Criminal Investigation: Forbidden Rose

Xia Yi stared at the overseas bill and let out a few rough breaths.Soon, he raised his head and looked at Wang Ruili with almost gloomy eyes: "What do you mean, there is more than this piece of evidence?"

"The second piece of evidence, actually, I just received it recently." Wang Ruili took out his phone, clicked on a video, and showed Xia Yi, "It was sent from the informant."

I don't know from what angle this video was recorded, the field of view shakes very badly.In the video, the bright lights cut through the darkness, and the contrast on the human body is extremely strong.Even so, Xia Yi can still recognize Shao Lin from the screen at a glance.He listened to the howling wind in the background, and suddenly realized that it was a ship: "This is—"

"Princess Penglai."

Xia Yi opened his eyes wide in surprise.

Outside the camera, a man stuffed a gun into Shao Lin's hand: "Choose, psychologist."

Shao Lin's eyes flicked across a fan-shaped area, and finally fixed on the direction of the camera.He almost looked at the camera, slowly raised his pistol, expressionless: "Okay, stop acting, you are the one who leaked the secret."

"What are you kidding?!" The camera suddenly began to shake wildly, and the cameraman seemed to start arguing aloud emotionally.

The noise in the video suddenly became very loud, and due to the crazy shaking of the camera, all the colors were blurred, and nothing could be seen clearly.Then, there was a deafening gunshot, and the picture spun around, and finally turned [-] degrees, turning into a white ship's side, the deck was undulating, and there were people walking beside it.

It was only then that Xia Yi realized that the camera should be pinned to the photographer's chest in the form of a brooch or something, and after the gunshot, the person fell down, and this picture was taken.

The video stops here.In fact, the whole video is not long, less than 1 minute. Xia Yi watched it several times, but his mind went blank.

After a long while, he struggled to clear his mind, and said suspiciously: "This is the informant you sent? You mean, on the boat, there was indeed an informant who reported to the police, and Shao Lin killed your own Informant? This is the video recorded by the informant before he died—and you just received it now???”

"I actually don't know who the undercover agent on the ship was. In fact, no one knows except the contact person." Wang Ruili shook his head, "We also obtained second-hand information from the contact person."

Xia Yi opened his mouth and closed it again.

"The case of the Penglai Princess has been closed a long time ago. In fact, nothing can be concluded based on such a video." Wang Ruili shook his head, "What I mean is - you may not know this person as well as you think -."

"However, you don't have to feel sad. Back then, we interrogated Shao Lin for three full months. We used all methods, and the lie detector gave us a green light all the way. If it weren't for this video, I wouldn't know that this kind of thing had happened before." .”

"I'm sorry." Wang Ruili packed up the materials, and his usual indifference returned to his face.He patted Xia Yi on the shoulder: "You go back and have a rest first, Director Zheng said that you will be given two days off."

Xia Yi blinked blankly.But now, "home" has become the place he least wants to return to.

Ha Zai was still training at the police academy, and Xia Yi sat on the sofa alone from evening to early morning without turning on the lights or eating, as if he had become a statue in the dark.

Almost a year.

In nearly a year, the apartment has changed from a sloppy single dog to a breath of life, and even a small pink flower appeared on the head of the pitiful pot of cactus.Every breath in this room was stained with Shao Lin's smell.Xia Yi stretched out his hand to the air in a daze, and made another fist empty.

In the countless moments in the past that constituted "time", he was clearly here.

Shao Lin bent over to clean up the sofa, busy in the kitchen wearing an apron, or just wearing pajamas, barefoot, cross-legged and reading a book on a bean bag.Xia Yi suddenly remembered that even not long ago, she was still sitting in that chair, bragging about her daughter-in-law to her parents brazenly, planning a family reunion.Even when the time comes to meet and what to order, he has already figured it out in his heart.He recalled that fiery, tender and desperate kiss in the car that day.Xia Yi's eyes were suddenly red, and his nasal cavity was sore and swollen, as if he had taken a deep breath in the swimming pool.

Shao Lin, how dare you——

Shaolin how can you? !

Xia Yi's eyes fell on the coffee table, where his birthday present this year - the small gray bone AI Shao Lin gave him.As if venting her anger, Xia Yi picked up the AI ​​and threw it on the floor.

The gray AI rolled, and the plastic shell was knocked off, but the body was not damaged. The red light above the AI's head was bright, and Shao Lin's voice suddenly came out: "Don't throw things around!"

In the dead of night, Xia Yi almost jumped up from the sofa.He looked around as if he had seen a ghost, and then he was sure—Shao ​​Lin's voice was indeed coming from the AI ​​speaker.

