monologue

"I heard from Lao Qi that you let Wen Xiangqin go?" Xia Ci put a glass of water on Chu Xingmu's desk, then pulled out the chair opposite the desk and sat opposite Chu Xingmu, they were the only ones in the huge office Two people, it was already 11:30 in the evening.

Chu Xingmu shook his head, and said with emotion: "Without evidence, you can't be arrested."

"Speaking of which, I'm the same as you. I haven't seen Wen Xiangqin in nine years."

Chu Xingmu smoked a cigarette from the cigarette case, picked up the lighter on the table, tested it a few times, and threw the lighter on the table again, with an unlit cigarette in his mouth, pretending to swallow a cloud Breathing out the fog, he put his head in front of Xia Ci, and said, "I thought about it for a while, we need to find a time to talk, and this opportunity is just right."

"Chu Xingmu, are you not sick?" Xia Ci asked in surprise, "Have a fever? Or did Chu Daha come back from the wolf's mouth?"

"It's not that you don't know my temper. He dropped out of school without saying a word. When he left, he told us that you were more angry than me at that time." Chu Xingmu kept testing his hand next to the lighter. I haven't contacted Wen Xiangqin before, but I met him one day suddenly, and my mood is still very complicated.

"I was different from you for a while. When he dropped out of school early, you said that if he left, he would never see him for the rest of his life. Can he go home for the funeral like us?" Xia Ci said slightly mockingly .

Xia Ci only remembers that Wen Xiangqin said that he would go back to attend his mother's funeral, but he handed in a withdrawal application to the school not long after he returned home. He and Chu Xingmu still don't know the specific reason for Wen Xiangqin's withdrawal, anyway. Haven't been in touch for many years.

"We are always preparing for our own funeral." Chu Xingmu held his head and thought about it, but still felt that this matter was a bit strange.

"Stop thinking about Wen Xiangqin, think more about Huang Qing." Xia Ci pushed aside his chair and stood up, taking a document from another table.

As the principal and deputy captain of the criminal investigation team, the two of them work overtime as a routine. Xia Ci's head is almost bald because of the severed hand case. At this time, Chu Xingmu went to investigate Huang Qing's case again. Chu Xingmu watched Huang Qing's autopsy Reports have been musing.

Xia Ci looked at it for a while, then sat back opposite Chu Xingmu, and said, "How about we change our minds?"

"Alright, let's talk about Huang Qing's case first." Chu Xingmu found a document from the messy desktop and handed it to Xia Ci, who took it and flipped through it.

Chu Xingmu said: "This is the document handed over by the Third Bureau. The confessions of Wen Xiangqin and Xu Ruolin are exactly the same as the transcripts of the Third Bureau. Even if I don't ask, Wen Xiangqin's meaning is not much different from this."

"Huang Qing went to the bar at ten o'clock in the evening and left around eleven o'clock, and Wen Xiangqin went there around ten fifty."

"Leaving at eleven, did the two of them go together?"

"Xu Ruolin said that Huang Qing and Wen Xiangqin went out in tandem. The owner of the fruit stand near the bar also said that he had seen these two people. They came out in tandem. One drove away and the other took a taxi."

"Haven't they seen anything since then?"

"Correct."

"Did Huang Qing stop the taxi casually?"

"That's right, the taxi driver was checked by the Third Division Bureau, and it was confirmed that he was not suspected."

"Love murder, vendetta murder, for money? Pretending to commit suicide, this kind of case has been encountered before."

"It's different this time. There's a word called confusion, suicide and death due to cause. If you identify one, Huang Qing's case can be closed casually."

Xia Ci stroked his chin and asked again: "Who else is in Huang Qing's family?"

"Both his parents are still alive, his wife and daughter live with him in Qingshi, his parents are in his hometown, and his daughter is temporarily taken care of by his parents. Huang Qing's social relationship is messy, and he can't judge the motive of the murder for a while. The materials of the third branch bureau It was written in a mess, I just sorted it out, and roughly figured out a timeline."

"For the forensic examination, I want Han Yang to go there again. There is something wrong with the autopsy report."

Xia Ci looked at the report and asked, "Is it the time of death?"

"Well, Huang Qing left the bar at eleven o'clock in the evening on the 17th, and the garbage dump staff found the body at five o'clock in the morning on the 18th, but the report stated that the time of death was more than five hours, unless Huang Qing hadn't walked out yet The bar is dead, and the corpse is dumped in the garbage dump. Otherwise, there is something wrong with the forensic examination over there. This small time of death can make me take a lot of detours. In addition to the time of death, the cause of death is also strange. "

"Have you contacted Yin Zhou?"

