Fire to the Abyss

Not long after, Sun Fangfei came to Xia Yan with the clues she got from the cleaner Li Cuie. Had to roll right off the chair.

Xia Yan hurriedly explained: "Thinking, I was thinking just now."

Sun Fangfei smiled noncommittally, and reported the situation straight to the point: "According to Li Cuie's testimony, she did not go to clean up Yaning Road during the time of the incident. It is not a key area, and she basically only goes there two or three times a month. "

Xia Yan got up from the ground and sat back on the chair clutching his buttocks: "Okay, okay, I know that person is not her, is there anything else?"

Sun Fangfei nodded: "Yes, her cleaning tools and three cleaning wheels are missing, as well as a set of work clothes for her colleague."

"Tell me." Xia Yan regained his energy immediately, and he didn't care about the pain in his butt anymore.

Sun Fangfei: "In addition to Yaning Road, Li Cuie is responsible for the northern section of Changning Road, the main road next to Yaning Road. Another colleague of hers is in charge of the southern section of Changning Road. They put their work clothes and cleaning tools in this lounge. They each have a key for the lounge, but in order to prevent the key from being lost, they also have an extra one under the window sill, thinking about the inside There are no valuables, and no one will patronize.

"One day a month ago, when Li Cui'e went to work in the morning, she found that her cleaning tools and tricycle were missing, and the keys under the window sill had been touched. Not long after, her colleagues also came and found her own set. The old work clothes disappeared. The two of them thought it was someone else’s prank. They searched around, but found nothing. Later, they had no choice but to apply for new tools from the headquarters. We checked with the headquarters, and Li Cuie went to the headquarters to apply The date is the day before the incident."

Xia Yan: "How tall is this colleague, Li Cuie, and what size work clothes do you wear?"

Sun Fangfei: "Height 173, wearing size L."

Xia Yan waved his hand: "Okay, I got it, let me inform you that the meeting will start in half an hour."

After Sun Fangfei left, Xia Yan dug out a photo from the second drawer. The photo was a little yellowed. I forgot which year the group photo was taken at the gate of the detachment. At that time, Chen Zhifeng was still the leader of the detachment, surrounded by everyone In the middle, but the smile on his face is extraordinarily restrained, a bit like the duck that was caught on the shelf.In the photo, Xia Yan was still a kid, standing on the far left with Yang Ming who looked young, with a carefree smile on his face.

Xia Yan swipe across the photo with his fingertips, and pulled out an ugly smile at Chen Zhifeng on the photo: "Old Chen, you are so disrespectful to steal the cleaner's things, I have to arrest you!" Can't reach him."

Even if it is a pot of prickly pear, you can have feelings if you keep it for a while, let alone a living person who has been together for seven years.

Before talking with Lu Yuan last night, Xia Yan had been concerned about Chen Zhifeng's involvement with the puppet master, stubbornly thinking that if he really belonged to the puppet master, he wouldn't deserve even a second of his sorrow.So he busy himself like a spinning top, not allowing himself the time to calm down and reminisce.But after a thorough discussion with Lu Yuan, Xia Yan basically denied the possibility that Chen Zhifeng was a member of the puppet master, and realized that he was not the perpetrator of the organization, but more likely a victim of the organization.

After discovering this, Xia Yan felt that his previous stubbornness was a bit ridiculous, but he was not a straightforward character, so he couldn't say "I will catch the murderer to repay your innocence" so straightforwardly. It was even a bit nasty, so I just made such a half-hearted promise.

Half an hour later, Xia Yan presided over an efficient working meeting, and clarified the direction of the next investigation—mainly to investigate the vicinity of the cleaners' break room. The murderer would definitely leave traces if he stole the cleaning tools. Cameras or residents may provide some clues.

In addition, although work clothes are easy to deal with, cleaning tools and tricycles are not so easy to deal with, especially after cleaning the blood stains on the scene, blood will inevitably be stained on the cleaning tools and tricycles. Three rounds are even more difficult to deal with.And Changning Road is a road that connects the urban and rural areas, and there are many wastelands and woods around it, which is quite suitable for hiding some shady things.

More than half of the Chengzhou detachment's police force was devoted to this case, and Xia Yan arranged it quite smoothly. Soon, the colleagues all received their tasks and went to work on their own, and the conference room suddenly became empty.

