remnants

Twenty minutes later, Yu Sheng, Nie Qing, Su Ji, and Mu Xi Ze gathered together in Ward 10.

Both Nie Qing and Su Ji had finished their breakfast, while the two wounded Yu Sheng and Mu Xize each held a cup of soy milk, sipping slowly in small sips.

Because the two of them are not suitable for sitting for a long time now, under Su Ji's suggestion, Mu Xi Ze was asked to lie half-ly on the accompanying bed with his back against the pillow, and Nie Qing hugged him for the rest of his life. The affection between you and me is written all over his face, and Mu Xize unabashedly casts disgusting looks one by one.

"I'm talking about you two, can you not get bored, we're here to talk about business." Mu Xi Ze glanced at Yu Sheng with a look of "what can you do to me", He quietly hid the corner of his mouth with a smile.

"Well, let's get down to business." Nie Qing helplessly pushed the head of someone in the neck, picked up a stack of documents brought back last night, dusted them on his hands, put them on his lap and said "I think you've all heard that from the day before yesterday to yesterday, there were two more victims, namely Zhou Jun, a professor at the School of Pharmacy of Pingcheng Medical University, and He Tian, ​​the editor-in-charge of "Y Province Medicine" magazine. The cause of death of the two people was hemorrhagic shock caused by being stabbed in the heart by a folding knife. The murder weapon was the same as the one who killed Dean Su, Qiu Ruimin, and Yang Zhengdong before. This has been confirmed by the DNA comparison test done by the laboratory colleagues And, this folding knife is also the one that stabbed Yu Sheng the afternoon before yesterday."

"Wait, Ah Qing," Yu Sheng interrupted suddenly, and asked a little strangely: "You just said that this knife was the murder weapon to kill those three people, so what about Bai Zhang?"

"That's the problem." Nie Qing paused, "On this folding knife, no trace of Bai Zhang's blood was detected."

"There is no Bai Zhang. Doesn't that mean that Bai Zhang and these people were not murdered by the same murderer? The idea of ​​'two murderers' is valid!" Yu Sheng clapped his hands, looking excited.

However, the faces of Su Ji and Mu Xi Ze didn't look very good. Nie Qing probably guessed the reason, and continued: "The previous few cases are temporarily put on hold, let's talk about the last two cases first. According to the order in which the bodies were found , He Tian was found at 1:3201pm on October 55th, in the bathtub of the master bedroom bathroom in Room 3201, Building 3702, Zongshuying Community, No. [-] Yunshan Road, Wuhua District. Zhou Jun It was discovered at [-]:[-] p.m. on October [-]th, and the crime took place in Building [-] of Palm Tree Camp, but it was upstairs from Room [-]—in the study room of Room [-]."

"The scene where the two were murdered is so close?" Yu Sheng frowned slightly, biting a straw of soy milk and asked, "Who is the head of the two houses? Is there any connection?"

"It's more than a connection." Nie Qing looked down at him, "Both these two houses are under Zhou Jun's name."

"Zhou Jun?" Yu Sheng couldn't help raising his brows, and said in surprise, "You actually bought two apartments in the same building, people in the city really know how to play."

Nie Qing nodded silently, then took out a few documents from the pile of materials he took just now and handed them to Su Ji, motioning him to spread them out on Mu Xi Ze's bed, and said: "I got the documents in Building [-] and Building [-]. I have printed out the surveillance video of the elevator and the corridor before and after the incident, and several pictures that need attention."

When Mu Xi Ze heard this, he asked, "Why do you have to watch the surveillance video of Building No. [-]?"

"Because Building No. 35 and Building No. [-] are connected, they can walk around each other through the passage on the top floor. However, the passage on the top floor is only for residents living on floors [-] and above to use freely. If residents on other floors want to use it, they must You must register with your real name and pay the fee at the front desk on the first floor, and if you are not a resident of these two buildings, you need an introduction from a resident on the top floor, and the front desk will confirm the identity of the introducer."

"Group Leader Nie suspects that the murderer entered Building No. [-] through Building No. [-]?" Mu Xi Ze asked.

"En." Nie Qing nodded, "My people have been monitoring around Building No. [-], but they haven't found any suspicious people entering or leaving. According to the surveillance video, my guess is half right."

"Have you seen who the murderer is?" Mu Xi Ze sat up slightly.

Nie Qing glanced at him and shook his head, "No, the murderer was wearing a hooded hoodie and covered his face tightly with the hat, and deliberately turned his back to the monitor when he walked in the corridor. Moreover, the murderer was walking in and out of the elevator. He was holding an umbrella and deliberately blocked the camera, so he couldn’t see his face at all.” As he spoke, Nie Qing pointed to the pictures spread out on the bed, “You can see from the above that the black piece is the umbrella cloth. In the video, it is the kind of light green paradise umbrella that is commonly seen on the roadside."

Hearing what he said, Yu Sheng and Mu Xize looked down carefully, while Nie Qing continued to say beside him: "Let me first talk about the order in which the murderer entered and exited the crime scene, and killed Zhou Jun and He Tian."

