No such person [criminal investigation]

"It's too dangerous, Qi Zang, what do you want to do? You have to give me a reason. I can find someone to reinforce you."

This is what Wen Yuyi said to Qi Zang when she was standing on the top of the cliff.

The cold wind was icy cold, she wrapped her clothes tightly, and desperately hoped that Qi Zang would give her an answer.

Actually the answer is very simple.

The cruel, harsh and meticulous real murderer will check Zhang Yunfu's wounds and everything on the scene, even around the bamboo house.

How could he not discover the real murder weapon?

It can only be thrown off the cliff.

Although the answer is simple, it is not convenient for Qi Zang to disclose it to Wen Yuyi.The real culprit is the person of Sicolorhua, and it is very likely that it is the one named Yamazakura.He did all this to frame Xu Ci.But Xu Ci left without saying goodbye, deliberately entered the game, there must be his intentions.He may have received Liu Yang's mission to go to Sisehua as an undercover agent.

In this case, not to mention whether there is any mole in the police force, even if there is no mole, but anyone who has paid attention to this case and finds that the police have not issued a warrant for Xu Ci for a long time, Yama Sakura will definitely think that he If the method of blaming him failed, he would certainly think that Xu Ci did not kill Zhang Yunfu.

Xu Ci didn't kill anyone, and he had enough evidence to clear himself up, but he went to Burma with Si Sehua. Of course, Yama Sakura would suspect that there was something wrong with him.Xu's resignation from Sicolorhua to be an undercover agent will be exposed.He will be mercilessly killed by Yamazakura.

So Qi Zang had to keep this matter from Wen Yuyi, he just said: "Just treat it as my personal desire to go to the bottom of the cliff to have a look. I don't need anyone's support for this matter, and I don't need to let everyone take risks. Just leave it to me .”

"Qi team, you..."

"I'll be fine."

Qi Zang did not act rashly, and spent a day looking for local Taoist priests, farmers and other people who are familiar with the mountain route, and even found people who had been here to climb cliffs through social networks. , to help him do a 3D simulation, through the velocity of the knife when it is thrown, taking into account the influence of wind, etc., to calculate its possible position.

After making full preparations, Qi Zang began to search for knives from top to bottom along the top of the cliff.

No one can help Xu resign.Except myself.

He doesn't want Xu Ci to come back from completing his mission in the future, but there is a possibility of facing prison; or, even if Yama Sakura is caught, there is enough evidence and Yama Sakura's confession to prove that Xu Ci was forced to do so, He may not be punished too severely, but the road of the police must have come to an end. Everyone will think that he killed Zhang Ju himself, everyone will think that he is a coward, and everyone will talk about him...

This matter had nothing to do with his personal feelings for Xu Ci.

A hero who almost abandoned his entire life and single-handedly broke into a criminal organization just to destroy it. He did all this not for wealth or official position, but just for justice, or for a sigh of relief.

Then, even if he doesn't get the honor he deserves, he should at least get everyone's respect.Qi Zang never hopes that when such a hero returns to his hometown one day, he will face accusations and disbelief from everyone.

To be on the safe side, Qi Zang would return to the top of the cliff to rest for a period of time before continuing every three hours.In this way, he searched along the mountain wall for a day and a night, and finally found the knife on a tree growing from the mountainside.

It was deep winter, and the leaves had fallen.But I don't know when the bird's nest made of birds was still hanging on the tree, and the knife just fell into the bird's nest.

This is a rusty iron knife. The size of the blade and even the width of the blade are very similar to the one on the scene.

Zhang Yunfu and Yama Sakura are father and son, and I don't know if there is any story behind these two knives.However, it was confirmed that there were Zhang Yunfu's fingerprints and bloodstains on the knife.

In addition, "everything touched will leave traces", when the blade cut through Zhang Yunfu's ribs, the ribs also took some substances from the blade.

These substances are called trace physical evidence, and they are enough to prove that the real murder weapon is the iron knife, not the ceramic knife at the scene.

Xu Ci summed up his experience very lightly, and Qi Zang also spoke very briefly about the process of finding the knife, without mentioning that his arms were almost dislocated, and that it hurts to carry a glass of water after going back, and he didn't even mention how difficult the road was. Dangerous, even if sufficient defensive measures are taken, there are backups up and down the cliff, and there are many dangers.

