Hunting down the Northwest Wilderness

Fang Lingshu was injured, so he couldn't move quickly, he could only walk slowly.He saw Fang Zhengjun waiting at the door from a distance, Fang Zhengjun's face was very ugly, not only anxious, but also weird.

"Feng Cuiying's confession was unexpected, and the situation was very strange." He said so as soon as we met face to face.

Feng Cuiying is Luo Xiaoning's grandmother.

"We checked her household registration. Luo Xiaoning's father has been dead for more than ten years."

Fang Lingshu originally thought that there was something wrong with Luo Xiaoning's appraisal, but he didn't expect it to be this matter at all. He and Kevin were both stunned after saying a word.

"...Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"

"I also hope it was a mistake." Fang Zhengjun was also puzzled: "Feng Cuiying was summoned overnight last night, and we also sent someone to contact comrades from the Civil Affairs Bureau, including the local civil affairs department in Jinchuan County. .The results of the inspection——Feng Cuiying's son, Luo Guishuang, also known as Luo Xiaoning's father, did indeed die 13 years ago."

Thirteen years ago, that is to say, Luo Xiaoning's father was confirmed dead before Liang Xu's A Ling case happened.

"What's the cause of death?!"

"It was said to be drowning. Time was too tight, so we asked the Jinchuan police to interview two local villagers. It is said that his father once went out to work, and after returning from work, he became a little crazy, and then fell into the water."

"Although I was transferred from Jinchuan back then, I seem to have an impression." Fang Zhengjun's face was tangled: "I didn't hear that there was anything wrong with this matter, and I didn't expect that this dead person would be related to the Jinchuan case."

In the poor mountain valley, a lunatic died. This incident did not cause any sensation at the time.

"There is only a bit of superstition, saying that Shachang Village has bad feng shui, and people died one after another. The common people have rumored that there are ghosts at work."

These statements were quickly stopped by the police education, and then gradually no one mentioned them.

Thin clouds covered the sun, and cloud shadows fell into the ward—for no reason, there was a chilly air in the room.

Lu Shigang confessed before his death that the murderer of the Jinchuan case was Luo Xiaoning's father, and Luo Xiaoning's father had been dead for 13 years.

So in these 13 years, who murdered the lives of people including Zhang Xiaobing's family?

——Could it be that ghosts kill people?

It is indeed like a ghost to commit murder alone and kill people.

Everyone recalled Lu Shigang's horrific state before his death. Liang Xu was in front of the sword, but he was even more afraid of another hidden killer—that was really ghost-like, otherwise who could monitor Lu Shigang so closely and make Lu Shigang firmly believe that "If you tell the truth, you will be silenced"?

The three of them looked at each other, and Fang Lingshu couldn't help laughing for a moment—Liang Xu really shouldn't run away, he should stand here and listen to the horrific news together. He fled desperately, and now he wants to avenge the ghost.

She simply didn't know whether to worry about the murderer or Liang Xu.

Fang Lingshu stood up, walked around the ward, and only asked, "How about Feng Cuiying's statement?"

"Feng Cuiying confessed that her relationship with her daughter-in-law is not good. In addition, since Luo Xiaoning was born, his mother has been in poor health and cannot work in the fields, and her father has suffered from mental illness. So she has resistance to her grandson."

Like Zhang Xiaobing's parents, Luo Xiaoning's family also believed that they had given birth to a disaster.

Feng Cuiying used this reason to explain her behavior of abusing Luo Xiaoning. She was very wronged at the police station: "I just pinched him a few times, and I didn't starve him. Isn't he still alive?"

It also seems reasonable.

Thoughts in Fang Lingshu's mind were spinning like flying - he suffered from illness, always had headaches and retching, so he didn't eat on time at noon.Standing and contemplating now, a severe headache engulfed me like a thorn.

Both Fang Zhengjun and Zou Rongze saw him staggering, and Fang Zhengjun said eagerly, "Lie down! Lie down!"

Zou Rongze didn't wait for him to say any more, and carried Fang Lingshu to the bed.

"I'm fine." Fang Lingshu rolled his eyes on the pillow: "Hey, don't make me look like a pregnant woman, okay?"

Fang Zhengjun only got angry with his son-in-law: "He didn't eat at noon?"

This is a question on the sore feet, Kevin said shyly: "We are going to eat."

