last case

Ceremony begins 18

"No matter what, it's better to ask the driver first." Tang Xin said.

Xie Jibai nodded.

Tang Xin said: "I'll go find that driver, you can sit here, in case something happens to Chen Yancai, you can still deal with it."

Now that there are few people, Xie Ji Bai really shouldn't go away.

Tang Xin went to find the driver alone.

The driver was on night shift today, Tang Xin went to the taxi company to find him, the company contacted the driver and called the driver over.

After such a toss, plus the fact that it was dawning early, it seemed that it would be dawn soon.

The driver was called back, obviously confused, and said, "You are also a police detective? Why are you looking for me again? Or is it because of what happened last time?"

Tang Xin showed him his ID and said, "Did you meet such a passenger today?"

Tang Xin took out his mobile phone and showed him the back view of a man in a gray windbreaker.

The driver looked at it and immediately said, "I've seen it before, there is such a guest."

The driver was very sure, and said: "I received an order, and I made an appointment to wait for work at the entrance of the theater. I arrived on time, and there was such a man in a gray trench coat who got into the car, and then he followed me Said to go out of the city. I am reluctant to go out of the city at such a late night, but the order was picked up early in the morning, so it is not easy to reject it. I drove forward, but after walking for less than 500 meters, he suddenly said to turn right parking."

"Turn right and stop?" Tang Xin frowned.

The driver nodded and said, "Yes, I was wondering at the time. I slammed on the brakes. Fortunately, it was night, and I didn't have time to stop during the day. The man took out a hundred yuan, and I was still changing, so he got out of the car and left. , It disappeared in the blink of an eye, just like meeting a ghost."

What the driver said was a bit mysterious. Tang Xin didn't believe in ghosts, but they disappeared in the blink of an eye. It really made people feel strange and confused.

Tang Xin asked the taxi company to adjust the route the taxi took tonight, as well as the order and time.

The taxi driver didn't lie, the order that started at the entrance of the cinema did stop after only walking one street.Then 2 minutes later, the taxi driver took the second order, which was a guest going to the airport.

Tang Xin wrote down the route and asked Xie Jibai to retrieve the surveillance video of that street when he was going back.

Tang Xin suddenly thought of something and asked, "I'll ask you another question. That man in the gray windbreaker, is there a pin that looks like a crow with wings spread on the collar of the windbreaker?"

"What crow?" the taxi driver said, "I haven't seen it, there must be none. He was so tightly wrapped up in the hot weather, I took a second look, and there was nothing on the neckline."

Tang Xin frowned, could it be that what Lin Letian was holding was the crow tie?

The man in the gray windbreaker gave Lin Letian his collar pin?

What is the purpose of a collar pin?

However, Lin Letian hid the pin.

Tang Xin came out of the taxi company in a hurry, and then took out his mobile phone to call Xie Jibai.But his cell phone rang first, and it was Xie Ji Bai calling.

"vice……"

Tang Xin was interrupted as soon as he opened his mouth, Xie Jibai said in a deep voice: "Forensic Tang, come to the city hospital, hurry up! Something happened to Lin Letian."

Tang Xin's expression changed instantly, he hung up the phone and hurried to the city hospital.

Lin Letian had an accident and is already in the emergency room.

Xie Jibai and Chen Yancai were there, as well as Chen Wanting, who seemed to have just arrived.

Like Tang Xin, Chen Wanting didn't know what happened yet.

Chen Wanting said, "What's going on?"

Chen Yancai said: "I don't know. Lin Letian didn't cooperate even if she was suspicious. She just kept silent, and she didn't say anything when I asked her. Then she suddenly became unwell, her face was very ugly, and she suddenly started to twitch and vomit. , I panicked right then."

Xie Jibai was outside at the time, when he heard the movement, he immediately went in to check, and found that Lin Letian was not in good condition, even showing symptoms of shock, so he was rushed to the hospital.

Tang Xin immediately told them what he had just asked at the taxi company, and also told them about the collar pin of the gray crow with wings spread.

"A crow tie?" Xie Jibai frowned.

