Fire to the Abyss

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the Chengzhou detachment left work in a gloomy atmosphere.Xia Yan didn't show up all day. When Zhou Hengyu left, he glanced at Xia Yan's closed office door and sighed: "Oh, we're afraid that things are going to change." He was immediately kicked by He Rong and howled. .

Zhang Chi waited for everyone to leave, turned off the lights and was about to leave. He had just walked out of the yard when the phone rang.

The word "Captain Xia" flashed on the screen, Zhang Chi frowned slightly, and pressed the answer button: "Captain Xia, where have you been all day? Everyone is worried about you, how is the case going?" gone?"

"Oh, don't mention it. Come out and have a drink with me, I probably won't have this chance in the future."

Xia Yan's voice was very low, and it sounded particularly heavy when it came out through the receiver. After he finished speaking, he let out a long sigh.

Zhang Chi couldn't see Xia Yan's long sigh, and immediately replied: "No problem, where are you now?"

"Look to the right."

Zhang Chi followed the instructions and glanced to the right. Xia Yan stood at the other end of the narrow alley holding a black umbrella, and waved at him.The sky was already dark, and the trail of falling snowflakes could be clearly seen within the halo of the street lamps. The snowflakes melted as soon as they touched the ground, blending with the filthy ground beneath them.With Xia Yan's back against the light, he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.

Zhang Chi walked towards Xia Yan, the ground was full of stagnant water, he walked very slowly, the heels of the hard cowhide boots on his feet collided with the ground, making a dull "da da" sound, one by one, in the narrow space becomes melodious and long.

He walked halfway, and suddenly stopped in front of the fork in the middle.

Xia Yan clenched the umbrella in his hand, and his tone unconsciously brought a touch of impatience: "You still walk so slowly without an umbrella, hurry up, my car is parked next to it."

Zhang Chi didn't answer or move, he just stood there, lowered his head slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

The snowflakes were still falling, and crystal drops of water fell on the relaxed shoulders and hair.The thick twilight and the heavy snow were separated between the two, and neither of them could see the other clearly.

One is like a cheetah waiting for its prey to fall into a trap, and the other is like a wild cat cautiously patrolling.

Zhang Chi said suddenly: "Captain Xia, I know there is a good bar nearby, it's not far behind me, we just walk over there."

Xia Yan shook his head: "No, I happen to have a place I must go."

Zhang Chi laughed softly: "It seems that we can't agree?"

"Yes."

Before the end sound fell, Xia Yan saw that there was an extra gun on Zhang Chi's right hand, and the black muzzle of the gun was pointing at him.

Xia Yan took a deep breath, and the umbrella in his hand fell to the ground.At the same time, two teams of well-trained armed police ambushed at the fork not far in front of Zhang Chi received the message and rushed into the narrow alley immediately. Before he could react, they isolated him in the encirclement. The guns were aimed at him.

Zhang Chi glanced around, they were all unfamiliar faces, but there seemed to be some kind of unknown flame lurking in everyone's eyes, pairs of bright eyes were connected into a raging fire, as if carrying some kind of soul-stirring strength.Zhang Chi only felt that the little beast in his heart that had been kept in the dark for a long time suddenly had nowhere to hide in this gaze, and the dark world he was familiar with suddenly fell apart, and let in streaks of deadly sunlight.

Zhang Chi's right hand couldn't help trembling, and the gun in his hand fell to the ground.He heard Xia Yan softly say "Take it away", then lit a cigarette and turned to leave without even picking up the umbrella on the ground.A drop of melted snow on his hair trickled down his cheeks into his neck, and he complained belatedly: "It's really cold."

Due to his special status, Zhang Chi was taken overnight to the district police for interrogation, and the district leaders specially approved Xia Yan to participate in the interrogation.

When we met again in the bright interrogation room, Zhang Chi had regained his composure, and his spirit looked quite good. He even studied the decoration of the interrogation room, and he almost smiled at the camera.Xia Yan walked into the interrogation room with Liang Song from the district investigation department, and put a cup of coffee in front of Zhang Chi: "Try it, the coffee in the district tastes good."

