sincerity of lies

"Meng Lingshan—" Ji Xun took a step forward.

"You stand too." Meng Lingshan said coldly, "I won't shoot you, but I have a knife in my hand."

"..."

"Ji Xun, use your brain. Why, when you see your new friend, your brain becomes a vast ocean?" Meng Lingshan narrowed his eyes and stared at Huo Ranyin, "Now we are all on the boat, There is no network, no telephone, we are in an isolated island, and the information from outside cannot be verified. According to you, Chen Jiashu did not commit any crimes, and the murderer was not Abin. Your police detain him for 48 hours at most. There is no hope for where he came from. We need to seek your help. Cooperation? Cooperation for what? He and I disappeared because he believed that I was the murderer who came to seek personal revenge and kill me. If he is willing to cooperate with your police to arrest me, why leave? Staying in Ning City can cooperate with you. This story The logic of that didn't hold true at the very beginning!"

"and also--"

"Anything else?" Huo Ranyin seemed to be smiling a bit.

"Of course." Meng Lingshan said, "Before boarding the boat, you need to know about the boat. The reason why Ji Xun knew about the boat was because I told him; then how did you know about the boat? Police information? It might be possible at other times, but it’s impossible this time. Because none of the boarding locations this time is in the country. Why, the hands of the Ning City police have already spread their hands abroad?"

"You reversed cause and effect. You didn't find the boarding place through Abin. You knew the boarding place first, and then accidentally found Abin there."

"Can't we find the boss who boarded the ship through Chen Jiashu's relationship?" Ji Xun interrupted here.

"Ji Xun, you have also participated in the investigation of the Chen Jiashu case. Have you seen any suspects related to 'boarding' in Chen Jiashu's interpersonal relationship?" Meng Lingshan mocked, "Don't talk about getting on the boat, Have you found anyone related to 'Zhou Hang Shun Ji, Feng Ding Bo Ping' and 'Ship'?"

Ji Xun was silent.

When he participated in the investigation, it was indeed not found.

"This ship attaches great importance to anonymity. The reason why Abin can find the boss who can board the ship is because the boss has communicated with Chen Jiashu once or twice, and as Chen Jiashu's confidant, Abin knows everything—so he Know that boss."

"And Police Officer Huo—" Meng Lingshan changed the subject, and then turned to Huo Ranyin, "How did you know? You can't explain it, so the conclusion is what I just came to: you found the location first, then Find Abby."

"A clue that can't be discussed openly, I'm afraid it will lead to a question that can't be answered openly." Meng Lingshan sneered, and then asked, "How did you get on the boat?"

He faced Huo Ranyin, but spoke to Ji Xun.

"Ji Xun, you shouldn't have made such an obvious mistake. I answered his question to me, but he didn't answer my question to him. Do you think he really didn't talk about him just now, no Are you hiding your ulterior, boarding route?"

Ji Xun was silent for a moment, then looked at Huo Ranyin: "How did you get on the boat?"

For the first time, the mockery on Huo Ranyin's face disappeared.He said lightly: "No comment."

Meng Lingshan was not surprised by this answer at all.His eyes didn't blink for a moment, and his gun hand was as steady as a rock: "He just said that I didn't tell you something, did he tell you everything? Ji Xun, you know that his room is not on the second floor, but Is it the third floor? The third floor, the presidential suite, is the room where Mr. Liu entertains distinguished guests. I did get on the boat, and I did everything possible to bring you on board. But what about him? Not only can he get on the boat, he can also Come aboard as a guest of honor."

Meng Lingshan sneered.

"If the criterion for judging suspicion is whether he can get on the ship, I'm afraid he is much more suspicious than me."

Ji Xun's eyes wandered between Meng Lingshan and Huo Ranyin.

Meng Lingshan continued.

Just as Huo Ranyin was deeply suspicious of him, he also had countless considerations for Huo Ranyin.

"When I saw you in Qin City, you were being chased and killed. Those people are drug dealers, right? Only drug dealers can die like this in the country, so he used to be an anti-drug policeman? Look at his position, young man Promising, made great contributions—why, succeeded in undercover, took over the drug den?"

