heart poison

Consciousness gradually became clear in the irritating smell of disinfectant, but the eyelids were so heavy that they couldn't be opened, and a few gleams of light were thrown into the gaps that were barely opened, but there was still only blurred light and shadow in the vision.

There seemed to be someone talking around, mixed with intermittent footsteps, noisy and inaudible.

His throat seemed to be blocked by something, and it was uncomfortable.

Hua Chong took a deep breath and suddenly remembered that he had been in a car accident.

The motorcycle is driving on the wide and smooth road in Luo'an District, and after turning a corner, it will go up to the city ring interchange.As long as there are no special circumstances, before the evening rush hour, there will be no congestion at the ring interchange. If everything goes well, you can return home in 40 minutes.He pretended to glance at Liu Zhiqin inadvertently in the rearview mirror, and Liu Zhiqin told him to slow down when turning.Just when it was about to reach a curve, a medium-sized truck suddenly burst out and charged head-on at an extremely fast speed.

Liu Zhiqin shouted "be careful", and suddenly hugged his waist tightly.Unexpected disaster happened, he turned instinctively, the motorcycle slid out of control as it scraped the ground, his body was thrown into the air by the inertia, and then hit the roadside isolation board.There was a broken bone and joint pain, I wondered if my head had been knocked out of the concussion, and my limbs became useless, as if they were no longer my own...

Then, a loud crash was heard.

Memories stop here.Hua Chong was stunned for a moment, and a sense of fear suddenly swept over his body—it was not only himself who was thrown out, but also Liu Zhiqin!

His chaotic and numb nerves seemed to be immersed in icy cold water. He opened his eyes suddenly, almost stood up, and shouted: "Brother Xiao Liu! Liu Zhiqin! Liu Zhiqin!"

"Flower team, flower team!" Zhang Mao quickly pressed his arm that was being infused with a tense expression, but he was also relieved, "You're awake! Fuck you, don't move around, be careful of running the needle!"

"Where's Liu Zhiqin?" He stared into his bloodshot eyes, afraid of hearing bad news, completely unaware of how frightening his appearance was at this moment.

"I was still there just now, and now I'm going to shoot the film." Xiao Chengxin was also in the ward, "Don't worry, Team Flower, brother Xiaoliu is fine, it was Team Chen who he called. You hit your head and fainted, but he didn't. I was awake all the time, but my finger seemed to be broken."

Hua Chong's chest rose and fell, still worried, he looked up at the infusion bottle hanging beside the bed, and was about to get out of bed after throwing off the quilt.

"Hey! What are you doing, Flower Team?" Zhang Mao held him down with sharp eyesight and quick hands, "You fell hard enough, with multiple soft tissue bruises all over your body and a slight concussion. The doctor said you must rest, and you can't go anywhere go!"

After the movement just now, Hua Chong suddenly felt dizzy.

"Brother Xiaoliu will be back soon. He's really fine. At least he didn't have a concussion like you did. But the clothes of both of you are scrapped and torn." Zhang Trade said, "Brother Xiaoliu should have gone to the hospital as soon as he arrived. Take a film, but he is worried about you and has been guarding you, and was just called away by the doctor."

Hua Chong judged from the reactions of Zhang Mao and Xiao Chengxin that Liu Zhiqin was indeed fine, and his heartbeat gradually calmed down, and he asked, "The car that caused the accident..."

Zhang Mao said: "The cause of the accident is still under investigation. The troublesome thing is that the driver of the truck is dead."

"Dead?" Hua Chong frowned, remembering the loud noise he heard before he passed out, "Did the truck hit something?"

"I hit a heavy-duty truck! Damn, that picture looks like a blockbuster movie!" Halfway through Zhang Mao's speech, he recalled that his team leader almost lost his life, so he immediately restrained his tone and said seriously, "When something happens to you, Chen The team was in a hurry, and the traffic police immediately called up the surveillance video. Guess what? The truck that almost hit you and Brother Xiaoliu didn't show any signs of braking or slowing down, and directly hit the heavy truck driving at the intersection!' Bang Dang', if it wasn’t for the heavy truck, it would definitely be knocked over! It’s a heavy truck, the kind that usually can’t get on the roundabout! Both cars are full of building materials, and basically all hit the medium truck. On the way, the driver was pierced by a steel bar, and he died on the spot!"

