Swallowing the Seas

The two of them sat and squatted, their foreheads almost touching each other. After a while, Wu Yu raised the corner of his pale and cold mouth, and his movements were very hasty and short: "What about the team, you are the leader, and you didn't sell drugs."

Then he turned his head and wanted to break free, but the back of his neck was pressed down by Bu Chonghua's palm and then pressed back: "Let me guess what you are thinking."

"Every morning when you come to work, you sit behind the desk with your head in a daze, swallow your breath and listen to my reprimand, and occasionally face the bastards who rob houses and the bastards who steal bags by car, and the death of a few people is considered a serious case. On the way home from work, I heard The entertainment circle lace news was broadcast on the radio, but I couldn’t understand; they said which of the stars got married and had children and which got divorced, and they didn’t know each other. Go home alone and open the door, and there are no ghosts on the four walls except you; Lou I ate everything within ten kilometers of the takeaway, cooked a meal by myself, and the leftovers can be reheated for a week. ——This life is not as good as going back to be an undercover agent, isn’t it?”

"..."

"You have been lurking in the jungle where the knife's head is licking blood for too long, and you can no longer melt into the big sheep pen of Wen Tun. Seeing Liu Li feels very kind, doesn't it? Those sad, pitiful, ignorant, helpless, twisted and deformed in the gap between the horns His life is very similar to Xie Qianshan's, isn't it?"

Wu Yu pursed her lips tightly, as if her whole body was frozen.

Bu Chonghua stared at his slightly trembling pupils: "But I want to pull you back from the gap."

The sound of flushing water came from nowhere, rushing through the water pipe, and then rushing away.Someone slammed the door in the distance, echoing in the empty corridor, with footsteps approaching and far away.

It seemed to be the sound of iron chains dragging on the ground.

"Two three six five nine!" The guard drew out his tone impatiently: "Someone is visiting—"

The skylight was cut into countless distorted fragments by the iron fence, spreading on the silhouette of the person opposite the viewing window.Wu Yu trembling, staring at him, he saw the very familiar eye sockets, nose shadow and cheek sunken deeply, like a ghost protruding from hell, but the eyeballs were burning with a strange and terrifying light.

"What did they ask you to do? Why are you here? Why did you come here when you were well educated in the police academy?!"

……

Wu Yu's chest kept rising and falling, but it was as if his throat was filled with deep water. Apart from his own gasping for breath, he couldn't make a sound with all his strength——

"...I'll pull you back..."

"I said I would pull you back from that hell!"

"I know you want to solve this case, just like everyone else." Bu Chonghua patted the black hair on the back of Wu Yu's head, and finally let go of him, saying in a deep voice, "If the person who gave Liu Li money at Gao Ling's house at that time If it wasn't you, or it was someone else who was pestered by her in the interrogation room just now, I wouldn't have this kind of reaction, but it would be different if it was you. Do you know why?"

Wu Yu seemed to be immersed in an old nightmare, even his breathing was barely noticeable, his eyes were scattered and floating in mid-air, when he heard the words, he was shocked, and suddenly woke up: "What?"

Bu Chonghua said: "Niannian Daxing was drinking and making trouble in front of the surveillance, and there were people all over the corridor. Only you beat him up without hesitation—I knew from that time that you have some characteristics that are really different from others. .”

"It's easy to do something that's not wrong, but it's easy to get hurt if you do something good that's not wrong. Sometimes that's what worries me the most. You haven't learned how to be a good policeman who is not easy to get hurt."

Wu Yu has been a policeman for many years, but no one has ever used the word "good policeman" to describe him - Lin Hao did not, Feng Bureau did not, and Zhang Boming certainly did not.

They may have forgotten, or thought it was unnecessary.

Hearing this evaluation from Bu Chonghua unexpectedly now made him feel a little unreally paralyzed.

"...I see." Wu Yu squeezed out a few words abruptly, his throat seemed to be blocked by some sore lump, his lips moved, and then he whispered vaguely again: "Thank you."

Bu Chonghua may have never said so many words. According to the reaction of normal people, he should give some candid responses at this time, he thought.

But some kind of deeper instinct, like an innate curse, firmly imprisoned all languages.

"Come and wash your face." Bu Chonghua patted him on the shoulder, got up and stretched out his hand to him: "You can't stay in the bureau tonight, go home and rest, come back tomorrow morning."

Wu Yu was a little embarrassed, it seemed that after being in prison, he was really not used to touching others, so he stood up on his own knees——followed by a severe dizziness, he was caught off guard. Holding it firmly, he walked to the washbasin half-armed and half-supported. It took him a long time to recover from this breath, and he washed his face hastily under the cold water bridle.