The two of them had a simple meal with Luo Xiaoning in the ward just now, Luo Xiaoning couldn't eat, and Fang Lingshu looked at him, and he lost his appetite even more, so Mr. Zou only took a few bites.

Fang Zhengjun couldn't explain these three or two sentences clearly, Fang Zhengjun didn't care about these, he felt distressed:

"One o'clock! Eat at one o'clock! Are you going to starve him to death?!"

Fang Lingshu writhed on the bed: "My father, can you stop arguing, it makes my head hurt."

Mr. Zou knew he was wrong for not taking good care of the baby. Mr. Zou ran away: "I'll go to the restaurant and order some takeaway."

Here Fang Zhengjun glared at Fang Lingshu: "Are you going to spend your whole life with this kind of person?"

Fang Lingshu was very surprised: "Wow, Dad, you agree that I will live with him for the rest of my life?"

Fang Zhengjun fed himself shit: "I mean, how can this kind of person live a lifetime? It's so heartbreaking not to know how to take care of you! How can you tell me to explain to your mother like this?"

What are you talking about, he is a young master who stretches out his hands every day to eat and opens his mouth. It would be great if he can make a little fuss for your son. Fang Lingshu thought to himself, you have never seen him have a servant at home when he was in the United States. People, in the unit is a hamburger.Mr. Zou is an informal young master, if you want him to take care of others, you can only rely on your heart, and you can't be too strict.

Besides, Fang Lingshu is a big man, and he doesn't need to be held in the palm of his hand.

He cheated on the bed: "Then I like him."

——I just like Kevin's temper. If he talks about trivial things like eating and sleeping all day long, Fang Lingshu will probably find it annoying!

"Why are you doing this? I don't care if he's a man anymore. The key is that he's not caring. Do you know if he's not caring?"

Fang Lingshu evaded the fight, he buried his face in the quilt: "Captain Fang, don't interfere with family affairs when discussing the case, and you are also mixing personal feelings, it is very unfair and just."

Fang Zhengjun had nothing to do with him: "Okay, show your face! It's so boring!"

Fang Lingshu still buried his face in the quilt: "I don't think you are in a hurry at all."

Fang Zhengjun was silent for a while, and after a while, he smiled desolately: "I'm also trying your attitude, if you're not in a hurry, I know you must have something in mind, if you're in a hurry, can you still have the time to talk to me about personal matters? ?”

It's true that a knowing son is like a father, Fang Lingshu poked his face out with a smile.

Fang Zhengjun sat slumped in the shadows, sending a beseeching look to his young son.

He is really helpless.

For a tiny moment, Fang Lingshu felt that Fang Zhengjun was indeed old.He may not be suitable for handling cases in terms of talent, Fang Lingshu thought, for 15 years, he relied on his persistence and conscience.

Protect the innocent and punish the guilty; protect the pure and good and punish the vicious.

Like him, Chen Guohua and Li Jiancheng, they should all think the same way.They were all soldiers at the beginning, fighters prepared for war, and they changed their careers to criminal police in response to the government's needs.

From the appearance, they conform to the standard positioning of the profession of "police": brave, strong, serious and serious.

——That is a misunderstanding, this image is a soldier, not a criminal investigator.

They are not born with keenness and intuition, they lack the imagination and logic required by criminal investigation geniuses, and they really lack knowledge reserves.They solve the case like a battle, it is a kind of resistance and defense, wherever there is an enemy situation, they will go there.

But the real criminal investigation should be aggression, cunningly plotting the opponent's mind before hitting the enemy.

This is actually a very tormenting experience, because you can't do it, but you have to do it.

Because the masses are waiting for you.

You can't say "can't do it", because if you don't do it, who will do it?

Fang Lingshu knew that his father was never afraid of death, and he was always brave in dealing with crimes.Over the years, from Jinchuan, to Zhichuan, from Zhichuan, to Chang'an.He has faced many violent crimes, and experienced countless disputes and turmoil.

He was always on the front line when arresting thieves, gangsters, and rioting cult members. Their knives and sticks left many scars on Fang Zhengjun's body that could never be erased.

To Fang Zhengjun, those are medals, medals worn for peace.Not afraid of the oncoming knives and guns, but the danger of swimming in the dark.

