Fire to the Abyss

The winter in Chengzhou was originally long and cold. I don't know what happened this year. Since the beginning of the year, the sun has been shining without any haze.

But on the most critical day of Xia Yan's career, it snowed.

Xia Yan opened the curtains and saw a piece of white. The old man downstairs hadn't seen the snow for a long time, so he forgot what that white and icy thing was, so he randomly stuffed it into his mouth, and was yelled at by his wife.Xia Yan heard the 100-year-old old man downstairs bickering like a naughty kid in a kindergarten and a mother who couldn't bear it, and couldn't help laughing, and sighed to the whiteness outside the balcony: "Ah, this is The familiar Chengzhou!"

At this time, there was a rush of cell phone ringtones, and Yang Ming finally came with a message.

Yang Ming panted heavily: "Captain Xia, you have found everything you want, but the snow is too heavy, our car broke down, and there is no traffic nearby. Come and pick us up, and the location will be sent to you."

Xia Yan: "..."

Yang Ming added another sentence: "You have to hurry up, or you won't be able to come back if you make a bigger bet."

Xia Yan felt that this heavy snow might have come specially to put an end to his career.

Because of the snow, the highway was temporarily closed.The snow removal work in downtown Chengzhou was going well. When Xia Yan set off, the road surface was basically smooth, but it was not so smooth when he went to the countryside. After two or three hours of bumps, Xia Yan finally received the snow at a rural gas station. Yang Ming and Xia Lin were shivering from the cold.

The snow near the gas station was so heavy that cars couldn't drive in. Xia Yan arrived in a donkey cart from a fellow villager.The gas station workers were out doing their slow but orderly shoveling work, kindly letting them huddle together in the office to wait.But the office had air leaks from all sides, and all the heat escaped through the holes in the wall.The way of life of the staff here is quite rough, adhering to the belief that it is better to change oneself than to change the environment, and they don't know how to plug holes, but they are all wrapped up like bears.This made it difficult for Yang Ming and Xia Lin. When they went out, the sky was clear and both of them were wearing thin coats. Now they were so cold that their noses were almost congealed.

As soon as Xia Yan saw Xia Lin's ugly appearance, he forgot about his own stupidity, dragged the two of them to the donkey cart of the fellow villager, took off his military coat, wrapped them up and reprimanded them: "Look, The donkey is wrapped warmer than the two of you, have your heads been kicked by the donkey? I don’t know how to walk on the road, so what are you doing here?”

Yang Ming sniffed and said in a low voice, "It's not because this road is near."

Xia Lin raised his eyelids slightly, watching Xia Yan spit out two words: "Three days."

Xia Yan lost his temper for a while, these two people are not in the urban area these days, he never thought that they would know.

"...Xia Lin, you sneaked out with Yang Ming. I haven't said anything about you yet, you little bastard is still taking care of your brother."

Xia Lin gave him a blank look, then turned her head away, expressing a silent protest against this hegemonic behavior where only the state officials are allowed to set fire and the people are not allowed to light lamps.

"Captain Xia, how can you agree to such a thing casually? It's all on the news, what if you fail to solve the case, how will you end up?" The worried Yang Ming brought back the topic that Xia Yan had finally left behind.

Xia Lin said casually, "Just take the blame and resign, what else can I do?"

Yang Ming's already pale face turned pale again when Xia Lin said: "What? Is it so serious?"

Xia Yan lowered his head and played with his fingers, pretending that he didn't hear anything.

Yang Ming helplessly stretched out his foot and kicked his incompetent leader, and shouted to the fellow driving in front: "Brother, can you hurry up, we are in a hurry!"

The fellow looked back, and smiled with white teeth: "Okay, everyone, hold on."

Then the three of them trembled wildly on the donkey cart. For the first time in his life, Yang Ming knew that donkeys could run so fast in the snow.

After arriving at the place, the fellow turned his head and saw that the three of them were in disarray, and the expressions on their faces were quite intoxicated. The fellow was amused: "What's the matter? Are you people in the city dizzy?"

Xia Yan stuffed hundreds of dollars into the fellow with a disheveled face: "Brother, thank you."

