For more than a week, it was either heavy rain or light rain.
The rainy season came a month early, and the quilts, sheets, walls, floor tiles were wet everywhere. When I go to bed at night, I feel that the sheets are wrapped around my body, as if turning over and wringing out the water. Fortunately, after a night of rain last night, this early morning, the weather was good, and it was rare to see the sun.
In the morning of the Nancheng Police Station, as always, the first team was relatively free during this time, but the second team was busy under the leadership of captain Tian Ming.
"Borrowed, borrowed!"
As soon as Song Wen entered the office, he heard Lao Jia shouting as he walked down the corridor, carrying a few cups of soy milk and milk in his hand, apparently helping everyone with breakfast. Last week, he had a bit of a tense relationship with a few people in the team. This week, Lao Jia was extra attentive.
Seeing Song Wen approaching, Lao Jia sucked his stomach to make way for his boss. He tried his best to turn sideways, but the aisle was still narrow.
Song Wen glanced at Lao Jia's increasingly plump belly: "Hey, Lao Jia, I have to remind you, looking at your physique, don't put yourself in the bottom of the year-end physical fitness test. Now the city bureau is very strict with the criminal police, Gu Ju also said that the final elimination system will be implemented on a trial basis. It is even more difficult to enter these years, but there are not many cases. If you are eliminated again, it will be a non-combat attrition."
Lao Jia smiled and said: "Don't worry about the assessment, I have been doing the assessment for many years, and I have experience. I am ready to sharpen my gun, and I am not happy. Besides, I have an appointment with a beautiful girl to go to the gym after work. How can I have the strength to lose weight when I am not full? ."
Zhu Xiao chuckled: "When you go to the gym after get off work, you have to eat more for breakfast. You have a long enough time to accumulate energy."
"Year-end assessment? What is that?" Lu Siyu raised his head and asked, he was not familiar with these matters.
Song Wen glanced at Lu Siyu, he was wearing a pair of gold glasses today. A week later, the Band-Aid on Lu Siyu's face had been removed, and the wound had recovered quite well, and it was almost impossible to see that he had been injured. I have probably had a good rest these few days. The dark circles under my eyes from staying up late in the previous period have disappeared, and because today the rain has passed and the sun has come out, the coldness of my body has disappeared. The white rabbit toffee wrapped in candy paper has a unique milky taste.
Song Wenzheng was about to explain the rules of the year-end assessment, when Fu Linjiang took the lead: "You also have to take an exam to be a police officer. The New Year's assessment is mainly physical examination, physical fitness test, and psychological test, which is similar to your entry. The team mainly consists of Counting cases, calculating the case-solving rate, and summarizing the team.”
Song Wen looked at Lu Siyu, remembered the previous phone call from Zhou Yining, and deliberately tried: "I think Dr. Zhou seems to be paying attention to you, and recently asked me about your situation."
Lu Siyu snorted, didn't say anything, didn't give him any expression or reaction, lowered his head and turned on the computer.
Song Wen looked at it. It was eight o'clock, and he greeted everyone: "Go back to your seats. You can't herd sheep without a case. Zhu Xiao, how is your electronic entry?"
Recently, the police station has begun to implement electronic supplementation of old files. All past paper case materials must be organized into electronic versions. All cases of decades need to be turned out for scanning and storage. The whole is a lot of work. A team has no case, and the task falls to them.
Zhu Xiao dodged: "Half done, Lao Jia's side is a little unfinished."
Before Lao Jia had finished eating this morning, a pot fell from the sky: "Oh, I'm just cleaning up the archives, it's not like you don't know that the old archives inside are moldy and moldy, and there are many bitten by mice and insects, a lot of them. The documents are all scattered, and you have to search page by page, how can it be so fast?"
Lu Siyu listened and interjected: "I have finished writing the report of the previous case here, or I will sort it out with you, so that it can be faster."
