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After the meeting, Lu Zhe was called by An Baiwei and went to the office as expected.

"You are the only one who can." Amber scolded him with a stern face, "You can't wait to show off after learning one or two new words?"

Lu Zhe sat lazily on the sofa, and it took him a while to explain slowly, "I'm not showing off."

An Baiwei smiled angrily at his lukewarm look: "Are you deliberately angry with me, Lu Zhe?"

Seeing that An Baiwei was about to get angry, Lu Zhe was silent for a while, crossed his fingers uneasily, and whispered, "Don't be angry..."

In fact, An Baiwei was really not angry, it was not worth it to worry about such a small fact, not to mention that the person who provoked it was still Lu Zhe.But he just wanted to spend more time with Lu Zhe on purpose, so he found an innocuous excuse to bring him back to his office, but now Lu Zhe seemed to be really nervous.

He was not laughing, and deliberately said a few words with a straight face: "In the future, when I ask others, you don't interject a few words, and don't train in actual combat. When will you let him learn to analyze problems by himself?"

"...I was wrong." Lu Che suddenly apologized softly like a mosquito.

An Bai was slightly astonished for a moment, thinking when did this wolf cub who is usually so fierce become so soft, but he couldn't even succeed in secretly delighting, Lu Zhe looked at him sincerely: "I admit my mistake!" If you are serious, can you reward me with a cigarette?"

"..." Ganqing came to smoke.

An Baiwei was angry and wanted to laugh, and finally walked over and squeezed Lu Zhe to sit on the sofa. In the past, Lu Zhe would never let people squeeze him, but now he shrank himself very actively. Let Amber sit more comfortably.

"Tell me, when can I quit smoking?" An Baiwei couldn't help laughing, and subconsciously raised her hand to touch Lu Zhe's hair, but Lu Zhe nimbly avoided it.

"I can't quit." Lu Zhe said in a low voice, "I really can't quit."

Amber was silent for a while, and said softly: "Let's try it, okay? Just like quitting sleeping pills, try quitting smoking."

Lu Zhe lowered his eyes to think about it, and then bargained in a low voice: "How about a cigarette for a day of quitting?"

"..."

An Baiwei didn't even know what expression he had now, why did he fall in love with such a living treasure.With a silent sigh, he touched Lu Zhe's ear lightly and quickly, and smiled: "Forget it, I won't force you... It's still the same as before. If you perform well, you will be rewarded with one."

Lu Zhe subconsciously touched the place An Baiwei touched just now, his Adam's apple moved, and he dealt solemnly: "Touch one."

An Bowei looked at Lu Zhe's serious expression, his heart seemed to be scratching with countless little claws, itching uncomfortably, if it wasn't for such a confusing case, he really wanted...he really wanted to Lu Zhe took him home in his pocket and imprisoned him. He raised and pampered him like a pet. Only he could watch it, and only he could play with him with a ball of yarn.

Captain An took a deep breath, suppressed all the evil thoughts, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and shook it in front of Lu Zhe: "Don't smoke in the office area, the consequences will be very—"

Before he could utter the word serious, Lu Zhe had already snatched the cigarette and stuffed it into his trouser pocket. The corners of his mouth twitched quickly, and then quickly calmed down. He even bowed politely when he left.

An Baiwei, who was sitting on the sofa, rubbed his face vigorously. He felt that he was dazed by Lu Zhe's fascination. Why did he feel silly even when he bowed.

When Lu Zhe went down to the first floor, there were still discussions in the conference room. He poured a glass of water and walked over. Lin Qingchun and Jiang Shuo were still sitting in front of the whiteboard and analyzing the details of the photos.Lu Zhe leaned against the door and watched quietly for a while. Jiang Shuo's rapt attention made him a little dazed, but only for a moment, he walked in with the cup in his hand, and gently placed it on the conference table beside Jiang Shuo. superior.

The slight smell of tobacco mixed with shower gel behind him made Jiang Shuo startled. He stopped talking and turned his head in a daze. He saw Lu Zhe moved a stool and sat behind him, noticing Jiang Shuo's After looking at him, he raised his chin, and said without emotion: "You guys continue."

