Evil and punishment [criminal investigation]

After explaining the situation to Li Mu, Nie Cheng went straight from the detention center to the coffee shop. He didn't mention anything about Wei Yuan on the phone. He only mentioned that when we met at the police station last time, he said he was free to make an appointment for dinner and asked when she would be free. , so we made an appointment today.

Hu Xiaofei and him are classmates in high school, and he knows his personality well. He has never been a social person, and he will never make a special phone call just because he remembered the polite words he mentioned. He probably wants to know something from her. The matter is likely to be related to Wei Yuan.

In fact, she is not willing to repeatedly recall the things related to this former colleague, because she always thinks that Wei Yuan is a responsible psychiatrist, a pretty good person, but such a person has become a murderer.She still finds it unbelievable until now, and her impression of Wei Yuan has become very divided. She is unwilling to recall him again and again, evaluate him subconsciously or correct her own opinion, which makes her feel a little painful, but she did not reject Nie Cheng's idea. A request to meet.

When she was in high school, her family environment was not good, and she was a bit sloppy and cowardly due to lack of care. Nie Cheng stepped forward to help her when others bullied her.From Nie Cheng's point of view, it may be just doing what he thinks is right, but to Hu Xiaofei, it is the shining star in the black life, which gave her courage and hope to live when she was in trouble.She felt that good people should be rewarded.

After finishing the morning consultation, she changed back to her regular clothes, put on her messenger bag, left the clinic, and walked to the coffee shop in the next street.There is only a mobile phone and an access control card in the messenger bag. If she hadn't worn a skirt today and had no pockets, she wouldn't have to carry the bag, except that she was holding a double-folded magazine in her hand.

The environment of this coffee shop is good, and there are not many people on weekdays. After she entered the door, she looked around the door, and the clerk immediately came up to her and asked her who she was. Hu Xiaofei tactfully went to prepare lemonade, and walked straight towards Nie Cheng.

Nie Cheng had been here for a while, so he picked a secluded corner, far away from other seats, so he could talk easily, and then observed the movement at the door.He saw that Hu Xiaofei was in good spirits, and he was not against meeting him.In contrast, Hu Xiaofei was much more surprised when she sat down opposite him, "I haven't seen you for a few days, why have you lost so much weight?"

"I've been busy recently, how are you?" Nie Cheng said.

"It's still the same. I took over a few consultants from Director Wei, but now it's all sorted out, and it's just a step-by-step counseling. I wanted to chat with you a little more. My son said that he wanted to grow up when he came home last time. Be a policeman," Hu Xiaofei said with a smile, "but seeing that you are so tired, I won't waste your time. Tell me what you want to ask me."

Nie Cheng thanked and said: "I really want to know something about asking you out this time, and it's not convenient to make the matter public. I just asked you to know it in private, and I ask you to help keep it secret."

"Don't worry." Hu Xiaofei said seriously.

"Wei Yuan is dead."

Hu Xiaofei opened her eyes wide, stretched her neck involuntarily, and said in surprise, "Director Wei? Isn't he... oh my god."

"I want to know who he usually associates with, or is there anyone with an unusual status among his patients?" Nie Cheng asked.

Hu Xiaofei hadn't recovered from the shock, she didn't listen to Nie Cheng's words at all, and murmured: "My God, this is impossible!" She hurriedly picked up the magazine on her lap, opened her Folding the page at the corner of the book, he turned to Nie Cheng and said, "Look."

This is an academic journal in psychology. Their clinic subscribes to several similar periodicals and magazines for a long time, and put them on the bookshelf next to the waiting sofa for the consultants to read while waiting. Sometimes they will also read the newly arrived magazines to master academic trends.The book Hu Xiaofei brought was quite influential in the field of psychology. The one she dug out was a paper on mind control. Under the title, next to Hu Xiaofei's fingertips, the author's name——Wei Yuan was clearly marked.

"This is Wei Yuan's article? When was this journal published?"

"It was sent to the clinic this morning. If you look at the author's introduction at the footer, it must be Director Wei."

"Do you think there is something wrong with this article?"

"Not really. This article was probably submitted by him before he was imprisoned. It is normal that the review schedule has not been published until now, but the timing is too coincidental. Besides, the publishing industry is usually very sensitive. Wei Yuan made such a big deal. It is impossible for them not to know anything about the matter, and they still choose to publish his paper, which is a bit confusing." Hu Xiaofei was puzzled.

"Your analysis makes sense. Can I take this magazine with me?"

"of course."

After Hu Xiaofei finished talking about her doubts, Nie Cheng repeated the question just now, and Hu Xiaofei thought seriously: "He is my brother from the same school, but I haven't seen anyone who is particularly close to him, he doesn't like socializing very much, and A workaholic."

Nie Cheng thanked him again, took the magazine back to the investigation team stationed in the detention center, and reported the situation to Li Mu and other persons in charge.In the afternoon, he searched for it according to the address on the information page of the magazine, showed his police ID, the security guard opened the door for him, and immediately picked up the phone to contact the leader inside.

Nie Cheng was received by a male director who was over forty years old. After learning about the situation, he called the editor in charge of the thesis. She was a female graduate student who was still studying, and she went to the agency for an internship four months ago.She took Nie Cheng to her workstation, opened the mailbox for receiving manuscripts, and showed Nie Cheng Wei Yuan's submission records at that time.

