Swallowing the Seas

Beep--

At nine o'clock in the evening, at the entrance of Baolai Hotel in Jinhai City.

Zhang Zhixing stood on the side of the bright street in the winter night city, looked at his watch again, looked around but couldn't see Lin Hao's car, he couldn't help being a little puzzled.

Lin Hao was always very punctual, and would not be late unless something important happened. What happened today?

He was just about to send a message to ask, when the phone ding-dong, Lin Hao's message came first, it was a string of phone numbers.Zhang Zhixing was puzzled, at this time Lin Hao's call followed, and he quickly answered, "Hello? I'm already at the appointed place—"

"problem occurs."

"what?"

"Zhang Boming didn't commit suicide, he was pushed downstairs by Xie Xing."

Zhang Zhixing was shocked instantly: "By...by whom?"

"Excuse me."

The spacious and tidy living room of the duplex apartment is now a mess. The tea table was overturned, the furnishings were smashed, even the heavy sofa was pushed away from its original position, and glass shards from broken vases were all over the floor.The door outside the porch was wide open, and the safety fire door in the corridor was also wide open, but the figure who ran out in a panic had already fled, even the shadow was gone.

Lin Hao was panting heavily, the floor-to-ceiling glass window reflected his messy clothes and hair, and there were still two bloodstains on his face: "I'm sorry I didn't dare to confront him until now, because I lacked key evidence before, just in case The 'painter' escaped the accusation and beat him up. The investigation team definitely believed him more than me. I came to him just now, and he finally admitted what happened that afternoon when Zhang Boming fell from the building. Then we had a fierce conflict and he ran away. .”

Zhang Zhixing's mind was in a mess: "What did you say? What did he admit? The key doubts? What is the situation now?"

"The mobile phone number I sent you is from Xiexing, please help me make a triangulation immediately." Lin Hao wiped away the blood oozing from the corner of his nose with his cuff, and said in a deep voice, "I have already stabbed him once. It shouldn’t be too far away, and the most urgent task now is to find him. Once the location is successful, please inform me immediately, and we will talk about other details when we meet.”

Zhang Zhixing said blankly: "Okay, okay, then you..."

"Keep in touch." Lin Hao interrupted him, and then hung up the phone involuntarily.

"..."

Zhang Zhixing didn't react, and stood by the side of the road, unable to move with the aftermath of the heavy news explosion, unable to hide his unbelievable expression for a long time.

Why did Lin Hao say that?Was Zhang Boming pushed downstairs by Xie Xing?Zhang Boming who solved the crime? !

He hesitated for a long time, his fingers were slightly unsteady, and finally dialed another number tremblingly: "...Hello?"

——At the same time, outside the back door of the downstairs community.

The sound of boiling people could be faintly heard on the brightly lit road in the distance, the cold wind howled through the bushes, and the street lamps cast dim light.Wu Yu looked back at the community again, the high-rise apartment buildings were lit up, and hot chats, laughs and the smell of food could be heard from every window.

He closed his eyes, turned around and hid in a secluded corner of the wall, facing the biting cold wind, quickly disappeared into the night without making a sound.

Lin Hao cut off the call, threw the phone on the sofa, looked at himself in front of the decorative mirror in the entrance, pressed the blood on the side of his face, and gritted his teeth.

Bu Chonghua's apartment has probably never been so messy, the leather high chairs by the bar were overturned on the ground, even the indoor green plants were smashed, and the floor was covered with dirt.Lin Hao stepped over the torn apart decorative lamps on the floor, flushed his face with the cold faucet in the kitchen, wiped off the water droplets all over his face, leaned against the marble countertop, and exhaled hot air.

The door of the master bedroom was wide open. From this angle, a corner of the double bed could be seen. An indescribable expression flashed in Lin Hao's eyes.

Regardless of whether it is lustful or insane, this courage is really big enough.

Exhausted, he lit a cigarette and smoked it slowly, constantly pondering in his mind what to say when he saw Zhang Zhixing next.About half an hour passed, and it was estimated that the time was almost up. Sure enough, the phone buzzed, and the software received a location from Zhang Zhixing.

Deyi Construction Community, Suining Road, Jinhai City.

That piece of unfinished building that has not yet been completed because of the fire in the color steel house.