Lin Qingchun glanced at Lu Zhe, nodded slightly, and continued to analyze the charred corpse in the photo with Jiang Shuo.Lu Zhe, on the other hand, leaned on the conference table in a daze, feeling bored, and felt a little dry in his hair. He couldn't help touching the cigarette he had just blackmailed in his trouser pocket—and then silently put it in his mouth.

Don't let you light a cigarette, let's hold the head office.

Jiang Shuo was still staring at a profile photo of a dead body. He lost his mind after staring at it. He kept glancing at Lu Zhe from the corner of his eye, but was knocked on the head by Lin Qingchun: "Is the vice-captain a sinking fish or a wild goose? Is it ashamed to close the moon? So pretty?"

Lu Zhe, who was suddenly nominated, froze for a moment, shifted his gaze from the photo to Jiang Shuo, and mumbled with a cigarette in his mouth, "Study hard."

Jiang Shuo nodded in embarrassment, secretly took a sip of the water Lu Zhe poured for him, and continued to concentrate on observing the black corpse in the photo.

In fact, Lu Zhe was also looking at the photos. During the meeting just now, he felt that there was something wrong in the photos. After comparing and comparing several photos, he looked at them for a long time before he frowned, clicked his tongue, and opened his mouth subconsciously. : "This person...was beaten to death?"

As soon as these words came out, both Lin Qingchun and Jiang Shuo were stunned, and they looked at Lu Zhe in unison.

Lu Zhe got up and approached the whiteboard, looked at it several times carefully, and pointed to the profile photo that Jiang Shuo had studied hard just now: "There is a depression on the left side of the head of this corpse, although it is not very obvious, but compare it It's not hard to find other photos...that's why the faces of the corpses in these photos are slightly deformed."

"You mean... the cause of death was a blow to the head?" Lin Qingchun thought.

"It can't be ruled out." Lu Che pondered for a moment, "Under what circumstances would the murderer abandon the body in the wild? Isn't he afraid that there will be clues left behind?"

"That's why the fire was set off." Lin Qingchun frowned, "But the danger of setting the fire is too great. He is not afraid of being discovered when he commits the crime? If the murderer had the idea of ​​destroying the clues, why didn't he just kill the clues?" People take it to a place that is less easy to find?"

Lu Zhe took the cigarette out of his mouth and spread his hands: "Do you still remember the movement of the corpse?"

"That... that movement that looks like putting your hands together?" Jiang Shuo interjected in a low voice.

Lu Zhe nodded: "I think this fire is more like a feast specially prepared by the murderer for the dead."

Now, not only Jiang Shuo, but even Lin Qingchun's expression was a little moved.She knew that sometimes Lu Zhe's brains were so different from ordinary people that they could not be found, but at other times, it was as if Lu Zhe had a script in his hand, and he could guess every step of the murderer seamlessly.

But this kind of speculation is really too risky. Just relying on a weird fire and a dead body with folded hands to make such an association, no one dares to believe Lu Zhe easily.

In the past, because of their trust in Lu Zhe, they lost the best opportunity to pursue the murderer, and because of their trust in Lu Zhe, they brought the murderer to justice before getting the autopsy report.But after all, Lu Zhe has been away from this circle for three years. Three years is enough to turn all intuitions into empty guesses, and it is also enough to sublimate all empty guesses into facts.

Lu Zhe noticed that Lin Qingchun lowered his eyes slightly, so he changed his words: "I'm just guessing, don't worry... At most, it provides a possible idea for solving the case. After all, the identity of the deceased has not been confirmed yet."

Knowing the meaning of Lu Zhe's words, Lin Qingchun couldn't help but sighed, and smiled a bit bitterly: "It's quite strange, until now, there has been no news of missing persons from the police station."

Lu Zhe pursed his lips, wanted to say something but didn't say it. He was about to turn around and go upstairs to discuss the case with An Baiwei, but suddenly found that the person he was looking for was standing at the door of the conference room holding his mobile phone. How long, and how long have I listened.