Xia Yi's eyes widened, and he called out to AI again: "Shao Lin???"

The man's gentle voice was with a smile: "Huh?"

"You, you, can you talk to me through this?" Xia Yi was suddenly excited, and rushed to pick up the bone AI whose shell was thrown away by him, and hugged it like a baby, "We can talk instantly now ?”

The voice from the speaker is still very gentle: "No, I'm recording."

Xia Yi swears, and throws AI on the carpet again in anger: "Damn! I ran away without saying a word, and just used such an idiot to fool me! Are you a fucking human? Ah??? "

Shao Lin's voice came out word by word again: "I am not human. I am artificial intelligence."

Xia Yi: "..."

In the long night, having such a small thing is better than nothing.Xia Yi sniffed heavily, then hugged the gray bone AI into his arms, and carefully pressed the plastic cover back on: "Then tell me, what else did you record?"

AI: "There are vegetables in the refrigerator, remember to eat."

"Don't mess with these things, where are you now?"

"I'm on your side."

"Fart, I said where is Shao Lin???"

"I've been thinking about it for a long time..." AI said softly again, like Shao Lin's whisper when he was lying beside him, "Perhaps everyone's life's destination is already predetermined. Wherever you start, you are destined to return Where are you going. Xia Yi, don't be sad."

"Fuck, you worked so hard to send me such a moth," Xia Yi gritted his teeth angrily, "Just to say what's there, huh? Why did you spend 9998 just to record my last words? You Last words are expensive enough to buy a grave in my hometown. What else did you record? Is there anything useful? For example, where did you go? What do you want to do? Please give me some clues, please! "

I don't know if it's because Xia Yi spoke too fast, and the AI ​​couldn't digest it for a while, so he popped out a sentence after a while: "Why don't you drink more hot water?"

Xia Yi resisted the urge to throw the AI ​​for the third time, and cursed in a low voice: "I'm a fucking bastard!"

……

Shao Lin walked to the deck, leaned on the railing with one hand, and looked west.

There is a vast ocean everywhere, and nothing can be seen with the naked eye.The boat was not big, and it bumped violently in the waves, like a roller coaster that went up and down 24 hours a day.In two days, Shao Lin almost vomited out his intestines, and now his face was pale and his lips were pale.

The short man timidly handed over a Chinese stick: "Brother, brother, do you smoke? I was in a hurry when I came out, so I brought two with me. If you feel dizzy and uncomfortable, I will use the small one to honor you—" —”

Shao Lin didn't lift his eyelids, and interrupted indifferently: "No smoking."

The man withdrew his hand in embarrassment, and after a long while, he choked out a sentence: "I really didn't expect that Luo Yang, the murderer, would collude with the police to fish. I don't think he should get a kidney transplant. He just dies! Brother, I can escape this time." Come out, it really depends on you."

"It's just on the way."

After setting off from Yan'an, they changed boats three more times—cruise boats, cargo boats, and fishing boats—but the journey was unimpeded.

"Come, come!" On the deck, Mr. Zhang suddenly cheered, pointing to a silver helicopter in the distance, and said excitedly, "Going out will be the high seas!"

Is it the open sea again?

Suddenly, Shao Lin was stunned.

He looked down at his phone, but there was no signal.

The helicopter picked them up, and a man with sunglasses pointed a gun at Shao Lin's forehead, forcing him to throw everything on his body into the sea, even a packet of motion sickness medicine and half a piece of chocolate.In the end, he also used various instruments to detect his skin all over his body for a long time to ensure that he was not carrying a weapon or a locator.After the inspection, the helicopter flew southeast again, and landed on a big silver boat two and a half hours later.

There were already people waiting for them on deck—four men with guns, surrounded by a little girl in dark glasses. "Zhang Shengnan" was wearing a long black gauze dress, leaning on the railing in a rather graceful posture, the skirt and hair fluttering in the air.

Shao Lin just got off the plane and walked in her direction.

"Long time no see," the woman giggled.As if deliberately disgusting, she called out "Brother Shao Lin" milky and sweet.

"Let's not exchange pleasantries, I'll just order." Shao Lin's face was pale, but his eyes were as cold as a knife, and he asked each word, "Where is He Lianyun? I want to see him."

The woman who looked like a little girl turned her head away and gave him a wary look: "Oh? How did you know? The police have already found out?"

A hint of teasing flashed in Shao Lin's eyes: "I'm here, so I have to show some sincerity to cooperate. I guessed blindly, the police don't know yet, if you are worried, why don't you ask the person who helped you replace He Lianyun's DNA autopsy The experimenter of the sample?"

The woman winked at the security guard behind her, and the two men took him to a cabin on the third floor of the ship.

