remnants

"Hey brother, why are you back?" Yang Qiheng looked at Nie Qing who appeared at the door of his office again with a look of surprise.

"Brother Yang, I'm sorry to bother you again... But there is something I need to confirm immediately." Nie Qing ignored the pleasantries, went straight to Yang Qiheng's desk, and spread out the list of residents in Building No. 3702 that he had just obtained. On it, "Brother Yang, can you ask someone to verify for me whether the head of household Zhou Jun in room 3201 and the head of household Zhou Jun in room [-] are the same person?"

"Huh?" Yang Qiheng held the list up to his eyes and looked at it, "It's the same. Well, it's easy to check, so I'll let someone go."

After Yang Qiheng finished speaking, he assigned the job to the secretary. Knowing that Nie Qing was pretending to be serious, he did not talk to him with a wink. The two sat together silently for a while, and finally heard the reply from the secretary.

It's the same person.

"Brother Yang, thank you very much today." Nie Qing stood up solemnly, "I have one more merciless request."

Yang Qiheng waved his hand nonchalantly, "If you need anything, just ask, I'll help you at any time."

Nie Qing nodded gratefully, "Thank you, Brother Yang. I know that the privacy protection of residents on the top floor is very strict in Palm Tree Camp, but I want to go to Room 3702 in Building [-] to check the situation. There may be people with me there. Clues related to the current case. So, can I trouble you—"

"No problem! I'll call them now, and you can just go there!" Yang Qiheng didn't wait for Nie Qing to finish speaking and guessed what he wanted, so he agreed and said to him: "Brother, if you are in a hurry, go first , I promise everything will be arranged by the time you get there."

"Okay, then I'll go there first, thank you Brother Yang!" Nie Qing was no longer polite, and left Hengrong Real Estate in a hurry, and turned on Bluetooth to call Jin Ming as soon as he got in the car.

"Hey team leader, do you have a task?" Jin Ming quickly picked it up.

Nie Qing hummed, with a serious voice, "I may know where Zhou Jun is. You rush to the Palm Tree Camp immediately and wait for me downstairs in Building No. [-]. Remember, don't tell anyone about this for now. , as long as you know it yourself. If someone sees you going out and asks you where you are going, don’t tell the truth.”

"Ok, I see."

After Xiang Jin Ming settled down, Nie Qing stepped on the gas pedal and drove all the way to the Palm Tree Camp Community at the speed limit. It was [-]:[-] p.m., and Jin Ming was already waiting downstairs.

"Team leader," Che Jinming came up when he saw Nie Qing, and asked after he got off the car, "You said you know where Zhou Jun is, so is he still in this building?"

"It's very possible." Nie looked around, but he didn't see anyone suspected of being watching, so he motioned for Jin Ming to go into the building with him. After showing his ID at the front desk, the other party politely gave them a ticket to room 3702. The key card also has access to the elevators on the top five floors of Building No. [-].

Nie Qing and Jin Ming got on the elevator.

Looking at the flickering numbers on the palm-sized screen, Nie Qing could only feel his heart go up and down.Although he had already prepared for the worst in his heart, he was still nervous when he thought that he might witness his guess come true.

His whole body seemed to be surrounded by an invisible layer of imprisonment. As the elevator gradually ascended, the pressure exerted on him gradually increased.

When the elevator finally stopped on the 37th floor, Nie Qing already felt a little nauseous.

"Team leader..." When Jin Ming walked to the door of Room 3702, he subconsciously shrank behind Nie Qing. "You said that Zhou Jun is here...could it really be..."

Nie Qing took a deep breath.

"Let's go in and have a look."

The door card slipped across the card slot and made a "beep".

Nie Qing pushed the door open, and Jin Ming poked his head to look inside, and couldn't help saying in a low voice, "This house is so big..."

After all, it is a penthouse apartment, which is several grades higher than the one below in terms of layout and decoration.

Nie Qing and Jin Ming walked lightly on the wooden floor and looked around carefully. They saw that the door of a room on the east side of the living room was closed.

Jin Ming glanced at Nie Qing, "Team leader..."

Nie Qing nodded slightly at him, then walked forward first, put on the plastic gloves always in his pocket, stretched out his hand to hold the handle, and slowly unscrewed the closed door.

"... Zhou, Zhou Jun!"

Jin Ming first saw the scene inside the door, his face changed instantly, he opened his mouth wide and was stunned for a while, then cursed: "Fuck..."

Nie Qing pushed the door open completely, silently looking at Zhou Jun who was sitting slumped in a pool of blood in front of him, his heart that was still fluttering just now finally sank to the bottom in one breath.

This person is already dead.

Nie Qing stood silently on the spot for a while, walked over to roughly inspect Zhou Jun's body, then stepped back a few steps and said, "The only obvious trauma on the deceased's body is the wound on the left chest, which was probably stabbed by a sharp object again Caused by the central heart. The rigors have begun to ease, the plaques have completely fixed, and the time of death should be more than 24 hours. Jin Ming, you should call the bureau."