Lao Jia didn't expect that his last case had been targeting Lu Siyu, but when it came to the critical moment, someone threw a helping hand to him regardless of previous suspicions, and the old hooligan's old face turned red.
Having said that, Lu Siyu turned his head and asked Song Wen, "Team Song, is it alright?"
Seeing Lu Siyu's attitude of soliciting opinions, Song Wen could only wave his hand: "Go on, let's go. You guys hurry up and finish this matter as soon as possible."
There are several archives rooms in the Nancheng Bureau, and the relevant personnel information and important documents are managed by a few girls from the archives department. The archives are arranged by year in large cardboard boxes, each box occupying a shelf space.
Wearing gold-rimmed glasses, Lu Siyu stood in front of a shelf that was a head taller than him. He politely and politely asked Lao Jia, "Senior, where do I start?"
Lao Jia was terrified by his predecessor's shouting, plus the guilt of Lu Siyu's tantrum in the previous case, he taught him in detail how to read the number on the shelf, and then told him: "You sort out the ones on the right. That shelf."
The archive room was fairly clean, but no matter how clean it was, it couldn't hide the dampness in the air, and it couldn't stop the mice and insects that came running with the scent of paper.
In those files, the older they are, the more severely damaged they are.
Lu Siyu removed a box and began to open the files inside. This step is mainly to compare these files to see if there are any missing or missing, and after preliminary sorting, put them into the files for Zhu Xiao. Due to the long years, many files have been turned over, and the various recorded materials are scattered, and they have to be reassembled.
Human beings are cannibalistic animals. These boxes contain the most sinful and darkest past in this city. There may be some things that the city has forgotten, and those who have experienced it have also forgotten, but these archives are still remembered for them. on.
Lu Siyu asked Lao Jia, "Senior, are these cases unsolved?"
"Hey, don't call me senior, just call me Lao Jia like everyone else." Lao Jia felt uncomfortable when he heard the word "senior". He walked over to see what Lu Siyu was holding. The box pointed to a red sign on it and said, "Yes, the boxes with this mark are all unsolved cases. In the past few decades, the Nancheng Bureau has not solved cases, except for 519, which has established a special team, it should all be here. ."
Lu Siyu's eyes moved, looking at the box in his hand, then at the box on the shelf, and counted, there were seven in total.
Lao Jia scratched the back of his head: "Our country's principle says that murders must be solved, but it's just a principle. Many cases have become unsolved due to various reasons, especially in the past, the technology of criminal investigation was not developed, and even DNA could not be extracted. , I left these cases, every time during the Chinese New Year, or when experts come down, some cases will be taken out for drying and discussion, and if there are no clues, they will be put back."
Lu Siyu snorted, picked up a book and opened it. It was still recorded with a pen. The handwriting was a bit scribbled, but it was generally seen that it was a vicious murder case.
Lao Jia leaned over and said, "I remember, in the unsolved case, there was an axe man who cut down children. By the way, there is also the Dongqiao corpse dismemberment case. When I worked for five years, the whole person was killed. It was divided into several pieces and fused into the cement that cast the East Bridge. Alas, there is the most famous one with a large number of deaths, the case of the Wushan Nursing Home, the demon doctor Xia Weiwei, which has yet to be caught."
Lao Jia talked about the case. These creepy things are not stories, but what really happened in this city. He seemed to want to prove that Lu Siyu's "senior" call was not for nothing, and casually told him about those unsolved cases.
Some of the murderers in these cases may have disguised themselves in the crowd and stopped killing people, some may have emigrated, some may have been arrested for other crimes, and some may have simply died. There will be no results.
Lu Siyu has a delicate mind and a natural sensitivity to copywriting. He listened to Lao Jia's story much faster than him. Two boxes were quickly sorted.
When he stood up and was about to continue, Song Wen suddenly opened the door and walked in.
"Lu Siyu, you go out with me." Song Wen explained again after finishing speaking, "It's a business trip, go to Luning's side, with the forensic doctor. There was a case in the village over there, and I applied for assistance from the Municipal Bureau. ."