"First, at eleven o'clock in the evening on October 3202th, Zhou Jun watched a movie with Ms. Sun and her two daughters in room 3201 across the door, and returned to their home in room 37. Then, at 3702:3201 am on October 37th Ten, a suspected murderer took the elevator from Building No. 3702, went to Building No. [-] through the passage on the top floor, took the elevator to the [-]th floor, opened the door of Room [-] with his room card and walked in. Then, at exactly one o'clock in the morning , Zhou Jun came out of Room [-], took the elevator up to the [-]th floor, and entered Room [-]."

Nie Qing paused when he said this, thought for a few seconds, and then continued: "In the next four hours, no one will come in or out of room 3702, and the murderer should stay with Zhou Jun until the next morning 05 At :30, this talent left from Building No. 04 through the passage on the top floor. According to Zhou Jun's autopsy report, Zhou Jun's death time was around 30:[-] in the morning of this day."

"Zhou Jun died before He Tian?" Yu Sheng raised his head and asked.

"That's right," Nie Qing pointed to another picture, "The murderer who killed He Tian came to Building 3201 at four o'clock in the afternoon on October 3702th, took the elevator to Room 3201 directly. Arrived at Building No. 10 at 3201:[-], and came to Room [-] of Building No. [-] through the passageway on the top floor. After entering and staying for less than a minute and a half, I came out, and then went downstairs to Room [-]. After entering, I did not come out again. Two Ten minutes later, the murderer came out of room [-], holding a bag of things in his hand - suspected to be He Tian's clothes and other belongings, took the elevator to the top passage, and finally left from Building [-]."

"Wait a minute, wait a moment..." Yu Sheng stared at the pieces of paper under Nie Qing's hand, and asked, "Why did the murderer go in and out through Building No. [-] when he killed Zhou Jun, and when he killed He Tian? But come in directly from Building No. [-] and leave from Building No. [-]?"

"Good question." Nie Qing glanced at him appreciatively with his head down, and said, "Time is running out, so I won't go around in circles with you, and just talk about my thoughts. I personally think that the murder of Zhou Jun and the murder of He Tian The murderer is not the same person. Although they deliberately wore the same clothes, and deliberately covered their faces with coats and umbrellas in the corridors and elevators, some differences can still be seen from the body shape. The two people The height is indeed about the same, and they wore looser clothes, but it can still be seen that the person who killed Zhou Jun was slightly wider than the person who killed He Tian. Moreover, in the video, the two people have different walking habits."

"This disguise is too insincere." Yu Sheng curled his lips in disdain.

Nie Qing nodded slightly noncommittal, and tapped the time on the printed screen twice, "The existence of two murderers is basically a conclusion, and the key issue now lies in the point you just raised—— The difference in the behavior of these two people when choosing the entrance and exit."

"One person enters and exits from Building No. [-], another enters from Building No. [-], and exits from Building No. [-]. Is it important? Maybe it's just a personal preference." Mu Xi Ze seemed disapproving.

Nie Qing raised his eyes and looked straight at him, "Personal preference? The murderer in this case, no matter which one, was extremely careful and cautious. Every choice they made was the best solution selected after careful consideration. , how can it be explained purely by personal preference?"

"Then how does Team Leader Nie think it should be explained?" Mu Xi Ze asked.

"I think the choice made by the murderer is directly related to their identities." Nie Qing looked away from his face and looked down at Yu Sheng, because he felt a little weight on his shoulders just now.

However, because Yu Sheng was wearing sunglasses, which covered half of his face, Nie Qing couldn't see his expression clearly, so he had to continue: "Before speculating, we need to clarify one premise-that is, both murderers It is very clear that the police are monitoring this incident near Building No. 1. In this way, I can think that the murderer who killed Zhou Jun must be someone very familiar with the police, while the murderer who killed He Tian is just the opposite. No.2 murderer He was worried that he would be recognized by the police, so he passed through Building No. [-] when entering and leaving, so as to avoid surveillance. The No.[-] murderer did not have this concern, he could directly enter through Building No. [-], but After killing people, he felt a little guilty, even if there were no obvious traces left on his body, he would avoid the risk of being discovered as much as possible, so he chose to leave from Building [-]."

"But this doesn't make much sense. Didn't Team Leader Nie just say that you must be a resident above the 35th floor to use the top passage? Everyone else needs to register to enter. Then how did the two murderers get in? Didn't they Are they all residents above the 35th floor of those two buildings? Wouldn’t the scope of the murderer be so small? And if not, why didn’t they register with their real names at the front desk? Or did they register, but didn’t use their real names? And, what is the relationship between He Tian and Zhou Jun? Why can she also freely enter and leave Zhou Jun's two houses?" Mu Xi Ze asked a series of questions.

Nie Qing looked at him thoughtfully, feeling a strange feeling in her heart, like admiration, but also regret.

Maintaining meticulous thinking and clear logic at all times is an essential quality for a criminal investigator.

From this point of view, Muxi Ze is indeed excellent.And now that his suspicions have been cleared, there is such a person who is indeed very reliable in the task force—if he doesn't dislike him.