"Anti-drug police...a very dangerous type of police." Meng Lingshan said slowly, "Undercover anti-narcotics police...dangerous among dangers."

"In this business, some people died heroically; some survived by luck; and some people were corrupted by darkness."

"Officer Huo." The sarcasm shifted from Huo Ranyin's face to Meng Lingshan's, "What kind of person are you?"

Then, Meng Lingshan finally glanced at Ji Xun.

"Ji Xun, if you firmly believe in his inference just now, do you believe in my inference? Do you believe in your new friend or your old friend?"

"I'm afraid I'm more trustworthy.

"At least, our goals are the same.

"What about his goal? Do you know?"

Ji Xun's gaze wandering between the two finally landed on Meng Lingshan.

"Okay." He said simply, without saying who he believed or not, "what do you want to do now?"

"Follow the plan." Meng Lingshan said, "Before he came in, we had already planned it."

Ji Xun frowned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, we have indeed planned it. But now the situation has changed and you are on top, are you sure you two can cooperate normally?"

Now, both of them sneered.

"I have a new proposal." Ji Xun said, "Just now you are all driven into the room, eating instant food to fend for yourself, I think Mr. Liu's arrangement is not because he wants to see you every once in a while Whether to stay in the room well or not is definitely a way to free up his hands to do things that are really important to him-such as communicating with the outside world. And this is not impossible. That is, in the worst case scenario, leave it to us Time is running out... Once Mr. Liu successfully communicates with the outside world, the helicopter will be able to fly over the ship in as little as three hours. Meng Lingshan, let's swap, you go down to take pictures, and I will stay on top Adaptive."

"No," Meng Lingshan said directly, "according to the original plan."

Ji Xun did not give up, he tried to persuade Meng Lingshan again: "I think my proposal can better deal with the current crisis. The truth 40 years ago is the root of everything, and it must also be related to all the blood and truth since then... ...including the truth about Ji Yu."

The corners of Meng Lingshan's mouth straightened.

Ji Yu is the eternal wound in Ji Xun's heart, isn't it the pain that Meng Lingshan can't touch?

It was obvious that he was a little shaken.

But in the end, he shook his head slowly: "Ji Xun, I don't trust him, and now, I don't trust you that much, so don't say any more, just follow our previous plan."

Speaking of this, it really doesn't make sense to go on.

Ji Xun sighed deeply again, and he took a step back: "Okay, I understand. I'll give you the gun, and I'll go down to take evidence now, and by the way, he—"

Ji Xun glanced at Huo Ranyin.

Huo Ranyin looked at Ji Xun coldly.

Ji Xun didn't respond to this look, and then said to Meng Lingshan: "Take them away together, is there no problem?"

"I can't ask for it." Meng Lingshan spat out four words.

Ji Xun shrugged his shoulders and walked forward. In the room the size of a grain of rice, if he wanted to move forward, he had to brush Meng Lingshan's body.

When Ji Xun came in front of him, Meng Lingshan retracted his arms and raised the muzzle of his gun slightly to make room for it.

This is the time!

Ji Xun suddenly elbowed Meng Lingshan!

Meng Lingshan was surprised but didn't panic, he immediately reached into his pocket and took out the knife - he wasn't lying, he was indeed carrying a knife with him, the light of the knife flashed into Ji Xun's eyes, Ji Xun immediately closed his eyes before his body was inevitably affected. Close your eyes and press down on Meng Lingshan with your body!

He heard Meng Lingshan cursed in a low voice, and then he was thrown to the ground, but it didn't matter.The important thing is——

Besides him, there was another person at the scene!

Huo Ranyin!

It took Ji Xun only a moment to fall to the ground and open his eyes, but at this time the situation of the battle has changed a lot. The knife fell to the ground, and the gun was fighting between Meng Lingshan and Huo Ranyin's hands. Then, suddenly, The gun escaped from their palms, flew high, and drew a parabola...

Ji Xun grabbed the gun before everyone else.

At the same time, he kicked with his toe, kicking the knife into a corner where he could not see it.

Then he pointed his gun at the two people in front of him... No one stopped... I tried it just now, and it was obviously not very effective.

