The next morning, seven o'clock.
Jianning City Public Security Bureau.
-Snapped!
The curtains were not drawn in the director's office, the sky was dim and blurry, but the desk lamp that had not been put out all night was still on, reflecting the two transparent evidence bags that were thrown on the table.
Yan Yan was wearing a light blue shirt, three governor epaulettes, dark blue police uniform trousers and leather shoes for a long time, with a rare serious temperament, reached out and picked up the two evidence bags and frowned.
It was a slightly rusted case and a twisted bullet.
"Can you recognize it?" Lu Ju, standing behind the desk with his hands behind his back, asked in a low voice.
In an instant, countless thoughts swept through Yan Yan's mind, as if the computer CPU instantly filtered a large amount of data, and the final picture was frozen in the middle of the night in Jiangyang County's subordinate village a few months ago. The index finger that resolutely pulled the trigger.
"...I can't recognize it," Yan Yan raised his head and looked back at Ju Ju, and spit out four words calmly.
The space for the lamp to illuminate is limited. When Lu Ju stood up, his upper body was almost shrouded in darkness, and the eyes on his round face were extraordinarily bright, fixed in the depths of Yan Yun's pupils: "Even you Can't recognize it? Then let me remind you of the location, Jiangyang County—do you have an impression?"
Yan Yan put down the evidence bag and smiled apologetically: "To tell the truth, Bureau Lu, I really don't understand what you said. It may be that my grades in the police academy were average, and the theoretical knowledge of firearms and bullets has been in the past two years. It has been returned to the teacher, it is really…”
"I thought that even if there was only one person in the world who could recognize this bullet, that person would definitely be you." Lu Ju interrupted him, and finally laughed, returning to the smiling Maitreya look of the past: " On the 619 serial kidnapping of Anzhong, you went to Jiangyang County to interrogate Li Yuxin. On the way back, you encountered Fan Wu's group who attacked the police with guns. You, Xiao Zhang and Li Yuxin were all shot. Afterwards, Lao Wei personally took Huang Xing and the others to the scene. According to the investigation, this 9mm Luger cartridge case was one of the physical evidences brought back at that time, and it was also the only one among the eight cartridge cases at the scene, the primer and firing pin marks were completely different from other cartridge cases.”
Yan Yan's expression changed slightly.
"The warhead was found in the gap in the back seat of the car after the police from the Jiangyang County Police Station got out of the police car from the bottom of the river. Preliminary ballistic analysis showed that the warhead entered the water after hitting the target, just got into the broken car window, and got stuck in the car. In the back seat - if it didn't get into the car, maybe the police would not be able to salvage this warhead from the mud at the bottom of the river for a lifetime, but because of this coincidence, it could be found by us, which is considered to be a sky-net wide and sloppy without leaking. already."
"… Could it be that this warhead has any characteristics?" Yan Yan asked cautiously.
"There are two." Lu Ju paused and said, "First, it has rifling."
Rifling
The manufacture of professional gun barrels requires high-end equipment controlled by the state, so whether the warhead has a rifling is one of the key criteria for distinguishing between local guns and standard guns. The local guns and bullets used by Fan Zhengyuan and Fan Wu's group were not rifled, but now the bullet in the evidence bag is rifled. What does this mean
- There was a standard pistol at the scene that day, and it was even possible that it was a military police gun!
"Second," Director Lu stared at Yan Yan and said slowly, "Your blood was detected on this bullet."
Yan Yan's eardrums thumped, and for a few seconds, he was in a mess and sat motionless on the chair.
"After interrogating Fan Wu, the confession proved my guess. The bullet at the scene was not shot from their gun barrels. That is to say, except for Fan Wu and others who were hired by Wang Xingye to kill Li Yuxin. , there's another group -- or another gunman, and this guy just fired one shot."
There was no sound in the office, and before the time to go to work in the morning, the city bureau building was still shrouded in tranquility.
Bureau Lu's voice finally broke the dead silence:
"The target of this shot is you."
Yan Xun slowly released his hand that was holding the evidence bag tightly, leaned back on the back of the chair, and finally said in a low voice for a while, "I didn't notice it at all that day..."
"The criminal police work may lead to many enemies, but I have never seen a few criminals who dare to take revenge on the leaders of the deputy provincial public security detachment. Of course, few does not mean that they do not exist, you You have a good background, you have enough confidence, and you usually behave in a very rigid style. It is possible that you have done something that caused others to hate you and want to die. Do you have any guesses in your heart?"
Yan Yan was silent for a long time and said, "I don't know."
When he said these four words, he looked away. Ju Lu seemed to see something from this subconscious micro-movement, narrowed his eyes and asked, "There is really no clue at all? - Yan Yan, you are not the kind of person who did it. The things that attract people's hatred are people who I haven't counted in my heart yet."
Yan Yan repeated in a deep voice, "I don't know."
He didn't even change his tone.