投稿日期是11月28日，责编下载日期是12月13日，发邮件通知魏远过审是1月25日，聂诚拿手机将网页一一拍下。

The editor in charge explained that Wei Yuan was a well-known psychiatrist in the city, and she had published three papers before. She read them through and found no problem and sent them to the editor-in-chief. No contact with this matter.She had heard about Wei Yuan when she was meeting with friends during the Spring Festival holiday, but she had no right to decide which article was finally published. She felt that the editor-in-chief would know about it, and it was not her turn to say more.Wei Yuan's thesis was confirmed to be published, and she only found out when she received the sample.

The director repeatedly apologized to Nie Cheng, saying that it was their work mistakes that allowed the criminals' papers to be published. Now that they had been published, it was too late to withdraw them. occur.

Nie Cheng asked him who the editor-in-chief who decided to keep the manuscript was and where he is now.The director said that the surname of the editor-in-chief was Yu, and he would take a rest these two days, and then wrote down the phone number of the editor-in-chief so that he could contact him directly if necessary.

Nie Cheng recorded the conversation, and asked the director and intern editor to contact and leave the publishing house in time if they found out.He called the editor-in-chief Yu several times, but no one answered. He returned to the investigation team and passed the photos and recordings to the evidence staff. He also participated in the internal analysis meeting of the investigation team and the analysis meeting organized by the procuratorate. I got home at ten o'clock.

With the help of the food delivery, Jiang Zhun has fully adapted to the current life. In the past two days, the temperature has heated up. He also helped Nie Cheng find thin clothes and consciously took charge of the logistics support work.

Nie Cheng went in to take a sip of water and rested for a while, and then began to tell him about Hu Xiaofei's discovery today, the retention of papers by the publisher, the progress of the analysis meeting, etc. He also took Jiang Zhun into the bathroom when he was taking a bath, and asked him to sit outside the shower curtain. Listen to him, and he won't have time to read the journal until Nie Cheng finishes speaking.

He is not like Nie Cheng, who is more patient than him when reading magazines. He not only read Wei Yuan's article, but also read it from beginning to end. Unfortunately, he found nothing new. He refocused his attention on the article about spirituality. Controlled papers.

Was Wei Yuan trying to imply something?Is it a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement that this paper was published after Wei Yuan's death? How did Wei Yuan do it? How did he convince the editor-in-chief Yu?

Jiang Zhun thought for a moment, picked up his mobile phone and entered "Yu Zixuan" to search for the editor-in-chief's resume.He was in the same class as Wei Yuan, and was an alumnus of Hu Xiaofei. After graduation, he became a book editor of psychology books. During his work, he studied as an on-the-job graduate student.

He looked back and forth twice, except for the fact that he was in the same class as Wei Yuan, there was nothing worth noting, but he always felt that he should have appeared somewhere, and he had an impression of the name.

Nie Cheng lay down next to him, seeing him staring blankly at the phone screen with his head propped up, asked, "Did you find anything?"

"Not yet, this editor-in-chief Yu should have clues, Yu Zixuan, Yu Zixuan... Don't you have any memory of this name?" Jiang Zhun asked.

"There is one point, but I have carefully recalled it, and I can be sure that this person has never appeared in any of Wei Yuan's written materials." Nie Cheng said.

"He and Hu Xiaofei are also alumni, can you ask her?"

"I plan to call her tomorrow. Hu Xiaofei is always an outsider. I am more concerned that all the clues come from one person, which is not conducive to investigation. Since I have an impression of him, I must have been in contact with him before. I have to think again. .”

"Well, go to sleep."

Nie Cheng turned off the desk lamp, staring at the roof in the dark, still thinking.Publishing inappropriate papers is not a big deal, nor is it a small thing. Once this matter is involved in the inspection team, Yu Zixuan will most likely lose his job.Losing financial resources is a big deal for an adult. There must be a reason why he is willing to take risks to help Wei Yuan. Wei Yuan may have helped him before, and the two may have financial contacts.Regarding the matter of money, he remembered that Wei Yuan once mentioned...

Jiang Zhun, who was not asleep beside him, suddenly sat up and said, "I remembered, when we went to find him last time, you asked him a question."

"How did you repay the loan?"

"Yes, he said he borrowed it from a college classmate, and that classmate's name was Yu Zixuan. I always thought that the people who helped him were because they had been helped by him before, but it is easier to get help from those who have helped you before." Jiang Jiang Let's say.

"Another possibility is that he owed Wei Yuan a lot of favors when he was in college, so he kept helping him." Nie Cheng said.

"Yes. He knew that helping Wei Yuan would bring him trouble, but he still published his paper. This should be a signal. He must have been entrusted by Wei Yuan and knew some inside information, and he sent the signal just for you to investigate. , it shouldn't be difficult to ask the whole story from his mouth." Jiang Zhun analyzed.

"But he doesn't answer the phone right now. I'm afraid I won't be able to gain his trust for a while. I'll ask Hu Xiaofei to contact him tomorrow, but I hope she won't be involved." Nie Cheng said.

"Okay, I can sleep this time." Jiang Zhun had calmed down from the analysis state, lay down again, and said in a drawn out voice.

Nie Cheng said good night, the case that was entrenched in his mind finally died down, like ashes with faint sparks gradually extinguishing, let him sleep peacefully for the night.