After listening to Qi Zang's narration, Xu Ci just stared at him for a long time, until his eyes were a little red.Then he lowered his eyes and asked softly, "Is it cold?"

Qi Zang didn't hear clearly, so he moved closer and asked, "What?"

Xu Ci raised his eyes to look at him again: "I said... the wind is not strong on the other side of the cliff, are you cold?"

"It's not cold. It's all over." Qi Zang said.

"Well, it's all over." Thinking of something, Xu Ci took another deep breath.

Unstoppably, the scene that happened on Yulong Mountain reappeared in his mind——

Facing the slightly cold snow and mountain wind, Xu Ci pushed open the door and saw Zhang Yunfu who was covered with scars.He spoke to Xu Ci in a very hoarse voice: "So it's you... no wonder, no wonder..."

"Did you recognize me as Xu Ci who carried out the mission eight years ago? You and the man outside have always been in the same group, right? Why, the matter of dividing the spoils has not been settled, and the nest is messed up? I don't want to be The person outside is persecuting you, but you are indeed the one who killed all my teammates and tried to blame everything on me... Maybe I can really stab you with this knife."

Saying this, Xu Ci picked up the ceramic knife that Yamazakura handed him, walked step by step into the bamboo house, and went to Zhang Yunfu's side.

He raised his left hand and punched Zhang Yunfu hard, but it just seemed so, when the fist fell, all the strength had been lost.

Xu Ci lifted Zhang Yunfu's collar and asked him forcefully, "Tell me, what happened back then? How did you betray me? Tell me clearly!"

Taking this action to approach Zhang Yunfu, what Xu Ci whispered in his ear was: "Pretend to fight with me first to delay the time. I will find a chance to take you away."

Zhang Yunfu must not be optimistic about this.There are also four-color flowers here, and they still have guns in their hands.

There is no way they can live together.So it's good to keep the next one.

What's more, it was only at this moment that he didn't know what his own son had done, how he was used by him without knowing it, so as to cause any harm to his compatriots.

He boasted that he had no regrets in his life.But he gave birth to a devilish son.Even from the perspective of compensation, he felt that he should be the one who died.

In addition, Deputy Office Liu obviously had some action.Xu Ci may have some mission on his body.Then...it would be good if he could use this matter to help him deceive Yama Sakura.

Probably because of this mentality, Zhang Yunfu was ready to die.However, he didn't say anything to Xu Ci, he just threw Xu Ci down with force, and the two quickly wrestled together.

They punched each other a few times, and when Zhang Yunfu jumped up with his back to the window and rushed towards Xu Ci, he pulled out a knife from the sole of his shoe, thrust it into his chest unexpectedly, and rubbed his ribs tightly to his heart.When it landed, it looked like he was hugging Xu Ci and fell to the ground together, but in fact, he just used Xu Ci's body to cover up the wound on his chest, so that he would have a chance to quietly pull out the knife again.

All of this happened in about a minute.

When Zhang Yunfu bayoneted, drew, and threw the knife, he either turned his back to the window every time, or concealed it by hugging Xu Ci and fighting with him.These few moments were only a few seconds, and under the influence of the blind spot, the mountain cherry outside the house could not be seen clearly.

The moment it happened, Xu Ci could hardly believe it.

In fact, when he came to Yulong Mountain, Xu Ci still had some doubts about Zhang Yunfu.

Until the blood spurted out from his chest, until he quickly pulled out the murder weapon and threw it out of the window with all his strength...

Xu Ci understood everything.

Guilt flooded him like a tidal wave, but he couldn't shed a tear, or even frown.

Xu Ci could only pretend to press Zhang Yunfu's neck and smash his body to the ground, and took the opportunity to stab the ceramic knife along the existing wound on his body to make the blood on the knife look It will look like it really stabbed someone.

When the incident happened, Xu Ci didn't have any time to feel guilty or regretful. Every time he recalled the incident afterwards, the scars on Zhang Yunfu's body, the bloodstains from the suicide, and the way he tried everything to protect himself always made him feel sad. Mixed feelings, sometimes even angina so hard to breathe.

That feeling was the same as when he saw those three teammates shot in front of him.