【I'll go there right away, we'll see you there】—— Lin Hao quickly replied a message to Zhang Zhixing, thinking about it, he was worried, and added another message 【Do not act alone】.

Then he put the phone away, stuck the gun in his back, and rushed out of the entrance door with the sound of the wind.

The cold wind howled on the face, and the shops on the roadside closed their stalls early.Lin Hao parked a car outside the construction site wall, and saw that Zhang Zhixing had just arrived, and hurried forward with a flashlight, and as soon as they met each other, he couldn't wait to ask: "What's going on? My son was pushed downstairs by Xie Xing? Why?"

Lin Hao pushed open the rusty iron door with his shoulder, not caring that his well-tailored overcoat was scratched by the rough wall, just squeezed into the uneven ground of the construction site, and helped Zhang Zhixing in, without immediately answering his question question, but instead ask: "Is there a more precise real-time location?"

"Should be in the southeast corner.—What the hell happened that afternoon? Tell me!"

The visibility of the construction site of the unfinished building was extremely low, Lin Hao signaled Zhang Zhixing not to turn on the flashlight, and walked forward in the dark: "I lied to the investigation team, in fact, I went to Zhang Boming twice that afternoon. "

Zhang Zhixing was taken aback.

"The first time I went to see him, it was before 03:30 in the afternoon. Zhang Boming was in a very bad mood and said that Xie Xing had just slammed the door and left. I asked why, but he refused to say. He revealed a few words, saying that when Arthur Hodgson was arrested ten years ago, the artist was almost exposed, but the rescue did not come in time, and he was able to escape by luck. Very resentful."

Lin Hao helped Zhang Zhixing, who was faltering, across the pool. There was a dark unfinished building in the southeast corner of the construction site, and the steel scaffolding reflected a bluish-white light under the moonlight.

"I was very surprised at the time, because the situation of undercover agents on the front line changes rapidly, and there are situations where orders from the rear cannot be given in time. The artist should fully understand this. What's more, he only encountered a crisis of exposure, but he was not really exposed. Condemning the inadvertent mistake of the commander ten years ago, I couldn't understand this aggressive gesture. So after I left Zhang Boming's ward, I thought it was wrong, so I went upstairs to enter Get to know the wards of the line."

"Are you going to Xie Xing's ward?" Zhang Zhixing asked in amazement.

"Yes, I know that the painter's ward is an extremely confidential area. He can only come out by himself, and no one else can enter without a warrant. But I was really very disturbed at the time, and for some reason that afternoon, his ward was unlocked, so I went in He was taking a shower."

Lin Hao swallowed dryly, Zhang Zhixing blurted out: "And then?"

"Then I sat by the hospital bed and waited for more than half an hour..." Lin Hao recalled briefly, and said, "It may have been more than 40 minutes before he came out. He was not too surprised to see me in the room. , but his attitude was very conflicting, and he told me to leave after a few words, but I didn't expect Zhang Boming to go upstairs when we were entangled."

"Zhang Boming?!"

"He didn't dare to enter the ward. Zhang Boming is a different person from me." Lin Hao smiled wryly: "But he stuffed a piece of paper in outside the ward, and we didn't know until we saw the paper on the floor by the door. He has been here, and there are some very strange words written on the paper."

Zhang Zhixing was completely stunned, his eyes fixed on him: "Wh, what did you say?"

"——'I've already thought it over. I'll wait for you on the rooftop at six o'clock. I'm willing to discuss this matter with you, Zhang Boming'."

"I will wait for you on the rooftop at six o'clock, and I am willing to discuss this matter with you."

Six o'clock is the time when Zhang Boming jumped to his death!

The blood on Zhang Zhixing's face was gone, his mouth under the layers of law lines opened and closed several times, and finally he uttered a few hoarse words: "...and then?"

"It was five o'clock in the afternoon." Lin Hao stopped under the scaffolding next to the unfinished building, his face dimmed in the shadows: "After seeing this note, I felt more and more uneasy, so I forcibly pulled it. Xie Xing went downstairs together and went to Zhang Boming's ward. I asked them what they were doing, but they were unwilling to reveal too much to me. Xie Xing kept accusing Zhang Boming of owed his life. Zhang Boming finally told I wanted to talk to Xie Xing alone, so I had no choice but to leave the hospital."