"You vomited so much that I almost had the forensic doctor call 120." Bu Chonghua handed him a towel and asked, "Are you unable to eat a bite of meat, conditioned reflex?"

Wu Yu covered his face with a towel and mumbled.

"How did it form?"

"……what?"

Wu Yu's eyelids were slightly red, and a blank eye appeared from the corner of the towel.Bu Chonghua asked: "How did you form this reflex, eating dead human flesh?"

Wu Yu was caught off guard and coughed, Bu Chonghua hurriedly supported his shoulder with one hand, and patted his back with the other. After a long while, Wu Yu finally stopped coughing, lowered his head and said angrily, "Everyone is as delicate and tender as you are!" Where's the meat?"

"..." Bu Chonghua's expression was a little weird when he heard the words "skin and tender meat", but seeing that he was already coughing so hard that he couldn't straighten his back, he didn't say much, just shook his head silently.

Wu Yu supported his knees and wiped the corners of his lips with the back of his hand: "Your clothes—"

"It's okay, I have a spare."

Bu Chonghua, a workaholic who manages the Public Security Bureau, has all kinds of clothes for all seasons in his office, even toothbrushes and floss cups.But Wu Yu thought about it and said, "I'll compensate you."

Bu Chonghua looked at him for a while, noncommittal, and suddenly asked, "Do you know who the last person who vomited on me was?"

"what?"

"Deputy Detachment of Jianning City Public Security Bureau, my cousin."

Wu Yu glanced at him unexpectedly, and Bu Chonghua said: "Our brothers have a bad relationship. We have fought since we met since we were young. In his eyes, I am a pious accuser. In my eyes, he is a prodigal son who causes trouble. Later I went to the north to study, and gradually lost contact, until I happened to meet him in a remote arrest after work. I sneaked into the sewer for a secret intrusion. When I came out, before I had time to ask him to help him, he actually vomited on my head. And the smell smoked himself, and then he vomited a second time... It happened several years ago, but the feeling of being stuck in the sewer with nowhere to hide is still fresh in my memory, you can only count it as drizzle .”

When Bu Chonghua, the flower of the high mountains, was forced to face the storm head-on, Wu Yu couldn't help but ask, "What happened next?"

"What later?"

"Are you still in touch?"

"No." Bu Chonghua said flatly, "I will block him after vomiting."

Wu Yu laughed uncontrollably.

This is probably the first time that Bu Chonghua saw Wu Yu really laugh. Although it faded away in just half a second, there was no sense of perfunctory, coping, or forced apology. His expression flashed by.

Wu Yu's appearance has always been good, and everyone in the Nancheng branch can see this, but it's just an objective evaluation of his facial features after putting aside his reticent and shy temperament.It wasn't until this moment that Bu Chonghua caught a glimpse of the handsome figure 13 years ago from the flowing expression and smile.

——"That's a big prison, a big prison where even a mouse can be fucked. He looks so good-looking, why do you think all the prisoners are thinking about it?" He seemed to hear Nian Daxing's greasy and sinister voice sounding from behind the interrogation table again : "What do you think they're thinking about, officer?"

Bu Chonghua's muscles suddenly tightened a little, and the arm that was supporting Wu Yu's side unnaturally lifted, and he let go of it unobtrusively.

At this moment, he suddenly heard Wu Yu's "Huh?"

In an instant, Bu Chonghua's first reaction was to let go of his hand: "What?"

"This ceramic..."

The bathroom of the Nancheng Sub-bureau has just been renovated, and the pool on the wall is all white. Wu Yu frowned and stared at the pool he used just now, and saw that the white ceramics were covered with a layer of water under the light, clearly reflecting him and Bu Chonghua The shadows of the two.

——Heavy rain, surveillance, low-lying water in urban villages...

"Gao Ling." Wu Yu suddenly said two words.

"what?"

"I know how to find her," Wu Yu looked at Bu Chonghua, with an unusual light in his eyes: "It rained heavily on the day of the incident, and the four fork roads from Gao Ling's house were full of water. Useless!"

"—Her shadow can't be avoided, she will definitely be cast on the water!"

·

"There are four forks in front of Gao Ling's house, Mingguang Road, Jinling Road, Zhengxing Alley, and Maoer Alley. Call up the monitoring around the exit of each road, and do a hue analysis for all places that may cast reflections!"

"At 15:[-]:[-] p.m. on May [-]nd, at [-] meters from the exit of Maoer Hutong, a small part of the water surface fluctuated against the wind. It is suspected that there is dynamic interference in the surrounding area!"

"The water at the exit of Maoer Hutong outlines a suspected human-shaped reflection, Director Wang!"

Wang Jiuling turned around abruptly, almost tore off her newly bought wig: "Make part of it high-definition! Hurry up!"

