Fire to the Abyss

The interrogation room was completely silent, except for the sound of Zhang Chi's heavier and heavier breathing, there was only the sound of Xia Yan tapping the table with his fingertips intermittently.He dutifully plays a black face with a hidden knife in his smile, leaning forward, his torch-like eyes tightly locked on Zhang Chi, ensuring that even if the other party does not look directly at him, he can feel the pressure brought by his eyes.Xia Yan found that staring at him like this was much more useful than yelling at him. The proof was that Zhang Chi's forehead had started to sweat.

The two of them remained in a stalemate for a few minutes. Seeing that the heat was almost ready, Liang Song broke the silence: "We have almost got a handle on the case, and you can get a lenient treatment if you explain it yourself. I know, such a heinous crime will definitely lead to death, but if you actively cooperate, at least you can die with dignity."

There was another long silence, Zhang Chi's face was tense, the attitude he had just been able to handle with ease had long since disappeared, and his body language was uncontrollable. He sat upright, but one leg couldn't restrain the trembling, his hands kept overlapping, his eyes dodged—— —These small actions all show that the owner is in a very anxious state.

Even so, he was still hanging on his lips: "This is a frame, it must be Zhang Xiaowu who framed me."

Xia Yan touched the headset with one finger, and said to Zhang Xiaowu on the other end: "Xiao Wu, did you hear me, he said you framed him." Then he adjusted his posture, raised Erlang's legs, and continued to Zhang Chi who was in an unusual state : "Nonsense must be measured. Xiao Wu has a clear alibi for both periods of time. It seems that you have given up the opportunity to confess and be lenient. That's fine, you don't have to open your mouth next, so as not to bite you People, let me say it.

"In addition to your cousin Zhang Xiaowu, you also have a cousin Zhang Xiaowen. Xiaowu said that you have always loved Xiaowen since she was a child. Every year on Xiaowen's birthday, you buy her various gifts. During the holidays, there are thick red envelopes. Xiao Wu’s family is not rich, and you often take Xiao Wen out on trips at your own expense. Xiao Wu has never enjoyed this kind of treatment. Your relationship with Xiao Wen is even closer than his big brother. Something happened to Wen, and you were very depressed for a while, thinking that you didn't protect her well, and even committed a lot of extreme behaviors, and you kept saying that you wanted revenge and let the murderer pay for his life.

"At that time, everyone thought you were too sad and angry, until Xiaowu found out that the boy who tried to rape Xiaowen died in a car accident. He was knocked out of the guardrail on the winding mountain road. Their whole family was in the car. The car crashed directly off the cliff and killed people. There were no surveillance cameras or witnesses at the place where the accident happened, so the case was over. Coincidentally, your car was sent for repairs that day. Xiao Wu also had no evidence, so I took side-by-side attacks from you , but he is a brat after all, how can he get words out of your mouth? However, Xiao Wu has paid special attention to you since then.

"Besides, the day Chen Zhifeng was killed, January 1th, Wednesday, was an ordinary working day, and it was also Xiaowen's birthday. Xiaowu would go to the cemetery every year at this time to visit Xiaowen and talk to her, Every time he went there, he could see a wreath made of paper in front of the tomb. Xiao Wu knew that it was you who put it. Xiaowen liked you making this kind of wreath for her when she was a child. But when he went as usual that day, But he didn’t see the wreath. Xiao Wu thought you forgot, so he called your office landline. He went to the cemetery directly after he was out of the field. When he called you, it happened to be one minute to six. In the detachment, you are the only person in our detachment with a record of zero arrivals and early departures. If no one works overtime, you are the last one to turn off the lights and leave. It stands to reason that you should be in the office when Xiao Wu called you, but you But no one answered the landline. Although you canceled the missed call afterwards, you planted the seeds of doubt in Xiao Wu's heart, especially when Xiao Wu found out that Chen Zhifeng was killed on that day.

"Later, Xia Lin found out the clues of the cleaners. I arranged for you to investigate near Changning Road. You seemed to know how the murderer escaped. You drew a very clear area for yourself and scattered the others. Xiao Wu wrote down that area, and after I promised to solve the case in three days, he took the initiative to apply to me to investigate again by himself, and the hard work paid off, and he finally found the pen. That day was Xiaowen On your birthday, you took the pen she gave you to commit crimes, because you wanted her to witness that you gave her Chen Zhifeng's life as a gift?"

