heart poison

Private cars parked densely on the boulevards outside the community, and some even encroached on the sidewalks.Many street lights were broken, and the surroundings were dark.Li Yizhao searched for a long time on all the small roads full of cars with a flashlight, and finally found Xiao Chengxin's car - a very ordinary white BYD.

It parked quietly in the shadows of trees and buildings, its body covered with dozens of fallen leaves, and it looked very lonely.

There was a strong wind last night, and the fallen leaves should have fallen at that time.The cars in front and behind it were probably parked here tonight, and there were almost no fallen leaves on the car body.

After hearing the news, Hua Chong arrived and stood by the car to observe the surrounding environment.

This road is actually not that close to the community. It takes nearly 10 minutes to walk, and even if you walk fast, it takes about 6 minutes.Xiao Chengxin parked his car here, probably because he couldn't find a parking space near the community.

Hua Chong recalled the time when he and Xiao Chengxin parted ways last night, made some calculations, and said in a low voice, "It should be around 9 o'clock when he came here yesterday."

"I asked the gatekeeper just now that this area was planned early, and now the number of private cars has increased sharply. After 7 o'clock every night, the best spots outside the community are fully parked. Owners who come back late can only go to other places Looking for a parking space. This small road is remote and the lighting facilities are outdated. If it is not impossible to find a place, generally no owner will be willing to park the car here." Liu Zhiqin propped one hand on the car door, looking unsightly. "Xiao Chengxin came back yesterday, but he didn't enter the community. The camera in the apartment building failed to capture him, and there was no sign of being disturbed at his house. Flower team, if something happened to him, it must have happened on this road thing."

Hua Chong raised his head and looked at the nearest street lamp, with dim light reflected in his eyes.

This road belongs to the back street, there is no monitoring, anyone can come here to park, and similarly, anyone can hide in a hidden place.

Who was Xiao Chengxin kidnapped?still……

Already had an accident?

But why Xiao Chengxin?

At this time, Li Xun raised his hand and shouted: "Flower team, there are no valuable traces nearby!"

Liu Zhiqin sighed, "Cars come and go here during the day, even if there are any traces, they have been covered and destroyed."

Hua Chong suddenly asked, "Where's the blood?"

Li Xun was stunned for a moment, "I can't see it, do you want to do a luminol test?"

Li Yichao was obviously frightened, "If there is blood, does it mean that Captain Xiao is, he..."

Zhang Mao lowered his voice and said, "Don't make a fuss! No one said Team Xiao might be killed!"

Li Yichao was even more frightened, took a few deep breaths, and stood aside without speaking.

Hua Chong looked at the small road extending to the dark depths under the night, "Forget it, if there is blood on this road, it will take a lot of work to remove it to the extent that it is invisible to the naked eye. Someone is willing to work hard to remove the blood , it will definitely be cleared up more thoroughly."

Liu Zhiqin agreed, "It's so thorough that even the luminol test can't find any blood."

Hua Chong turned around, "Has Xiao Chengxin's phone been located?"

"Locating." Liu Zhiqin said: "The phone is turned off, and it will take some time to locate. Yuan Hao will contact me later."

Just as he was talking, Yuan Hao's call came.Liu Zhiqin picked it up, listened for a few seconds and said, "I'll go right away!"

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Lou Rui's face was wrinkled, his shoulders and neck shrunk badly, he kept rubbing his hands together, and said in a local accent: "This hand, the mobile phone, yes, I picked it up this morning, if you want it, take it. I didn't steal it, and I didn't even turn on the phone. I have a mobile phone myself, and I plan to give it to our captain."

The phone has been placed in an evidence bag.Hua Chong took a look at the physical evidence bag and found several wear and tear on the fuselage.And he clearly remembered that Xiao Chengxin bought this phone only recently.Last night at the Thai restaurant, Xiao Chengxin put his mobile phone on the table. At that time, the mobile phone still looked brand new.

"Where did you find this phone?" Liu Zhiqin asked.

"It's on Chunye Lane, and I'm in charge of cleaning there." The sadness on Lou Rui's face deepened, "Please let me go, I really haven't done anything bad."

Liu Zhiqin handed him two cigarettes, and said in a gentle tone, "Old man, we didn't mean to embarrass you, but we accidentally found out that it was in your hand when we were looking for this mobile phone. You said that you were in Chunye when you were cleaning in the morning. Xiang picked it up, what was the specific situation at that time?"

Lou Rui took the cigarette and lit it with his plastic lighter, which cost RMB 6. One person. There was a strong wind in the middle of the night last night, and many leaves were blown down. I swept it and felt something was wrong. When I saw it, there was a mobile phone under the leaves."