At 2:12:08 p.m. on May 116nd, eight hours before Nian Xiaoping was killed, there was a torrential rainstorm in Nancheng District and a force-six east wind.In a puddle on the road [-] meters away from the home of another missing girl, the water surface swayed to the southwest with a few ripples, as if a foot stepped on the edge of the puddle and caused a slight shock—that flash The fleeting moment was captured and magnified by the surveillance image, and after countless image processing, a fuzzy dark blue silhouette was finally collected from the image.

The girl who disappeared in place finally revealed her trace to the detectives again.

Down the Maoer Hutong, every corner, every fork, and every surveillance camera in the village in the city was captured, and the stagnant water in every frame was captured and analyzed. The high-definition technology exposed her intentionally hidden whereabouts. Wuyu: At 14:15:02, her dark blue raincoat passed through the shade of trees at the entrance of Wudao Hutong, and a foot in red rubber shoes was reflected in the stagnant water; at 14:20:06, she turned from Wudao Hutong to Yuanhang Road, Half of the raincoat was exposed on the edge of a supermarket surveillance; at 14:36:07, she finally walked out of the most dilapidated and low-lying area of ​​the village in the city. The traffic surveillance gradually became denser, and more and more images flashed her figure...

"Found it! Step detachment!" A detective suddenly raised his head from the surveillance screen, his voice hoarse with excitement: "At 03:30 in the afternoon, the target passed by the door of the Family Mart convenience store under the expressway bridge, and the surveillance captured her face. Walk north along the railway line!"

——Both sides of the railway are covered with railway surveillance, as long as she walks in this direction, she will definitely not be able to avoid the dense cameras!

It was less than four o'clock at this time, the darkest time before dawn.Gao Ling in a dark blue raincoat hurried past the surveillance images, her face pale and expressionless; her rubber shoes stepped in the stagnant water, her trouser legs were already wet, and the hem of her raincoat flapped in the wind, revealing half of her bulging black schoolbag.

Countless pairs of bloodshot eyes watched her go north, all the way to the Sili River where the torrential rain was pouring, until she disappeared again in the wilderness where the monitoring of the river embankment was missing——

That reedy wilderness was the scene of the murder of Nian Xiaoping a few hours later!

The big office of the technical team was full of restlessness and encouragement. Wang Jiuling pulled off the wig and slapped it on the table, his voice changed in excitement: "It's a bet! Gao Ling's disappearance is related to Nian Xiaoping's murder. The murderer This is not the first crime, this grandson must have a criminal record!"

Bu Chonghua suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and looked back at Wu Yu—this kid with disheveled hair and a tired expression, was leaning back heavily on the back of the chair, wiped his face with both hands, and just happened to meet him across the crowd.

"Let Lao Zhang take his fourth wife to check Gao Ling's original call to the police, to retrieve the police records, and to adjust the surveillance!" Wang Jiuling ordered in a repeated voice: "Just find the person who followed Gao Ling when she called the police. What it looks like, the case will be clear, hurry up! Go immediately!"

"Wait, call the police dog first." Bu Chonghua came back to his senses and stopped him: "Let the police dog brigade next door take the last piece of surveillance left by Gao Ling and the two places where Nian Xiaoping's body was found as the center of the circle. The first wave of search was launched within a five-kilometer range, and the forensic examiner packed up his things and set off, and went with me to the Sili River."

Wang Jiuling: "Ah? What are you doing?"

"Go to Gao Ling." Bu Chonghua said in a deep voice, "I always have a feeling that the girl probably didn't get out of that section of the embankment alive in the end."

Only then did Wang Jiuling come to his senses, and shivered suddenly: "I...I'll go with you!"

At four o'clock in the morning, the sky was silent, only to see the long river rushing southward and disappearing at the end of the vast plain.More than a dozen police cars with flashing red and blue lights roared in a row, and one after another stopped in the dark wilderness. In a short while, sixteen groups of city tracking police dogs split up and rushed into the dense reeds.

"there!"

"Yes!"

The third shift of the Criminal Investigation Detachment worked on shift for several days and nights, exhausting people and horses. The younger ones got together to chat and refresh themselves, and the older ones raced to sleep in the police car.Bu Chonghua closed the car door with his backhand, stepped on the weeds and walked forward, only to see Wu Yu squatting on the side of the road smoking with his back facing him, and after a few steps, he turned his head and looked over sensitively.

"No need," Bu Chonghua signaled him not to put out the cigarette, and then threw him a steaming plastic bag: "Add some energy, don't just smoke."

Wu Yu lowered his head and saw some plain and fresh steamed stuffed buns: "When..."

"Fresh, just stopped on the way."