Zhang Chi was still facing each other in silence, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, he had already recovered from his anxious state, and after listening to Xia Yan's words, the expression on his face gradually transformed into a hopeless calm like everything was at rest.

Liang Song still did not give up his good words and poured him a glass of warm water: "Now the chain of evidence is complete, and it is only a matter of time before other evidence is found. Even if you don't confess, we can still convict you. Don't you still have a beautiful woman?" Wife and lovely daughter? Think about them, if you confess your relationship with the puppet master, we can at least guarantee that your family will not be harmed."

Zhang Chi sneered, and said in a very soft voice: "It's a pity that the cutest one is gone..."

"What?" Xia Yan didn't hear what he said at all.

Zhang Chi paused, licked his lips lightly, and put on a bloodthirsty smile, "I said, Xia Yan, do you know how your father died?"

Zhang Chi's words and expression successfully touched Xia Yan's Ni Lin, Xia Yan slapped the table, bursting into rage, grabbed Zhang Chi's collar with one hand and picked him up, his eyes widened: "What do you know?"

Xia Yan's eyes that were already covered with bloodshot eyes became more and more red, with traces of blood in his eyes, and his breath was heavy, like an evil ghost crawling out of the Temple of Yama.

Liang Song complained endlessly in his heart, before he came, he didn't know that his partner was a firecracker, usually fine, just a little spark can ignite it.

Zhang Chi's hands were fixed on the table by handcuffs, and when Xia Yan suddenly lifted him, his wrists were immediately bloodstained by the cold metal handcuffs, but he still said without changing his face: "I know it all, but I just don't want to tell you, Seeing you worrying about this matter, you secretly put the dossier in your office for research, and you must get yourself drunk every time you drink, as if you can forget the fact that you are useless. In order not to let my dearest brother dossier It's such a pleasant feeling to be involved in an incident, to hide it all by yourself, and finally to be abandoned by your younger brother, hahaha..."

The blue veins on Xia Yan's forehead were exposed, and the blood in his eyes was about to turn into a blood red. The hostility almost came out of his eyes, and he stretched out his other hand to pinch Zhang Chi's neck.His palms were extraordinarily large on his pale neck, as if he could break his neck with any force.His relaxed face gradually turned red, and his facial muscles twitched uncontrollably.

"Xia Yan, calm down." Liang Song and the recorder paled in shock, immediately got up and grabbed Xia Yan, each breaking a hand.

But Xia Yan's fingers seemed to grow on Zhang Chi's neck, no matter how hard Liang Song tried, they didn't loosen at all. When he was about to signal the recorder to call someone, Xia Yan took the initiative to let go.But his eyes never left Zhang Chi, as if ready to swallow him alive at any time.

There were a few red handprints on Zhang Chi's neck, he coughed hard for a while, took a sip of water, and said hoarsely: "But now I can tell you a clue, your father was killed by the dog he raised Those who die are self-inflicted and cannot live."

It seemed that this person wanted to kill himself to the end. Seeing that Xia Yan was about to lose control, Liang Song yelled at Zhang Chi regardless of his appearance: "If you want to live, shut up!"

Facts have proved that people who are always gentle and gentle roar more lethal. When he said this, several people present were shocked.

At this time, the door of the interrogation room opened, and a criminal policeman in uniform came in, nodded at Xia Yan, and said, "Captain Xia, you go back and rest first, I will interrogate next."

Xia Yan gave Zhang Chi a cool look, then slammed the door and left without looking back.

When Xia Yan was smoking his third cigarette in the empty lounge, Liu Yaowen came in.The whole district is implementing the no-smoking regulations, Xia Yan hurriedly got up, intending to put out the cigarettes, but was stopped by Liu Yaowen raising his hand.

"It doesn't matter," Liu Yaowen said, "There is no one else now. I usually like to smoke two when I am depressed."

Xia Yan just held the cigarette between his hands, neither extinguished nor smoked, and called out "Secretary Liu" in embarrassment.

Liu Yaowen pushed Xia Yan back onto the sofa, and sat next to Xia Yan himself.