At this moment, the snow hadn't fallen, and the snow on the road was almost cleared. Xia Yan drove the small broken car with the momentum of people blocking and killing Buddhas, and gave the remaining two "sick donkeys" city residents It caused severe physical discomfort, but no one complained.

It was only after getting on the expressway that Yang Ming regained his composure and reported the situation weakly: "Captain Xia, Zhang Xiaowen's situation has basically been clarified."

"Say."

"Zhang Xiaowen is not Zhang Xiaowu's biological sister, she is an orphan adopted by Zhang Xiaowu's parents, but Zhang's parents have always treated her as their own daughter, and they have a very good relationship with Xiaowu. I also heard Xiaowu say that he has a Sister, but I don't know if this is the case...

"When Zhang Xiaowen was in junior high school, Xiao Wu was studying in a university in other places. Not long after starting school, Xiaowen told her parents that there was a male student in their class who often looked at her. At first, the parents didn't pay much attention, but thought that the little boy might be Secretly in love with their daughter. Then one day, Zhang Xiaowen told Zhang's mother that the boy often followed her, followed her to eat, followed her to the toilet, and followed her home after school. Zhang's mother felt that this matter was beyond the scope of the ignorant feelings of adolescent men and women. Yes, I reported it to the teacher, and the teacher also said at the time that he would talk to the boys.

"When Zhang Xiaowen was in the third year of junior high school, one day he ran back from school in a panic, saying that the boy tried to rape her. When the parents saw the scars on their daughter, they called the police. At that time, a man surnamed Chen called the police Police officer, I showed the photo to the old couple, it is Chen Zhifeng.

"At that time, Xiaowen went for a scar appraisal. There were only some scratches and no signs of being violated. The parents wanted to sue for attempted rape. But the problem is that this boy is usually a model student in school, with excellent grades and treats others well. He is gentle and polite, and has a good reputation among teachers and classmates. Everyone does not believe that this boy would do such a thing. The police failed to collect other useful testimony. All the evidence in the case is Zhang Xiaowen's testimony and her body. With scars, and still a minor, it is impossible to sue successfully, so Lao Chen persuaded Zhang's parents to withdraw the case.

"We drove for five or six hours to find Zhang Xiaowu's hometown, only to find out that Zhang Xiaowen had passed away and committed suicide. After that incident, Zhang Xiaowen was excluded everywhere in the school. Everyone said that she deliberately spread rumors and maliciously slandered people's reputation. Wanting to attract attention and so on, such rhetoric is arranged in a set, and all kinds of swear words are added to her. Zhang Xiaowen is withdrawn and has no friends at school. The little girl endures at school all day long. With verbal violence, she finally couldn't bear it mentally, and chose to commit suicide. She cut her wrist with a knife, and she still survived after cutting her wrist, and she died with two stab wounds on her neck, which was the same number of stab wounds on Chen Zhifeng's body."

"Captain Xia," Yang Ming paused, "Could it be that Xiao Wu really did this?"

Xia Yan tapped the steering wheel twice with his fingertips, remained silent for a while, and finally did not answer directly. He looked at Xia Lin in the rearview mirror and said, "Does Holmes in the back have any thoughts? Why didn't you say anything?" ?”

Xia Lin was lying comfortably in the temperature-friendly compartment, and lazily replied: "You are always like a mirror in your heart, why do you still ask me?"

Xia Yan smiled noncommittally.

Yang Ming suddenly realized: "Captain Xia, you already know who the murderer is, right, that's why you agreed for three days!"

Xia Yan replied honestly: "Oh, no, there was no bottom line at that time, and there is no key evidence now, so it's hard to say."

Yang Ming: "Captain Xia, I think, although Xiao Wen is very helpless about this matter, it can't be blamed on Old Chen. After all, there is no evidence that he really can't do anything..."

Xia Yan interrupted him: "It's not that there is no testimony, but that he erased the testimony."

Yang Ming stared wide-eyed: "What?"

Xia Yan said calmly: "Do you still remember how I became the team leader?"

Yang Ming looked puzzled: "...Didn't you say it's because you're handsome?"

