when you stare into the abyss

Chapter4

Binan City People's Court

The trial of today's case dragged on for a long time. When Nie Zhilan came out of the room dedicated to the rest of the witnesses, it was already dusk, and the sky in June had a tendency to gradually dim.She and Nie Zhiyan were identical twins, and they even had similar temperaments when they were young. The difference that is visible to the naked eye now is that her sister's hair is a little shorter, only at shoulder height, and she has a little more heroic demeanor and a little less coolness.When observing the two of them carefully, they could also find a very small mole outside the left corner of the younger sister's eye, commonly known as "tear mole".

In the parking lot, the headlights of a Buick Envision flickered, and the sisters also liked the same color. The royal blue SUV looked calm and mysterious.

"Brother Zhao, the meeting will be held at 7:20, and I will be back within 7 minutes." Ma Zhao is [-] years older than Nie Zhilan.

After hanging up the call, Nie Zhilan held the handle of the car with her left hand, and just as she opened the door and got in, a crisp voice came from outside the car.

"Nie team, do you have time to have dinner together?"

Nie Zhilan turned the key with her right hand, leaned her head out of the car window, took a good look at the person coming, opened her voice and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Xiao Jian, there was a homicide in the west district, and I have to go back to the bureau."

"Oh, team Nie is busy first, next time, next time."

"it is good."

The young prosecutor is Xiao Bei, the public prosecutor of today's case. This is the first time she has been in charge of a case independently since she worked for four years. She is cooperating with her idol Nie Zhilan. Naturally, it is difficult to hide her agitated mood.

The first time Xiao Bei heard of her name was in December last year, when the whole public security law was widely circulated.As the deputy captain of the Criminal Investigation Detachment, Nie Zhilan led the whole team to solve the appalling serial kidnapping and murder case in a month when the captain was injured.She has a strict personality and careful thinking in handling cases. She has repeatedly dealt with gangsters in setbacks, successfully rescued the hostages, and arrested the murderer.Therefore, in the annual public security assessment, the Criminal Investigation Detachment collectively scored second-class merit, and Nie Zhilan personally scored first-class merit.

She admired the police since she was a child, and since then, she has always looked for opportunities to accompany Master to the police station, in order to meet her "idol".

"Bye bye Team Nie." Xiao Bei turned his attention and stared at the rear of the car where Nie Zhilan was leaving, recalling the word "good", he was stunned for two seconds, and then smiled silly.

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In the small conference room on the third floor of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Bureau, the projector was in operation.

Nie Zhilan was originally sitting at the front right, and glanced at the display on the phone screen, 7:30, no more, no less, it started on time.She stood up and patted the table with her hand: "First of all, let me introduce the newcomers. Wan Tong, who graduated from the Criminal Police Academy, officially joined our big family today." Everyone stood up, applauded and sat down.Wan Tong thought he would introduce himself, but the next second he saw Nie Zhilan open the picture on the computer, and went straight to the topic.

"Decedent, male, height 172, age about 50 years old, fractured hyoid bone under X-ray irradiation, obvious constriction groove under the neck, and strangulation marks on the limbs, the cause of death was hanged to death by others after fainting, the body was removed and burned, and suicide was ruled out .Due to time constraints, this is the only news I got from the corpse for the time being." After returning to the dissection room, Nie Zhiyan removed the bones from the corpse, removed the soft tissue by boiling, and then soaked in alcohol to remove the remaining fat.Observation of the deceased's pubic symphysis, straight and narrow, from which the age can be deduced.

"Brother Zhao, what do you say about the fire department and trace inspection? You are mainly in charge of and make overall arrangements for this case." People who have been to the scene in person understand the cause and effect best. The captain does not need to take everything into account. Nie Zhilan knew it was suitable.

Hearing this, Ma Zhao opened the notebook in front of him and said loudly: "Judging from the fire at the scene of the crime, the traces, the degree of burnt body and the reporter's transcript, the murderer set the fire around 6 o'clock in the morning. There was a shower and the fire was extinguished. There were only 7 households and 9 people in the surrounding area. Most of them were old people living alone. In the dead of night, they could not hear any movement at all. The old man who was closest to the abandoned tile-roofed house found that his dog could not be called at [-] noon today. Stop, go over to investigate and find the body, then report to the police in time."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the small conference room was pushed open. Nie Zhiyan walked in wearing a white coat and took a seat in the last row.

"Does Forensic Doctor Nie make any new discoveries?" Nie Zhilan asked.

"Based on the blood level in the internal organs, the degree of corruption and the digestion of the food, it is speculated that the time of death was around nine to ten hours after he finished his last meal, most likely between nine o'clock and ten o'clock last night." Nie Zhiyan pursed her lips. , continued, "The results of the examination of the residues in the small intestine of the deceased came out. It was Australian Wagyu beef, Yunnan Zhafang tribute rice, and some vegetables."

Wan Tong in the front left suddenly realized that Aunt Yan seemed to talk the most when she was working.

"It's 1000 yuan per kilogram for covering up tribute rice. It's the worst kind of capitalism," said policeman Chu Taonahan.

"Australian Wagyu is divided into grades, and I have only seen the higher grades on TV." Another police officer, Zhu Fang, exclaimed.

Wan Tong rubbed the edge of her ear with her left hand, and the pen twirled crazily on the three fingers of her right hand, and said casually: "That is the life of the deceased was exquisite, he belonged to the upper class, and his family will definitely report the case, we can start with the recent missing person investigation. "

"Xiao Wan is not bad." Chu Tao patted her on the shoulder fiercely.

"Na Xiaowan and A Tao are in charge of investigating missing persons, A Fang and I are investigating suspicious vehicles, and others secretly visit surrounding residents and sparsely populated vacant houses within a radius of 10 kilometers. The abandoned tile-roofed house is not the first crime scene." Brought back from the scene The evidence is still being tested further, and there is not much they can do at this time, so Ma Zhao can only arrange it like this for the time being.

"OK, get it clear, act tomorrow morning, go home early tonight to rest, recharge your spirits, and end the meeting."

The bright lights in the room were turned on. In order to adapt to the light, Wan Tong squinted and saw the clock hanging on the wall. It was just after 8 o'clock. No nonsense, no formal meetings. The efficiency was really high. I passed by the small supermarket on my way home. You can also buy a bucket of ice cream to relieve the heat.

One-third of the colleagues in the Municipal Bureau live in the same compound, and with Wan Tonghuang's skill, they have already dispersed together. At 8:3, she walked out of the gate of the Public Security Bureau. When she walked home alone, she had finished the vanilla ice cream she had just bought.Stepping into the first floor of Unit [-] of the compound, I saw half of two people standing in front of the elevator and had already stepped in. They hurriedly ran and shouted: "Oh! Wait, wait!"

She managed to slip in.

Wan Tong bowed his head and thanked him, and saw that the number "13" on the elevator button was actually on. Could it be the neighbor on the first floor?Looking up again, facing two identical faces, three words subconsciously came up in my mind, "Did you see the devil?"