"Captain Xia, what about me?" Yang Ming lay on the table and looked at him eagerly.

This time it was Yang Ming who asked the question, and Xia Lin was also not assigned a job, but this time he obediently didn't ask anything, tidied up his clothes and got ready to go out.Xia Lin's internship is coming to an end, Xia Yan intends to let Xia Lin withdraw from the case as soon as possible.

Xia Yan took out the car keys from his pocket and threw them to Yang Ming: "Go and get the car out, we'll start right away."

"Oh, shall I drive?" Yang Ming was at a loss, "But where are we going?"

"What nonsense, if you tell you to go, go," Xia Yan impatiently kicked Yang Ming's ass, "Hurry up, I'll come to you after I report to Fatty."

Yang Ming silently endured the special care given to him by the leader, and walked to the parking lot with a dejected face, feeling a little uncomfortable - he didn't go to the front line to investigate the case at such a critical moment, but came to be a driver for the leader.

Yang Ming walked to the side of the car and found Xia Lin leaning on the driver's door waiting for him. Seeing him coming, he said with a smile, "Brother Yang Ming, your driving skills are not very good. I'll help you."

Xia Lin always had a kind smile on his face, as if he was easy to get along with, but this time the smile was different, the corner of his mouth was raised to one side, and his eyes were deep, with an inexplicable meaning. Yang Ming felt hairy in his heart, feeling that he was like the weasel who paid New Year's greetings to the chicken, and he was the poor chicken.

Out of instinctive reflex, Yang Ming took out the key and handed it over: "Okay, come on."

He suddenly regretted what he said in front of Xia Yan that he would introduce his younger sister to Xia Lin. It was obvious that someone surnamed Xia would not be offended, so he must withdraw his preface whenever he had the chance.

Xia Lin laughed out loud: "Brother Yang Ming, don't be afraid, I don't eat people."

Yang Ming: "..."

Xia Yan made several reporting calls in a row, dug out a water cup from the bunch of New Year gifts he received, and took a cup of coffee before going out.I don't know what's going on with this coffee machine, it's been on its own in the morning, the situation last night was like playing with Xia Yan.

Sure enough, Yang Ming was already waiting for him outside the detachment's yard. Xia Yan opened the door and went to the co-pilot: "Let's go, Shangcheng West Elevated."

"Oh, good." Yang Ming fumbled for a while, but the car didn't move at all.

"Step on the clutch first, you idiot!" Xia Yansheng covered his face resignedly, "If I didn't sleep much for three days, I was afraid that I would fall asleep while driving, and I would never let you, an idiot, be the driver."

Yang Ming: "..."

He didn't know what he did wrong. He was bullied by two brothers in turn because he was not good at driving?Are there laws of heaven and laws of kings?

Finally, after Yang Ming struggled again, the car started, and then drove towards the west elevated highway at a speed of [-] yards per hour.

Waiting for the traffic lights, Yang Ming couldn't help asking again: "Captain Xia, where are we going?"

Xia Yan was thinking about how to answer, when a familiar voice suddenly came from the back seat: "Go and find out the puppet master's clues."

"Damn it!" Xia Yan glanced back, almost dropping the water glass in his hand, "Xia Lin, why are you here?"

Xia Lin obviously didn't intend to answer the question directly, so he stretched his waist and looked like he was still asleep: "Captain Xia, your car is too narrow, it's really uncomfortable to lie down."

Xia Yan propped his head and stared at the nervous driver: "Yang Ming?"

"Brother, I'm the one who came up by myself." Xia Lin still had a conscience, and took the initiative to rescue Yang Ming from the torture of his eyes.

Xia Yan said bluntly: "Nonsense, of course I know that you are the one who wants to come up. What I mean is why Yang Ming didn't stop you."

Yang Ming felt desolate in his heart, why didn't Xia Yan understand such a reason?Some people don't need to actually fight, they know that they have nothing to do with the other party just by looking at their aura, Yang Ming is like this with Xia Lin.Of course, he wouldn't cowardly admit that he couldn't stop him, so he had to strategically change the subject: "Captain Xia, are we really going to investigate the puppet master's clues?"

Xia Yan didn't answer directly, thinking about what level of discussion it would be appropriate to talk about, and threw the topic to Xia Lin: "Didn't Xia Ermu know? Come on, talk about it."

