sincerity of lies

"Killed!"

The sharp female voice is like a knife, tearing through the tender night woven by lights and wine.The crowd around them froze, and then, as if controlled by the same remote control, they collectively turned their necks and turned towards the direction of the sound.

The two policemen who had just finished questioning the bar manager reacted the fastest. They rushed to the place where the female voice was playing, and saw a waitress standing tremblingly against the wall. Her mouth was open, her face was blank, and her eyes were dumbfounded. Staring straight ahead at the alley, maybe he didn't even know what he was yelling.

In front of her, in the depths of the alley, a meandering dark red liquid slowly flowed out. At the end of the liquid, there were two black shadows, one fell face down on the ground, and the other bent down.

"stop!"

"lay down your weapon!"

The two police officers sternly stopped, drew their weapons and pointed forward, and at the same time turned on their strong flashlights.The light dispelled the darkness, and the situation at the scene became clear. There were no obvious wounds on the surface of the two people at the scene. There were weapons around them. It was a fruit knife thrown five steps away from the two. The blade was bright and there was no blood.

As for the dark red liquid on the ground, it came from a broken convenience bag on the ground, which looked like...

"Dragon Juice."

Ji Xun let go of Zeng Peng, raised his hands, stood up slowly, and faced the police: "You guys came just in time. I want to call the police. In such a dark alley, it's really scary for this man to pull out a knife."

The police did not relax. They quickly scanned the scene and asked sharply, "Did you throw him to the ground from behind?!"

Ji Xun paused.

What happened at that moment was very simple. When he saw the light of the knife, he acted preemptively, throwing people down and controlling them; if strict responsibility was determined, he was the one who fought first.

"Misunderstand."

But at this moment, Zeng Peng, who was facing the ground, suddenly spoke.He propped himself up, with one arm hanging down, and he patted his clothes slowly, looking as if he was injured.But even so, he still kept saying:

"It's all a misunderstanding. I didn't pay attention to bring out the kitchen knife... Don't bother the police, we're private, private."

The two policemen exchanged winks. Zeng Peng lowered his head, but it was useless. When he got up, the bright flashlight had clearly illuminated his face.

Exactly the suspect they were looking for.

"...Everyone go back to the bureau."

Eventually, both men were taken back to the police station.Ji Xun was placed in the second branch of criminal investigation, but it was too late, and no one paid any attention to him. There was only a criminal policeman with glasses who he saw at the scene of the crime during the day, typing on the keyboard rapidly at the computer.

Ji Xun took out his phone, sent a message to Xia Youqing to explain the situation, and opened the game again, playing one or the other.

Suddenly, the sound of chairs being dragged reached my ears.

Ji Xun's arm was pulled up, and the fingers with the cooling ointment directly smeared the wound on his wrist.

He didn't notice this wound himself, and he didn't think about it except for one person who had these sharp eyes.

"Hiss—" Ji Xun raised his arm and avoided it, "Be gentle."

"There are so many words to help you apply the medicine." The person who applied the medicine let go, pressed his elbows on the table, leaned his upper body slightly, and when he looked over with a pair of sharp eyes, he naturally softened his gaze, "An ordinary person in the alley The weapons are scratched, they are too weak."

Ji Xun glanced from top to bottom to the person sitting in front of him.

The other party's jacket and Martin boots are dressed in casual clothes that can rush to the front line at any time; he has sword eyebrows and starry eyes, his thin lips are slightly pursed, and he has a sharp shaved head. As a result, there is a hideous wound missing a piece of flesh on the side of the neck below the ear It was completely exposed, destroying his rather handsome outline, causing him to appear masculine, solemn and inhuman when he was not speaking.

But those who are familiar with him know that all the hardness generated in his body is a shield born to protect others.

Ji Xun met Yuan Yue's eyes.

The concern in those eyes easily pierced through the time after separation and crushed the diaphragm created by the two people's different jobs.

It's really like I just went on a long vacation, and I'm still partnering with Yuan Yue when I come back.

Ji Xun thought.

Huo Ranyin stood behind the one-way see-through glass in the interrogation room.Tan Mingjiu and his partner stayed inside and urgently asked Zeng Peng, who had just been brought back, but the progress inside was not smooth. At first, Zeng Peng didn't seem to know why he was brought here. compensated.

"Can I go back earlier? If I leave without asking for leave, the store will deduct my salary. Once the money is deducted, there will be no bonus of 300 yuan at the end of the month."

"Do you know Xi Lei?" Tan Mingjiu asked.

