.

Nie Qing didn't go anywhere else, and went directly to Room 312 to look for Yu Sheng. The plainclothes policeman guarding the door was startled.

"Group leader! Why are you here so early?" The plainclothes man named Hua Feng stood up and asked.

"I need to talk to Ma Weiyuan, come and have a look." Nie Qing was talking but just in time to see the door was opened from the inside, Mingxin came out, saw him also slightly stunned.

"Have you heard about it?" Ming Xin asked.

"Hmm." Nie Qing frowned subconsciously, "Doctor Ming, what's going on? Why did his wound open suddenly?"

"Cough, I guess I caught a cold last night, and I didn't expect it to flare up all of a sudden." Ming Xin said expressionlessly.

"Cold..." Nie Qing remembered that he slept with Yu Sheng last night, and the two of them covered the same quilt, which was unavoidably nervous. Could it be because of this reason...

The self-blame in Nie Qing's heart was written all over his face, and it was difficult for him to speak due to the congestion in his chest, "Doctor Ming... can I go in and see him now..."

"It seems that there is no problem, but he probably won't wake up in a short time." Mingxin looked at Nie Qing, "This time he was really tossed, the old wounds on his body were not healed, and new wounds were added, and the second stitching brought harm to his body. The burden is even greater, I'm afraid I have to rest for at least a month or two, otherwise it will be very difficult to recover quickly."

Nie Qing couldn't help clenching his fists when he heard this, "But he's catching a cold now, if he coughs again, the wound he just sewed up will..."

"You don't have to worry about that. I gave him a shot of cold medicine just now, and the effect is very fast, and he shouldn't be coughing anymore." Ming Xin glanced at the watch on his wrist, then raised his head and said, "I I still have to see other patients, so let’s go first, and call me again if there is any situation.”

"Okay...thank you."

Nie Qing waited for Mingxin to leave, then walked lightly into the ward quickly, the plainclothes policeman named Xia Xing in the ward saw him coming, went out first with a wink, and closed the door behind him.

Nie Qing walked to the hospital bed, subconsciously becoming cautious.

He didn't even dare to sit down by the bed, just bent down slightly, staring at Yu Sheng lying on the bed, feeling as if he had lost his breath.

"Asheng..."

Nie Qing was obviously afraid of disturbing him, but she couldn't help calling his name in a low voice.

He stretched out his hand to hold Yu Sheng's hand gently in the palm of his hand, but found that his five fingers were cold at this time, as if his body temperature had dissipated.

He looks like...

Nie Qing's heart suddenly trembled violently.

At that moment just now, countless bad thoughts and associations suddenly flashed in his mind, and there were even some extremely realistic images, which made the emotions that arose in him extremely real.

Nie Qing almost thought that he had lost the rest of his life.

"Ah Sheng..." As if to confirm something, Nie Qing couldn't help holding Yu Sheng's hand tightly, but unfortunately he didn't get any response at the moment.

Mingxin didn't lie to him at that time, and he really won't be able to wake up in a short time for the rest of his life.

Nie Qing stood silently in front of the hospital bed for a long while, Yu Sheng's hand was gradually warmed up by covering it in his palm, and after noticing this change in temperature, Nie Qing felt a little at ease.

"Ah Sheng, I have to go. I will come back to accompany you at night. You should have a good rest." Even though she knew that the person lying down could not hear her, Nie Qing said unconsciously.

After speaking, he put Yu Sheng's hand back into the quilt, covered and tucked the corners of the quilt for him, and then walked to the door lightly, opened the door gently and went out.

Hua Feng and Xia Xing were waiting outside, and when they saw him come out, they both stood up at the same time.

"Team leader, is he awake?" Hua Feng asked.

Nie Qing shook his head solemnly, "Not yet, you guys continue to help me take care of him, I'll go find Ma Weiyuan."

"Okay. Ma Weiyuan has gone home now. We have a few brothers following him. He lives in the Liyuan community behind the hospital."

"Well, I know his address, so let's go." Nie Qing glanced at the door he had just closed, sighed silently, and finally left.

Ma Weiyuan lives in Room [-], Unit [-], Building [-], Liyuan Community.

The houses in this community are relatively old, and the exterior walls are somewhat mottled, looking powdery and dusty, like pigs suffering from skin diseases.

The door of the unit is still the old-fashioned wooden door, which can no longer be closed. Now it is all wide open to both sides, showing its bumpy posture at a glance. The bear kicked and kicked, and several phone numbers starting with "139-" could be vaguely recognized on it, and words such as "□□, looking for someone, no|painful|flow" were written in colorful chalk next to it.