Xu Ci drank heavily in Myanmar, on the one hand, for the sake of acting, and made a look of depression, which made Shanying and Lin Jingtong think that he was really hurt by love, and felt sad because Qi Zang issued a hunting order for him.

But on the other hand, Xu Ci really felt pain——

It was he who doubted a heroic figure for eight full years. He made himself unrecognizable, almost embarked on a road of no return, and completely ruined his own future and future, but it turned out to be this man whom he had suspected for eight years. Man, with his own death, paves the way for his future.

Qi Zang hugged Xu Ci tightly again. "It's not your fault. The enemy is cunning, you have fallen for it, and Zhang Ju has fallen for it. But fortunately, Yamazakura has been caught. All of your efforts have not been in vain."

After a long silence, Xu Ci said, "I want to thank many people, such as you, Deputy Office Liu who has been pulling me back, and... and Director Zhang. I just feel that it's a pity that I couldn't say a word to him face to face. 'Thank you', I also... still owe him an 'sorry'.

"Brother Zang, I was once cynical, thinking that no one in this world was trustworthy, and even doubted the profession of the police...Thank you for letting me know that my beliefs have never been wrong. This road...in fact, I have never walked None are alone."

·

Five days later, regardless of whether Xu Ci or Jing Wangyun, the relevant investigation has not been completely concluded, but both of them are waiting for the opportunity to be released on bail.

Among them, Jing Wangyun's troubles are mainly because Yama Sakura asked him to "kill the third child", and the extent of his participation in the serial murder case.Although everything was discussed with Xu Ci and Deputy Director Liu, it was still necessary to check all the relevant details and procedures.

When Qi Zang suspected that he was from Four Colors, he had added him on WeChat, and then went to meet him specially.In order to prevent people with four-color flowers from following them, the two of them did not talk about anything on the surface.But through Jing Wangyun's words of concern for Xu Ci, and the fact that the two of them are so similar, Qi Zang's guess about his true position is almost inseparable.

Later, all Sisehua's people were evacuated from Jinning City, and the cooperation between the Jinning police and the Burmese police officially started. Liu Yang found Qi Zang, and the two finally exchanged all the information, and Qi Zang was able to reach a cooperation with Jing Wangyun.

At the Kezha Temple, the two factions of Sicolorhua confronted each other, and it might not have been possible to fight. It was Jing Wangyun who was "standing on the side of the mountain cherry" who deliberately shot and wounded one of the old K's people. The flames of war were ignited.In this way, the police were able to reap the benefits of being a fisherman and destroy the core of the four-color flower at a relatively small cost.

Jing Wangyun really gained Yama Sakura's trust mainly because of two things. The first is that he almost died at the hands of Xu Ci, and the DNA of the two of them is indeed different; the second is that he killed the old K's right-hand man Bai Lao three.

Of course there is no mystery about Bai Laosan, he is not dead, but has been secretly arrested.Deputy Office Liu had another secret operation to deploy. On that day, a special agent pretended to be a stowaway and boarded the boat with them. According to Deputy Office Liu's wishes, he brought the body of a death row prisoner to drop it.

The people who went to pick up Jing Wangyun and Shen Yihan didn't see the problem, and sank the bodies into the river on the spot.Shen Yihan also claimed to have witnessed the killing of Bai Lao San with his own eyes, and said that he has been suffering from neurasthenia these days and has not been able to sleep well.Yamazakura didn't pursue too much.When he did this, it was second to test Jing Wangyun, the main purpose was to prevent Bai Laosan from appearing in front of Old K, and to save his life at a critical moment.

This time, Sicolorhua's defeat was actually somewhat beyond everyone's expectations.

Xu Ci's main task this time was to find samples of the virus and the antidote. It happened that Yama Sakura decided to deal with Old K, and had already split the four-color flower in secret.In this way, the police can take advantage of the situation to disintegrate it.

·

On this day, Xu Ci and Jing Wangyun respectively accepted the last interrogation at the Municipal Bureau, and then they can go home temporarily.

Qi Zang picked up the two of them and walked towards Xu Ci's small apartment.Jing Wangyun has no place to live.His original intention was to send Jing Wangyun there first, and then he would take Xu Ci back to his home.

When sending the two back, the food Qi Zang ordered from the high-end hotel also arrived. It was a small celebration for the two to regain their freedom.

Everyone has been exhausted recently, according to Qi Zang's intention, after everyone has rested, we will have another big celebration.