Bureau Lu nodded, as if he knew that Yan Yan would not say another word, so he stopped asking about this question: "Have you found any abnormality in your life after returning from Jiangyang County, such as being spied on, Tracking, monitoring, etc.?"
In an instant, the silver Hyundai Elantra that appeared and disappeared like a ghost appeared in front of Yan Yan's eyes, but as soon as the idea came to him, he cautiously pressed it back and said, "I haven't found anything about this for the time being."
Bureau Lu was noncommittal, and said with a "hmm", "You must be very careful yourself, if you can confirm that the bullet came from a certain standard gun, or even a police gun registered in the public security system, then the situation will become It's quite complicated - having said that, I have already asked Lao Huang to compare the rifling data, all military and police guns must have a rifling record, so let's see if we can find it."
Yan Yan nodded, forced a smile, and pointed to the two evidence bags: "Can I take a few pictures?"
Bureau Lu gestured for him to do it.
In fact, this is basically useless, the warhead has been twisted to death, and the rifling and ballistic analysis are also done with the help of an electron microscope, but Yan Yan still took out his mobile phone and took dozens of pictures, trying to enlarge every detail of the image. , carefully photographed clearly and identifiable.
"In the case of the shooting in Jiangyang County, I will let them conduct extensive surveys again, and try to find clues about the mysterious gunman at the scene. Before this, your personal safety is not 100% guaranteed. In my opinion, you are still Come back to work from tomorrow." Lu Ju glanced at Yan Xun from the corner of his eye, suddenly hummed, and slowly picked up the big tea jar: "I always have a feeling that the longer you stay at home, the more trouble you will get. The greater the calamity!"
Yan Yan was stunned for a moment, and keenly sensed some vague hint from Lu Ju's words. But when he looked up, he saw that Ju Lu had already drank his tea, and the big tea jar blocked his chubby face, so he couldn't see any expression at all.
What did he really find
Or feel guilty
"Go," Lu Ju put down the tea jar and waved his hand: "I will explain this to Lao Wei, so don't mention it to anyone!"
Yan Yan hesitated for a few seconds, then got up and nodded, forcing himself to stare at Lu Ju, then turned and walked out of the office.
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"This 9mm Luger is rifled..."
"The target of this shot is you."
"The longer you stay at home, the bigger the trouble!"
…
Yan Yan opened the photo album on her mobile phone and stared at the bullet in the evidence bag that once penetrated her abdominal cavity.
The blood on the warhead could no longer be discerned with the naked eye, only the twisted shape revealed a ferocious look, and the heavy and cold weight of the brass could be felt across the screen. Yan Yan no longer remembers the pain of the bullet passing through his body. He didn't even realize that he had been hit at the time. Now he closes his eyes and recalls it again, all the impressions that can come to his mind are nothing more than two words: confusion .
Jiang Ting, who had just been rescued from the bottom of the river at the risk of death, was on the verge of suffocating the fresh air at the last moment, exclaiming, screaming, gunshots, fear... All the chaotic details were entangled in a mess, forming a bloody and bizarre picture .
Where was the murderer hiding
Who was his gun pointed at, Jiang Ting or himself
If this matter were three weeks ago, Yan Yan would have no hesitation in thinking that the other party was probably from within the public security system, and the target who intended to take advantage of the chaos to get rid of or silence was Jiang Ting, and the whole murder was no more than three years. A continuation of the crash on the former highway.
But since being followed late that night, Yan Yan suddenly realized another terrifying possibility—
On the day of the attack on the police in Jiangyang County, the moment he emerged from the water in the wet, bullets flew from the dark, but the muzzle of the gun was not aimed at Jiang Ting as he had imagined. On the contrary, because Jiang Ting was in his arms at close range, the killer had to shift the muzzle to avoid accidental injury, so that the bullet failed to penetrate the original target - Yan Yan's heart on the spot.
The king of spades doesn't want to kill Jiang Ting, his goal is very clear, it's Yan Yan from beginning to end!
Yan Yan's pupils were squeezed into a line, and suddenly he heard the voice behind him: "What are you looking at?"
Yan Yan moved her thumb, and the phone screen turned to current affairs news at the same time Jiang Ting's eyes were cast, "Oh, this."
The house prices in Jianning City rose sharply in the middle of the year, which was suspected to be related to the out-of-town real estate speculators—Jiang Ting glanced at him, then looked at Yan Yan for a while, and said nothing, as if he thought it would be interesting for him to watch this kind of news.
Jiang Ting is used to drinking Pu'er tea after dinner, but the first Laotongxing tea cake has been emptied by his ants in the past four months. It was exactly the same as what Yan Yan had estimated. He really didn't feel embarrassed to open the second cake immediately, but pretended to brew a bag of ordinary Pu'er tea every day. According to Yan Yan's observation, he should have bought it from the tea shop at the entrance of the community.
