Ren Yi followed Gong Yingxian into the room. There were a row of bookshelves and several large tables in the huge room. There were many evidence-like things on the tables, and photos, newspaper clippings, materials, etc. were hung on the walls.
On one of the exquisitely crafted small tables covered with white flannel, there was only a lonely photo frame.
Gong Yingxian walked to the table, took off his gloves, picked up the photo frame, and gently stroked the person in the photo with his slender fingertips.
Ren Yi walked up to him, and he handed the photo frame to Ren Yi.
Ren Yi took it over solemnly. What he took over was not a small photo frame, but a trust that a person had never given to a stranger in eighteen years.
The photo is a group photo of a family of four, which is the best-looking family Ren Yi has ever seen, the father is handsome and elegant, the mother is beautiful, and the pair of children are as beautiful as elves.
Ren Yi looked at the childish and cute little boy in the photo, his eyes were as clear as spring water, his smile was as bright as a flower, he was embraced by his mother, and he opened his arms happily, as if he dared to embrace the whole world, There was no fear, no indifference, no sorrow in this face.
But not long after, the child was robbed of everything, and fell from the clouds into the abyss from which he could never escape.
Ren Yi couldn't help looking up at Gong Yingxian, seeing the grown-up Gong Yingxian, felt an indescribable pain in his heart.
Gong Yingxian looked away, and said calmly, "Don't look at me like that."
Ren Yi held the photo frame, feeling so bitter that he didn't know what to say.
"My elder sister and elder sister Yan are best friends, and they grew up together." Gong Yingxian chuckled, "When I was young, I always liked to follow behind them, but they said that they would only take me to play when I grew up. "
Ren Yi looked at the girl in the photo, she looked a little like Gong Feilan, just like Qiu Yan said, she was an angel-like girl.
"I grew up, but she never grew up."
Ren Yi's nose soured, and he carefully put the photo frame back to its original position, thinking silently in his heart, you must protect Gong Yingxian in heaven, and find the murderer to avenge you.
Gong Yingxian sat at the table and pointed to the chair opposite her: "Sit down."
Ren Yi sat down and looked around, only the wall covered with various clues shocked him, and he was familiar with many photos—the scene after the fire.
Gong Yingxian followed Ren Yi's gaze. He had never repeated all this to anyone. He didn't know how to speak for a while. He collected his thoughts and said slowly: "My father was the chairman of Baosheng Group back then. , Tianhe Baosheng Chemical Factory is one of the chemical factories under the Baosheng Group. You should know the cause of the accident."
Ren Yi nodded: "It is said that vinyl acetate exploded."
"Yes, the explosion of vinyl acetate ignited the surrounding chemicals and triggered a chain explosion. There is no dispute about this, but the real cause of the accident and the person responsible..."
Gong Yingxian gritted her teeth, "It's definitely not what the media said."
"You mean that the investigation of the case back then was wrong."
"Someone was manipulating the investigation of the case, creating perjury, and misleading the results. When they found out that the matter might be exposed, they killed my father, faked it as a suicide in fear of crime, and put all the blame on my father."
Ren Yi frowned deeply: "Do you know who did it?"
"I have doubts, but I can't be sure." Gong Yingxian said in a deep voice, "This case is very complicated, involving many people inside and outside the group, and the evidence back then was hard to find. Sister Yan and I had a hard time investigating it. "
Ren Yi thought for a while and asked a few questions: "Is the explosion in the chemical plant accidental or man-made? Who investigated the case back then? Is it the same group of people who investigated the fire at your house? What useful evidence is still there? "
"The investigation of the chemical plant explosion was said to be an accident, but since it was the same person who investigated my family's case, I have doubts in my heart. Eighteen years ago, electronic communication was underdeveloped, and the Internet had just started, and because the case had already been finalized and closed, it was useful. There's very little evidence, I'll show you in a moment."
"Isn't the investigator the biggest suspect?"
Hatred shot out of Gong Yingxian's eyes, "The captain of the Criminal Investigation Team 1 of the Hanning Sub-bureau died within two years of closing the case due to alcoholism."
"Maybe he was silenced?"
"Perhaps, he was the biggest entry point." Gong Yingxian said in a deep voice, "Some people want to bury everything in the past under ashes, so that they will never see the light of day. I want to dig it out and let it be revealed to the world."
"What about the bird mask?"
Gong Yingxian lowered his eyes: "That night, a man with a bird mask appeared. I saw him, but I thought it was a ghost. After many years, I was not sure. I saw Whether it was a hallucination or not, and later under the hypnosis of a psychiatrist, I did a deep memory review to confirm that there was such a person. However, the case had been closed for many years at that time, and the confession of a six-year-old child was useless.”