"I contacted him after returning from the scene. He said that they were already investigating. The autopsy report was taken from the technical department, and only people from the forensic department handled it. It was either the forensic doctor or the forensic assistant."

"The corpse has no obvious scars, alcohol-induced heart disease?" Xia Ci suddenly sat up straight, and looked at Chu Xingmu in astonishment, "Alcohol-induced heart disease, gone?"

"Gone."

"Then why did the Third Branch Bureau define this case as a homicide?" Xia Ci raised his head and asked in puzzlement, "There is no evidence to prove that Huang Qing was murdered."

"Yin Zhou said that they received an anonymous letter saying that Huang Qing was killed."

"Anonymous letter? Have you found out who wrote it?"

"There is no place to check. The letter was delivered in the newspaper, and even the newspaper delivery person didn't know when the extra letter came out."

"They found out about Wen Xiangqin and Xu Ruolin based on Huang Qing's recent business. Although they suspected it was Wen Xiangqin at first, I overturned this idea after seeing Wen Xiangqin. Do you remember when you were in school, Once a criminal psychology teacher asked, if we were murderers and planned to kill, what would we do?"

Xia Ci nodded and recalled the scene at that time: "At that time, my plan was to let the deceased break through the psychological defense line and induce suicide. You wrote three plans at that time, premeditated murder. How many are killed?"

"It matches his character and temper very well. From this point of view, it is obvious that Huang Qing's death method is very different from Wen Xiangqin Xiang's."

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe he has changed over the years. Have you forgotten that he is a businessman now? People in business, especially big companies like Wen's Group, don't have shrewd business acumen and tough tactics. Can you afford a business empire?"

"Huang Qing and Wen Xiangqin are in a commercial dispute. Huang Qing went to Wen's Group first because of the construction materials. Ling Hai Group contracted a project. Huang Qing was in charge of the construction materials. But soon after the contract was signed, the financial director of Ling Hai Group Suddenly contacted Wen Xiangqin, saying that the contract had not been approved by the person in charge of Linghai Group, so the contract is invalid."

"In other words, Wen Xiangqin's economic loss is tied to Huang Qing." Xia Ci said.

"Then Wen Xiangqin became murderous towards Huang Qing because of the huge loss?"

"It's possible."

"Then how did he do it? The cause of Huang Qing's death was alcohol-induced heart disease. Could it be that he was scared by Wen Xiangqin after drinking?"

Xia Ci interrupted Chu Xingmu, "Huang Qing has a heart attack, he must know it himself, since he left the bar without any problems, why did he come back in the middle?"

Xia Ci put the materials on the table and leaned on the chair with his head in his hands.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow. I have something to go out tomorrow, and I will leave the important task of receiving the inspection of the leaders to you." Chu Xingmu took the cigarette from his mouth and put it back in the cigarette case, thinking about things while Xia Ci When he was free, he grabbed the bag on the table and ran away.

Xia Ci stood up in a jerk, and cursed: "Chu Xingmu, you old liar! You agreed to analyze the case for me!"

The door of the office was closed with a "bang", and there was a pile of printing paper on the table near the door. Because Chu Xingmu closed the door too hard, a dozen of them were blown to the ground by the wind.

Xia Ci cursed at the air, went to the door and squatted on the ground to pick up the printing paper that Chu Xingmu had dropped on the ground. While picking up the paper, Xia Ci remembered some details of the case of severed hands.

The next morning, Chu Xingmu did not go to the bureau, and Qi Shaocheng was late again. No one caught him late without Chu Xingmu, and Qi Shaocheng felt strange that his captain who paid attention to attendance was absent.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Tang Zhe was cleaning the glass, Qi Shaocheng asked: "Didn't you just clean it on Monday?"

"Let it go." Lang Lang mopped the floor under Qi Shaocheng's feet with a mop. Qi Shaocheng quickly jumped aside and touched the lucky bamboo bonsai behind him. The leaves of the lucky bamboo shook. Qi Shaocheng hugged the leaves with both hands and moved back.

"Lao Qi, go and clean the table." Zhao Chen said, complaining while cleaning the glass: "I have never taken a shower so seriously."

Qi Shaocheng gave a "Oh" and found a rag to wipe the table. Xia Ci and Lang Lang discussed the case while cleaning.