Because Lin Letian entered the emergency room, all her things are here now, and there is no crow pin.

"Strange, isn't it?" Tang Xin said.

Tang Xin frowned, suddenly startled, and asked: "Chen Yancai, what symptoms did you say she had?"

Chen Yancai hurriedly opened her mouth, but Tang Xin didn't really want to ask her, he just seemed to want to confirm further, and continued: "It may be heavy metal poisoning."

"Heavy metal poisoning?" Xie Ji Bai said in surprise.

Tang Xin said: "That gray crow's tie..."

"You mean, she swallowed it?" Chen Wanting opened his mouth in disbelief.

Soon, Liu Zhihui and Qin Xu also rushed over. After asking about the situation, they were both speechless and stood outside waiting for the situation.

The smell of hospital disinfectant made Xie Jibai uncomfortable. He hated this smell, and when he smelled it, he would even get goose bumps all over his body, and even feel dizzy and nauseous.He tried his best to adjust his emotions, waiting for the situation in the emergency room.

The lights in the emergency room didn't stay on for too long, and everyone didn't wait too long, and soon the doctors and nurses came out.

Liu Zhihui was the first to lose his composure, and went up to meet him and asked, "Doctor, how is it?"

The doctor shook his head, and Liu Zhihui froze for a moment.

Heavy metal poisoning, as Tang Xin speculated.It was due to ingestion of highly toxic heavy metals, one or two grams can be fatal, but the amount she ingested was much larger than one or two grams.

Lin Letian...

Lin Letian was already dead.

It should be Liu Yingbei.

She was no longer breathing and was presumed dead, lying quietly.At this moment, the heavy makeup on her face had been removed long ago, revealing her original face, her face was gray and pale, because of the heavy metal poisoning, her death was a bit scary.

After removing the glorious makeup, Liu Yingbei seems to have returned to a gloomy and inferior person, and she seems to be completely different from the Lin Letian they met in those few days.

Chen Wanting took people to search Lin Letian's house. Liu Ying took possession of the dove's nest and lived here for many days.

Tang Xin saw a few medicine bottles on the table, picked them up and looked at the names and ingredient lists, with a somewhat complicated expression on his face.

Liu Zhihui asked: "Forensic Doctor Tang, what's wrong?"

Tang Xin said: "Liu Yingbei has been taking medicine."

"What's wrong with her?" Chen Yancai couldn't help asking.

Tang Xin said: "Spiritual problems."

Xie Jibai stood by the bed in the bedroom, heard Tang Xin's words, and said, "That's true."

He took out a stack of photos from under Liu Yingbei's pillow, and was flipping through them one by one.

Tang Xin walked over and said, "What did the deputy team find?"

Xie Jibai didn't say much, and handed the photo to Tang Xin.

It should be a photo taken by Liu Yingbei herself. There is a Polaroid camera in her bedside table, and the photo paper is the same.

There are about twenty photos, and Tang Xin has seen them one by one.

These are all photos of the deceased Lin Letian. Lin Letian is covered in blood and should be dead.Liu Yingbei took many photos of her, all of which were very clear.Finally, there is a photo of Liu Yingbei and the deceased.

Liu Yingbei's face that was full of shadows was finally revealed. She smiled happily. Although she looked a little haggard, she could vaguely tell that it was a pretty face.

However, she held a sharp weapon in her hand, and there was blood all over the sharp weapon and her hands.She didn't seem to notice it, and her smile was very happy.

Before Tang Xin saw these photos, he had already discovered the pills Liu Yingbei was taking, so he was not too surprised at this time.

Liu Yingbei put these photos under her pillow, as if she wanted to recall this joyful moment with them before her sweet dreams every night.This may be very gratifying to her.

This heinous horror made them almost speechless.

In the end, they also found a book with a gray cover, which read "Fish Memories No. 11 Volume"...

Chen Wanting took the book back and gave it to his colleagues in the technical investigation. Although he didn't have much hope based on the previous rounds, he still hoped to find out something.

The result is not ideal, still can't find anything.

After the book was returned, Xie Jibai finally had a chance to read all the words on it.