The room had been tidied up by Qi Zang in advance, and the windows were bright and clean. Qi Zang even bought some fresh flowers and put them in the bottle to make everything look more lifelike.

Of course, all the things that Xu Ci had installed here before that would cause people to get an electric shock were all removed.

After the three of them finished their meal, Qi Zang went to wash the dishes, leaving Xu Ci and Jing Wangyun sitting side by side and chatting.

When he came back from washing the dishes, he wiped his hands and gave Xu Ci a wink.

Xu Ci: "Huh?"

"Hmm, what?" Qi Zang pretended to scold, and took a step forward to grab his hand, "Go home."

Before Xu Ci could speak, Jing Wangyun at the dining table raised his eyes and glanced at him. "My brother's house is here."

Qi Zang: "..."

Under the warm lighting, Xu Ci immediately met the eyes of the two on the warm dining table decorated with flowers.The meaning in the eyes of the two people is very clear - "Who do you choose?"

Xu Ci was stunned for a moment, before he could speak, Jing Wangyun suddenly covered his heart, looked at him coldly and said, "Brother, I seem to be having a heart attack."

Qi Zang and Xu Ci: "..."

After blinking several times, Xu Ci got up and gave Qi Zang a wink, pulled him to the entrance, and then patted him on the shoulder. "You go back first."

"It's not a small speech—" Qi Zang squeezed his palm hard.

Ever since Xu Ci left without saying goodbye on the bed for the second time, the two of them haven't talked at all.

Probably seeing something, Xu Ci patted Qi Zang's shoulder reassuringly. "Wangyun and I haven't communicated well in these years. We need to talk about some things. Also...my biological father is back and wants to see us both. On his side...you wait for me to solve the problem between brothers. You wait for my news at night, and then you will come to me?"

Qi Zang immediately grasped the key point. "Your biological father has returned to China? Then do I have to see him too?"

Xu Ci asked him: "According to the procedure, should we meet?"

"That must be seen!" Qi Zang said seriously.

"Oh, that's fine." Xu Ci said.

Qi Zang asked him: "Then have you ever come out to him?"

"No. Just take you there when the time comes." Xu Ci said.

"You are not afraid that he will oppose you..." Qi Zang hesitated to speak, "Is this a long-term plan?"

Xu Ci asked suspiciously: "What are the long-term plans? I didn't inform him when I went to Myanmar."

Qi Zang: "..."

——Sure enough, it's Xiao Ci's temper.

Qi Zang still persuaded him earnestly: "As for your father, he was really ridiculous when he was young. But at critical moments, he is still reliable. He asked someone to treat Jing Wangyun, and he also helped you when you asked him for help. You have established your identity, looking for a letter of recommendation to send you to the university over there...

"I guess these years, he's not feeling well. Now that he's getting older, take it easy. Take it step by step and take your time."

Xu Ci looked at Qi Zang thoughtfully, then nodded, "Okay. I see—"

Before hearing Xu Ci finished speaking, Qi Zang saw a person walking over with his hands in his trouser pockets with a very arrogant look, and looked at him with a displeased expression, the meaning in his eyes was probably—"Why do you Haven't left yet?"

"Tsk." Qi Zang whispered in Xu Ci's ear, "Suddenly you have a younger brother...won't he care about you like a parent?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xu Ci said, "Okay, let's go."

Qi Zang was a little reluctant. "Then you... contact me sooner."

Xu Ci nodded: "Understood."

Qi Zang finally opened the door and walked out. Just as he stepped out, he turned around and leaned against the door frame.

"What?" Xu Ci asked.

Qi Zang looked at him seriously: "I'm about to have a heart attack. Can I keep this reason?"

Xu Ci laughed, and Qi Zang rubbed his head. "No kidding, I'll go down first."

"Okay. Slow down on the road." Xu Ci waved to Qi Zang and watched him leave.

After Qi Zang left, Xu Ci closed the door, turned around, and met Jing Wangyun with probing eyes.

"What's wrong?" Xu Ci raised his chin and asked him.

"It's nothing. I suddenly changed from the life of acting every day to now... I'm not used to it." Jing Wangyun asked him, "So brother, sometimes you can't help but want to act again, just a little addicted to lying the kind?"