"Can't you remember what I ordered?" Xia Yan said, "Although being handsome is part of the reason, the main reason is that Lao Chen was punished and downgraded, so I had a chance to be promoted. This matter Lao Chen It’s a secret, and everyone doesn’t know what happened. On the day of the Lantern Festival, I only found out from Lao Zheng that about two years ago, a case that Lao Chen handled lost a testimony. It’s been too long, and the details of the case Lao Zheng couldn't remember clearly, but he only vaguely remembered the testimony of the victim's friend, which was crucial to the conviction of the case. The testimony was lost, the witness could not be found, and the case was over. A few months later, the district Received an anonymous report letter, saying that Lao Chen had accepted bribes and deliberately destroyed the testimony of a case, resulting in the murderer not being brought to justice, and the victim was overwhelmed and chose to commit suicide. This matter is a big deal, which is equivalent to Lao Chen The victim was indirectly killed, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs immediately started an investigation. However, the whistleblower did not provide any clues, and Lao Chen's account was very clean. It may also have something to do with the person above Chen. The Ministry of Internal Affairs investigated After half a month, I didn't find out where the stolen money was. Later, the major incident was reduced to a minor one, and I was punished and downgraded because of the loss of evidence.

"Based on what you said today, the case can basically be restored. At that time, there must have been a key witness who was Zhang Xiaowen's friend. Her testimony was very unfavorable to the suspect, and Lao Chen destroyed this testimony because he accepted bribes. , maybe the disappearance of the witness was also related to him, and in the end the case could only be dismissed due to insufficient evidence. By the way, I found that Lao Chen's mother had many valuable ornaments in her house, probably the bribes from that year.

"Old Chen may have felt that the assault was not carried out, and the assailant was a model student with good character and learning in the eyes of everyone, and he still has a bright future. If he bears the stigma of attempted rape, his life will be ruined. So Well, he sold his favor and thought he saved a young man who had gone astray, but he didn't expect that the young man had already caused indelible harm to the victimized girl, which eventually caused her to lose her life.

"After this, the murderer is still at large, studying in a bright classroom, receiving the admiration of everyone, as if he had never had any stains. Lao Chen was only demoted, and Secretary Liu was behind him, and no one dared to say three things. Fourth, only Xiaowen turned into a pile of loess at the age of blooming like a flower, so it's no wonder that Lao Chen will be hated by the Zhang family."

Yang Ming is indeed a living stick who hates evil and hatred. After hearing these words, he was not dizzy or angry. He punched the car frame and said angrily: "Old Chen, how could he do this? This time It's an attempted rape, maybe next time he will kill and set fire... How could he do this?"

Yang Ming probably ran out of words, so he yelled these two sentences back and forth.

Xia Yan glanced at him indifferently: "Big brother, my car can't stand the toss, calm down."

Yang Ming: "Captain Xia, that's a fresh life, doesn't he feel any guilt?"

"It's okay, it's okay, everyone is cold, and everyone will be buried with him."

Xia Lin in the back seat suddenly sat up, and suddenly said: "There is a motive, where is the evidence?"

"That's it", Xia Yan said halfway, when the cell phone rang suddenly.Yang Ming picked up his mobile phone and took a look, "Captain Xia, it's Zhang Xiaowu."

Xia Yan smiled, and continued with the second half of the sentence: "Probably already has the evidence."

After finishing speaking, Xia Yan took out the phone from Yang Ming's hand and pressed the answer button: "Xiao Wu...you found out, right...Okay, see you in two hours.

"

Just as Xia Yan hung up the phone, Yang Ming approached eagerly: "Captain Xia, are you going to close the net? I'll go support you."

Xia Yan freed his hand and punched him: "Support you big-headed ghost, I will go to see Xiao Wu alone later, you send Xia Lin back to Chengda, call me when you arrive, you have other tasks."

Xia Lin opened her mouth to speak, but was blocked by Xia Yan: "The one behind you doesn't need to speak anymore, your mission is over, what should you do when you go back, our detachment is not a black-hearted organization that oppresses interns .”

At this time, the snow that had stopped for several hours began to rustle again, making rustling noises on the high-speed moving car window, Xia Yan was forced to brake and slow down, he glanced out the car window, All the scenery outside the window was hidden in the heavy snow.The snow was coming fiercely, as if it wanted to cover up all the darkness.