"The analysis is pretty good." Amber walked into the meeting room slowly, stood at the end of the meeting table, and tapped the table with his mobile phone, "Bian Jun called just now, saying that traces of gasoline were found at the scene. In addition, Not far from the corpse, they found a burnt ax - a policeman visited a nearby hardware store, and quickly asked about it. Just last night at around nine o'clock, a middle-aged The man bought the ax."

"What did the monitoring find?" Lu Zhe asked.

"It is being investigated, but so far the middle-aged man has not appeared in the surveillance. The surveillance in the hardware store is broken and has not been repaired." An Baiwei replied, passing Jiang Shuo's popular science, "Jiang Shuo is new, Maybe I don't quite understand, but the work of our joint criminal department is mainly focused on tracking and arresting the murderer in the later stage of the case. The investigation of this kind of clues can only wait for the news from the police station. We can't send so many people to search... ...Of course, if you're interested, I won't stop you from checking it out."

"I just told Xiaozhou Xiaowen and the others to sleep in the office. You all drank so much last night. Working with alcohol is not good for your health, and your efficiency is not high. Don't I'm busy, go and recharge my energy first, and I'll be busy in the future, everything is waiting for the news from the police station, don't act without authorization." An Baiwei knocked on the table with his mobile phone again to emphasize, "Give me everything Go to bed, no one is allowed to work anymore, dragging you down will not help the work of the Joint Criminal Department, understand?"

Lin Qingchun nodded, greeted Lu Zhe and Jiang Shuo, and left. Before leaving, she brushed An Baiwei's shoulder and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Thank you for Lu Zhe's return. "

The corner of An Baiwei's mouth raised slightly, then turned to look at Jiang Shuo, and clicked his tongue: "Why doesn't this kid move? Do you want me to carry you on the bed?"

Jiang Shuo waved his hands again and again, and said in a low voice with embarrassment: "I, I don't have an office..."

"Sleep in my office." Lu Zhe was still sitting in front of the whiteboard looking at the photos, and said calmly without turning his head when he heard the words, "The door is not locked, just come out and close the door after you have slept enough."

Jiang Shuo was both joyful and frightened, hesitating whether to refuse, but there was another little Jiang Shuo in his heart who kept urging him to go upstairs and have fun on Lu Zhe's bed. When he was struggling, Captain An also said: " The deputy team has already said so, so let’s go to rest quickly, and it will be difficult to sleep when the clues pile up at night.”

Jiang Shuo grinned uncontrollably, and ran away laughing as if he had won 500 million yuan. Afterwards, An Baiwei looked at his back and shook his head, secretly dumbfounded: "Lu Zhe, how small is this kid?" Ah, I am so happy to sleep on the bed."

Lu Zhe didn't bother to pay attention to him, and was still comparing the details of each photo bit by bit. Seeing this, An Baiwei came over and collected all the photos, and scolded, "Go to bed."

Lu Zhe was full of confidence: "I have no bed to sleep, and I don't want to sleep either."

"Sleep in my office." An Baiwei arranged the photos and put them in a drawer in the meeting room, raised his eyes and smiled, "It's okay if you can't sleep, I'll tell you a bedtime story."

Lu Zhe instinctively thought of the story of the old fox and the little gray wolf, and couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling: "I don't want to listen...I'd better go to the living room and lie down on the sofa."

After that, he got up and walked away. An Baiwei didn't stop him this time, and looked at the photos carefully after Lu Zhe left.

As Lu Zhe said, there was indeed a depression on the left side of the corpse's head where a heavy object had struck.He didn't notice it at first, he was negligent.

"Hey."

He was contemplating, when suddenly there was a bland voice from the door of the meeting room.Amber raised his head slightly to see that it was Lu Zhe who had left and returned just now.

The captain made a serious face on purpose: "Hurry up and go to rest."

Lu Zhe was unmoved, and watched him quietly for a long time, without any ups and downs, and said, "The person who needs rest most is you."