Ji Xun was too lazy to speak.

After thinking for a while, he simply took two steps back, sat on the bed, turned the gun around, and pointed it at himself, speaking succinctly:

"Stop fucking hitting, anyone who moves again, I will shoot."

"..."

The two stopped.They looked at Ji Xun together, no one spoke, but they had the same unspeakable expression on their faces.

Ji Xun shook his pistol and smiled at the two of them:

"Very well, this threat is useful. So I repeat the situation again, to help you deepen the impression: I will not shoot any of you, but now that the gun is in my hand, any of you If one dares to act rashly, I will shoot myself once, and if both of them move, I will shoot myself twice, and then you can carry my body and throw it into the sea, and then you can fight or make trouble, as you like."

"Okay." Meng Lingshan said suddenly, "You take the gun, you cooperate, and let me go."

"Shut up." Ji Xun said lazily, "Or you can take a step outside and see if I dare to shoot."

Meng Lingshan glared at Ji Xun, if eyes could kill, Ji Xun would have been torn to pieces by Meng Lingshan.

However, Meng Lingshan did not move in the end, he stood firmly in his position.

"...Okay." Ji Xun said, "You all said what you wanted to say, it seems it's my turn. Everyone has secrets, everyone is lying..."

He seemed to smile.

"Then I will use my ingenuity to be the referee, do you have any objections?"

The way Huo Ran looked at Ji Xun became strange, as if he was somewhat surprised.

Meng Lingshan looked a little stiff: "You don't need to be a referee."

"No." Ji Xun said simply, "Ji Yu told me that I must do it."

"Let's talk about Police Officer Huo first." He looked at Huo Ranyin, "I think Meng Lingshan's analysis just now is reasonable. Do you have anything to add? Or would you like to tell us how you got on the boat?"

"No comment." Huo Ranyin still said the same thing.

"Okay, then I think Meng Lingshan's analysis is correct, and the question and suspicion of Police Officer Huo cannot be ruled out." Ji Xun said, "Similarly, I also think there is another possibility. The police have an obligation to protect and keep confidential their informants. It is reasonable for him not to say that name when neither you nor I can be trusted."

"..."

Meng Lingshan didn't refute, he agreed with Ji Xun's words.

"Now it's your turn, Meng Lingshan..." Ji Xun said.

Then he was silent for a long time, until the other two doubted whether the person sitting on the bed would speak again, Ji Xun spoke, his voice was very low, like the strings of a cello, all the way down to the ground , and a fissure lower than the ground:

"Meng Lingshan, you said that Huo Ran talked about him because you talked about him, but you also talked about him."

"You never said a word, Chen Jiashu was not killed by you.

"Is it hard to say that?"

Ji Xun asked lightly, and he paused for a long time, as if speaking could exhaust all his strength... Then, he continued softly:

"Yeah, it's quite difficult. Put yourself in your shoes, it's hard for you to open your mouth, just like it's hard for me to open your eyes.

"Compared to the room of the first person who died on the ship, that ridiculous mechanical secret room, the most difficult secret room, is indeed the secret room in my heart.

"I asked myself a question.

"Of course, it can't be solved.

"Because that's the answer I don't want to get.

"In the whole case, I have been trying to convince myself that Zheng Xuewang's so-called 'true medical records' are his one-sided words, they do not exist at all, and cannot be trusted.

"To be honest, it's really hard to convince myself of this. Because I know that, on the contrary, once it exists, there will be a person who is worse than the experience I have spent in digging Zheng Xuewang for the past 20 years. Answers that make more sense.

"That person entered his office and stole this medical record. Zheng Xuewang, who lost his real medical record, would naturally lie and fool the police in order to protect himself. This is the same modus operandi as the one who randomly took pills, They all left enough time for the real murderer to escape.

"Even if the police conduct an autopsy and find out that it was murder, they will investigate the most suspicious Zheng Xuewang—no, I will definitely investigate Zheng Xuewang, after all, I am deceiving myself, I am lying to myself.

"Then, I will follow Zheng Xuewang and investigate the casino you carefully prepared.