"I thought about it last night. There may be a deviation in our thinking. We always thought that the murderer and the beheading were the same person, but according to the wounds on the deceased, this person made up his mind to kill Hu Hanying with one blow. Then he The psychological emotion must be very strong when committing the crime, which is too different from the act of carefully posing for the deceased, so I think it is one person who kills, and another person who dismembers the body." The documents and materials in Xia Ci's hand were He flipped over loudly.

Lang Lang straightened his waist and asked, "Two people? But there are only the murderer and the deceased among the remains at the scene, and there is no trace of a third person."

Xia Ci said: "Because the fingerprints we found at the scene belonged to the third person, and murderer A and murderer B entered the deceased's house in two time periods, it is very likely that murderer B cleaned up the scene."

"Perhaps murderer A wanted to kill Hu Hanying a long time ago. He made sufficient preparations to kill Hu Hanying and reduce his suspicion. Murderer B also wanted to kill Hu Hanying, but when he arrived at Hu Hanying's house, he found that Hu Hanying had been killed. He The original plan was disrupted, so I had to chop off the hands of the deceased, clean up the traces left on the scene and leave." Xia Ci continued to assume.

Bai Yao put down the bucket and asked, "Then why did murderer B cut off the dead man's hand? Since murderer B's goal was also to kill Hu Hanying, and someone had already killed Hu Hanying before him, why did he go so far as to cut off Hu Hanying?" hands? He also took away the severed hands."

"The death posture of the deceased, I think it must have been done by murderer B."

"How to say?"

"If the purpose of murderer A is to kill Hu Hanying, then in his plan he is rushing to let Hu Hanying die. As for the act of posing for the dead to be fierce, murderer A should not be so calm. What's more, the doors on the first floor were all open at the time. After Hu Hanying died, he quickly fled the scene after confirming that there were no remains at the scene. Then the murderer B entered the scene. He had enough time to pose for the deceased , and it should have been shortly after murderer A left, before the corpse rigor."

"The case is getting more and more confusing." Zhao Chen shook his head as he passed by. What did Hu Hanying do so many people wanted to kill him?

"I remember seeing a piece of printing paper at the scene." Xia Ci rummaged through the table and said, "Quick, come and clean up Chu Xingmu's kennel!"

Qi Shaocheng consciously walked to Chu Xingmu's desk with a rag. Chu Xingmu used to have an independent office. Later, Chu Xingmu felt that it was not convenient to discuss the case with the team, so he moved the desk to the office lobby. The independent office has become a utility room for temporary storage of archives. Chu Xingmu is so busy that his feet never leave the ground, and he doesn’t know how to clean up the dust on the desk. He can pile up as many files as there are files on the desk. Help him tidy up.

"Printing paper? Is it this one?" Bai Yao turned around and returned to her desk, took out a file bag from the storage rack and handed it to Xia Ci.

"Why is printing paper so expensive? Xiaobai hides it so secretly?" Zhao Chen walked over with the waste newspaper that had just wiped the glass.

Xia Ci said to Zhao Chen: "Xiaobai is still careful, since your heart is bigger than your brain, you can only see your face."

Zhao Chen said triumphantly, "Is Qianmian Yulang calling for nothing?"

"I owe it to Bian Yulang." Qi Shaocheng made trouble in public.

When Xia Ci inspected the scene before, he saw a piece of printing paper on the printer of the victim’s home. It may be that printers and printing paper are very common things. Xia Ci’s attention was not on the printing paper. Bai Yao He conveniently put away the printing paper.

"Hu Hanying is a writer. Before the incident, he was still working on manuscripts at home. According to his wife, he rarely went out and devoted himself to writing. Neighbors also said that he was thin in appearance and weak in personality, and no one had heard of him. Who has he quarreled with, and he doesn't dare to speak loudly, so love killing is ruled out."

Xia Ci took out a pair of gloves from the drawer, and then took out the printing paper from the file bag.

The printing paper has no traces of use. At that time, the printing paper was placed in the paper slot of the printer, and there was only this printing paper in the paper slot.

After Xia Ci read it, he put the printing paper back into the file bag, handed it to Tang Zhe, and said, "Xiao Tang, run over and take this to the technical department."

Tang Zhe took the portfolio and was about to go downstairs, then turned back and asked Xia Ci, "Is there anything on the printing paper?"

"This question has to be answered by people from the technical department." Xia Ci waved his hand, signaling Tang Zhe to send it over for inspection.

"Stop the case for a while. Today, the leaders come down to inspect, once a year. Everyone should be more serious." Xia Ci looked around with his hands on his hips, feeling relieved to see the fruits of everyone's labor early in the morning.

There was a sparse "oh" from everyone, and they were not very enthusiastic at all.