"Yes..." Jin Ming paused, "Leader, should the autopsy be called Director Su or Forensic Doctor Chi?"

"Let them both come over." Nie Qing took off his gloves, pressed his fingers firmly between his brows, closed his eyes tightly and said, "Then ask the people from the technical department to bring over a laptop. If it has a USB port, I need to look at it. thing."

Jin Ming nodded, "Understood. Team leader, are you okay?"

"It's okay." Nie Qing closed his eyes for a while, and finally opened them, his expression has returned to normal.

He drove Jin Ming, who looked worried, to inform the criminal police team, while he began to observe carefully in this room.

This is a study room.

However, there are only two mahogany bookshelves that look very expensive in the study room, but there are not many books on them.

The place where Zhou Jun's body was located was on the side of one of the bookshelves by the window.

He was kneeling on the ground with his back against the wall, his head and one side of his body leaning against the bookshelf, his hands and feet were tied behind him with ropes.

The rope is the most common hemp rope on the market. The two strands are twisted together and the diameter is about 25 cm.

Knots are also relatively common, and it is impossible to judge more information related to the identity of the person who tied the knot from the way the knot is tied. The possibility that the other party deliberately concealed this cannot be ruled out.

In addition, Nie Qing noticed from the moment he entered the door that there was no trace of a fight in this room, whether it was the living room or the study.He went out and circled around again, turning around the bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen, but still found nothing.

The scene that was too clean, and the dead man who was stabbed in the chest... It was indeed the murderer's style.

Sure enough, it still couldn't stop him.

Even if they had already guessed who the victim might be, there was still no way to prevent them from being killed by the murderer...

Nie Qing hated the murderer's cruelty.

He hated himself even more for his incompetence.

What was all that work for?What is the purpose of working so hard to find out the possible target of the victim?What's the point of such an investigation if it doesn't prevent them from being killed?How meaningful is what he's doing right now? ?

The more Nie Qing thought about it, the more he felt annoyed, and couldn't help but punched the wall hard.

"Group, group leader..." Jin Ming, who had just returned to the door of the study, was taken aback by him, and rushed up to stop him after being stunned for a second, "Group leader, don't worry! You'll hurt yourself like this! If you are injured, what will we do? What about the case?"

"...I'm fine." Nie Qing looked at him nervously, but felt a little embarrassed.

He gently freed his arm from Jin Ming's hand, and asked silently, "Has everyone been notified?"

"We've been notified, and they'll be here right away." Jin Ming still stared at Nie Qing's hand, and after speaking, he asked in a low voice, "Team leader...does it not hurt?"

"Huh?" Nie Qing followed his gaze and found that the joints of his right hand were red, but not broken, so he shook his head and said, "It doesn't hurt. Let's not talk about this, you go downstairs Say hello to the front desk and tell them that the police will come up later, don't stop them."

"Okay." Jin Ming turned around and ran out of Room 3702 in a hurry.

After waiting for him to leave, Nie Qing went to Zhou Jun's body and knelt down silently, staring at the wound on his chest in a daze.

I couldn't save you.

I am sorry.

***

Consciousness appears to be returning from a certain point on the body.

Then, like radiation, it gradually spread throughout the body.

pain.

My whole body hurts.

My eyes are so tired, and my spirit is extremely tired, I want to continue to sleep like this...

But no.

It hurt so much that he had to wake up from the pain.

Yu Sheng curled his fingers gently, and finally opened his eyes slowly.

"You're awake." A voice came from beside him.

Yu Sheng's body tensed subconsciously, and he turned his head to look sideways quite vigilantly, but with blurred vision, he could only roughly see the outline of a person sitting in a wheelchair.

"Don't be nervous, it's me." The man said another word.

This time, Yu Sheng recognized that it was Mu Xi Ze.

He let out a breath, relaxed his body and lay back, "You..."

When Yu Sheng opened his mouth in a daze, he couldn't find his own voice.

He tried a few more times, but still could only make some "hissing" sounds as if his throat was leaking, and he had to accept the fact that he was completely dumb at the moment.

"Just say that, don't waste your voice anymore." Mu Xi Ze should be holding a book in his hand, and Yu Sheng heard the sound of him gently closing the pages of the book.

"Why... are you here..." Yu Sheng felt that the way he was speaking now was like a snake spirit.

"I'll come and see you. By the way, let the person sent by Team Leader Nie to take care of us go out to have a meal and get some fresh air."

After Mu Xi Ze finished speaking, he slid the wheelchair away, and then Yu Sheng heard the sound of water being poured from the thermos bottle, and then the gradual sound of rolling wheels, and finally stopped in front of his bed.

"Drink water?" Mu Xi Ze asked while holding a cup.

"Um……"

Yu Sheng tried to sit up, but Mu Xi Ze stretched out his hand to help him, but the wounds of the two of them suddenly hurt when they tried hard, they stopped their movements in unison, and after a while, they laughed unanimously.