Hua Chong's face became colder when he heard it, "What about the driver of the heavy truck?"

"He's fine, it's just that he's completely stunned. When Deputy Qu asked him something, he couldn't straighten his tongue..."

"Is there anyone else in the car? Has the owner checked it out?"

"Flower team, don't get excited." Zhang Mao pressed his hands down, "Do you know why I'm here? Because Chen team gave me a task, I must watch you, so that you can calm down and heal your wounds!"

At this time, Liu Zhiqin came back, wearing a hospital gown, his left ring finger was wrapped in a bandage, the bandage was wrapped in a splint, his forehead was wrapped in gauze, and his exposed arm was bruised and bruised, with a lot of abrasions.

Just at this glance, Hua Chong's heart ached.

"You're awake." Liu Zhiqin walked into the ward, seemingly calm, but his eyes were deeper than ever.

"Come here." Hua Chong beckoned, "Let me see your fingers."

"It doesn't matter." Liu Zhiqin stood beside the bed, "It won't be long before it gets better. But you, the doctor said you fell harder than me."

"I have no broken bones."

"You have a concussion."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Zhang Mao almost rolled his eyes. When he looked at Xiao Chengxin, he found that Xiao Chengxin had the same expression.

"I want to watch the surveillance." Hua Chong said.

Zhang Mao made a bitter face, "Team Chen said..."

"Captain Chen didn't say I can't watch the surveillance, did he?"

"This is not."

"Then bring it."

Zhang Mao sighed, took out his notebook from his backpack, found the video, "here."

Liu Zhiqin had already seen it, so he didn't get too close.Hua Chong stared at the display screen, first he saw the motorcycle he and Liu Zhiqin were riding, and then he saw the medium truck speeding and running a red light.

The video is more intuitive than the scene at that time, and the visual impact it brings is also greater.The moment the truck hit it, the speed was astonishingly fast. He turned completely by instinct and superhuman reaction. If he was even half a second slower, the motorcycle would be directly hit by the truck.

Under that level of impact, unless there is a miracle, the people on the motorcycle have absolutely no hope of surviving.

Hua Chong's palms were covered with cold sweat, his back molars were clenched tightly, and his eyes became extremely sharp.

In the picture, the out-of-control motorcycle sped sideways to the other side of the lane, and both he and Liu Zhiqin were thrown out.At this time, heavy goods vehicles with general barriers appeared.The heavy goods vehicle driver must have seen the medium goods vehicle rushing towards him, but could no longer avoid it.

It is no exaggeration to use a shell to describe a medium-sized truck. It directly hit the middle of the heavy-duty truck, and it looked like it was embedded.Under the action of inertia, all the steel on the car rushed towards the cockpit of the truck, and some of them were inserted directly into it.And the cement slab on the heavy truck also collapsed and pressed down.

Even if he didn't see the dead body of the medium-sized truck driver, he could guess how miserable his death was.

Probably not even the whole body.

Since Xiao Chengxin worked with the serious crime team to solve the Luoguan village case and the Xulushan case, he went to the serious crime team whenever he had nothing to do, as if he regarded himself as a member of the serious crime team.Hua Chong watched the surveillance, and he followed suit.Although I have seen it a few times before, I still shrank my neck, "It's too thrilling! It's so frighteningly scary! Flower Team, this means that you react quickly. If it were me, I would..."

"If it were me, I would probably die. My reaction is far behind the flower team." Zhang Mao scratched his neck in fear, "The driver's identity has been found out. His name is Huang Caihua. He is 46 years old and has been running construction materials all year round. Transport, never had an accident before."

"Huang Caihua..." Hua Chong moved his finger on the touchpad and started to play back at a slow speed.

"You still want to watch?" Zhang Mao said: "Chen team, Qu deputy, and the traffic police detachment are all investigating, Hua team, you should have a good rest!"

Hua Chong remained unmoved, watching the video intently.

Zhang Mao had no choice but to ask Liu Zhiqin for help.

Liu Zhiqin pressed the laptop screen with his "disabled" left hand.Hua Chong was about to open his hand, but suddenly realized that his finger was broken, and he stopped suddenly.

