Strive for Science

When Shen Chang'an arrived at the place Director Du said, there were already some old men and women watching the excitement all around him. When he crossed the cordon, he heard the elders and aunts discussing the dead in the house.

"This old Li is really pitiful. His only child passed away more than ten years ago. Everyone around him took care of him. No one found out when he died."

"Well, it was the community workers who came to check on the house and found that something was wrong, so they reported to the police."

"Fortunately, it's winter. If it's summer and there's no one at home for several days, wouldn't it be smelly?"

"Don't say a few words, in case you make people unhappy, be careful to come to you in the middle of the night."

"Bah, bah, what nonsense, I didn't hurt him."

Shen Changan looked back at these spectators. Their emotions were very complicated. They had fear of death, indifference to life, and a sense of superiority that they seemed to be able to survive seeing others in such misery. .

The deceased's house was on the first floor. Shen Changan walked to the door and saw that there were policemen and forensic doctors in the room, so he didn't go in to disturb their work.

"The time of death was about nine o'clock the night before yesterday." The forensic doctor put away the tools, turned and said to Yao Huailin who was guarding the room, "Captain Yao, judging from the body of the deceased, the deceased should have died of a heart attack. There is no trace of human harm."

"Thanks for your hard work." Yao Huailin sighed, and waved to his colleagues to put the deceased's body into a body bag.Although Wuming City is not too big, it is not a special case for such a lonely old man to die silently due to no one to take care of him.

There is a group photo of a family of three in this house, but there is only trace of one person's life. It can be seen that the deceased has lived alone for a long time.Fortunately, the temperature has been low recently, and even though it took thirty or forty hours for the body of the deceased to be discovered, the corruption was not too obvious.

There were also many carving tools and some beautifully carved root carvings in the room. He could probably guess what the old man did for a living, but it still made him a little sad to die so silently.

Lighting up the cigarette and taking a sharp puff, Yao Huailin suppressed the sympathy in his heart. Being a policeman, the most taboo thing is to be too emotional.When his colleagues carried the body outside, he reminded in a low voice: "Everyone, move gently, so that the old man can walk with dignity."

After exhaling the smoke from his mouth, he saw Shen Changan standing outside the door.He took out a mask from his coat pocket and threw it to Shen Changan, "Put it on."

Shen Changan put on a mask and asked, "Can I come in?"

"Come in, it's not the scene of a murder." Yao Huailin knew that this happened, and the civilian service department had to create a file and enter it into the work system, so he told him the general situation: "The deceased was 67 years old, male, and his occupation was a root carver. He had no wife and no family." Son, it was a community worker who discovered the deceased, and the time of death was around nine o'clock the night before yesterday, so it was not homicide."

Root carver?

Shen Changan paused when he stepped into the door, feeling a bad premonition in his heart.This premonition became reality when he saw the pictures on the wall.

Standing in this somewhat deserted room, Shen Changan was silent for a moment: "You mean, the time of his death was around nine o'clock the night before yesterday?"

"Yes, for such a normal death, there is no external interference at the scene, and it is relatively accurate to determine the time of death." Yao Huailin saw Shen Changan's expression changed, "What's the matter, do you suspect the cause of his death?"

"No." Shen Changan shook his head slowly, looking at the family of three photos hanging on the wall, he suddenly felt a little sad.When he saw the shopkeeper the night before, it was already after ten o'clock at night. He said that he had already gone to bed, but he thought he still owed him the root carving, so he hurried over.

When he was dying, he was thinking about what the customer wanted, and even if he turned into a ghost, he would hand it over to him. Is this persistence the sincerity of the shop owner or the pursuit of the root carving?

The shopkeeper told him that it was fine if he couldn't find his apprentice. Did he really let go, or did he have to let go because of death?

Shen Chang'an felt uncomfortable. He felt uncomfortable for the owner's lonely death, and the fact that the craftsmanship was not passed on. He also felt uncomfortable for himself.