These old criminal policemen really hope that the murderer of the Jinchuan case will come out and fight - hiding his head and showing his tail, what a rat did.He hides, hides, you don't know why he wants to kill people, and you don't know where he is.

That powerlessness is like the powerlessness of a lion facing a poisonous snake. There is no challenge, only a sneak attack.

Fang Lingshu sat up slightly, and handed the juice on the bedside to his father: "Dad, drink some water."

Fang Zhengjun took the juice and tried his best to show a relieved smile.

"Father is old and really useless." He said, "You are so sick, what's the matter, I still have to come and bother you."

"Don't say that." Fang Lingshu pushed him: "I should."

In the past 15 years, Fang Zhengjun has gradually learned to guess the mind of the prisoner, the criminal and the villain, like a circus trainer, trained him from a lion to a big cat, and learned to touch The thread of the case.

From childhood to adulthood, Fang Lingshu watched him struggle in the case little by little, and sadly understood the viciousness of the human heart and the helplessness of a kind person.

That's why the Republic needs young blood, Fang Lingshu thought, he used to resent being his son, but now that he thinks about it, maybe it's God's will.

Born to fight for this, if a lion can't do it, give birth to a fox!

You don't have to be like your father, just like Zhengyi.

"Dad, do you believe the murderer is a ghost?"

"Communists are definitely not superstitious. There are no ghosts in the world."

"My father is wise, but it's hard to say if anyone pretends to be a ghost." Fang Lingshu rolled around on the bed: "Luo Guishuang's family and Lu Shigang's family used to be in Shachang Village. How is their relationship?"

"It's very general. We have questioned this and asked the Jinchuan police to help verify it." Fang Zhengjun responded smoothly: "The relationship between the two is not bad, but it's not good. They just worked together. After returning from work, The relationship has never been salty or weak."

"She lied. If that's the case, why did Lu Shigang support Luo Xiaoning?"

Fang Zhengjun sighed: "I asked the same question. Feng Cuiying said that Lu Shigang and her daughter-in-law were not innocent, and she took the initiative to raise Luo Xiaoning. Because of this, Feng Cuiying became more suspicious of her daughter-in-law."

Her doubts and insults did not last long, because many years of gynecological diseases were difficult to cure. After Luo Guishuang drowned and died, his wife also died of illness in the county clinic a year later.

"It was also Lu Shigang who paid the medical and funeral expenses at that time."

This sounds very adulterous, but Liang Xu has already confirmed Luo's wife's innocence, and she and Lu Shigang are indeed not in love.

"As a matter of fact, I investigated the tricks of the Lu and Luo families in Jinchuan more than ten years ago. I have touched all of Lu Shigang's contacts one by one. He is a very timid person, because he is timid and loyal, so the village Most of the people here have a good relationship with him, which is why he was publicly recommended as the leader of the resistance.”

In the violent resistance against demolition in Shachang Village back then, Lu Shigang who took the lead was not Zhang Jiao Huang Chao, he was a rabbit who bit people in a hurry.Lu Shigang's advantage is that he has some culture, can write and count, so everyone is willing to believe him.

He and Luo Guishuang's family is tricky, and there are not many people gossiping, because Lu Shigang usually has a good relationship with the villagers, and he will help out if he can take care of them.

"I suspected Luo Guishuang, but his family really didn't have anyone who could cooperate with the crime. Luo Guishuang was really crazy, and his wife was seriously ill. When we went to investigate, the villagers were very unhappy."

I can understand the feelings of the villagers. The police wanted to arrest the murderer, but they only picked the soft persimmons and went to investigate a poor family who was either old or sick.

"What happened to Luo Xiaoning at that time?"

"I'm already sick, and I'm not at home at all." Too far away, Fang Zhengjun frowned: "Yesterday I also asked Jinchuan on the phone, and they said that Luo Xiaoning fell and injured himself, and the money for the hospital was collected by the villagers." As for why Lu Shigang took over his medical expenses later, the villagers couldn’t explain it.”

He raised his head: "At least when I was in Zhichuan, I didn't find out how much money Lu Shigang gave to the Luo family."

Mr. Zou also came back, he did not disturb Fang Zhengjun's conversation, and quietly put down his lunch.

Fang Lingshu didn't say a word, he was lying on the head of the bed like a crab, and called Zou Kaiwen with his eyes open: "Give me glasses..."