In just half a second, Liu Zhiqin closed the notebook.

Hua Chong raised his head, "Hey you..."

"There's no rush." ​​Liu Zhiqin returned the notebook to Zhang Mao, but his eyes stayed on Hua Chong, "Are you hungry? I'll go and see if there's anything to eat."

"Where do you need to worry about the food? Am I just sitting here as a decoration?" Zhang Mao put away the notebook in two clicks, "The fish porridge and medicinal soup will be delivered soon, and they are already ready."

Hua Chong rubbed his temples.It doesn't feel good to be injured, even if it's a minor injury, I always feel that I can't use my strength.

But compared to the injuries on his body, why the medium truck drove like that disturbed him more.

It is not uncommon for a vehicle to lose control, or a traffic accident caused by a sudden onset of the driver, but if it is just out of control, the speed of the truck should not be that fast.

It was obvious that the driver deliberately stepped on the accelerator to the bottom.

why?

Did he come for himself?

Or from Liu to Qin?

Or, just a mere coincidence?

Having handled so many murder cases, he quickly ruled out the last possibility.

But if the medium-sized truck was coming towards him or Liu Zhiqin, who instructed the driver?Was the driver himself a victim?

"Flower team!" Zhang Mao dissatisfied: "I can tell at a glance whether you are thinking about something! Can't you take a break? Qu Fu and Chen team will definitely investigate clearly!"

At this time, the sick meals that had been prepared by the canteen of the Municipal Bureau arrived, and it was none other than Xu Kan.

Xu Kan took out the thermos and sighed, "A while ago I had to take care of your dog, but now I have to take care of you."

It was then that Hua Chong remembered that he just brought Erwa home today, but luckily he poured a day's worth of dog food into a bowl before going out, and there was enough drinking water, so Erwa won't be hungry until tomorrow if he stays at home alone.

"The doctor asked us to stay in the hospital for one night for observation." Liu Zhiqin said, "We will be discharged tomorrow."

"I know." Xu Kan scooped up the porridge, with worried eyes, "Eat first, I'll go out and smoke a cigarette."

Hua Chong saw his expression and knew that he had something to say.

Herbal soup and fish porridge are tasteless, with little oil and salt, which is simply a typical sick meal.Fortunately, the buddies in the cafeteria are quite conscientious, and added a small dish of soaked cowpea and fried minced meat, otherwise this meal would be really hard to swallow.

The criminal policemen can't go to the front line for minor injuries, not to mention that Hua Chong is not only a criminal policeman.He quickly settled his share, and when he saw Liu Zhiqin, the other party only ate half of it.

Liu Zhiqin raised his eyes, "Aren't you full?"

"I'm full." Hua Chong waved his hand, and found that although Liu Zhiqin was injured in his left hand, he could only use one hand for eating, which was still inconvenient, so he slowed down, so he said, "I'll help you get the bowl." Bar."

Liu Zhiqin was taken aback for a moment.

"I think it's inconvenient for you." Hua Chong stretched out his hand, "I've already finished the infusion, and I can move both hands."

Zhang Mao was clearing the table, turned around and said, "What kind of bowl do you take, how about feeding it directly."

The ward suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere was a little bit awkward.

Hua Chong was holding Liu Zhiqin's bowl, neither letting it go nor not letting it go.

"I'm going to answer the phone." Zhang Trade realized that he was owed again, picked up the phone with the screen not turned on, and slipped away.

Xiao Chengxin had left before, and if he left again, only Hua Chong and Liu Zhiqin were left in the ward.Hua Chong returned the bowl to Liu Zhiqin, "Eat it yourself."

Liu Zhiqin stared at the bowl for a few seconds, then finished the fish porridge that faded out of the bird with the remaining minced meat.

When Xu Kan came back, there was no smell of cigarettes on his body, but the frown deepened between his brows.

"Come on, move a chair and sit." Hua Chong leaned against the head of the bed, his complexion improved after eating the overheated food, "Did you send me information?"

Xu Kan closed the door of the ward before taking his seat, "Huang Caihua—that's the driver who almost hit you, he may have a problem."

"How to say?"