"Yes. I often have the idea of ​​disguising my appearance, or even completely pretending to be another personality." Xu Ci admitted frankly, and after sitting on the sofa, he said seriously, "After that, we all need to go to a psychiatrist for psychological evaluation. status, adjust together.”

Jing Wangyun pointed out the door. "Then you and this policeman were acting before, are you continuing to act now? Although you lied to him, you are also considering the overall situation. It is he who pesters you so that you have to cooperate with him?"

Xu Ci: "...No. I mean it sincerely."

Jing Wangyun: "..."

"It's not brother, his ability...although it's not bad. But what do you like about him?"

"You don't mind my business. Explain clearly what happened in these years."

Jing Wangyun sat down carelessly, shaking his head at Xu Ci. "You are so rebellious, you have the nerve to control me."

Xu Ci: "..."

The two brothers were relatively silent for a while.For tasks, they can work together seamlessly.But after all, I haven't seen each other for many years, and I still don't know how to communicate in my life.

They looked at each other awkwardly and silently for a long time, and then Xu Ci brought red wine, both of them drank some, and the conversation finally started.

After all, Jing Wangyun was persuaded to go back to the second bedroom, and the time was already 12 o'clock in the evening.

Xu Ci sent a WeChat message to Qi Zang.Three seconds later, Qi Zang knocked on the door.

Xu Ci went to open the door with light steps, quickly pulled the person in, and asked in a low voice, "Aren't you going to wait here all this time?"

"No. I didn't come here until I went back and took a shower. You...are you finished talking?" Qi Zang walked in, smelled it, frowned and looked at Xu Ci, "Are you drinking? You can't drink."

Xu Ci is embarrassed to say that he was addicted to smoking and alcohol during his time in Myanmar, and he is trying to quit now.So he made a small gesture to Qi Zang.

Qi Zang directly pulled him back to the master bedroom, and after closing the door, he asked: "Your brother is so strict with you? We are so old, and we have been wasted for so long, why do we have to be sneaky when we are in love? I don't want to go underground. Love it!"

Xu Ci was amused by him, went to the bed and made the bed, then paused and looked at Qi Zang: "It's very late. You have to go to the bureau tomorrow? Go to bed early? You just sleep...in my bed?"

Qi Zang didn't answer, just stared at Xu Ci with a serious face.

After waiting for a long time, Xu Ci didn't wait for his words, so he picked up a glass of milk on the bedside table and drank it.

He raised his eyes several times and found that Qi Zang was still staring at him with a strange expression. Xu Ci put down the milk and walked in front of him.

Xu Ci pondered that maybe Qi Zang wanted to kiss him.

After all, the two haven't seen each other for so long and haven't communicated well, not to mention that I left without saying goodbye before, and I have been lying to him all the time, I guess he has a knot in his heart.

So Xu Ci decided to take the initiative to break the ice.He never expected that when his lips were about to touch Qi Zang's face, he would be pushed away.

Xu Ci: "...?"

Xu Ci was stunned for a moment, reached out and grabbed the glass of milk, took a sip as if hiding his embarrassment.

Afterwards he heard Qi Zang looking at him seriously, and said righteously, "Are you flirting with me again?"

Xu Ci: "...I haven't."

Qi Zang waved his hand: "Needless to say, I know everything!"

"what do you know?"

"Don't try to play tricks. I like you, and I'm with you, not for that kind of thing. There's no third time between us!"

"laugh--!"

The sip of milk that Xu Ci just drank accidentally spat out, almost dumbfounding.

Qi Zang took the napkin and went over to wipe the milk for him. "Why are you so careless? How can you be an undercover agent with this kind of psychological quality?"

Only then did he catch a glimpse of Qi Zang's teasing expression, Xu Ci gave him a look, and then turned around. "I went to take a shower."

"Wait," Qi Zang held him back, "Can you go somewhere with me before taking a shower?"

"Where do you want to go?"

"That secret space in your study."

Xu Ci's back paused, then he nodded and led Qi Zang over.

The two walked into the study through the living room, and then went through the study to the secret room.

There was a "snap", the lights turned on, and the photos in the room were invisible.

Xu Ci looked up at the photos and stepped in.

Qi Zang stood behind him, unable to see his expression clearly.

Xu Ci asked, "These things...haven't been taken away?"