The cabin was very spacious, with floor-to-ceiling windows with excellent lighting. The psychology professor who "died tragically in the fire" not long ago sat on the swivel leather chair, turned around slowly, put his hands and fingers on his stomach, and looked at it with a half-smile. To Shao Lin.

Compared with the last time we met, he seemed to be a little more haggard, but the facial features carved with a knife were still sharp and cold, with a hint of gloomy majesty.

"You guessed that I'm not dead?" The man said slowly, with a slight arc of no warmth at the corner of his mouth, "Where did something go wrong?"

Shao Lin stared at him blankly, and took a deep breath: "I can't say it's wrong. It's just that I encountered too many unexplainable problems according to the logic that you were burned to death by 'Zhang Shengnan'."

"The case of He's house on fire, the thing that surprised me the most was 'Zhang Shengnan'—how did he leave the community?" Shao Lin paused, "After your license plate entered the community, we checked all the vehicles and vehicles that left. Pedestrians. The security guard has never seen the little girl, the taxi driver has never seen the little girl, and the rest of the vehicles are all registered in the community, and they have gone out and come back, and none of them have problems."

"The security in this community is very good. I really can't figure out how 'Zhang Shengnan' left the community, so I decided to step back and think about it, and discard all preconceived guesses—what if 'Zhang Shengnan' never entered the community? Naturally, no one saw her before and after the arson, which created the perfect opportunity for her to run away early."

The smile on He Lianyun's face was real, he raised his index finger and thumb to pinch his chin, and said with interest: "And then?"

"Others are small details. For example, your shoe cabinet. The toe of the pair of shoes you wore that day turned up. It just so happens that I have been to your house a few times before, and I know enough about you, Professor He—everything you Wearing dirty leather shoes outside with the toe pointing down - only the ones that have been rewashed and oiled have the toe pointing up."

"Oh? Observing so carefully." He Lianyun nodded Erlang's toes, "I'm very moved to hear that."

Shao Lin laughed sarcastically: "Ms. He is a fastidious person. But at the time, I just thought it was strange and didn't take it seriously. Then, I found your briefcase at your house, but I didn't find the children's bag you bought at KFC. Package toy. But when you left KFC, that toy was in your pocket. If you and 'Zhang Shengnan' didn't go home that night, but a subordinate who is not familiar with your habits, wearing your leather shoes, Take your briefcase, drive your car, go to your house with a dead body, set a timer to set fire, walk away in the dead body’s shoes — and it all makes sense.”

"I just said, it's really a pity that you stay in the police." He Lianyun shook his head with a smile, and stretched out his hand to ring the bell on the wall.Immediately, a dark-skinned Southeast Asian beauty walked in with a silver plate.The silver round lid was lifted, and inside was a piece of bloody steak, served with baked potatoes and vegetable salad.

"Come on, it's time for dinner, let's talk while eating." He Lianyun snapped his fingers at the waiter, "Serve this gentleman too, the steak should be medium rare."

Before Shao Lin could speak, the pretty girl nodded and walked out with a smile on her face.

Shao Lin was already dizzy.Just now, in order not to lose his momentum, he said so much in one breath, but this time when he saw the steak still dripping with blood, and smelled the food again, his stomach convulsed again, and his face turned blue again. He choked back a retch, it was terribly uncomfortable.

"Oh, look, I forgot," He Lianyun narrowed his eyes lazily, "I heard from Xiao Zhang that you vomited several times on the boat that came over?"

Shao Lin: "..."

"It's all right, it's like this when I first got on the boat." He Lianyun chuckled a few times, took out a pocket knife from his pocket, and cut into the steak.Shao Lin's pupils dilated slightly - he recognized it at a glance, this was the earliest time, his father hid it under his pillow, and he buried the dagger under the twin tree!

"You know, the first time I saw your father." He Lianyun sliced ​​it off, and the bright red gravy burst out. "It was also on the boat. Like you, he was dizzy and wanted to hug the bucket every day." live."

He Lianyun took a knife and inserted the extremely tender, bloody beef, got up and walked in front of Shao Lin.Shao Lin took a step back subconsciously, but his back was against the bulkhead wall.

"I saw that your dad was having a hard time throwing up, so I told him, if you don't forget it, you don't have to eat the food in Shanghai." He Lianyun's tone was very relaxed, as if recalling some happy past, "Lin Yun said Tell me, he was desperate on the shore, and he had to eat if he couldn't eat. Then, I watched him vomit, vomit again after eating, and managed to survive."

The tip of the knife with a piece of meat had already poked Shao Lin's lips, dyeing his pale lips a strange bright red.

"What about you?" He Lianyun asked softly, "Why did you get on the boat?"