"The forensic medicine department has already done a preliminary autopsy on him, and I have obtained his past medical history. He has never suffered from heart or mental diseases before. The last comprehensive physical examination was half a year ago, and no health problems were found. The pathological examination of the liver and kidneys showed that he had never taken any medicine, nor drank any alcohol." Xu Kan looked serious, "How could a person who has no disease, no alcoholism, and no drug control suddenly speed up and hit someone? Hua'er, Brother Xiaoliu, I feel like he's consciously targeting one of you."

Hua Chong and Liu Zhiqin looked at each other, apparently neither was surprised by Xu Kan's words.

"Qushi and the others are still doing Huang Caihua's background investigation. I don't know much about this area, and everything has to wait for the results of the investigation, but I always feel that this person may just be used." Xu Kan paused, "Really The person who wanted to take revenge on you was hiding behind him. He was a victim, otherwise he would not have died so badly. His head was completely smashed, his brains were splashed everywhere, and his body was poked with holes by steel bars. This kind of The way to die, I can't think of anything other than silence."

Hua Chong pointed to himself, "Do you think he was being used to take revenge on me?"

"Otherwise? As a policeman, especially a serious criminal policeman like you, which one doesn't carry other people's blood and blood on his back?" Xu Kan said while looking at Liu Zhiqin, and then said: "Brother Xiao Liu was just transferred. One year, the people who hate him certainly don't hate you as much."

Hua Chong was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, I see."

"People from the Korean team will come later." Xu Kan stood up, "I can't stay too long, I have to be on duty at night."

"SWAT?" Hua Chong said helplessly, "It's not necessary, I'll tell Team Han to let..."

"They don't worry about you." Xu Kan interrupted, "I think it is necessary to let the brother of the special police come over. Before this matter is investigated, it is better to be more careful. If it is true that someone wants to retaliate against you, but this time they did not succeed, There will definitely be a next time. Both you and brother Xiaoliu are injured, if something happens, you two can't handle it."

Hua Chong knew Han Qu and Chen Zheng's temper well, and knew that it was pointless to fight, and they did it because they were worried about themselves.

"Okay." He smiled at Xu Kan, "I will always be vigilant."

"What are you wary of? You need to rest. You have a concussion!"

"You all tell me about concussions. Are concussions unusual?"

Xu Kan said, "At least I haven't lost my mind."

Liu Zhiqin smiled, "I also live in this ward, and I will supervise him to rest."

The corners of Hua Chong's lips trembled, his face was impatient, but his heart was soft and warm.

It's just that now is not the time to be moved and relaxed. When I think of the moment when the medium-sized truck is rushing, my chest suddenly tightens.

It's definitely not an accident.

Maybe not even revenge.

??

Not long after Xu Kan left, people from the special police detachment really came, but the people who came were all newcomers who had been transferred to the Municipal Bureau in recent years, and they were not familiar with Hua Chong.As soon as they stood outside, the general ward became a special ward.

Zhang Mao brought back a bag of apples, first peeled one for Hua Chong, then another for Liu Zhiqin, and shared the rest with the special police brothers, and he didn't bother to come back once he went out.

Hua Chong concluded that the truck driver wanted to kill himself. This feeling of brushing shoulders with death was no stranger to him, so he was not frightened.But when he thought that he almost got Liu Zhiqin involved, he felt extremely uncomfortable.

Should say something.

It was Liu Zhiqin who spoke first.

"Our motorcycle suits are scrapped. But you can pay for my sweater. I dropped it on the green belt on the side of the road and I picked it up."

Hua Chong opened his mouth halfway, thinking of Liu Zhiqin going to the green belt to pick up sweaters in that situation, he felt a little...

want to laugh.

Feeling a little more relaxed, Hua Chong rubbed his temples and said in a low voice, "Sorry."

Liu Zhiqin frowned slightly, "Why do you have to apologize?"

"The other party came for me."

"It may also be at me."

"You have enemies?"

"Didn't Xu Kan just say that when a policeman is full of hatred?"

Hua Chong shook his head, "How long have you been in Los Angeles? Only half a year. There are only a few cases handled, and you can count them on one hand."