As he said that, he looked at Fang Zhengjun again: "Dad, you just said that Lu Shigang and Luo Guishuang used to go out to work. Where did they go to work?"

"Yunnan, a tobacco plantation." Fang Zhengjun said: "I went to Yunnan to check it myself ten years ago. As you know, I didn't go home for more than a month. It is true that you can earn money by working there, but now the control The intensity has intensified, and many private venues have closed down."

"The guards of Cuiwei Garden, have you checked?"

"I checked, and there is no lame person you mentioned, and everyone is healthy." Fang Zhengjun just remembered this, and he took out a dozen photos from his broken leather bag: "Look, is there the person you mentioned?" .”

Kevin handed over the glasses. Fang Lingshu put on the glasses and looked at the photos one by one.

Not really, so who were the guards who broke in on the day of the visit? !

Could it be that he is a ghost again? !

Fang Lingshu's eyes went blank again, he knelt on the bedside while clutching the stack of photos, cooing.

This kid looks like a cat treading on milk when he thinks about things.

"Could it be that Lu Shigang lied?" Fang Zhengjun measured, "He wanted to cover up the murderer, so he said someone who didn't exist."

"If Lu Shigang really had that kind of scheming, then he shouldn't be so stupid as to use Luo Xiaoning to provoke Liang Xu." Fang Lingshu said firmly, "He must be telling the truth."

"This logic can be reversed, that is to say, the person who died 13 years ago was not Luo's real father." Kevin responded, "Lu can pretend to be Luo's father, and others can do the same."

Stealing and changing positions, impostors, this kind of thing, there are two things.

"Luo Xiaoning's father is the real murderer, and he must still be alive—as for Luo Guishuang, who died on the household registration book, maybe he was just a scapegoat!" Fang Lingshu jumped up from the quilt: "Dad, if you insist on asking for a certificate, you can go Excavate the grave of 'Luo Guishuang', if his bones still exist, then his DNA must not match Luo Xiaoning's."

It is confusing, even if the dead Luo Guishuang was a scapegoat, why did the murderer choose to steal the dragon and turn into the phoenix as early as 13 years ago?Could it be that he could predict the future and set up a plan for himself to get out of his shell early?

The murderer is still in the dark, and now his name is completely unknown, and he has no clue where he is.The only one who can follow the vine is Lu Shigang.

Fang Lingshu got out of bed cleverly, and stood still in front of Fang Zhengjun: "Fang Team, I ask you to allow me to be discharged from the hospital. I want to go to Cuiwei Garden with Zou Kaiwen to search the scene again."

He took off his glasses: "Now!"

"...Search Lu Shigang's house?"

"Yes. Lu Shigang himself is cautious and cowardly." Fang Lingshu nodded: "Before he died, he mentioned to Liang Xu that if he revealed the truth, he would be killed. Leave yourself a way out."

He looked at Fang Zhengjun: "The previous search was fruitless, because we looked at the scene with a victim mentality. There must be some evidence hidden in Lu Shigang's home and company. He has been threatened by the real murderer. Will not let myself die silently."

Fang Zhengjun did not obstruct: "Then I will go with you."

"No need." Fang Lingshu signaled Zou Kaiwen: "I asked Kevin to draw the image of the guard in Cuiwei Garden, so as to save some trouble for the technical department. He was in charge of profiling in the FBI, and he could draw anyone he hadn't seen before. , This is what I have seen with my own eyes, and it is no different from the photos."

Kevin handed the sketch to Fang Zhengjun, and Fang Lingshu said, "Father, don't worry about Luo Xiaoning and his dead father now, just find this man. I don't believe he can keep hiding the photo. Lu Shigang's family, me and It's fine for Kevin to go, the two of us are a bit immoral in speech, and it's hard to communicate with too many people."

Fang Zhengjun sat very close to him, looking at his son's young face, his brows and eyes were full of wisdom, and for some reason, he felt that such a son was far away.

Leave yourself far behind.

As a father and an elder, I hope that he will run a little farther and catch everything he can't catch or catch.

After a moment of silence, he told the two young men: "Listen to you, I will ask Deng Yunfei to take you there, he has the key - I will ask him to drive the car, Xiao Zou will take care of him on the road, and don't get bogged down."