"Of course, it's up to you to show me the way. Zheng Xuewang's gambling didn't last long, but in the last month, didn't it? Xu Xinran's frequent gambling places must have some branch relationship with this ship. Maybe it's Mr. Liu's method of mastering these high-end talents. You have been inspired by this, and you can do the same with Zheng Xuewang...

"At that time, Officer Huo wondered why there were so many casinos in Ning City, why Xu Xinran and Zheng Xuewang, who seemed to be out of reach, happened to be in one of them.

"Yet I'm still avoiding his suspicions.

"I found the casino, and I will definitely find that ship and that warehouse. You prepared them carefully for the police and me. You gave the police a direction to investigate and you gave me a reason that can barely be answered.

"A staged victory.

"My self-brainwashing seems to be finally on the right track...

"But that ship and that warehouse cannot be done by you alone, the most you can do is to change the ledger to make it look like that.

"As for those medical equipment and the DNA of the missing person, they are not from the Chen family tree, only Mr. Liu can prepare them for you.

"Everything that happened around Chen Jiashu's death is the certificate you handed over to Mr. Liu.

"Previously, Zhou Ju and Team Yuan conducted physical examinations and matched types in major hospitals in Ning City and Qin City, which made Mr. Liu realize that he was not safe. He needed a surrogate, so you found him a surrogate.

"Help Mr. Liu cut off his tail to survive.

"You have done so well, so good that you can take over one of Mr. Liu's feeder boats and take me on board.

"But with all the secrets, we even found the ledger in Chen Jiashu's office, but we didn't find the symbol of the 'boat'. We put all the ledgers away, and put a boat in it, and wrote a few foolish words about the 'boat sailing smoothly'. Dingbo flat', bother?

"I don't think it's a lot of trouble. Therefore, the most reasonable inference is that this matter is still in the murderer's careful plan. The determination and declaration of name shown by the murderer to Mr. Liu are nothing but a smokescreen for Mr. Liu. Mr. Liu made false claims, he left loopholes and clues for the police, his ultimate and true purpose...

"It is to bring Mr. Liu to justice, or to retaliate against Mr. Liu."

Ji Xun raised his eyes and looked at Meng Lingshan.

"Am I right?"

"So you didn't say 'I didn't kill Chen Jiashu' from the beginning to the end.

"You may have induced Zheng Xuewang, or you may have done it yourself. Either way, you know in your heart...

"Chen Jiashu's blood is in your palm."

Meng Lingshan closed his eyes, then opened them again: "I killed people."

He spoke simply and neatly, without any wiggle room.

The result came out.Ji Xun's throat suddenly became very dry, as if there was a fire burning inside.

He tried to speak, but suddenly lost his voice.They could only sit in their original positions and listen to what Meng Lingshan had to say.

"But this puzzle should not be deduced by you, but by me. I will say it after everything is over. The reason why I didn't say 'I didn't kill Chen Jiashu' is because I never wanted to hide it from you." Meng Meng Ling Shan said lightly, "Sophistry, denial, it's pointless, it kills me, looks down on you, and even more tarnishes my love for Ji Yu."

For the first time he admitted it.

Take out the treasure hidden in your heart openly.

This is the first time, and it may be the last time in my life.

"Ji Xun, I just have things I have to do. At this point, I have no way out." Meng Lingshan looked at Ji Xun, "Don't stop me... Even if, we have already diverged."

What Meng Lingshan had to do was exactly what Ji Xun had to do.

"Can we still cooperate?" After a long time, Ji Xun recovered his voice, "Three people."

"impossible."

"can."

Two voices sounded simultaneously.

It was Meng Lingshan who said it was impossible, and Huo Ranyin who said it was possible.

A look of astonishment flashed across Meng Lingshan's face. He looked at Ji Xun and then at Huo Ranyin, as if he felt that the "yes" just now was yelled by Ji Xun in troubled waters. Say it out of your mouth.

Compared with him, Huo Ranyin's expression is much more playful.

"Don't look at it, I said it. The murderer admitted that he had killed, at least he was open and honest."

"after all……"

His unpredictable eyes fell on Ji Xun.

In those dark eyes, the light of night shone.

"Ji Xun, I can cooperate with you. You haven't been open and honest yet."