The whole case was as he had guessed, because Liu Yingbei was jealous of Lin Letian, so she planned to kill her, and then wanted to hide the truth and live as the real Lin Letian.

There is such a passage in the book...

"—The story suddenly had to be changed. I originally wanted to end this delightful story according to my perfect setting, but my partner has been exposed to their eyes. But it doesn't matter, because they are sure I can't think of what I'm going to do now.

Yes, Liu Yingbei is dead, that poor girl.In fact, she no longer has any greater wishes, and I helped her fulfill all of her wishes.At least she lived beautifully, happily and happily for so many days, which is her greatest wish in this life.

The gray crow sent her away, she must know what I gave her, because when she received the gray crow, she smiled and gave me a thank you..."

At the end of the book, there is something like an epilogue, written in Liu Yingbei's tone.

"—I was tortured day and night. They all said that I was sick and that I was crazy. I took medicine on time every day, but these medicines could not make me healthy, but tortured me even more. I know that these tortures are all What Lin Letian brought to me was her...

I remember that little orphanage, I was so happy when I was little, I thought I was going to have a mother, but when I put on my favorite dress and was about to go home with my mother... Lin Le Sweet changed everything for me, she took everything from my mom and me.I was the one who was going to be taken away, but she took away my happiness..."

Xie Ji Bai didn't look any further, he could already think of what was going on.What happened back then, no one knows now.Because of that incident, Liu Yingbei became gloomy and inferior, and even developed mental problems.

Xie Jibai sighed, some people deserve sympathy but really hate them.

"Deputy team," Tang Xin leaned against Xie Jibai's table, and asked, "After get off work, are you going home? Have boiled fish today?"

"I don't eat chili." Xie Jibai said, because it is red.

Tang Xin smiled and said: "I know, I know, I promise to pick out all the peppers cleanly, and I won't let you see any of them."

Hearing what he said, Xie Jibai was suddenly a little embarrassed, feeling that Tang Xin's taste was like coaxing a child.

Chen Yancai snickered next to her again.

Xie Jibai stood up and said, "Then let's go."

"The boss is gone?" Qin Xu came in from the outside.

Chen Yancai said, "Did you go to the cake shop?"

"Deputy team, then I'll give it to you." Qin Xu handed Xie Jibai an envelope and said, "I saw a letter from the reception room and took it up. It only said that it was received by Group C of the Serious Crime Squad, without a specific name."

Xie Jibai took it, there was no postmark, and it was heavy inside, I don't know what it was, it shouldn't be something like paper.

Xie Ji Bai frowned, and dumped the contents of the envelope on the table.

"Ding" sound.

Something metal fell out.

It's a gray raven with outstretched wings...

Angel doll 1

A gray crow pin made everyone feel bad again. It seemed that the person was sincerely looking for their bad luck.

In the end, everyone went home separately. Xie Jibai and Tang Xin went to the supermarket to buy some ingredients, and then went home to cook.

For some reason, Xie Ji Bai doesn't eat red food, in fact he even eats very little red meat.As Tang Xin who has a little understanding of psychology, he can roughly guess how this situation is caused.It must be that Xie Jibai has witnessed or experienced something before, which makes him very resistant to red things.

But the specific reason, perhaps only Xie Jibai himself knows.

No, maybe Chen Wanting also knew.

Tang Xin found that the relationship between Xie Jibai and Chen Wanting seemed to be closer than others, which can be seen from the address.

Tang Xin quickly prepared dinner, brought out the boiled fish, and saw Xie Jibai sitting on the sofa outside, holding a photo in his hand.

In the photo is the gray crow pin with wings outstretched and screaming...

"Dinner." Tang Xin said.

"Okay." Xie Jibai nodded.

It's not that Xie Ji Bai can't eat spicy food, but he doesn't like red chili.Tang Xin has already scooped out all the hot peppers in the boiled fish, and there is no redness left.

A fragrance hits the face. On such a hot day, the smell of a spicy smell is really making people want to move.