He felt that he was like this old man, who had no relatives or concerns, and if he died suddenly in the middle of the night, no one would find out.

"Shen Changan, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Shen Changan looking at the photo in a daze, Yao Huailin patted him on the back, "Don't look, let's go."

"Captain Yao." As soon as the two of them reached the door, a police officer walked up to Yao Huailin, "We visited around the store opened by the deceased before his death. A clerk at a fast food restaurant told me that after ten o'clock the night before yesterday, there were A young man came out of the dead man's shop and bought a glass of milk from him."

Yao Huailin saw a glass of milk with a straw in the evidence bag held by the police officer.

"We checked in the deceased's store, and there were no traces of fighting at the scene, but we found in the deceased's bank account that at 22:[-] that night, a sum of money was transferred through WeChat and entered the deceased's account."

Yao Huailin faintly felt that there was something wrong with it, and he quickly asked: "Have you found out, who is the person who transferred the money?"

"It's a man named Shen..."

"It's me." Shen Changan sighed, took off his mask and said, "I bought a root carving in that store two days ago. Since the root carving was still a little flawed, the boss asked me to wait a day before picking it up. The night before yesterday When it was nearly ten o’clock, I received a call from the boss, saying that the root carvings were all finished, and if I was in a hurry, I could go to the store to pick them up that evening, so I went.”

"In such a cold day, why did you go out to get a root carving at ten o'clock in the evening?" Yao Huailin didn't want to doubt Shen Changan at all, but this fact was a bit inexplicable, "I thought it was only women who could make men so active, or to prepare for women. Gift."

Speaking of this, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Shen Changan: "Looking at you, you don't look like a man with a girlfriend."

Shen Changan: "It's okay to discuss the case, but there's no need for personal attacks."

"Hey, who attacked you personally?" Yao Huailin glanced at the time, "Let's go, brother, according to the rules, you have to go to the bureau with me. In addition, this matter involves the issue of the deceased, after the matter is clarified , may need to sign some formalities, you ask your family to run for you."

Shen Changan, who was about to follow Yao Huailin into the police car, paused: "Can others?"

"Of course others can, but in today's society, who is willing to come to the police station for someone who has no relatives and no reason? Wuming City is such a big place, and what happens after a few words spreads in a mess. The smaller the place, the more important it is for face. You You need to find someone you can trust.”

Shen Changan was silent, he got into the car without saying a word, and he didn't forget to fasten his seat belt.

"Don't be nervous, we won't let a bad guy go, but we will definitely not wrong a good guy. It's just a matter of routine, just make it clear." Seeing that he suddenly stopped talking, Yao Huailin thought he was worried about entering the police station. "The cause of death of the deceased has been clearly experienced by the forensic doctor, so don't worry."

"I'm not worried about this." Shen Chang'an rubbed his nose and sighed, "I'm worried, I'm a loner, I can't open my mouth to trouble others for this kind of thing."

Lonely?

Yao Huailin suddenly remembered that Shen Chang'an was a key university talent introduced by the city, and there was nothing in the file records about relatives. He instantly thought of a certain possibility.For a moment, he regretted that he had said something, and he would say whatever he said.

Just when Yao Huailin wanted to slap him, Shen Changan's cell phone rang.

"Dao Nian?" Shen Changan answered the phone.

"When will you be back?" Dao Nian looked out the window, "The rain has stopped."

Shen Changan suddenly remembered that he said in the morning that when the rain stopped, he would push Dao Nian out for a walk: "I have encountered some trouble here, and I may not be able to make it back at noon."

"What's the trouble?" Dao Nian, who was still slouching in the wheelchair, stood up, and stretched out his hand to summon a mirror to see what happened to Shen Changan.

"I... got into the game."

The hand that summoned the mirror stopped, and Dao Nian tried his best to soften his tone: "Don't panic, I'll be right over."

"I'm not in a panic." Shen Chang'an, who was still empty at first, felt as if someone stuffed a big grapefruit into his heart after hearing Daonian's "Come right away".