Nie Qing went up the stairs and saw all kinds of things piled up everywhere in the corridor, some of which were old things, and some obviously were garbage that was too late to throw away, encroaching on the space that should belong to the occupants.

Going up to the sixth floor, it is estimated that because it is the top floor, the front of the door looks a lot cooler.Of course, it may also be because Ma Weiyuan's family is more diligent in tidying up.

Nie Qing knocked on the door of [-].

"Which one?" A younger male voice came from inside, obviously not Ma Weiyuan.

"It's me, Nie Qing." After Nie Qing finished speaking, the door opened.

It should have been notified by Hua Feng and Xia Xing just now, the police inside were not surprised when they saw Nie Qing, and quickly closed the door after letting him in, "Team leader, Ma Weiyuan is resting in the bedroom, do you need to call him out? "

"Well, I want to ask him something." Nie Qing nodded.

Then he walked into the living room and sat on the light gray fabric sofa. It could be seen that the room was neatly tidied up, and all the objects were properly placed, except for the coffee table, TV cabinet and the flower shelf next to it. A thin layer of dust fell on them, as if the owner had not returned from a long journey.

Two minutes later, Ma Weiyuan came out of the bedroom with black eyes, haggard face, and a layer of bandages on his hands.

"Officer Nie." Ma Weiyuan nodded slightly to Nie Qing, and sat down on the sofa, "I'm really sorry to see you in this state... Thank you so much for the past two days."

"It's nothing, this is what we should do." Nie Qing saw that he was still wearing the same shirt she had seen him a few days ago, and his trousers hadn't changed yet, and they were already wrinkled, so she asked casually: "Aren't your wife and son at home?"

"Oh...they..." Ma Weiyuan smiled reluctantly, "In the past two days, my wife took her son to his grandma's house. You told me about the recent case before, but I was actually quite worried I was afraid that it might not be safe for them to stay at home, so I let them go out for a while."

"So that's the case. It's good to go out to avoid them, at least to ensure their safety. Otherwise, if they are all at home, we will have to send more people to protect them, which will make it even more difficult." Nie Qing's eyes were unintentional when he said this I scanned Ma Weiyuan's face, but found that his expression was a little flustered at this time.

"Doctor Ma, are you okay?" Nie Qing looked at him seriously, "Don't worry, you are absolutely safe now, we will not give the murderer any chance to hurt you again."

"That's good...that's good..." Ma Weiyuan folded his hands between his knees, subconsciously rubbed them back and forth, and raised his head to ask Nie Qing: "You came to me today to ask about yesterday's attack, right?"

"Yes, I want to ask you about the specific situation when you were attacked. Can you tell me everything you remember? The more detailed the better." Nie Qing took out the notepad and said.

"Okay...you let me think...let me think..."

Ma Weiyuan nodded slowly, and finally stopped nodding after a few times. He clasped his hands in front of his knees, as if he was trying to recall: "Yesterday afternoon, I had been seeing patients, and it happened to be around six o'clock." After finishing the last one, I asked the two comrades police officers who had been with me to eat something quickly, and then went to the bathroom by myself. Comrade Xiao Yu followed me at that time—oh, but I didn’t notice him at the time.”

Ma Weiyuan swallowed his saliva when he said this, and continued: "When I came out of the toilet, I felt uncomfortable after sitting all day, so I wanted to go to the yard to exercise, but I didn't expect something to happen right after I walked out the back door... "

Nie Qing: "You mean, you bumped into the assailant right after you went out? Where exactly is it?"

"It's right at the back door..." Ma Weiyuan paused, "As soon as I went out, I felt a figure rushing towards me from the side. Before I could react, Comrade Xiao Yu pushed me hard from behind. , I just avoided the direct impact of that person, but I was still cut on my arm... I didn't realize that I was scratched until I saw the blood after I fell..."

"Then what then?" Nie Qing asked immediately.

"After I fell, Comrade Xiao Yu had already dragged that man into a fight with him, but that man seemed to be very skilled, and because he had a knife, Xiao Yu couldn't gain the upper hand... and he already had In the middle of the accident, the man suddenly pushed his knee hard on his injured place, and Xiao Yu almost knelt on the ground at that time... The man left him and came to me again when he saw an opportunity, although Comrade Xiao Yu was also chasing after him , but it was too late to stop that person at that time...he blocked the knife for me..."

Ma Weiyuan's words became lower and lower, until the last sentence almost lost his voice.

Nie Qing listened to him, thinking about the scene at that time, and thinking about Yu Sheng just now, she felt extremely worried.