Chunye Lane is where Xiao Chengxin parked his car.Liu Zhiqin took Lou Rui there and asked, "do you remember where you dropped your phone?"

Lou Rui ran a few steps, stepped heavily on the concrete floor with his right foot a few times, "here."

Liu Zhiqin saw that the place was less than ten meters away from Xiao Chengxin's car.

Hua Chong noticed that the location of Lou Rui's station was really not hidden. If someone passed by at night, they might pick up the phone when they saw it. It was not Lou Rui's turn, so he asked: "After what time in the evening, there are almost no people here. ?”

"There will be no one after eight o'clock." Lou Rui said: "Many people have been robbed on this road, and everyone is afraid! Summer is okay, but in winter, especially at the end of the year, no one can find another parking space. I will park my car here, let alone passing by. There is a road outside, who would like to walk in this alley? I have no choice but to clean up here. I'm safe knowing I've got nothing to fish for."

Hua Chong thought for a while, and asked a team member to take Lou Rui to take notes, then took a cigarette from Liu Zhiqin, and said, "Xiao Chengxin's mobile phone rubbed badly, it doesn't seem to be caused by simply dropping it on the ground. It is very likely It was Xiao Chengxin who was attacked, dropped his phone, and someone stepped on the phone during the scuffle."

"Xiao Chengxin was attacked ten meters away from the car. The opponent chose this kind of place to attack. Did he follow all the way or lurk in advance?" Liu Zhiqin said.

"Xiao Chengxin doesn't seem to get off work on time recently. It stands to reason that when he drove home, all the good parking spaces had already been taken, so he could only choose this Spring Leaf Alley." Hua Chong said: "The other party may have already figured out who he is. But he doesn’t come home at a fixed time every day, and sometimes he doesn’t even go home and lives directly in the bureau. It takes more energy and time to wait for him in the alley.”

"That's stalking?" Liu Zhiqin said: "If it's stalking, check the road monitoring, maybe you can find something."

Hua Chong nodded, picked up the phone, "I'll call the traffic police."

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Xiao Chengxin's sudden disappearance alarmed Chen Zheng.In the middle of the night, Chen Zheng rushed to the Municipal Bureau and called Hua Chong and Liu Zhiqin to the office, "What's going on?"

It's not that the Los Angeles City Bureau has never had a criminal police officer disappear, but the criminal police involved are either from the serious crime team or the criminal investigation team, and no one has ever been from the accumulated case team.

Dealing with vicious criminal cases all year round, the criminal police are easily hated. The front-line criminal police understand this and usually pay attention to their own safety. Since Chen Zheng became the captain of the criminal investigation detachment, similar incidents have never happened in several teams.

Chen Zheng was puzzled, "How could it be Xiao Chengxin?"

"I also find it strange." Hua Chong said, "It doesn't seem like seeking revenge, but judging from the scratches on the phone, Xiao Chengxin has indeed fought with someone."

"It's not seeking revenge, why fight? Robbery is even more impossible. It doesn't make sense for someone to rob him, and also rob others." Chen Zheng said: "Xiao Chengxin is a criminal policeman after all, he should not be randomly Easily subdued by one person."

"But the fact now is that that person subdued him and took him away." Liu Zhiqin said: "He disappeared."

Chen Zheng frowned, "No, this is too strange. The cases that Xiao Chengxin handled were not enough to bring him too much hatred, and those who especially hate him are under our control, and they don't even have the chance to commit crimes." No. The person who can subdue him must be extraordinary, but why does this kind of person want to attack him?"

Hua Chong's eyes darkened, and Chen Zheng's question was also his question.

For a while, no one in the office spoke.

After a long time, Liu Zhiqin said: "We have only one way of thinking now—Xiao Chengxin was attacked and taken away. What if we change our way of thinking?"

Chen Zheng froze, "What do you mean?"

Liu Zhiqin's voice became colder, "Is it possible that Xiao Chengxin left by himself?"

Hua Chong turned around, "It's not like, he told me yesterday that he wanted to call the crime squad. And if he left by himself, why did the phone leave behind? Why are there so many scratches on the phone?"

Chen Zheng raised his hand to interrupt, "Xiao Cheng really wants to be transferred to your serious crime team?"

Hua Chong told Chen Zheng what happened last night, and said, "He disappeared before I could find you."

Chen Zheng was silent, covering half of his face with his right hand.