Zhang Chi glanced at the coffee and then at Xia Yan, stretched out his hand and pushed the cup in front of Xia Yan: "Captain Xia, I don't need it, your eyes are full of blood, you can drink it."

Xia Yan was too lazy to be polite to him, picked up the cup and took a big gulp, then put the empty cup back on the table, the table trembled violently with his violent movements.

Xia Yan suddenly shouted loudly: "Say, what is your code name in the puppet master?"

This roar suddenly increased in decibels, and there was no transition between his soft-spoken last sentence. It shocked Liang Song, the recorder, and all the people in the monitoring room who were watching the live situation. Liu Yaowen rubbed his ears, Said to Zheng Xing: "Your team Xia has such a loud voice."

Zheng Xing tried his best to pull the corners of his mouth and didn't dare to speak. He kept wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. It's no wonder that the heating in the monitoring room was too high. Since Yang Ming came over in the afternoon and asked him to send a team to catch Zhang Chi It's been like this all the time, and he hasn't been able to digest the earth-shattering news - Zhang Chi is the murderer who killed Chen Zhifeng and is an important member of the puppet master lurking in the police.

If this matter is false, Xia Yan's career is over, if this matter is true, then the one whose career is in crisis is himself.The Chengzhou detachment can't get better left and right. Zheng Xing has worked hard all the way to the top by himself, with no backstage at all. It seems that there is no other way except to wipe off the cold sweat.

In the interrogation room, Xia Yan's roar was obviously not enough to deter Zhang Chi. He quickly regained his composure, and even smiled helplessly, "Captain Xia, are you making a bad face today? Comrade, what is your surname?"

Liang Song replied politely: "My surname is Liang."

Zhang Chi: "Okay, Officer Liang, you are in charge of singing the white face. Tell me, our captain took over the mess by himself. The time limit is up and he can't explain it to others, but he temporarily arrested me to take the blame. What's the matter?"

Liang Song is about 30 years old. He has a standard oval face. His eyebrows and eyes are not deep.He was wearing a police uniform and his hair was combed meticulously, making Xia Yan next to him look like a hooligan.

Liang Song pushed his glasses, and replied in his characteristic polite tone: "You can't say that, if you don't have evidence, I dare not invite you here for coffee."

While talking, he found two photos and handed them to Zhang Chi. Liang Song pointed to the photos and said, "You have participated in the case and know that the person in these two photos is the murderer. The cleaner's uniform and cleaning tools on the murderer are all The stolen, missing uniform is 170 yards, and the murderer on the video fits right, and matches your physical features."

Zhang Chi sneered: "So? There are too many people with the same physical features. I guarantee that Team Xia will fit well in this outfit."

Liang Song: "Then please provide your alibi for these two time periods."

Zhang Chi leaned back in his chair: "I'm sorry, it's been too long, I don't remember much. You can't just say that I'm the murderer just because I don't have a clear alibi?"

"Then how can it be?" Xia Yan found another crayon drawing from a stack of documents, "Come on, let me identify it for you, this is a man, this part of his face is a mask, pay attention to his waist, this is a man Gun holster. The author of this painting is familiar to us. It is Chen’s daughter, Sissi. The little girl has the habit of recording her life with a brush. She met this man one day after school. They chatted for a while, and the man gave Sissy A piece of toffee, and she said she wanted to take a photo of her. The little girl had no doubts, so she agreed. The timing happened not long after Chengda’s case happened. Coincidentally, this piece of toffee was in the same drawer as our detachment’s usual snacks. The toffee is a variety."

Zhang Chi didn't raise his eyelids: "What does this have to do with me?"

Xia Yan: "It doesn't matter, but after listening to Sissy's description, I wondered what would Lao Chen do if he received a close-up photo of his daughter from a stranger and the other party threatened him to do something... ...The man sent Sissi's photo to Lao Chen, telling him to close Chengda's case as an accident, or he would attack his daughter. The little girl still has to go to school, since she is being targeted, she can hide After a while, he couldn't escape for the rest of his life, so Lao Chen had no choice but to do it. After the incident, the more he thought about it, the more he felt uneasy. What would ordinary people do at this time? Of course they would call the police, but Lao Chen himself is a policeman, so of course he I need to discuss it with other members of the team. This person must be reliable, and it is best to keep a tight mouth, not the type who goes out about everything. The No. 1 choice must be me, but at that time I On a business trip, it is thousands of miles away, looking at the entire detachment, is there anyone more trustworthy than you?"