Xie Jibai hadn't eaten spicy food for a long time, his nose was a little red when it was spicy, almost tears fell down, and he kept sniffling his nose.

Tang Xin eats very elegantly. In fact, he is the one who really can't eat too spicy food.But Tang Xin still made the boiled fish very spicy, he just wanted to see how Xie Jibai's eyes were red and full of tears.

really……

Very pleasing to the eye.

Tang Xin smiled and poured a glass of milk for Xie Jibai, saying, "Milk relieves the heat better."

After finishing the meal, Xie Ji Bai felt that his lips were numb and hot, as if he was trembling all the time.After drinking a glass of warm water, the pot exploded on my lips, and the hot feeling came back, it couldn't be better.

After Tang Xin finished washing, he saw Xie Jibai holding a glass of water and touching his lower lip back and forth with his index finger.

That appearance really made Tang Xin's heart skip a beat, and he wanted to go over and reach out to touch Xie Jibai's lips, whether they were as soft as he imagined.

It's a pity that Xie Jibai is not a fancy embroidered pillow, if he really did this, the consequences would be disastrous.

The next day, everyone was busy again. Although they solved the case and found the murderer, there were still too many questions. They still had a gray crow's tie in their hands.

Tang Xin took away the gray crow collar pin, took someone to check and test it, and found that it was just a very ordinary 925 silver brooch, and the paint on it was also very common. I am afraid that if this brooch is taken out, there will be hundreds Thousands of manufacturers can mass produce.

However, the result of Chen Yancai's investigation was that she couldn't find a tie similar in shape to this gray crow at all, which seemed to be unique.Of course, it is not unique, because Liu Yingbei once swallowed a tie pin like this.

However, the tie pin that Liu Yingbei swallowed was very unique. It was made of heavy metals, not 925 silver. Those heavy metals are still highly toxic, and one or two grams is enough to kill, which is different from the material of the one in their hands.

Tang Xin came back from the laboratory and said, "The brooch has been given to a colleague from the Technical Investigation Section."

Chen Wanting nodded and said, "No progress?"

Tang Xin shook his head and said, "From the material of the brooch alone, there is no way to draw any conclusions."

Qin Xu sat on the side, seemingly in a daze, and said, "This man is really cautious."

"That's right." Liu Zhihui said in agreement, "Every time he appears, he doesn't leave any clues behind."

Tang Xin suddenly remembered, and asked: "By the way, what the taxi driver said last time..."

Chen Wanting knew what he was going to say, and said, "Xiaobai is studying that surveillance video in the conference room."

Tang Xin walked into the meeting room, and Xie Jibai was sitting in it alone, studying the surveillance video tape with the computer.

Tang Xin went to the taxi company that day, and the driver said that the man in the gray windbreaker only took a taxi and crossed one street before getting off. This is a very important piece of information.

Later, Xie Jibai asked someone to call out all the nearby surveillance cameras, and sure enough, he saw the taxi driver on the surveillance cameras.

Tang Xin asked: "How is it?"

Xie Ji Bai shook his head and said, "Very cunning."

Xie Jibai asked Tang Xin to sit down, and the two watched the surveillance video again.

The man in the gray windbreaker is indeed very cunning. He got into a taxi when he left the movie theater. The taxi didn't drive for a minute, then turned a corner and stopped at an intersection. It can be seen that the stop was in a hurry. Fortunately, it was the middle of the night, and there were no vehicles driving nearby.

The man in the gray windbreaker got out of the taxi, and his face was not captured in the video. He was wearing a hat and bowed his head, with his hands in his pockets, not showing any skin. He was indeed a cunning and thoughtful person.

Soon, he got out of the taxi and walked forward, and there was a big truck in front of him.

Seeing this, Tang Xin couldn't help laughing, and said, "Disappeared?"

"Yes." Xie Jibai said.

Tang Xin finally knew what "disappeared" meant.When the man passed by the truck, his silhouette was completely blocked, but the surveillance video did not capture the man leaving again.It was as if he had walked from the back of the big truck to another space and disappeared completely.

"Is it possible..." Tang Xin pointed to the screen and said, "Did you enter this residential building?"