Wu Yu was indeed hungry. After smoking a cigarette in two or three puffs, he squatted down and ate the steamed stuffed bun. Finally, there was a trace of blood on his face.Bu Chonghua stayed by the side with a bottle of water, picked up the cigarette butt he had extinguished on the stone, looked at it twice, and asked, "Why do you always smoke cheap things?"

Wu Yu said without raising his head, "You know it's a bargain again."

"The paper on the outside of the cigarette filter stick is rough and not perforated, and the shape, color and feel of the shredded tobacco are also different. The shredded tobacco used by Liao Gang and the others smells like dates, and every time you smoke, you will only choke. , the tar content should be very high." Bu Chonghua threw the cigarette butt away, and said, "I can't save money to save my wife from this, and I will know how bad it will be when I get sick in the future."

"..." Wu Yu finally raised his eyes unexpectedly and asked, "You really don't smoke?"

"What do you say?"

"Then how can you..."

Bu Chonghua raised his eyebrows and glanced at him. There seemed to be a teasing expression on the corner of his mouth, but he didn't answer, and changed the topic: "The Silihe Police Station's survey report on Liu Li's house came out, and it was true that a large number of Gao's family members were found. Ling's fingerprints are especially concentrated in drawers, desks, and bedside tables, and a small amount is on the plugboard corresponding to the power cord of the laptop. It is initially in line with Gao Ling's behavior of stealing Liu Li's computer cash, but it is currently impossible to specifically determine the time when the fingerprints were left. Other than that In addition, there were no signs of any chemicals concealed in the item."

Wu Yu nodded silently, frowned and said, "But she stole the computer, why did she bring it to the embankment?"

This question makes sense.If you are stealing and selling stolen goods, you should go to the local computer city in Jinhai, or go to the second-hand electronic waste recycling market; walking for more than an hour in the torrential rain to bring the river embankment does not look like you are going to exchange the stolen goods for money It's like throwing the computer into the river to destroy the corpse.

But on the other hand, there are many ways to completely destroy a computer. The most convenient way is undoubtedly to throw it in the middle of the road, let the traffic and even the solid-state drive be completely crushed. Why deliberately avoid surveillance and come to the river?

"So we have to find Gao Ling first." Bu Chonghua stood up, stomped the wet weeds under his feet, and said, "Only when we find Gao Ling, can we know what Liu Li refers to by 'big business'."

"All groups pay attention to each group," suddenly the walkie-talkie in Bu Chonghua's hand rang: "Group 8 applied for support, and an abnormal situation was found under the embankment of section 362. Repeat the group 8 to apply for support..."

The rustle of the signal drowned out the words behind them. The two looked at each other, and Bu Chonghua immediately walked towards the open space: "I am Bu Chonghua, the 8th group is reporting the location! Can the 8th group hear it?"

The signal buzzed, as if there were a lot of people running over there, and the noise was mixed with the anxious barking of police dogs.All the criminal policemen around stood up and looked at it at the same time, everyone's face was ashen, there was a loud "hum!" on the Shaoqing channel, and finally came the intermittent roar of the captain of the police dog team:

"Step detachment! 8 groups of emergency call step detachment!"

"A strong odor came from the outlet of the 362 section of the embankment. We have blocked the outlet of the outlet! Apply for survey support immediately!"

There are overgrown weeds under the embankment, and after a sloping uphill, there is a deep and dark river spillway mouth, about three meters wide and two meters high, which looks like the mouth of a giant beast in the blue-gray sky at five o'clock in the morning, bottomless , exuding an extremely ominous cold breath.

The dog handlers stood far away on the bank of the river, each with a frightened expression on their faces, holding the restless police dog tightly.There were voices from the end of the Shaoqing river beach, and Bu Chonghua hurriedly led the people there, but before he got close, he could only smell a familiar stench blowing towards his face.

Bu Chonghua didn't stop walking, and motioned Wu Yu back to the line with his backhand: "You are uncomfortable, stand still."

Wu Yu paused, only to see that Bu Chonghua had already passed through the cordon, took off his coat to cover his mouth and nose, and quickly climbed up the smooth uphill: "Wang Jiuling! Old Wang!"

There was a buzzing of flies in the cave, and Wang Jiuling and Xiaogui, the forensic doctor, who were wearing gas masks, staggered out of the flood discharge cave, and countless big blue-headed flies rushed out, flying all over the sky.Bu Chonghua covered it in his coat and asked in a muffled voice, "How is it? Can you identify it?"

Wang Jiuling lifted off the gas mask, pointed to the dark and deep flood discharge hole, and shook his head with an indescribable expression on his face:

"The ground is full of corpses, how can you identify a fart? It's all watched by fucking giants!"