Qi Zang followed him in and asked him, "Why did you take these photos?"

Xu Ci said: "At that time, I suspected that there was a traitor in the police force. So I was combing through the network of Jinning City and Yunhai Provincial Department to try to find that person. Especially for those who joined the police force eight years ago, I searched very well. Fine. After a round of investigation, I locked Zhang Yunfu."

"Well. Regarding the information leak eight years ago, the task force is still investigating, and it's almost there. But I'm not here to talk about it."

Qi Zang walked to the wall where countless photos of himself were placed, knocked on it with his fingers, and then looked back at Xu Ci to ask, "But I have absolutely nothing to do with that matter. You can't find me if you search for the traitor." , What are you doing taking so many photos of me? Are you following me all the time?"

Xu Ci was stunned for a while. "How can I follow you all the time? I'm also very busy at work. I can see the gate of your detachment from the window of my house. When I come across it occasionally, I just take a picture. It's just that the time is too long, and it looks a bit too much together." .”

"Then you already liked me?"

"I seem to have answered that question."

"At that time, you had enough time to remove these photos, but you didn't, except did you want me to see them on purpose?" Qi Zang asked him.

Xu Ci asked, "Why do you think so?"

"Xiaoci—" Qi Zang's expression became serious and his voice became hoarse, "Because I'm worried that you don't trust me completely. Are you also worried that when all the evidence is in front of me, I will doubt You, suspecting that you approached me to lie to me, suspecting how many people you really killed?

"So, these photos are your final confession to me. In this way, even if I doubt your character, at least I won't doubt your heart for me, right? If you die in Myanmar, you will feel bad Sorry about that, right?"

When Xu Ci didn't answer, Qi Zang pushed him back to the corner step by step until there was no way to retreat.

This secret room is relatively small and airtight, and the heat from the outside can't get out once it comes in, and the heat from breathing is slowly heating up.

Xu Ci raised his eyelids, stared at Qi Zang who was close at hand, and asked after a long time: "Is it possible that you are thinking too much?"

"No. Now I just feel that I have never thought less. Too little, too little." Qi Zang said.

Xu Ci looked at him for a long while, and finally spoke the truth: "Then you... barely guessed one level. In fact, there is a second level of meaning."

"Tell me?"

With his head tilted, Xu Ci looked around Qi Zang's shoulder and neck, and looked at the photos on the wall behind him. In most of the photos, Qi Zang was wearing a police uniform.

After a long time, Xu Ci said softly: "If you forget those days when we were in college, if you choose to go out of the past and look forward, and choose to be with other people... I will definitely take these photos to the soil and not let you see them. But then I found out what you meant——

"Indeed, I am worried that I will die in Myanmar. So I want you to know that I have been paying attention to you during those eight years. I think, maybe so, at least you will not feel that your eight years Waiting for no response at all...

"Maybe when you see these photos and look back on the past eight years, you will find that I have been with you in the dark, but you don't know it.

"Maybe that way... you won't feel so alone, and feel so sorry and frustrated."

"Small words—"

"But brother Zang, I survived, and you survived. This is a good thing. So let's not talk about these hypothetical things.

"For the past eight years, I've lived like a shadow that dares not see the light. I can't walk in the light with you. But after, after that, I hope...

"I wish I could put on a police uniform, walk with you under the light, and walk into the criminal police building in those photos. I hope I can live the most normal life..."

I wish to walk in the light with you.

Instead of continuing to hide in the dark behind you, you can only watch you secretly and follow you.

Qi Zang stretched out his hand and gave Xu Ci the warmest and most solemn hug.

"There will be such a day. There will definitely be such a day. We will put on police uniforms together, train Li Zhengzheng, Bai Shuwei and the others together, and scare him by showing up in front of Master together...

"That day is coming soon. When the procedures are all over... everything will be fine.

"Xiaoci, liking you is never a lonely thing.

"We have a common belief, which is enough to support us. Even if we go forward alone in the dark years, we will never be afraid. Because I know... No matter what, I will find you eventually."

In the narrow space, the two figures embraced each other for a long time.

The light envelops their embracing figures, fades from the center to the outside, and finally merges into the vast night.

There are no stars and no moon tonight, and there is no gleam of light in the night, but it will always wait for the light, the dawn, the clouds and the day, and every long-awaited reunion.

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