This name made Zeng Peng raise his head, just once.He quickly lowered his head again, with his head hooked to his shoulders, as if his spine could not support him to sit upright at all.

"Well, I know. Don't mention her. We had already quarreled and broke up. My business has nothing to do with her."

"Does it have nothing to do with you if she dies?!" Tan Mingjiu shouted loudly.

Zeng Peng was stunned for a moment, the timidity on his face turned into a daze, and the daze turned into disbelief, his mouth that had just opened was closed again, tightly closed like a clamshell, at this time his face turned Showing a stubbornness of three points of resistance.

He felt that the police were lying to him.

Until Tan Mingjiu took out the photos of Xi Lei's death scene.

This photo crushed Zeng Peng. The man who could not give a fart with three sticks just now fell into a meaningless roar and struggle on the chair for a full minute, and then his strength disappeared. He was like a pile of rapidly burning Ashes fell on the chair.

The inquiry proceeded normally.

"Did you go to Xi Lei's house on the evening of January 1?"

"I've been there."

"Go for what?"

"take money……"

……

The voices in the interrogation room reached Huo Ranyin's ears all the way, and more clues began to appear.

The forensic doctor presumed that the time of Xi Lei's death was between 11 and 9 pm on the 11th.

On the evening of the 11th, Xi Lei appeared in the community surveillance at 7:52 and returned to the community.

On the evening of the 11th, the camera at the gate of the Qing’an community showed that the suspect arrived at the community at 7:03, left the community at 7:21, claimed to have taken away the bank card at home, returned to the rental house, and went downstairs to eat noodles at 8 o’clock , After 8:3, I withdraw money from an ATM near my residence. I changed four banks and took out a total of [-] yuan.

Huo Ranyin lowered his eyes slightly, entering the perspective of the suspect.

The moonlight shone coldly on the sparsely populated alley. He was ready to go back to the back door of the community. Xi Lei's residence was the first building inside the back door. Fence, or sneak into the back door whose monitoring has been broken for a long time...

He knocked on his girlfriend's door...he went in...he tore off his mask, revealing a hideous prototype...he pushed her down on the sofa...he ruthlessly covered his girlfriend's face with a pillow...covered, crushed to death , pinch!Pinching! ...until the twitching body stopped moving...she went limp and lay softly...

wrong.

Huo Ran frowned slightly, and switched back from the perspective of the suspect.

Where is the rope?

Why must a person be tied up with a rope, and then his mouth and nose must be covered to death?For fear of the dead struggling?

……Do not.

Zeng Peng is more than 1.8 meters tall and has a strong body. When facing the petite Xi Lei, he doesn't need a rope at all.

Inquiring into the room, Tan Mingjiu was aggressive: "What are you doing with the money? This money is Xi Lei's deposit, right? You asked her for money and she refused to give it to you, and even scolded you and mocked you, saying you are useless, right?"

"There is still a tax short."

"What tax?"

"Deed tax." Zeng Peng, who was looking down at the ground, slowly raised his eyes, "I bought her a house. I only prepared the house payment, not the tax. I want to give her a surprise..."

But nothing makes sense anymore.

Ten minutes later, Tan Mingjiu walked out of the inquiry room, holding a crumpled form in his hand, which Zeng Peng took out from his pocket, and Xi Lei's abortion form in Sunshine Hospital three months ago.

"Zeng Peng said that the child is not his." Tan Ming gasped in pain, "The child is not his, and he still bought a house to reconcile with the deceased? No matter how honest and good-tempered a person is, he will not be so happy to become a father. Is this kind of obedient and full of dedication?"

"If you want to live a decent life, you have to have a little green on your head." The recorder who was partnered with Tan Mingjiu teased, "I think Zeng Peng is sincere. At least the name of the house is actually written as Xi Lei."

Huo Ran didn't participate in their conversation. He was flipping through tonight's records. When his eyes swept over one place, he stopped: "Ji Xun appeared at the rehearsal scene, and had a conflict with Zeng Peng?"

"Ha." Tan Mingjiu poked his head over, "Why can I see him everywhere in this case? Finally got enough sleep after three years of hibernation?"

"There is nothing to worry about. In the past year-end physical fitness test, I won the championship again and again. Let alone an ordinary person who has not been trained, even if there are three or five people, they will always be able to escape if they fail."

In the office of the second branch, Ji Xun responded to Yuan Yue's concern in a few words.

Yuan Yue is not a person who is good at chatting. After the initial concern, he directly cut to the topic: "Is the deceased your friend?"

"...It is."

"Is the person you brought back today a murderer?"