"Memory recall..." Ren Yi gasped.
To recall the memory, one must go back to the scene of the memory under the guidance of a hypnotist, and it is usually impossible to succeed once. In the most terrifying, painful and cruel memories, just to find useful clues.
There was no unnecessary expression on Gong Yingxian's face, but his eyes were empty.
Ren Yi's heart ached, he couldn't imagine how Gong Yingxian survived these years in a foreign country, he couldn't help stretching out his hand, touched Gong Yingxian's head, and said tremblingly: "You have suffered."
Gong Yingxian's body trembled slightly, his expression was a little stiff, as if he was holding back something, he whispered: "As long as I can catch the murderer, I will pay any price."
"We will definitely catch the murderer." Ren Yi said firmly, "Before the prosecution period of the case is about to end, God arranged for an insider to fall into your hands. This is not a coincidence. This proves that the time has come to clear the sky."
Gong Yingxian adjusted his emotions: "That bird mask never appeared in the case investigation from the beginning to the end, because I couldn't describe it clearly at the time, and the police didn't believe in ghosts, so the only one who knew about this mask was the murderer. The hood How did the man know, I will definitely find out."
"He is the best entry point now. Isn't it for this day that you become a policeman?"
Gong Yingxian nodded: "Only when you are a policeman can you use the powerful database of the public security system. Sister Yan has the same thoughts as me. Thanks to her, when I was young, she has done everything possible to investigate and collect evidence. , leaving a lot of evidence that might have disappeared. Without her, I might not be able to survive today alone."
Now Ren Yi can fully understand why Gong Yingxian is only so gentle and close to Qiu Yan. They both bear the same pain and secrets, and support them all the way. Such a deep friendship is no longer inferior to close relatives. Incomparable people.
Ren Yi's heart was slightly sour, but at least Gong Yingxian was not fighting alone. "Captain Qiu is indeed not an ordinary woman, fortunately she is there to help you.
Gong Yingxian stood up and walked to the wall of clues: "Come and see."
Ren Yi also walked over and looked closely at the photos of the scene after the fire and those old and yellowed paper documents, and felt even more shocked.
Even if the evidence of the fire was extracted immediately, it would be destroyed to a great extent. What's more, the scene is no longer there, and so much time has passed, it is not easy to collect these.
"I have seen these evidences with fire appraisal experts before, but because the pixels of the photos are too low, and I dare not disclose the details of the case to strangers, so I didn't see anything valuable. Recently, I heard that there is a new AI technology. The old photos can be restored accurately, and I have sent all the photos for restoration.”
"Is this all the physical evidence you can gather?"
"There are also some evidences kept in the evidence room of the General Public Security Bureau. After the case is closed, they will keep it for 20 years. If there is no objection within 20 years, it will be destroyed, and only electronic files will be kept."
"Then you got it?"
Gong Yingxian shook his head: "I've seen it and took photos, but I can't take them out. I have no reason to apply for evidence. Instead, I might startle the snake. Unless I have enough evidence to challenge the investigation results of the closed case, This is a major event, which means that all the personnel who handled the case at that time must be held accountable, and they cannot be moved without full confidence."
"When those restored photos come back, we will do the fire adjustment again."
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Qiu Yan arrived.
Ren Yi and her greet each other, she is still generous, confident and capable. Today she also happened to be wearing a dark gray suit, which was very similar in color and style to Gong Yingxian's. Standing together, they were not only familiar at first sight, but also matched each other very well in terms of appearance and temperament. They are a couple.
Ren Yi felt that there seemed to be no room for him to stand around them, so he laughed at himself.
"Ying Xian, have you told Captain Ren about the case?"
Gong Yingxian let out a "hmm".
"It's great that Captain Ren can help." Qiu Yan said with a smile, "With a professional fire investigation expert, it will definitely bring a new turn to the case."
Ren Yi said: "You're welcome, now the new turning point is the suspect, I think this is God's arrangement."
Qiu Yan nodded: "Yes, it's been eighteen years. Why did you give us new clues at the last juncture? This sense of destiny is really mysterious." She smiled, "Maybe Captain Ren is our lucky star."
Ren Yi also smiled: "I hope too, I hope we can find the murderer as soon as possible."
"When I came from the sub-bureau, Cai Qiang was interrogating Chen Pei, the suspect. This man was very difficult to deal with. He seemed to be not afraid of anything. He either kept quiet or fooled the police. He avoided our problems and ignored the evidence. It is impossible to deny that he went to Wanyuan Community that day, but he does not admit to arson.”