"I'm warning you not to call me that, Xia Erhuo," Xia Lin angrily put his knees on Xia Yan's seat, and hit Xia Yan's waist with a stance of hitting a bull across the mountain, and then the fire disappeared. Said: "Chen Zhifeng protected Zhao Yang, obviously he has something to do with the puppet master. You didn't mention it in the two meetings. This time, you deliberately left your most trusted brother Yang Ming. If you want to find you with your toes, you have to investigate secretly."

Hearing the three words "most trusted", Yang Ming was still a little embarrassed, and then listening to the second half of the sentence was not so pleasant. Yang Ming, who was not as smart as his toes, glanced at the rearview mirror sadly. Lin hurriedly added: "Brother Yang Ming, I'm not targeting you."

Xia Yan suddenly asked out of bounds: "Xia Lin, where is your roommate?"

Comrade Xu Luo is indeed a magic weapon for victory. As soon as he was mentioned, the eloquent Xia Lin immediately stuttered: "... How do I know, I am at home during the winter vacation."

Xia Yan lowered his head and laughed secretly, took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Xu Luo: Xiao Xu, you are at school, if I trouble you, I will also give Xia Lin a gift when I go to work.

Soon, Xia Yan received a reply from Xu Luo: "Okay, brother, what happened recently?"

Xia Yan raised his head and glanced at Xia Lin through the rearview mirror. Due to his thickness, although Xia Lin's face was not red, he could still feel a little shyness in his expression. He hadn't seen his younger brother like this for many years.

Xia Yan lowered his head, and typed out a line of words with a solemn expression: "It's not been peaceful recently, so I leave his safety to you."

Half an hour later, under Xia Yan's command, Yang Ming parked the car in front of an unremarkable farmyard. Xia Yan briefly explained the purpose of his trip: "This is Chen Zhifeng's old lady's house, and Qianqian also lives in it." Here, I suspect that Chen Zhifeng was coerced by the puppeteer before Chengda’s case was finalized, and the bargaining chip for coercing him was most likely Sissi, after Christmas last year.”

For Chen Zhifeng, wealth, power, and sex mean nothing to him. His wife Liu Xiuyun is not a good person. If he wants to choose someone who can threaten him, his daughter Qianqian must be the best choice.

Several people entered the courtyard one by one. Xia Yan greeted Chen Zhifeng's mother first. The old man hurriedly got up to pour water for them, but Xia Yan stopped him in time.

Although the small courtyard looks inconspicuous, it is quite well-off inside. There are similar farm courtyards all around, but this one is particularly tidy.The furniture and decorations inside are still almost new, with wooden floors, and the whole house has a modern feel that is incompatible with the rustic atmosphere.

It's just that the owner of this house - an old woman who is over sixty years old, seems to be thinner than a few days ago.I don't know if it was because of too many tears, the entire eye socket was sunken.

Xia Yan did not specify the purpose of this trip, but only said that he was sent by the police force to give condolences. He gave the old man a few hundred dollars, then sat side by side with the old man at the door and chatted one after another, and directed Xia Lin and Yang Ming helped with some housework.

During the chat with the old man, Xia Yan knew that Chen Zhifeng paid for the repair of the house, and that the old scooter in the yard was also bought by Chen Zhifeng for the convenience of her picking up Qianqian.It's not far from the city, and it's only a ten-minute drive to Cici's school. Cici's mother is often away, and she lives with her grandma most of the time. Chen Zhifeng often drives over to see his daughter. Filial piety.

After saying a few words about Chen Zhifeng, the old man started to cry again. Xia Yan hastily passed the tissue to the old man, and promptly changed the topic to today's goal: "Auntie, where's Qian Qian? I want to go and see her."

Even though the old man Chen Zhifeng wanted to go with him on the spot, but the granddaughter was still a soft flesh in her heart, and her heart softened whenever she mentioned it.She wiped away her tears and led Xia Yan up to the second floor.

This little girl who would comfort her grandma a few days ago, after a few days and nights of precipitation, finally realized the heartbreaking fact - her father is gone, and her mother's mental state is on the verge of collapse. She was not a gentle and virtuous mother in the first place. , which is now even more terrifying.She locked herself in a small room and covered her head in a quilt, escaping reality in the most primitive way.

The old man knocked lightly on the door: "Qi Qian, Uncle Xia has come to see you."