Zhang Zhixing stared straight at him: "When was that time?"

Lin Hao said: "It was past 05:30. When I left, they were preparing to go to the rooftop. Later I heard the news of Zhang Boming, who 'jumped' from the rooftop."

Dark clouds overwhelmed the moonlight, and the neon lights flickering on the road in the distance passed through the unfinished buildings, casting strange light spots on the ground, making Zhang Zhixing's face almost convulsed and his lips trembling.

"I didn't dare to bring this up to the investigation team because there was no evidence. Xie Xing refused to mention that we all went to Zhang Boming's ward at five o'clock in the afternoon that day. If I admitted it first, he could have said that I was the one with him." Zhang Boming was the one who went to the rooftop, and he had already left before six o’clock—according to the tendency of the investigation team at that time, as long as the painter opened his mouth, I would definitely peel off my skin.” Lin Hao smiled self-deprecatingly: “The painter waits. Because of my height, I only lost my title as a second-class hero model, and my personal freedom was not imprisoned. But if the investigation team suspects me, I will lose more than merit? I’m afraid I’m still squatting in Yunnan Province In the monitoring room of the Public Security Bureau!"

"..." Zhang Zhixing's entire upper body was constantly heaving due to shortness of breath. After a long while, he seemed to finally calm down, and finally asked through his teeth: "Then... what about you now?"

"I won't let him go again." Lin Hao glanced at the monster-like black and unfinished building above his head, and said coldly: "He should be inside, and he won't be able to run away with such a serious injury. I Go ahead and search, you wait for me outside, be careful not to act rashly."

"Hey!" Zhang Zhixing grabbed him and said suspiciously, "You, why didn't you call the police first?"

The corner of Lin Hao's mouth twitched mockingly: "Call the police? I am a member of the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Bureau, and I called the police on the ground in Jinhai to arrest the leader of the Jinhai Criminal Investigation Detachment?"

"!" Zhang Zhixing let go of his hand subconsciously.

"Wait here for me, don't say anything!" Lin Hao turned his head and warned, then disappeared into the darkness, and hurried into the unfinished building where he couldn't see his fingers.

The wind was getting stronger, gathering from all directions in this desolate and secluded construction site, as if countless wraiths were whining.Zhang Zhixing stared at the low and narrow entrance of the building, the blood in his whole body rushed to the top of his head quickly, his thinking was clear for a while, and then he was in a trance. After a long time, he finally gritted his teeth with all his strength, took out his mobile phone and sent a location, and a new message came soon. Arrived, only three words:

【knew】.

Don't do it again and again.

Hearing his messy and rapid breathing, Zhang Zhixing put his phone in his pocket, and lowered his head to get into the concrete gate behind the scaffolding.

At least a few floor tiles were pasted below the third floor of the building, and above the third floor were all rough cement, not even window glass.Frozen piles of sand and gravel, messy construction waste, and messy bamboo poles and ropes are piled up on the ground. Concrete pillars extend into the vast dark depths, like rows of strange figures standing among ghosts.

Zhang Zhixing leaned against the wall, trying to keep his footsteps as light as possible, only his own thumping could be heard around him!thumping!The heartbeat is beating, and the blood is squeezing the eardrum crazily every minute and every second, and at this moment——

Bang!

He raised his head like an electric shock, and his whole body tensed up instantly!

The beam of the flashlight from upstairs was vaguely seen through the iron frame against the wall, and then there was the sound of footsteps, it was Lin Hao.

"...huh...huh..."

Zhang Zhixing relaxed a little, his feet went limp and he almost fell to his knees, only then did he realize that his hands and feet were numb just now, and he just recovered a little bit at this time.

It's okay, nothing will happen.He regained his composure, and was about to hold on to the wall and continue walking, when suddenly the hair on his entire back exploded, and just as he opened his mouth, someone covered his mouth from behind, and then forcibly dragged him to the ground!

"Wooooow!—"

Zhang Zhixing, an old man whose physical strength is completely incomparable to that of the sneak attacker, was thrust into a dark corner in a whirl, and then his hands were twisted backwards, and a hoarse voice gasped in his ear: "Don't make a sound." ,it's me!"