"Where's his partner?"
"His two accomplices have also been arrested. They hang out together, sometimes show the scene, and sometimes collect debts, but they don't seem to know about the arson. We are still investigating further."
"What about the Cybercrime Division? The contact between Chen Pei and the person who burned the car must be online."
"That's right, it's being investigated. I don't believe he hasn't left any traces."
"Is there any progress for the suspect in the car burning case? That Peng Fei?"
Qiu Yandao: "Peng Fei doesn't look like someone who burns cars, but we think he knows who it is. No matter what, he must know something. I have already applied for his detention. His psychological defense will soon be broken. Crash, not far from opening your mouth."
Gong Yingxian also said: "Now blocking them from two directions, they will definitely be blocked in the same dead end in the end, and when they are desperate, they will bite each other, and the truth will not be far away."
The three sat down and added some details of the case to Ren Yi. Ren Yi said that he would go to the headquarters to check the fire files of the chemical plant explosion and the palace arson. The firefighters asked one by one, and it was impossible to get nothing.
At the same time, he has to go back and have a good chat with his dad. Maybe his dad still remembers some, which will at least be more valuable than the memory of a six-year-old child.
The three chatted a lot, and finally the topic fell on Seraphim.
"Xiao Tan said that this website has a predecessor. It was wiped out by the US judicial department a few years ago. It has made a comeback in the past two years. Behind the website is a gang with contacts and active users in China. The number may be more than we imagined. Many, these are some news that Xiao Tan found from the Internet."
Gong Yingxian sneered: "Since we caught Zhou Chuan and Chen Pei, this website has exposed a lot of things, and we will follow the clues to find more people."
"I don't doubt this, but I'm a little worried." Qiu Yan frowned, "Your information has been exposed. As the case progresses, I'm worried about your safety. If you notice anything, you must tell me. I will send the police to protect you."
"it is good."
The three chatted again, and Uncle Sheng had already prepared lunch, so he came to ask them to eat.
Qiu Yan stretched his waist: "Come here quickly." After speaking, he chatted and laughed with Uncle Sheng and left.
"Come on." Gong Yingxian said while sorting out the materials he brought out.
Ren Yi looked at Qiu Yan's graceful back, and then at Gong Yingxian, his heart was still sour, although he didn't even have any jealous stance, he couldn't help but said: "Captain Qiu seems to be the only one who calls your name Bar."
Gong Yingxian replied casually: "Well, yes."
"We are both friends now. I still call you Dr. Gong, and you still call me Captain. Isn't that too natural?"
Gong Yingxian looked back at him: "You want to call me by my name? Then do so."
Ren Yi rolled his eyes, although he wanted to call him, but he had a weird feeling that he didn't want to be called the same name as Qiu Yan, so he said very far-fetchedly: "Your name is a bit awkward."
"My name is a mouthful, it was chosen by my grandfather, it is very meaningful."
"It's just... the pronunciation is not very smooth. What does the name mean?"
Gong Yingxian stared blankly at the front, and fell into memories: "There are three meanings, 'the dancer goes to the festival to throw their hands, the singer responds to the strings and sings', the strings here are qin strings, and 'the flying arrows are chaotic. Down, the arrow is like a hedgehog's hair, fierce and fierce, and it will fall if you shoot it'. The string here is a bow string. Grandpa hopes that I can learn both civil and military. Also, he said that life is lonely, and he hopes that I can find the chord of life bosom friend."
"Wow, so cultured." Ren Yi admired, only such a good name deserves such a perfect person. At the same time, he thought of how he got his name, and he couldn't help but laugh.
"Do you want to call me by my name?" Gong Yingxian looked at Ren Yi without blinking.
"Hmm..." Ren Yi grinned, "It's nothing new to call you by your name. Let's call you Xiaogong. Your colleagues call you that. We are friends. I should have a special name."
Gong Yingxian asked curiously, "What do you want to be called?"
Ren Yi clapped his hands: "I'll call you 'Old Palace'."
Gong Yingxian rolled his eyes at him: "If you're not poor for a day, you'll feel bad, won't you?"
Ren Yi laughed loudly: "My husband, I think it's good." He deliberately laughed exaggeratedly, trying to hide his palpitations when he said those two words.
Gong Yingxian was inexplicably at a loss: "Okay, okay, let's eat."
Ren Yi stopped laughing, and looked at Gong Yingxian with full eyes: "OK, Ying, Xian."
Gong Yingxian also smiled faintly: "Then what do you want me to call you?"