Xie Jibai said: "I think so too, this may be the only possibility. I'm going to take someone to have a look, do you want to go together?"

"Okay." Tang Xin said.

The man in the gray windbreaker couldn't have disappeared without a sound. He must have slipped away from a blind spot of surveillance.Then the only possibility is to enter the residential building on the left.The building is not tall, only six floors, but it looks very old, it is still an old-style slab building, and the outside is mottled.The line of sight of the surveillance video was blocked by the residential building, and it couldn't be seen any further to the side.

If the man in the gray clothes uses a truck as a cover and enters the residential building, he can leave through the window of the residential building.There is a small alley in the back, there is no surveillance at all, it is very safe.

The two of them had just left the meeting room when they heard a knock on the door, and Captain Ai walked in from the next door.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, but Chen Wanting was the first to stand up and said, "Team Ai, why are you here?"

Teammate Ai smiled nicely and said, "I want to ask you to borrow Tang Forensic Doctor."

"Forensic Tang?" Chen Yancai immediately said, "No, our Tang Forensic is very busy."

"Hey, I said you are a little girl." Dui Ai was ready to start a fight with Chen Yancai when he heard this.

Chen Wanting quickly smoothed things over and said, "Borrow Tang's forensic doctor?"

Tang Xin was also a little surprised, it's not that Team A doesn't have forensic doctors.

Team Ai came to borrow someone with a good attitude, and said: "We Xiao Liu went on his honeymoon on wedding leave. It's not that we lack a forensic autopsy, but also just in time for a murder case to go on a mission. You said Xiao Liu went on honeymoon, I You can't bring people back."

Upon hearing this, Chen Wanting said, "How about, Doctor Tang, why don't you go and have a look?"

Tang Xin originally planned to go to the residential building with Xie Jibai, but it was a pity that he didn't go, and went on a mission with Team Ai.Xie Jibai only took Liu Zhihui and Qin Xu with him.

Team A is the first team after the Serious Case Team, and they take over all the shocking and weird cases. Tang Xin is quite interested.

Before Tang Xin left, Chen Yancai grabbed him and said in a low voice, "Forensic Tang, if you have any problems, please report to the organization in time!"

Tang Xin: "..."

"Hey, I'm talking about you, little girl, and you're talking bad about me again, aren't you?" Captain Ai said immediately when he saw that Forensic Tang was gone.

Xie Jibai and the others rushed to the old residential building, which was out of reach of the surveillance cameras.The building does not have a second exit, but it is a coincidence that there are no residents on the first floor after entering the building, there is a reception room, and there is a window in the reception room, which can be opened directly, and there will be no surveillance after the entrance.

There happened to be an old man on duty in the reception room. When Xie Jibai and the others asked, they had a clue.

It is said that one night a few days ago, he was on the night shift here, and he went to the bathroom halfway, so he locked the door of the reception room.When I came back a few minutes later, I found that the door lock of the reception room had been broken.

The door lock he used was not a good one, although it couldn't be broken by hand, but with something like a long screwdriver, the card owner could easily pry it open.

The old man was a little surprised, but also felt strange.There is nothing in the reception room. You can see the inside clearly from the outside, and there is nothing valuable. How could someone pry it here?

The old man thought it was a prank by a naughty child, so he didn't pay much attention.Afterwards, the situation was as usual, and there was no difference, so the old man didn't take it seriously. "Deputy team, what should we do now?" Liu Zhihui asked.

The man in the gray windbreaker probably left through the window of the reception room, but unfortunately there was no surveillance behind him, so he was still nowhere to be found.

Xie Ji Bai was about to speak when his phone vibrated.

It's Chen Wanting's call.

"Xiaobai, forensic doctor Tang asked us to go over and take a look. I'll send the address to your phone, and I'll get there as soon as possible. The situation is a bit weird." Chen Wanting said over there.

Forensic doctor Tang followed Team Ai on a mission, why did he suddenly call them over?

Xie Jibai frowned. Could it be that the case that Team Ai took over has something to do with those mystery novels?