He had to wait a few seconds, adjusted his emotions, and asked again: "What happened later? After Yu Sheng was hit by the knife, he should be no match for that person. Why didn't that person go any further?"

"This... I don't know too well..." Ma Weiyuan's expression was completely hidden in the shadows, and he said in a muffled voice, "Maybe because the attacker was a little scared after stabbing someone... Someone around has already called the police , and someone shouted to block the door, he might have jumped over the wall from the backyard and ran away in a hurry..."

"Afraid?" Nie Qing couldn't agree with this guess.

If what Ma Weiyuan said was true, then the attacker should be very calm, decisive when he seized the opportunity, and a person with first-class skills.Such people are usually determined enough not to be easily shaken.Besides, if the purpose of his visit yesterday was to kill Ma Weiyuan, how could he feel scared and run away just because he stabbed someone?

This is completely inconsistent with the psychological logic of normal people.

In addition, according to the investigation report fed back by the Xinhua Town Police Station, there is a construction site outside the back wall of the People's Hospital, which is currently under construction.Various engineering materials are piled up on the construction site, and there are layers of barriers pulled up to prevent accidents from falling from high altitudes. The terrain is very complicated, and workers come and go. If ordinary people accidentally break in, they will probably feel dizzy. , and then the workers found out and "twisted" them out.

However, yesterday's assailant escaped from the construction site after climbing over the wall.

The people on the construction site hardly noticed his intrusion. Some people said that they saw someone running past, but they couldn't stop him because of their high speed. Later, when they got busy, they ignored it.

Obviously, the attackers were very familiar with the situation inside the construction site.And those who saw him said that they had never seen this person before, so it can be seen that the attacker did not work on the construction site, so the most likely explanation left is: the attacker had conducted a detailed inspection of the interior of the construction site before yesterday .

He can escape from complex construction buildings with ease, and according to the footprints that can be collected so far, he did not panic at all when he climbed out of the hospital wall, which can also show that he is a very careful and careful person. For a neat person, the "fear" statement is even more untenable.

However, this is the point that Nie Qing can't figure out the most.

Judging from the entire process of yesterday's attack, if the attacker's plan is to go smoothly, it must be based on the fact that "Ma Weiyuan will go for a walk in the backyard".

But will Ma Weiyuan definitely go to the backyard?What if he doesn't go?If he didn't go out through the back door at that time, it would be inconvenient for the attacker whether he did it in the hospital or in the front yard, and there is a high possibility of being caught.Would the attackers have missed this?

Or did he just want to try his luck?Betting that Ma Weiyuan would come out the back door that afternoon?This is really absurd.

Thinking of this, Nie Qing asked Ma Weiyuan: "Doctor Ma, do you have the habit of going for a walk in the backyard after the afternoon consultation?"

"Well, although not necessarily every day, but usually three or four times a week." Ma Weiyuan said.

"Is the time fixed?" Nie Qing asked again.

"It's probably around six or seven o'clock." Ma Weiyuan thought for a while, "Sometimes there are more patients and the time is delayed, maybe a little later."

Nie Qing hummed, "Why do you always go to the backyard? Isn't the front yard more beautiful?"

"There are many people in the front yard, but few people in the back yard. I mainly want to move my body and be quiet and quiet. I don't need a lot of beautiful scenery, so I usually choose places with few people." Ma Weiyuan said with a long sigh, "I knew it would be If something like this happened, I wouldn't go out yesterday..."

"By the way, I have another question." Nie Qing didn't pay too much attention to Ma Weiyuan's emotion, and continued to ask: "You just said that after you were stabbed, the attacker was dragged by Yu Sheng. Then you Why don't you take advantage of that time to leave quickly? If you stay there, you will definitely be under more pressure to protect you for the rest of your life."

"I..." Ma Weiyuan felt the reproach implicit in Nie Qing's words, and his expression became extremely awkward. He held back for a long time before stammering: "I was frightened at that time... my legs and feet were weak ...can't go at all..."

Seeing him like this, Nie Qing couldn't say anything more, so he could only comfort him symbolically: "Sorry, I just want to understand the situation, nothing else. Don't take it to heart."

"No, no... I understand..." Ma Weiyuan still lowered his head, not daring to look at Nie Qing.

Nie Qing also stopped looking at him, and lowered his head to stare at his notes, silently lost in thought.

The most critical question left now is: Is this attacker the murderer of this series of serial murders?

If not, why was the weapon used to kill the other victims in his hands?

And if it is...if it is really him...

Could it be that he is one of the "two murderers" in his deduction?

As the saying goes, "If you break through the iron shoes, there is nowhere to find it, and it takes no effort to get it."

Some people began to lose their temper.