"How do I know? I'm not a detective. I can tell who the real murderer is at a glance." Ji Xun first laughed, and then played with the tone of discussing whether the fruit is sweet or not, "Probably not. If so, it would be too boring ?"

"Then, do you want me to discuss with Erzhi and take over the case?"

Ji Xun saw Yuan Yue's slightly lowered eyebrows.There was a kind of quiet gentleness about this man.This kind of tenderness may not be revealed at ordinary times because of his clumsiness in words, but as soon as it reaches a critical moment, it will suddenly become a vast ocean, boundless.

Sometimes Ji Xun felt that Yuan Yue looked like an old-fashioned winter coat.

The foundation, the soil.

It will never be without it.

Xia Youqing should really come to find Yuan Yue.Ji Xun thought.Yuan Yue will never let her down.Yuan Yue will not disappoint anyone.

"Why, I haven't seen you in half a year, and you have learned to use public tools for private use to open the back door?" Ji Xun used a joke to perfunctory the other party's concern. Faint dimples.

Yuan Yue's appearance is actually very sunny. He has a square personality, but he is not rigid. The reason why he looks a little serious is not only the wound on his neck, but also because he shows his natural dimples when he smiles. No matter how you look at it, he looks young.

A criminal police captain who grows up like this is really immature and stable. Whether it is arresting criminals or leading the police officers, he seems to be a little bit at a disadvantage, so Yuan Yue doesn't like to laugh anymore.

Kind of a pity.

Ji Xun thought.

When he joined the police force, Yuan Yue took things seriously and talked and laughed a lot.

But maybe from now on, Yuan Yue won't have to bear this kind of grievance alone.Huo Ranyin of the second branch is also a man whose appearance alone is not enough to convince the public...

"What are you thinking about?" Ji Xun's shoulder was patted, he came back to his senses, and heard Yuan Yue say, "I'm not joking with you, it's not surprising that the two criminal investigation detachments adjust the case at hand to each other .”

"Come on, others don't know, but I don't know? The above sentence, the bottom is running away, who would dare to use all their strength to solve the case now?" Ji Xun laughed.

In recent years, Ning City has tightened its grip on this aspect, and put out the slogan "the murder case will not be solved, and the scene will not be withdrawn". The results have indeed been achieved. Except for the cases in the early years, the rate of solving major criminal cases has remained above 92%.

This data made Ji Xun repeatedly suspect that Yuan Yue would die suddenly at work at some point.He advised people a few words:

"You have time to go home and rest early, so that you don't die young in the office, and you won't even be a martyr later, thanks?"

"I'm so worried that I might as well come back and partner with me."

"No." Ji Xun flatly refused.

"Ji Xun—"

"I said three years ago that I'm no longer fit for this job."

"No, you are suitable." Yuan Yue retorted, "You are the most suitable person I have ever met for this job."

Ji Xun remained silent.

He didn't want to answer, and the atmosphere became stagnant. Yuan Yue remained silent for a while, then reached into his pocket, took out a candy, and stuffed it into Ji Xun's hand.

Ji Xun froze for a moment, squeezed the candy, and remembered what happened when he first joined the job.

After all, not many people are born completely immune to death and corpses. When he first joined the criminal police team, he had a very squeamish little habit of eating a candy before looking at the corpse.Later, I forgot to bring it when I went to the scene, and I also recited it that day. It took another two months for the body to be found.

After that time, Yuan Yue discovered his little hobby.Then, Yuan Yue always had two or three candies in his pocket. Before going to the scene, he would hand one to him, and if he was in a bad mood, he would also hand him one. The two had different views and disputes, and they would hand him one afterward. One... is the same as the universal panacea, it can be regarded as "Yuan Yue style" intimate.

Ji Xun played with the candy but didn't eat it.

Yuan Yue simply took out another one, and this time he directly peeled off the candy paper and stuffed the candy into Ji Xun's mouth. He said, "Forget it, we won't talk about it if you don't want to talk about it. I've been a police officer all my life."

Ji Xun licked his lips with sugar in his mouth, it was so sweet that it turned bitter.

I said so.He answered in his heart.At that time, I was young and frivolous, and I didn't know that no one could spend the rest of my life with anyone.

"You should understand," he was slightly in a trance, the words in his heart spilled out of his lips, "I can't pass that hurdle..."

Yuan Yue wanted to say something else, but his gaze suddenly turned and stopped behind Ji Xun: "Captain Huo?"

Ji Xun turned around, only to find that Huo Ranyin was standing at the gate of the office, looking at it for a long time and hearing something.