Yan Yun didn't rush, like a beast that was able to bear his temper for the time being, waiting for the prey to slowly approach, and when Jiang Ting couldn't stand it any more, he took the initiative to run to secretly open the second cake and daughter-in-law's tea.
"What did Bureau Lu ask you to go to the City Bureau today?" Jiang Ting sat on the sofa and asked after a sip of tea.
Yes, Yan Yan thought. If this is the old Tongxing, he will never speak so quickly after taking the first sip, but has a squinting action that even he may not notice, secret and enjoyable, like a cat with the most aftertaste Delicious little dried fish.
"It's nothing, I just want to write a report on the suspect Bu Wei jumping into the river and put it in the closing file, and ask me to sign it." Yan Yan seemed to inadvertently stuff the phone back into his trouser pocket, and at the same time moved on the sofa, Next to Jiang Ting, he looked at him.
Jiang Ting had already taken a shower, his hair was black and soft, and there were faint traces of water on his face, as if the water had soaked his skin. He was holding a steaming teacup in both hands, his fingertips were slightly red, and it was a bit unnatural to be seen by Yan Yan's undisguised gaze at close range.
Yan Yan suddenly wrapped his palms around his hands holding the teacup, stared at his face so tightly, and said, "I received a call from the hospital this afternoon, and Shen Xiaoqi woke up."
Jiang Ting didn't expect him to suddenly say such a sentence, and he didn't respond, but there was a little relief in his eyes: "Awake?"
"Although I can't speak yet, brain scans show that there should be no major sequelae. If the follow-up treatment is appropriate, normal intelligence and mobility will soon be restored, and I should be able to go back to school within three to six months."
"That's good." Jiang Ting exhaled softly and said, "Although this child suffered a lot of misfortune, it is at least a fortune among misfortunes now."
"There are many accidents and misfortunes in life," Yan Yan looked at him and said.
- This sounds very strange, especially when Yan Yan said this, his eyes fixed on Jiang Ting's beautiful eyes, as if he was going to look into his brain through those pupils, making Jiang Ting involuntarily avoid again, He smiled and asked, "What happened to you?"
"We are also criminal policemen. Our daily work is very dangerous and there are more accidents."
"… "
"What if something happens to me one day?"
"Yan Yun, this is..."
"If I'm gone and die, will you miss me? Or will you forget me after a while?"
"Yan Yun!" Jiang Ting forcibly withdrew his hand, and while struggling, the hot tea was spilled on the sofa: "What's wrong with you!"
Yan Yan grabbed his hand and refused to let it go, her strength was so strong that she was almost stubborn: "Let's get engaged, if something happens, at least there is a marriage contract, and after everything subsides, you can go abroad to register. Or We can confess in front of our parents and family, at least leave a proof to each other that we have been better, at least someone in this world knows that you and I are the real ones..."
"Let me go first!" Jiang Ting stood up from the sofa and frowned, "Speak well!"
Yan Yan turned a deaf ear, and the back of Jiang Ting's hand was tightly gripped by blue veins. This force was almost rude, Jiang Ting wanted to force his hand to break free, but in a hurry, all the tea was poured out and sprinkled on Jiang Ting's bare feet and carpet: "Let go, you are burning me! Yan Yan! "
The living room was quiet again, Yan Yan gasped heavily, the light in his eyes was like a trapped beast, and stared at Jiang Ting for a long while in silence, the muscles of his arms tensed.
"… "
Jiang Ting frowned and looked back at him. I don't know how long it took, Yan Yan finally loosened his tong-like hand a little bit as if he was barely restraining himself, and then turned around and went straight into the master bedroom.
After a few seconds, he walked out of the bedroom and entered the kitchen again. He took out the ice cubes from the refrigerator and returned to the living room. He knelt on the carpet in front of Jiang Ting and wiped him with a towel wrapped in ice cubes. red instep.
Jiang Ting was not used to this posture, so he wanted to withdraw his foot and sit down, but Yan Yan grabbed his ankle as soon as he moved: "Don't move."
"you… "
"do not move."
Jiang Ting stood there stiffly, watching Yan Yan finish icing his scalded skin, loosened the towel, and took out a ring from his trouser pocket in this half-kneeling position.
It was the platinum ring that Jiang Ting had worn on Jiang Ting's hand three weeks ago.
"This is the pair of rings that my father wore when I married my mother. After I was born, they changed a pair of commemorative rings, and the wedding rings of the year were left to me. I had nothing to do last year with these two rings. I took it to refurbish and polished it. At that time, I thought that there might not be a chance for someone to wear it in another three or five years, but I didn’t expect to meet you in a blink of an eye.”
The night outside the window was dark, and under the bright lights of the living room, the plain ring flickered with the gentle gleam of the years.
"Can you accept it, Jiang Ting?" Yan Yan asked in a low voice, maintaining his kneeling posture.
"… "
"If you accept it, I will order another one according to my own size, right when we have an agreement that we can get married in the future, will you agree?"