"Don't call me Xiao Ren, don't call me Lao Ren, you can do anything else." Ren Yi laughed and said, "It's better to just call him by name."
"Okay." Gong Yingxian imitated Ren Yi's words and said solemnly, "Ren, Yi."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
After dinner, Qiu Yan and Gong Yingxian went back to the sub-bureau, planning to work overtime to interrogate the suspect. Ren Yi still had half a day off, so he decided to go home to find his father, and take care of Qi Xiao's request for his help. A trip to the headquarters to check the information.
On the way, Ren Yi called the captain of Beigang Squadron and asked him to help advance the time of the fire inspection, and the other party readily agreed. After Ren Yi told Qi Xiao the news, Qi Xiao sent a provocative and seductive photo with the text: Thank you brother!
Ren Yi smiled and replied bluntly.
Arriving at home, before Ren Yi entered the door, he heard high-pitched singing coming from inside.
He opened the door and saw that Ren Xiangrong was singing along with the anti-Japanese war movie on TV. It should not be called singing, but roaring vigorously, with no pitch, so it sounded particularly harsh.
"Old Ren, old Ren, stop shouting." Ren Yi yelled, covering his ears.
The nanny came out of the kitchen, with toilet paper stuffed in her ears, and shook her head helplessly at him. He knew from the other's expression that his father was in a state of illness.
Ren Xiangrong yelled at the top of his voice as if deliberately against them, and when he saw Ren Yi yelling more vigorously, he slapped the wheelchair with his hands and feet.
The nanny asked Ren Yi with her mouth: "Do you have dinner at home?"
Seeing his father's appearance, Ren Yi felt exhausted in his heart. He hesitated to leave, but also hesitated to stay. The nanny waved to him and let him into the kitchen.
The two entered the kitchen and closed the door. The nanny smiled wryly and said, "I've been howling for a long time, and I should be tired soon."
Ren Yi sighed, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's okay. Well, Captain Ren, I told you to find a new nanny last time. Did you find one?"
Ren Yi had already forgotten about it: "I'll start looking for it right away."
"Well, my husband and I will go back to our hometown during the Chinese New Year. It's only been two months. Hurry up."
Ren Yi nodded, but stayed.
After a while, Ren Xiangrong really stopped shouting, but he was not honest when eating. A major symptom of this disease is endless tossing and tormenting the people around him when he gets sick. It is not easy to find a reliable nanny now. Ren Yiyi The thought of changing people gave me a headache.
After dinner, Ren Xiangrong was tired and went to bed early. Ren Yi saw that he couldn't ask anything today, so he went back to the squadron and went straight to find Qu Yangbo.
Qu Yangbo was quite surprised to see him: "Isn't there still half a day off?"
Ren Yi rubbed the sore and swollen eyebrows: "My dad is not well today, I will come out when he falls asleep." Sometimes, staying in that house is as uncomfortable as suffocation.
Qu Yangbo asked with concern: "Do you want to send him to the hospital?"
Ren Yi shook his head: "It's useless, he doesn't want to go to the hospital either, so just stay at home as he likes."
Qu Yangbo looked at Ren Yi's tired eyes, and only sighed.
"By the way, I need your help with something."
"how?"
"If it's a firefighting file from many years ago, will it be collected in the corps or kept in the squadron? Or will it be backed up as it is now?"
"Depending on the situation, how many years ago?"
Ren Yi hesitated for a moment: "Eighteen years ago."
"It's been so long." Qu Yangbo said in surprise, "What are you going to do?"
"I'll explain later, you answer me first."
"Eighteen years, there was no electronic file at that time, and the preparation of files was not as simple as ours. Moreover, after such a long time, the organizational structure has changed a lot. If the squadron has not been split or merged, it should still be in the squadron. Well, it’s really hard to say, what are you looking for?”
"Do me a favor." Ren Yi patted Qu Yangbo, "I want to find the fire files of the Baosheng Chemical Plant explosion eighteen years ago."
Qu Yangbo asked puzzled, "What are you going to do?"
Ren Yi wondered: "Actually... I promised others not to say it, brother, do me a favor, it's very important."
Qu Yangbo pushed his glasses: "It must have something to do with Gong Yingxian."
Ren Yi smiled and said "hmm".
"Okay, let me ask for you."
"Also, there will be a fire in the Gong family half a year later."
Qu Yangbo narrowed his eyes: "What's the matter?"
Ren Yi begged: "Please, don't ask, don't tell others, just help me, okay?"
Qu Yangbo rolled his eyes at him: "You owe me a favor."
"I owe you a favor."