Zhang Chi sneered, "Oh, it's a sin not to know when to be reliable."

Xia Yan ignored him, and continued: "Old Chen just showed you the photo, and he took all the things that others threatened him to do, and wanted to discuss with you what he should do. As for you, you are waiting for this opportunity , so you tell him that this matter involves the puppet master, if others hear it, it will have a bad influence, find a private place to discuss it slowly. Lao Chen foolishly fell for your trap. The family is always the most powerful In a safe place, especially when his wife is not at home, he chose his study and made an appointment with you to meet after work. In order to avoid the surveillance footage of you returning to his home with him, you found a He left early with an excuse. He changed into cleaner's clothes, and went to lurk near Lao Chen's house first.

"When it's time for Lao Chen to return home, you take off your disguise and knock on the door. As soon as Lao Chen led you into the study, you took out a knife and stabbed him. After killing people quickly, you changed back into the uniform of the cleaner, Disappeared at the scene as if nothing had happened. Three days later, you came again, spent a long time cleaning up the scene, and hid Lao Chen in the cellar. It turns out that everyone in the detachment had dinner at Lao Chen’s house, and you also know that he has a cellar .And when you're done with that, you dispose of the stolen tools and uniforms, and get back to work, waiting for the body to be found."

Zhang Chi clapped his hands twice provocatively: "Captain Xia's reasoning is so good, it's as if he did it himself."

His hands were handcuffed, and the iron chains on the handcuffs collided with each other while applauding, making a sharp and piercing sound, and then he smiled coolly: "So, where is the evidence? Are there any traces of my presence at the scene? Or did you find the missing cleaning tool?"

Liang Song suddenly said: "It seems that you are very confident in your means, but we really found a physical evidence."

Liang Song took out a physical evidence bag, and in the bag was an old pen.Then Xia Yan appreciated the changes in Zhang Chi's face, from mocking, to flustered, to forcibly calm.

Xia Yan kindly explained: "This pen is the result of our Xiao Wu's two-day search. He found it at a farmer's house near Changning Road. You said that you rode a small three-wheeled tricycle to beat people's door in the evening and didn't pay attention. At this point, there was a tree stump in front of someone’s door, and you were going to saw it into wood for burning charcoal. You bumped into the tree stump, and your things fell all over the floor. Such a little thing. When their children heard the sound and came out to look, you had already run away, and you couldn’t return your pen after picking it up, so the child had to keep it for himself. Some time ago, I asked you to investigate, you I searched those households back and forth several times, but I couldn’t find them, but I can’t blame you for being careless. At that time, the children were playing in their hometown during the winter vacation. I just came home yesterday. The visiting Xiao Wu saw it.

"We just got this pen, and we haven't had time to take it for testing. But I took a rough look just now. Although the surface is clean, the grooves inside the cap are not lifted and cleaned, and some dark spots can still be seen. Something, it should be blood stains. I think the whole Chengzhou detachment can prove that this pen is yours. You can’t put it down. You used it so old and didn’t change it. Recently, I saw that you changed it to a new one. Just a pen, I thought you had finally worn out this one. It turned out that you accidentally lost it. I think there may still be your fingerprints on the place where the pen is held inside the cap, or on the ink tube. There are fingerprints, the child can't ink, and the pen holder has never been unscrewed, so you probably didn't deliberately wipe that kind of place?"

Zhang Chi sat up straight, and said stiffly: "This pen is indeed mine, but I usually keep it in the office, and anyone can take it away. I just found out that the pen was lost, so I replaced it with a new one. Knowing this, I reported the crime when I lost it.”

At this time, Zhang Xiaowu's voice came from Xia Yan's headset: "Captain Xia, this pen is a gift from Xiaowen."

Xia Yan suddenly laughed out loud: "Heh, I said you carry a pen with you no matter how you commit murder. So it was Xiaowen who gave it to you."

As soon as the word "Xiaowen" came out, Zhang Chi's face immediately became tense.