Evil and punishment [criminal investigation]

Until Li Mu went to mention the case, there was still no progress in the Hebian case, and Nie Cheng couldn't get more information due to his position.The Lu Xiao case was solved very quickly, and it was closed at the end of December.

On the same day when the case was transferred for prosecution, an unexpected visitor came to the Rongguangli Police Station.

With his shoulders on his back and casual clothes, the boy looked like a college student.He lowered his head slightly, his eyes were raised, his black eyeballs seemed to stick to his eyebrows, and he shrank into the hall.

From the moment he stepped through the door, he attracted the attention of the police. It is common for ordinary citizens to be afraid of the public prosecutor's law. He shrinks like a thief, but he will never steal into the police station.So they were busy with the work at hand or receiving the crowd in front of them, and they didn't go over to talk to him immediately.

He stood in the middle of the hall, leaning a few steps to the left and a few steps to the right, not knowing who to talk to for a moment.

Coincidentally, Nie Cheng came out of the director's office and helped pass the documents to the police in the hall, so he kindly went over and asked, "Hi, what's the matter?"

The student glanced at Nie Cheng, his eyes widened like a ghost, his face was pale, and he ran away.

Seeing that something was wrong, Nie Cheng immediately stretched out his arms, grabbed the collar and dragged him back, directly into the interrogation room, and called Deng Ting to help take notes.

He said tremblingly, "I'm here to report the crime."

He took out his laptop from his bag, clicked on a video, turned the screen towards them, and carefully stared at Nie Cheng.

It was a video of him singing in front of a window before showing the camera the lights behind him.Deng Ting leaned forward and watched halfway before noticing the men and women who were fighting together in the corner of the video, and Nie Cheng who came from the side.

Nie Cheng suddenly pressed pause, and regardless of the other two looking at his target, he took out the USB flash drive he had with him and made a copy of this video.

"Look at him first, I'll be over in a while." He left these words for Deng Ting, and returned to the office alone, watching the entire video on his computer.

He closed his eyes, and many fragments flashed through his mind, and he recalled all that happened that night.

Back in the inquiry room, he and Deng Ting took the student into the police car and headed straight to the Haidong District Bureau.

This was Deng Ting's first visit to this branch office, and he kept looking at the people and things around him, but he didn't find a chance to ask why he came here.

Nie Cheng led them straight up to the third floor and knocked on the door of the criminal investigation captain. After waiting for a long time, no one responded.He had no choice but to go to the office area and ask, "Excuse me, where is Team Jiang?"

Colleagues who had worked with Nie Cheng for many years were caught off guard when they saw the old leader, and they were all stunned. It was Wu Gou, the female police officer under Jiang Zhun who was the first to react, and said, "Team Jiang is in the inquiry room."

Zhang Jieming has already returned, excitedly said: "Master, you are here!"

Nie Cheng gave a calm "hmm" and said, "I surrender myself."

This sentence made the colleagues who had just come alive from the sluggish state freeze again.

He didn't say any more, and took people to the inquiry room.They came by coincidence, Jiang Zhun and Zu Xinghui were about to come out, and they were taken aback when they saw Nie Cheng.

"You guys wait a moment, don't turn off the audio and video equipment. I want to report the situation with you, about the case on December 12." Nie Cheng patted the student on the shoulder and said, "Let Wu Ze or Zhang Jieming ask He, he has important clues."

Jiang Zhun looked at him and said, "Okay. Comrade, please take him to the next office area and ask Zhang Jieming to ask him."

Deng Ting glanced at Nie Cheng uneasily, and answered "Yes" after receiving a look indicating that he was fine.The male student who had always regarded Nie Cheng as a potential criminal suspect followed Deng Ting out of the interrogation room in a daze.

Only Nie Cheng, Jiang Zhun, and Zu Xinghui were left in the inquiry room.

Nie Cheng pulled out the chair and sat across from them, folded his hands on the edge of the table, thinking about how to explain this matter clearly.Jiang Zhun and Zu Xinghui realized the seriousness of the matter in his behavior, and immediately regained the quality of criminal police handling cases from the previous surprise and confusion.

"On the morning of December 12, I woke up in Anding Hospital. The doctor said that I had a panic attack in the early morning of the previous night, and then I came to the hospital by myself. What happened in the last five hours, and what caused me to have a panic attack. I didn’t take it seriously, went to work as usual, and when I got home at night, I found that my home had been stolen, and my laptop, USB drive, and hard drive were gone. This was most likely done by the deceased's associates."

When he said this, Zu Xinghui thought of their visit to the digital event some time ago, and immediately glanced at Jiang Zhun, but Jiang Zhun didn't respond, so he realized that he shouldn't show it, and quickly lowered his head and continued typing.

"I also found a sweater thrown in the trash can in the bathroom, with blood on the cuffs, and it's still in the corner of my closet." Nie Cheng said as he took out the door key from his pocket and put it on the table.

Jiang Zhun accepted it and motioned him to continue.