"Yeah." Shen Changan rubbed his nose, "I didn't panic."

Yao Huailin saw that after Shen Changan hung up the phone, all the sadness and loneliness disappeared, replaced by a bright smiling face, and couldn't help but feel a little bit gritty: "What's the matter, won the tens of millions prize?"

"No, someone came to pick me up." Shen Changan raised his eyebrows, "If you have any questions, you can start asking them in the car, and it will save you a lot of time later."

"That's not allowed. When we ask questions, we must strictly abide by the rules and regulations." Yao Huailin wanted to say that there is nothing to be happy about someone coming to pick him up, but thinking of Shen Chang'an's "lonely family", he couldn't make any jokes.

The evidence had already been handed over to the relevant department. Not long after Shen Changan arrived at the police station, the test results came out. There were only fingerprints of Shen Changan and the fast food restaurant clerk on the glass of milk, and no fingerprints of the deceased were left.

In addition, the surveillance cameras on the side of the road near the store captured a scene that puzzled the police.They saw that at around [-]:[-] p.m., an old man suspected of being the deceased opened the door of the store. About half an hour later, Shen Changan entered the store. Not long after entering, Shen Changan quickly walked to the opposite side Fast food shop bought a glass of milk.

It was the untouched milk in the root carving shop.

A few minutes later, Shen Changan came out of the shop. The lights of the root carving shop went out shortly after he left, but the old man who opened the door never came out of the shop.

"This... is too evil." The policeman who checked the monitor muttered in a low voice, "It's like the deceased is waiting for him to pick up the goods, and when he finishes picking up the goods, his wish will be fulfilled."

Although the time of Shen Changan's appearance that night was very suspicious, apart from this point, he did not have any motives or doubts for committing the crime. More importantly, the place of death of the shop owner was at home, and the cause of death was not homicide, so he did not become a suspect .

After Yao Huailin and Li Dui listened to Shen Changan's ins and outs, they suddenly remembered that not long ago, Shen Changan broke into the ghost nest in the mountain spring valley and didn't know it. There was some sympathy in Shen Changan's eyes.

This is hell but not knowing it?

Yao Huailin asked Shen Changan to sign the transcript, and patted him on the shoulder: "Brother, it's not easy for you." Not only did he see a ghost, but he also bought hot milk for the ghost to transfer the final payment. This kind of encounter is really not ordinary. can meet.

"Captain Li, Captain Yao." A policeman knocked on the door and came in, giving Shen Chang'an a complicated look, "Mr. Shen's friend came to pick him up."

"Okay." Yao Huailin raised his chin towards Shen Changan, "Let's go, from now on you..."

Or encounter some ghosts less.

Everything was silent, Yao Huailin patted Shen Changan's shoulder again.

When Shen Changan heard that it was Dao Nian, he didn't bother to guess what Yao Huailin meant. He walked out of the inquiry room and found that many people in the police station were looking at him. He touched his face in doubt. Recently, the police station arrested Are there very few suspects here? Why are they all staring at him?

"What's the matter with you all?" Yao Huailin walked behind Shen Changan, and he was also a little baffled when he saw this scene.

"Captain Yao." A police officer whispered, "You will know when you go out and meet."

Yao Huailin went out to take a look, and saw a dozen men in suits crowded the office, and couldn't help but yell: "This room is full of people, are they planning to rob the court?"

"Comrade police, you have misunderstood. We are Mr. Shen's lawyer team and will wholeheartedly provide Mr. Shen with all legal assistance." A man closest to him pushed his eyes on the bridge of his nose and smiled politely.

"Dao Nian." Shen Chang'an looked through many men in suits, and landed on Dao Nian who was behind them.Then, with a swipe, it got beside him.

Daonian gently held his hand, looked at Yao Huailin: "What's going on?"

The author has something to say: protect the shortcomings. Dao Nian: Tell me, who bullied my human cub?