"I've done some hateful things in the information warfare team." Liu Zhiqin sat on the edge of the bed, looking sideways at Hua Chong, "It's hard to say about such things. Before Shen Xun was transferred to the special operations team , I talked to me about what happened there. A policeman in his twenties came home from the night shift and was stabbed a dozen times in the back by an old man in his 60s when he was completely unprepared. You Guess what's the reason? It's just because the old man quarreled with the old lady next door. When the Pian'er police went to mediate, he asked the old man to give way to the old lady. It's just such a trivial matter. The old man couldn't help but feel that he was right. The old lady, and the old man had cancer, so he stabbed the Pian'er policeman. I don't know if he hated the Pian'er policeman deeply, or just wanted to give a back before he died. To die together."

Hua Chong sighed when he heard that, similar things actually happened in Los Angeles.It seems that the police are born to be hated. No matter what they do, no matter whether they are dedicated to their duties or dereliction of duty, they will be hated by others. Some hatred will disappear after a long time, and some will be solved by killing. After being stabbed to death, I probably can only blame myself a little bit.

"Let's wait for the results of the investigation." Hua Chong changed the subject, "How does your finger feel now? Is it painful?"

Liu Zhiqin raised his left hand, "It hurts a bit, but I can bear it."

"Can you sleep that night?"

"I try my best."

Hua Chong sighed, "Don't try too hard, I will accompany you if you can't sleep."

"Your brain..."

"Don't let me hear the word 'concussion' again."

"Yes, yes, listen to the leader." Liu Zhiqin said and stretched out his left hand, "Leader, can you do me a favor?"

"Ok?"

"Help me wrap this hand, I want to go to the bathroom and take a shower."

Hua Chong found the plastic bag and plastic wrap that Zhang Mao had prepared a long time ago, carefully wrapped it around Liu Zhiqin's left hand, and asked, "Did it hurt you?"

"No." Liu Zhiqin said in a warm voice, "Thank you."

When the sound of water came from the bathroom, Hua Chong stared at the door for a long time.Although Liu Zhiqin said that the driver might come for either of them, he still felt that the other party was more likely to come for him.

It's easy to kill two people on a motorcycle, let alone a mid-size truck, or just a car.But it is not so easy to solve the driver of the medium-sized truck while killing people.Did that heavy goods vehicle appear by chance?Or is the driver of the heavy goods vehicle also one of the participants in this "murder"?If not, in what way will the driver of the medium truck die?A remote bomb in the van?What other car will hit it?The truck completely lost control and crashed into the partition?

Hua Chong shook his head lightly, planning to such an extent, if it's just pure revenge, it doesn't make sense at all.

Revenge is actually a desperate and self-defeating behavior, just like the old man Liu Zhiqin said, they don't care if they will be exposed, or they don't care that much.

The details of the incident clearly do not fit this characterization.

Some people hide in the dark, trying to eradicate themselves with the help of others.

This is not revenge, it is silence!

Hua Chong's nerves tightened, and his pupils slowly closed.

It is true that he is a serious criminal police officer, but he has been a police officer for many years and has never mastered or come into contact with any serious secrets.What he knows, many people know too.

But there is one thing that he desperately wants to find the truth, and has been spared no effort to secretly investigate—that is what happened in Shacheng that year.

The anti-terrorism team is not clean, otherwise the operation five years ago should not have caused so many casualties.

Was it that the hiding shadow finally noticed that he was pursuing this matter?

What clues did they think they had?So want to silence?

Hua Chongdun shuddered.

It wasn't because he was being targeted, but not long ago, he thought about revealing his heart to Liu Zhiqin, and even asked Liu Zhiqin for help to investigate together.

Thankfully it didn't.

He lowered his head and pursed his lips into a wry smile.

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped, he raised his head, took a deep breath, and wiped his face with his right hand, as if to wipe away the haze.

In just a few minutes, he has already made a decisive decision - Liu Zhiqin must not be implicated in this matter.

I escaped this time, what about next time, what about next time?

The bathroom door opened, and Liu Zhiqin came out, his left hand still wrapped tightly.

"I'll help you dismantle it." Hua Chong said calmly.

Liu Zhiqin looked at his drooping eyelids and could see that he was going through some kind of struggle.

That kind of struggle is like an undercurrent in a calm river, if you don't dive into the river, you won't notice it at all.

But once he noticed the undercurrent, it was too late to break free.

"Flower team." Liu Zhiqin called out suddenly.

"Ok?"

"You have something on your mind."