"Xia Yan, you are truly a lucky general. The sore that has grown wantonly in Chengzhou District for ten years has been torn open by you. This time you have not only sought justice for Zhifeng, but also for the victim. The people who were harmed by the puppet masters have received justice, and this is the second victory for our police against the puppet masters. I have every reason to believe that this operation is a severe blow to the organization.”

Xia Yan didn't speak, but tried his best to pull out a forced smile.

"You are not inferior to your father in the past. You are really better than blue..." Liu Yaowen suddenly stopped at this point, turned his head to look at Xia Yan with some meaningful eyes, and continued the second half of the sentence: "Just now Zhang Chi the words said……"

Xia Yan continued very cooperatively: "I know that what the criminal said is not credible. He deliberately wanted to provoke me. He lost his composure just now and made all the leaders laugh."

Liu Yaowen and Xia Yan looked at each other for three seconds, Xia Yan's eyes were sincere but sincere, Liu Yaowen couldn't see a clue, "Okay, okay, that's good. I'm also worried that you will be affected by his words." Influence, leaving a lump in my heart."

Xia Yan smiled heartlessly: "Then how can I? You say that I am a lucky general, of course I have to work harder, and I must not let my personal emotions affect my work efficiency."

Liu Yaowen nodded in satisfaction, took a cigarette from Xia Yan's hand and lit it, and the two smoked together in the lounge.It wasn't until Liu Yaowen's secretary came to look for him that the misty business exchange ended.

Liu Yaowen bid farewell to Xia Yan, and the moment the door was closed, the smile on Xia Yan's face disappeared completely. He smoked all the remaining cigarettes before reluctantly standing up and going out the door.

Xia Yan walked to the gate of the district police, suddenly remembered something, hurriedly took out his mobile phone and called Zhang Xiaowu.

Zhang Xiaowu just said "Hello", and Xia Yan started talking at length by himself.

"Xiao Wu, I have an idea. Zhang Xiaowen and Zhang Chi are very likely to be father-daughter. I think that if they don't have strong emotions, ordinary people will not kill people for the daughter of a relative. Zhang Chi's love for Zhang Xiaowen Well, it’s beyond the category of cousins, and the only remaining possibilities are loving infatuation or blood relatives. Zhang Chi’s age is more than [-] years older than Xiao Wen’s. We’ve already learned about your family’s situation. I was not well-to-do, but I still adopted this unrelated girl. From these two points, I am more inclined that Zhang Chi cannot raise this daughter himself due to various reasons, so please ask your parents to raise it on your behalf, so that he can still continue to support her. As a 'cousin', I often go to see Xiaowen. How about this, you go back and check with your parents and report to me."

There was silence on the other end of the phone, Xia Yan almost thought that Zhang Xiaowu had dropped the line, and called "Xiaowu" several times before there was an answer from the other side.

"Captain Xia, in fact, Xiaowen felt it vaguely when she was alive. Not long before her accident, please ask me to take her and Zhang Chi's DNA samples for a paternity test. When I get the report, Xiaowen It’s already gone, the appraisal result was supposed to be shown to Xiaowen first, and she’s gone, so I didn’t open it. Team Xia, tell me, if I had just glanced at the result, would things have been different?”

So far, Zhang Xiaowu has always been calm and measured in various cases, including the case where his cousin was the murderer.When he came to Xia Yan alone to clarify his thoughts, his tone was objective and calm, as if the object of his suspicion was a completely unrelated stranger.Xia Yan felt that he was reliable, but at the same time, he was a little bit worried—is his performance too calm, is it because of his nature, or is he deliberately suppressing his feelings?If it was the former, Xia Yan might be bald. He is the worst at dealing with indifferent people.

Fortunately, Zhang Xiaowu's sentence was tinged with emotion, and the second half of the sentence even had obvious vibrato.

Xia Yan changed back to his usual relaxed tone of scolding Yang Ming: "Baby boy, where are there so many ifs in this world? If I knew the winning number of the welfare lottery, I could still win 500 million yuan! What happened just happened, don't think about it Some don’t. After all, none of us can reach the speed of light to travel through time. Who can guarantee that the situation will not develop into a worse situation... Also, I have to thank you very much. If you didn’t find the evidence in time, I really want to say goodbye. If you have any difficulties in the future, just ask you Yan brother, and there is no problem in borrowing money."

"...Captain Xia, I don't borrow money."