"Suppose those scratches were made by him or someone else on purpose?" Liu Zhiqin said, "The marks on the road are easy to be destroyed, but the marks on the mobile phone cannot be destroyed. Maybe the scratches are a trap."

Chen Zheng raised his eyelids, "Do you think Xiao Chengxin deliberately made up the illusion of disappearance?"

Hua Chong looked at Liu Zhiqin, "We discussed yesterday..."

"Well, it was indeed discussed yesterday——Xiao Chengxin should be fine." Liu Zhiqin said: "But something new happened today. He disappeared strangely, and it is possible that he was robbed or left voluntarily."

Chen Zheng stood up and paced back and forth by the window.

At this time, there were several noises outside the door.

Chen Zheng asked, "Who?"

"Captain Chen, it's me." A voice said.

"It's Qu Zhi?" Hua Chong stood up and opened the door, seeing Qu Zhi's expression turned ugly, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"I have something to report to you." Qu Zhi closed the door, sat down and said, "Captain Xiao suddenly disappeared, and his safety is uncertain. I shouldn't have said this now, but I really don't know what to do."

Chen Zheng asked: "Is it related to Xiao Chengxin?"

Qu Zhi nodded, "I think there is something wrong with him, he seems to care too much about our serious case team."

"He has the willingness to be transferred to the serious crime team." Chen Zheng said.

"What about after he's transferred?" Qu Zhi said, "Does he want to be transferred to the serious crime team, or is he transferred to the serious crime team to do other things?"

Everyone here understands what this "other things" refers to.

Hua Chong supported his forehead, his eyes were dark.

"Do you still remember the case of Zou Mei?" Qu Zhi said, "Many of you were in Luoguan Village at that time, and I was in Los Angeles with other brothers. We have locked Zou Mei, and the clues of sevoflurane have not been disclosed to the public. If it wasn't for the leak, Zou Mei wouldn't have been silenced."

"Do you suspect it's Xiao Chengxin?" Chen Zheng held a cigarette between his fingers, a few fine lines appeared at the end of his eyes.

"I didn't doubt anyone at the time." Qu Zhi said: "It's not just the serious crime team, backlog team, and criminal investigation team who know about sevoflurane. At least in the city bureau, sevoflurane is not a secret. But now looking back, this Who has been behaving most erratically in a while?"

"You put it this way..." Chen Zheng said slowly: "If Xiao Chengxin has a problem, his sudden disappearance now fits the idea that Xiao Liu just proposed."

The fog was heavy, and everyone frowned.

Suddenly, Hua Chong said softly: "But why did he leave suddenly after expressing his determination to me? What is he trying to do by doing this?"

Liu Zhiqin turned his head and saw Hua Chong's sharp profile.

Hua Chong said again: "I can't think of a reasonable explanation."

"So you tend to trust Xiao Chengxin?" Chen Zheng said.

Hua Chong shook his head, "There are not enough clues for me to believe him, and there are also not enough clues for me to believe that there is something wrong with him. The top priority is to find him as soon as possible."

"That's true." Chen Zheng sighed, waved his hands and said, "I'm in a hurry. Go ahead and let me know if you find anything."

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After leaving Chen Zheng's office, Hua Chong walked quickly to the traffic police detachment.Liu Zhiqin followed closely behind, "I was a little surprised by your reaction just now."

"Huh? Where is the accident?"

"Are you willing to trust Team Xiao in your heart?"

Hua Chong stopped, "I just think that your assumption just now is too far-fetched."

"But if it was before, even if you think it's far-fetched, you won't let it go." Liu Zhiqin said, "You will get to the bottom of it."

Hua Chong paused, "Maybe I was acting emotionally—Xiao Chengxin, when he confessed his heart to me yesterday, I saw a person who finally made up his mind to change himself."

After a while, Liu Zhiqin raised his hand and straightened Li Huachong's upturned collar, "Flower Team, in fact, you also have tender moments."

Hua Chong moved his eyes slightly, "I just don't want to question a colleague who is trying to find a change. It is difficult to get out of the comfort zone, and it is even more difficult to change the unchanging life. If Xiao Chengxin has no problem, he is in a predicament now, and we are still doubting He—this is really cruel."

Liu Zhiqin nodded, "Let's go, see if the road surveillance has captured anything."

When approaching the traffic police detachment, Hua Chong suddenly stopped and looked at Liu Zhiqin with something in his eyes.

"What?" Liu Zhiqin asked.

Hua Chong said: "If my judgment is wrong..."

Liu Zhiqin shook his head with a low smile, "Don't worry, I'm still here. When you're gentle, I'll be in charge of 'ruthlessness'."