Solution? !Zhang Zhixing's eyes widened in astonishment.

"Don't be discovered by Lin Hao, listen to me." Wu Yu breathed out every word very lightly, but he was a little unsteady because he endured the severe pain: "I'm injured, in case something happens later, you must run, run Get out of the construction site and call for help immediately."

Zhang Zhixing subconsciously wanted to look back at him, but as soon as he moved, Wu Yu gritted his teeth and exerted force to block him. He could only make two very low humming sounds. of rusty smell.

It turned out to be blood.

"I know what Lin Hao may have told you, but no matter what he says, don't believe it." Wu Yu gasped and coughed several times, and said hoarsely: "Because he came to kill people today, he It is the murderer who killed Zhang Boming."

"!!"

Zhang Zhixing was completely stunned, and couldn't recover for a long time. He didn't even notice that Wu Yu let go of his hand. After a while, he turned his head trembling, only to see that half of Wu Yu's face was hidden in the darkness, and the other half was reflected on the outside of the cement window sill. The light, pale and blue, doesn't look like a living person.

"...you... are you okay?"

Wu Yu shook his head weakly and remained silent.

"What happened that afternoon? Is it you who went to the rooftop with Zhang Boming?!"

"No, it's Lin Hao."

Zhang Zhixing simply didn't know what to say. He maintained this posture of sitting slumped on the ground and turning his head, unable to move for a long time. Wu Yu closed his eyes and leaned his head against the angle between the cement pillar and the lime wall, exposing his slender neck and throat. , the blood oozing from the corner of his mouth meandered to his chin, there was a kind of despondency and fierceness of a cornered beast.

"The next thing I can only say once, if you have a chance to escape, please be sure to tell Feng Hall in Yundian."

"On the day of Zhang Boming's death, it was about four o'clock in the afternoon. Lin Hao sneaked into my ward alone and left at about five o'clock. Bomin's ward door, and then I hid outside the door and overheard their conversation."

- Squeak!

In the empty corridor of Yunnan Provincial Hospital, the door of the ward was opened from the inside, and Zhang Boming's hoarse and shifted voice sounded: "You..." Then it stopped abruptly.

Lin Hao stood outside the door, holding half a piece of paper in his hand. Zhang Boming's eyes fell on it, and after a while, he whispered four words: "Come in and talk."

Lin Hao nodded, walked into the room, the door closed with a click, and no one noticed that all this scene fell into Wu Yu's eyes at the corner.

Wu Yu hesitated for a few seconds, glanced left and right, and then walked to the door without a sound, only to hear Lin Hao's voice coming from inside: "What does this note mean? What do you want Xie Xing to go upstairs to talk about alone?"

"...Yes." Zhang Boming's voice on the door panel was hoarse and slow, and after a moment of silence, he said again: "I have something... I must talk to him clearly."

"What? What are you hiding from me?"

"No, Lin Hao, I just..."

"Look at you! What the hell happened? Why does Xie Xing hate you? What do you mean by saying that you are hypocritical and incompetent? If you don't say anything else, I can only go upstairs to find Xie Xing to confront you in person!"

Zhang Boming blurted out: "Don't!"

There was an unspeakable silence, Wu Yu's expression changed slightly outside the door, and finally Zhang Boming's difficult voice sounded again: "...don't disturb the painter, I hope that no one will disturb the peace and freedom of the painter for the rest of his life... ...because I was the one who made the mistake."

"Ten years ago, when I encircled and suppressed the Burmese Thayer drug gang and Arthur Hodgson, in order to complete the arrest task as soon as possible, and to get rewards for meritorious deeds as soon as possible, I ignored... the painter's... distress signal."

Lin Hao was speechless due to excessive shock, and it took him a long time to say in astonishment: "What nonsense are you talking about? We didn't receive any distress signal at all back then!"

"Because I deleted it, no one had a chance to see it except me."

"you--"

"Do you remember that after the successful completion of the siege mission ten years ago, I ordered the painter to be recalled?"

Lin Hao said in disbelief: "I remember, but the painter refused. He himself asked for an extension of the undercover time limit, and continued to go deep into the Golden Triangle to investigate the Mariana Trench..."