"I often wear this to go for a run by the river. I heard that there was a case by the river at work. I don't feel very good. On the one hand, I really haven't remembered what happened, and on the other hand, I feel that these big fees outside the case There are too many things about Zhou Zhang, there may be hidden secrets behind it, I want to observe again.

"On December 12th, when I went to the digital building to buy a new computer, I saw that you were looking for someone to restore the data. I thought you would soon find out that it was related to me, but no one came to me. Then I thought, in that In five hours, I may have cleared all the data by overwriting with the same name, so you didn't find me." He looked at Jiang Zhun.

Jiang Zhun closed his eyes for a moment as an admission.

"But at that time, I thought you had the clues. I was eager to recover my memory and figure out what happened. I went to Wei Yuan's psychological clinic for several weeks. Therefore, I accidentally learned about the doctor-patient relationship between Wei Yuan and He Peiyi. The Xiao case provided clues, but I was still ignorant of the case on December 12, until today, the college student reported the case with a video."

Nie Cheng took a deep breath, "He is a short video blogger, and the content of the video is singing and introducing the night scene outside the window. On the way here, he said that because it was the exam week recently, he forgot after recording the video, and he will be on vacation soon for two days It was only after I found out that I edited it. Halfway through the editing, I found that I accidentally recorded the incident.

"I saw the situation at that time again, and many memories flashed in my mind, and I recalled it roughly. On the evening of December 12, I finished eating and read a book. After 1 o'clock, I received a letter from a colleague introducing me to a blind date. News, I went downstairs to run by the river before eight o'clock. The temperature dropped sharply that day, even though I got hot from running, I still felt the wind was very cold. I decided to finish this lap and go home, and then I heard a woman shouting behind me , yelled 'Go away' and 'Go away'. I was some distance away from them, and it was dark at night. I could only see a man and a woman pushing and shoving. I couldn't judge the relationship between them. Later, the man snatched The woman's bag, rummaging inside, the woman stepped forward to stop her, he gave her a slap, the level of violence turned into tearing, and there was a possibility of robbery. I turned back and planned to pull them away first, and I pressed the woman's shoulder with one hand , pulled the man back hard with one hand, he may have flinched a little because of guilty conscience, and suddenly relaxed his strength, but the woman and I didn't foresee that, when I pulled her and pushed her, the man fell to the ground before he could stand still He knocked the back of his head against the edge of the flower bed, and immediately lost consciousness.

"I went up to check on his injuries. The blood on the sleeve should have been left at that time. The woman was terrified and looked a little strange. I suspect she had taken drugs before. She stuffed me with some documents and a USB stick. , and then beg me, let me go quickly, leave this place alone, and don’t get caught. Maybe you can see something in my hand in the video when I left the intersection?” Nie Cheng asked.

Jiang Zhun said, "Yes."

"Well, then I remember correctly. But I don't remember the content of the file and the USB drive, but there must have been something that convinced me at the time. It was either her words or something she gave me." Nie Cheng thought repeatedly, The side of the brain hurt like a needle prick.

"Is it recorded in that student's video?" Jiang Zhun asked.

"No, he only recorded the man falling to the ground. I went up to check, but the woman pulled me away again, and then he walked into the house." Nie Cheng said.

"If you didn't leave at that time, but called an ambulance, is there any possibility that the deceased could be rescued?" Jiang Zhun asked.

Nie Cheng thought for a while and said, "I don't know. It was a heavy blow and it was cold that day. He bled a lot, but I can't confirm the specific injury."

Jiang Zhun nodded, his frown gradually relaxed, and he asked Zu Xinghui to take a glass of water, and Nie Cheng's voice was already a little hoarse.

"What happened between you and that woman, and why you had a panic attack, is not within the scope of our investigation for the time being. The student's video is very important direct evidence. At present, you and her are negligently causing death. But she is also dead, so there is no way to pursue her." Jiang Zhun said.

"Can I ask the cause of her death?"

"The identification result is sudden death caused by drug overdose."

"Didn't you drown?" Nie Cheng asked in surprise.

"No."

Nie Cheng remained silent, wondering if she had a history of drug use before, or was forced to inject her.Has anyone been there since he left the river?No, the surrounding cameras did not record anyone else, so she should have slipped and fell into the river before her sudden death.

Jiang Zhun went to the next room to watch the video, and Zu Xinghui printed out the transcript and asked Nie Cheng to sign and stamp his fingerprints.

"I understand the general situation of the matter," Jiang Zhun said back to the inquiry room, "Do you think you were performing official duties at that time?"

The Police Law stipulates that "the people's police shall perform their duties in case of emergencies within the scope of their duties during non-working hours."But when it comes to specific cases, "within the scope of responsibility" and "emergency" need to be defined again.

"Their behavior didn't look like a quarrel between acquaintances, and they also appeared to be robbery later, but how to define it is up to me." Nie Cheng said.

Jiang Zhun nodded, "You wait here first."

He went out of the inquiry room to the office of the sub-bureau chief, made several phone calls, and when he came back, he said: "The above means that you can go back first, and don't go out of the city for a few days. Death is handled by the procuratorate. I will send you downstairs."