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Yuan Hao had been guarding the traffic police detachment for several hours, and when he saw Hua Chong and Liu Zhiqin arrived, he immediately waved: "Come, come, let's see what's going on with this motorcycle!"

Road monitoring was not continuous on some road sections, and the technical investigation team locked a motorcycle after a large number of screenings.

"It's hard to say whether this motorcycle is following the Xiao team. It's very likely that they are on the same road." Yuan Hao said: "The distance between them is not too close. If they are tailing, the distance will be closer than now. After leaving the main road , Team Xiao first went to Chunhui Lane, which has a better location and brighter street lights. Perhaps because there was no parking space, Team Xiao moved out and went to Chunye Lane."

Hua Chong pointed to the screen, "What about the motorcycle?"

"The motorcycle did not follow Team Xiao into Chunhui Lane, and turned at the intersection in front of it." Yuan Hao said: "There is no surveillance in that alleyway. I checked other nearby cameras and found no trace of the motorcycle."

"The alleyways in that residential area are intricate, and it's not impossible for a motorcycle to take a long detour and drive into Chunye Alley." Liu Zhiqin said.

"But that's not 'stalking'." Yuan Hao said: "The motorcycle leaves from the main road first, how does the rider know that Team Xiao is going to Spring Leaf Lane?"

"He doesn't know. But he can only commit crimes in Chunye Lane." Hua Chong propped his chin, "If he changed to a less remote alley with bright street lights, he would have no chance to do it."

Yuan Hao was stunned for a moment, then slapped his head, "That's the reason!"

Hua Chong leaned forward to see the license plate number on the rear of the motorcycle, "Letter? AR7166, find this car and its owner first."

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Hua Chong copied his hands, watched the video for a while, and asked: "If you do fine-grained processing, can you see this person's face clearly?"

Liu Zhiqin shook his head, "He wears a helmet, so he can only be distinguished from his body shape, he is a man."

"If Xiao Chengxin was taken away by him." Hua Chong pondered deeply, "Who would he be?"

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The owner of the motorcycle was quickly found out, and unexpectedly, it turned out to be a middle-aged woman.

"Jenna, 51 years old, a teacher at Luoguang Vocational and Technical School." Liu Zhiqin put a few photos on the table, "I went to country R in March this year and never came back. This motorcycle must have been stolen gone."

"Looking at it this way, the person riding the motorcycle is even more suspicious." Hua Chong asked, "Did you find the motorcycle?"

"No, the search around Chunye Lane has been completed, and all existing surveillance cameras have been checked." Liu Zhiqin said, "No motorcycles have been found yet."

"Can a motorcycle take Xiao Chengxin away?" Hua Chong said, "Xiao Chengxin may have been subdued at that time, but it is still quite difficult to take him away with a motorcycle."

"Someone took Xiao Chengxin and the motorcycle away in a car?" Liu Zhiqin thought for a while, "It's also possible. But if Xiao Chengxin was taken away by a car, it would be even more troublesome to investigate."

Hua Chong didn't sleep all night, his head was dizzy, and he was about to make a cup of tea to wake up his mind, when he saw Zhang Maohong rushing over with eyes.

Apparently, Zhang Mao has been busy all night, and the whites of his eyes have been covered with bloodshot eyes.

"Flower team! Flower team!" Zhang Mao shouted, "I have a situation here!"

Hua Chong remembered that Zhang Mao had arranged for Zhang Mao to investigate Chen Chen and Chen's parents in detail not long ago, and asked, "What did you find?"

"Chen Chen's parents have passed away!" Zhang Mao said, "They were killed in Country L!"

Liu Zhiqin turned around when he heard the words, "Killed? When did it happen?"

"October last year!" Zhang Mao said, "Not long after Chen Chen disappeared. And guess what, how did they die?"

Hua Chong blurted out: "Throat cut?"

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It was foggy again in Los Angeles, and in the early morning, Zhousheng Shopping Center was shrouded in a vast expanse of whiteness.

Lian Feng sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, curling the corners of his lips in a good mood, and said to himself, "Hua Chong, if you want to blame, it's your own refusal to let go."

A person pushed the door and entered, panting.

Lian Feng asked, "Have you dealt with it?"

The man nodded, "Yeah."

"Thank you." Lian Feng pointed to the teapot on the table, "I made tea for you."

The visitor picked up the teacup, drank it down, and said with a smile: "Your plan is indeed better than I thought."

Lian Feng laughed silently.

The man said again: "You are more heartless than me."