Thinking of this, Nie Qing felt a little narrow-minded, and subconsciously shook her head to drive away these messy thoughts. After she stabilized her mind, she said to Mu Xizhe: "The restrictions just mentioned are for non-top-floor residents who do not have access cards. And if the residents above the 35th floor hand over their home key cards to outsiders, there will be no worries in this regard.”

"So casual?" Mu Xi Ze's expression was a little serious, "If outsiders can easily go up, what's the point of using this so-called access control?"

"The significance of access control is to protect the rights and interests of the top-floor residents. And if they themselves are willing to let others share this rights, then there is no reason for the property to stop them." Nie Qing tapped his knee with the cap of his pen, "As for congratulations The relationship between Tian and Zhou Jun, I guess, is a lover. The two should have been hooking up secretly since they were working in the No.1 civilian hospital. According to my current guess, Room 3702 is the place where they usually meet privately. This can also explain why Zhou Jun's neighbors said that they have never seen Zhou Jun take other women to their house, because he has never taken He Tian to room 3201, and since the private meeting place is upstairs in his house, he can definitely To be able to sneak up and not be noticed, so that others will think he is an honest and decent person."

"It's just for cheating, why do this." Mu Xi Ze sighed.

"As far as it goes, they have already done so. But the question that needs to be clarified now is that it is not surprising that He Tian has the room card of Zhou Jun's house, but why does the murderer also have it? Judging from the surveillance video in the early morning of October 3201th, Zhou Jun suddenly went from room 3702 to room [-] at night, probably to meet the murderer waiting there. If this is the case, the room card in the murderer's hand may have been handed over to him by Zhou Jun himself. But why? Why? The dean, Qiu Ruimin, Yang Zhengdong, and Zhou Jun all showed an extraordinary trust in the murderer? Especially Zhou Jun, even when several people related to his past stains had been killed, he still dared to Wouldn't he be afraid to meet the murderer alone at night? Why does he think it's safe for him to go here?"

"Leader Nie, what do you mean by the 'stain in the past'?" Mu Xi Ze interrupted and asked.

It was only then that Nie Qing remembered that she hadn't told him what happened in the No.1 civilian hospital seven years ago, and couldn't help but glance at Su Ji, who shook her head slightly at him, meaning that she hadn't mentioned it.

"Group Leader Nie, I personally think that since the situation has developed to such a serious point, you should no longer hide anything from me. If you really want me to participate in helping you solve the case together, you should tell me Disclose all the information you know so far, otherwise I will not be able to use [-]% of my heart to help you." Mu Xi Ze looked at Nie Qing fixedly, "Sorry, I am more straightforward. If there is any offense, please forgive me. Forgive me, Captain."

"It's okay, I understand." Nie Qing didn't mean to be angry at all this time, he nodded and said, "I'll tell you everything about it now."

"This, leave it to me." Su Ji suddenly interjected softly at this moment, and at the same time winked at Nie Qing, signaling him to look at Yu Sheng.

Nie Qing lowered his head, only to realize that Yu Sheng hadn't made a sound for a long time, only to find that he seemed to have fallen asleep again.

Nie Qing carefully took off the sunglasses from his face, and sure enough, he saw that his eyes were closed.

Su Ji got up and walked over to gently press the back of his hand on his forehead. After a while, he whispered to Nie Qing: "He has a little fever, let him have a good rest first, the injury is so serious, you really have the heart to let him go so soon." He's working hard with you." After speaking, he glanced at Mu Xi Ze, "Not everyone has the recovery speed of Caesar."

Muxi Ze: "..."

Nie Qing: "...It's my fault. I saw that he was in good spirits when he got up in the morning. I thought..."

"Next time, ask the doctor before you 'think'." Su Ji gave Nie Qing a flat look, and helped him put Yu Sheng back on the pillow.

"Shall we talk in another place?" Su Ji raised his head and asked Nie Qing after helping him.

Nie Qing nodded silently, waited for a few seconds and suddenly said: "Secretary, before continuing to discuss the case, I have some personal matters to ask you... Is it convenient now?"

Su Ji was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and then responded, "It's convenient. Where are you going?"

"Let's go outside in the corridor." After Nie Qing finished speaking, he shifted his gaze to Mu Xi Ze, and Mu Xi Ze said knowingly: "You go out and talk first, I will stay with Brother Yu."

"Well, call us if something happens."

Nie Qing and Su Ji walked out of the ward one after the other after admonishing Mu Xize respectively.

After the two of them left, Mu Xi Ze also leaned on the railing and slowly got out of bed, first groped in the bedside table, then walked to Yu Sheng's bed, wiped both hands with disinfectant wipes, this time Only then carefully opened his eyelids, took out the contact lenses for him, and put them into the contact lens case he just found.

"Isn't it a habit yet? You don't remember to take it off when you sleep." Mu Xi Ze smiled to himself, "However, in front of him just now, I guess you wouldn't dare to take it off even if you remembered."

"But……"

Mu Xi Ze hid half a sentence and did not say it.

How long can you hide it?