"We are two seriously injured patients, let's not think about who will take care of the other, let's talk about it when someone comes back, bear with it first." Mu Xi Ze put the cup on the bedside table.

Yu Sheng nodded, sank back into the pillow, and let out a long breath.

"Where's Ah Qing?" He asked.

"He came here when you were in a coma, but he left after a while. He should be busy investigating the case." Mu Xi Ze paused, looked down at Yu Sheng and asked, "By the way, you Did you know there was another murder case?"

"Together again??" Yu Sheng recalled what happened before Nie Qing separated from him yesterday afternoon, and asked, "Who died?"

"He Tian." Mu Xi Ze looked at him, "Didn't Team Leader Nie tell you last night?"

"No, he came here very late last night, and fell asleep without saying a word..." Yu Sheng still felt a lack of strength, and he was a little out of breath when he spoke for a while.

Seeing him like this, Mu Xi Ze stopped using questions and changed it into a declarative tone: "I heard that this He Tian should also be killed by that serial killer. He said before that he would kill seven people, but now he is dead. If you don't find out and protect the remaining two people, I'm afraid he will succeed. In addition, I also heard that the Municipal Public Security Bureau held a meeting on this case last night. The young leaders include Director Li of the Public Security Department, Director Nie, and Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Law Committee Wang Huizhong."

Yu Sheng couldn't help asking when he heard this: "Where did you hear these things? Little Su Ji?"

"No. I have other channels." Mu Xize answered very concisely, and then continued with what he said just now: "Secretary Wang set a deadline for Team Leader Nie at the meeting and asked him to solve the case within three days, otherwise Just remove his position as the leader of the special case team. I think Team Leader Nie must be under a lot of pressure now."

"Three days to solve the case..." Yu Sheng murmured worriedly.

Mu Xize thought for a while, "If you and I can help him by his side now, it shouldn't be a big problem. However, we are both wounded now, and he can't ask us for help if he has something to do. Even if we want to help, we don't mind More than enough, but not enough. Three days... just barely, let's see how far he can find out."

After Yu Sheng listened to it, he didn't make another sound for a while. After a while, he opened his mouth and said slowly: "Who gave you the confidence to make you think that with your help, you can solve the case faster? I don't have such a big face. Besides, Ah There is no problem. Even if he is the only one, as long as he has the will, he will definitely be able to solve the case within the time limit... Cough cough—"

"Say a few words less." Seeing Yu Sheng reaching out to the bedside table to get a water glass, Mu Xi Ze couldn't help but sighed helplessly, "I think you must make both of us hurt more. You Hold on, and I'll help you up."

"Hmm-cough-cough cough..." Yu Sheng even coughed hoarsely now, as if someone had strangled his trachea.

Musize endured the pain, clasped his shoulder with one arm, and lifted him up.And Yu Sheng himself propped himself up on the bed with his hands, trying his best to sit up with the strength of his arms and lower limbs.

"call……"

"Ah...ah it hurts—"

"Can't you just slow down... Hiss—don't be so hard!"

"... How can it be so easy to control? If you are not satisfied, you can do it yourself."

"Nonsense! If I can move myself, I still need you—cough—cough cough—"

The plainclothes policeman, who was still holding half an unfinished pancake in his hand, had just walked to the door of Yu Yu's ward, and when he heard such words that could easily be misunderstood, he stopped involuntarily, and stood there with a blushing face. The door is in a dilemma.

And in the ward, Mu Xize finally helped Yu Sheng to sit on the head of the bed, sweating all over his body, and seeing that Yu Sheng was pale and ready to faint at any time, he picked up the cup and drank it himself After taking two sips, I handed it to him, "Hurry up and drink water."

"...Hmm." When Yu Sheng took it, he glanced at the door and mouthed: "There is someone."

Mu Xi Ze nodded slightly, indicating that he had noticed it, and then said loudly on purpose: "Why hasn't Team Leader Nie come back yet? If I don't come back, I won't be able to serve you anymore."

"I'm back, I'm back!" Hearing this, the plainclothes finally dared to speak out, pushed the door open and asked, "Do you need me for anything?"

"It's okay." Mu Xi Ze turned his head and smiled at him, "I'll go back to my side to rest first, and he will leave it to you."

"Okay! Xiao Liu will be back soon, you can call him if you need anything." said the plainclothes man.

Muses nodded.

However, just as he was turning the wheelchair and was about to go out, he heard the plainclothes in the room say to Yu Sheng helplessly: "The team leader doesn't know when he will be here today... We just received the notice that Zhou Jun's The body was found."

"What?!" Yu Sheng was about to swallow a mouthful of water when he heard these words and almost spit out.

"You said Zhou Jun is dead too?"

"Well...the team leader led people to find him..." After the plainclothes answered, Yu Sheng and Mu Xi Ze's expressions darkened.

Only one left, the last one.