The college students who came together finished recording their transcripts early, and were thanked by the criminal police, and Deng Ting sent them home.Nie Cheng followed Jiang Zhun downstairs without waiting for them.

In fact, there is another detail that Nie Cheng didn't mention, and he didn't deliberately hide it, but felt that it had nothing to do with the case, that is why he went to such lengths to arrange a meeting with Hu Xiaofei.

During those five hours, he should have foreseen that the home would be searched, the documents would have been destroyed beforehand, and he probably had the symptoms of a panic attack, knowing he would lose consciousness for the next few hours , then all tangible materials are not safe, and it is only a fluke that the documents in the mezzanine of the desk were not found, so he did not write notes or record them to back up the documents.In addition to leaving clues to be discovered, he is also worried that someone with a heart will use them to mislead his guesses about the case and act irrationally.

That night before he went downstairs for a run, he received Hu Xiaofei’s WeChat business card from Tang Jingyun, knowing that she was a psychologist and that she could be trusted as a former high school classmate, and then in order to let himself quietly recall the case, he arranged a " Leave" and "blind date" to meet Hu Xiaofei.

That should be the case, Nie Cheng nodded secretly, completely relaxed after confessing, and has not yet discovered the logical paradox in it.

Apart from discussing the case in the inquiry room, Jiang Zhun said nothing to Nie Cheng, returned the key to him, and sent him to the gate of the district bureau. When he was parting, he finally couldn't help but squeeze his shoulder, "Don't worry. .”

Nie Cheng patted the back of his hand with his hand back, and replied "Yes".

He took a taxi back to the police station and had to report the situation to the director.

Nie Cheng didn't know where Jiang Zhun's few phone calls and the layers of reports in the system ended up, but only ten days later, when the card was stuck on January 1, New Year's Day, good news came.

Every legal holiday, Nie Cheng, who has enough food for one person and the whole family is not hungry, always takes the initiative to be on duty. When he was sorting out files in the office, the mobile phone on the desk suddenly rang, and the lit screen displayed a familiar name and a short message—" The prosecutor's office decided not to prosecute."

Nie Cheng trembled a little while holding the phone, and the big rock hanging in his heart fell to the ground. He quickly replied "Thank you", and a group of conversations finally appeared on the chat interface that had not been contacted for more than two years.

Nie Cheng walked around the office full of winter sun twice, and his mood gradually calmed down.

I don't know if it's because of Jiang Zhuntou's wind. His incident has disturbed many colleagues and friends who used to take him with him or his father. After returning from the Haidong District Bureau, he received many calls asking about his situation.Now with the results, he called them back one by one to report and thank them.

When calling Li Mu, he casually asked, "Captain Li, what is Wei Yuan's motive for committing the crime?"

"His motive is not complicated, it is sympathy. He Peiyi has been consulting with him for more than a year. He has seen her face bruised and swollen after being beaten by domestic violence, as well as injuries on her hands and legs. Two After they separated, Lu Xiao followed her to find the house she rented, and then often harassed her, and even beat her there. Wei Yuan said that he often saw his mother being beaten by his father when he was young, but when he was young , There is no way, I can only cry, but his mother's screams still make him uneasy. In addition, the pressure has been very high recently, and he said that he lost control." Li Mu said.

"Did you ask him why he chose to drown Lu Xiao?"

"I asked, and he said it was because he didn't want to mess up the scene, so as not to get blood stains or something difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect it to be revealed."

Nie Cheng frowned.

He didn't underestimate Wei Yuan's resentment for domestic violence, and he also knew that childhood injuries have an impact on a person's life, but would someone like Wei Yuan do such an impulsive thing?Is there another reason behind this?

He said he was "very stressed", was it because of him?No, no, he is a professional psychiatrist with many years of experience and knows how to deal with this special doctor-patient relationship.Why didn't he control it when he faced He Peiyi, or what happened in his life?

He suppressed his doubts for the time being, thanked Li Mu again, and then hung up the phone.

After playing a round, the phone lost a lot of power, and was about to charge it, when a call came in, it was Jiang Zhun.

"Hello?" Jiang Zhun spoke first.

"I'm here."

"I was in a meeting just now. I just want to tell you again, it's all right, don't worry."

"Well. I know you have spent a lot of time and done a lot for me..." Nie Cheng was a little embarrassed, but insisted on expressing in a stumbling manner.

"I know." Jiang Zhun interrupted in time.

Both receivers fell silent.

Jiang Zhun not only enjoyed this silent tacit understanding, but was also a little embarrassed, and whispered, "You don't need to make a speech."

Nie Cheng couldn't help laughing.

Jiang Zhun's voice also relaxed, "The matter of the female deceased is not over yet, let's not talk about it, we will have dinner together another day. Cough, the key was wrong before, and your string is still with me. If you..."

"There's no need to change it now, anyway, the two bunches of keys are the same, let's talk about it after the end of the year."

Case [-] Blizzard Hotel