"Yes, since then he has hated me, and even hated the entire system organization." Zhang Boming smiled wryly: "Now that he is finally back, I can't hide this matter. The best way to deal with it is when he comes out." By pleading guilty before accusing, at least I can avoid the worst and most embarrassing situation, and leave the last bit of decency for each other."

"...No, wait, are you crazy? We're going to have a celebration party soon! What good does it do for everyone to have such a thing at this time?!"

"Waiting for the painter to come out and expose it is even more useless!"

"Zhang Boming!" Lin Hao lowered his voice and said angrily: "I remind you to pay attention, it has been ten years! Xie Xing has no evidence to prove that he sent a distress signal. As long as there is no evidence, the accusation cannot be established. He has no way to expose you. !"

"..."

Zhang Boming's heavy panting was heard from the door, and Lin Hao finally slowed down his voice after a long time of silence: "Listen to me, we have made such a great contribution, there is no reason for that one person ten years ago. The mistake is..."

"But this credit itself is based on a wrong foundation." Zhang Boming interrupted him: "Do you still remember that we once argued about the irreconcilability of procedural justice and outcome justice? It will definitely be affected, this is unavoidable!"

There was a heavy knock on the table, and Lin Hao couldn't bear it anymore: "Can you put aside the so-called procedural justice first?! Everyone is looking forward to this celebration party, and everyone who has paid the price of hard work needs to get a merit. This matter affects everyone's interests!"

Zhang Boming roared: "I'm the one who reported it! The painter is back alive, and what happened ten years ago will not affect you!"

"Don't be naive! Once you summon the investigation team, the investigation will be on our internal confidentiality management mistakes ten years ago! Any mistake will affect all of us!!"

The frightening silence continued, there was no movement inside the door, and Wu Yu outside the door seemed to freeze.After an unknown amount of time, Lin Hao walked towards the door of the ward, then stopped suddenly, and turned to Zhang Boming with gritted teeth: "I will never allow you to mess around before the celebration party, understand? I will stop you at all costs! "

Wu Yu didn't have time to hear Zhang Boming's answer, so he quickly stepped back to the corridor and turned the corner. Just as he hid himself in a blind spot, the door swung open, and Lin Hao's angry figure disappeared into the corridor.

"——It was around 05:30 in the afternoon, and I went back to the ward. Until around 06:30 in the evening, Lin Hao broke in suddenly, saying that someone had just found Zhang Boming fell to his death in a secluded place downstairs The corpse. Later, the forensic doctor determined through an autopsy that the time of death was around [-]:[-] to [-]:[-]."

After Wu Yu finished speaking these words intermittently, he was interrupted by coughing several times because of the pain, which may have hurt his lungs.

Zhang Zhixing's expression kept changing in the dark, and various thoughts were twisted into a mess in his mind, "...so Lin Hao did it to prevent my son from exposing himself..."

"Lin Hao has sufficient motivation, time and conditions, and has the anti-reconnaissance ability to clean up the scene. Afterwards, he strongly accused me of the investigation team, which should be a self-covering measure."

Zhang Zhixing opened and closed his mouth a few times, struggling like this for a long time, before he gritted his teeth and asked, "Then why didn't you say it when you faced the investigation team?!"

That's right, if the facts are as Wu Yu said, and Lin Hao is a complete lie, then Wu Yu has no motive to hide that Lin Hao went to Zhang Boming's ward at five o'clock. The investigation team was originally inclined to believe the painter!

The floor-to-ceiling windows of the building are not equipped with glass, and the bare concrete window sills are almost flush with the ground. The neon lights on the street in the distance and the endless stream of car lights are reflected in, reflecting half of Wu Yu's profile, which is cold, pale and deep. There was a smile on his face, although it seemed indescribable:

"Maybe it's because of Zhang Boming's fall from the building, each of us has a dark heart."

Upset?

Zhang Zhixing paused hesitantly, and at this moment he only heard "Kala" behind the concrete pillar where the two were hiding!A bullet was loaded, and then Lin Hao's icy voice sounded: "—don't move."

Wu Yu and Zhang Zhixing's expressions changed at the same time!

Lin Hao pointed his gun at the angle between the concrete pillars: "Both of you, come out."