There are seven counties under Nancheng, and there are villages below the counties. Generally, there are relatively few cases in the county, and occasionally serious cases occur. The province will also have experts and forensics teamed up to assist in the investigation.
Lu Ning's case was discovered this morning. Several police officers over there arrived at the scene around 9 o'clock. They felt that the matter was of great importance, and hurriedly called them.
After Song Wen finished speaking, he looked at the stack of neatly coded documents beside Lu Siyu, and flipped through them. The various documents he recorded were neat and tidy, and he couldn't help but praise him: "Well, you did a good job. Your speed is quite fast. These documents are enough for Zhu Xiao to scan for a long time."
Lao Jia answered, "Let's go, Xiao Lu, I can do it alone."
Lu Siyu hummed: Then he put things out and followed Song Wen. Song Wen looked at him and smiled: "It's very harmonious. I'm also worried that the two of you will fight together."
Lu Siyu didn't speak, and glanced sideways at Song Wen.
The two walked into the corridor, and Song Wen asked casually, "What were you talking about just now? Did I interrupt you when I came in?"
"It's nothing, it's all cases in the past, and we chatted a few words when I saw it."
Song Wen looked at him: "What case do you want to hear, you can ask me. No one in this police station is more familiar than me. We can also discuss those unsolved cases, maybe which one will be solved."
Lu Siyu raised his head, the sun just hit him, and the snow-white skin reflected light. He pushed down his glasses, and a ray of sunlight shone on his glasses, bringing out a streamer: "Wait next time. Let's discuss when we have time, what's going on with Lu Ning's case now?"
Standing opposite him, Song Wen only felt that Lu Siyu's whole person was like coming out of a painting. From the bridge of the nose to the jaw, every curve was smooth and smooth. The specific situation is not clear." The call was made directly to Bureau Gu, and Song Wen knew the general situation, but just the word "destruction" was enough to know the seriousness and danger of the case.
"Then... how long will it take?" Lu Siyu reached out to turn off the computer.
"At least two days. It depends on the progress of the case. You go quickly, we will drive there, and we will be there before lunch, so it won't delay your meal."
Lu Siyu nodded, silently put the pen and paper recorded in his schoolbag, and took spare clothes from the drawer. In order to prevent sudden business trips, they kept a copy of their regular supplies in the police station.
Song Wendao: "The surrounding counties can't call for assistance a few times in half a year. Who told you to catch up. Generally speaking, there are many cases in the county where there are many passionate murders, and it may not be delayed for a long time."
While speaking, Song Wen and Lu Siyu got into the police car. The two turned around and saw Lin Xiuran sitting in the back seat in a well-fitting suit, with his hands in front of him and Erlang's legs crossed, looking like a business elite going to the airport, not like a businessman. A forensic doctor going to the crime scene.
"Lao Lin, are you going out in person this time? I thought it was Dragon Boat Festival or Xiao Zhang." Song Wen started the car.
"There are three victims this time." Lin Xiuran said, "Even with the help of the forensic doctor from Lu Ning, it would take several hours. Their hands are too raw and not suitable."
Song Wen: "Alas, three corpses at once, your work is much harder than ours."
Lin Xiuran said indifferently: "Just like you have endless cases, these corpses are already a part of my life, just like eating and sleeping." The salary of the forensic doctor is not high, and it is extremely hard, even more difficult than the criminal police. But it is an indispensable occupation in the whole society.
The car drove all the way forward, the scenery changed, the window on Lu Siyu's side opened a crack, and the wind blowing in his hair blew his hair, he quietly listened to the two people talking, without interrupting.
"By the way, did the second team's case come to a conclusion a few days ago?" Song Wen asked again. After the last case was over, Lin Wanwan just happened to see Lin Xiuran returning from the funeral home, so he asked casually.
Lin Xiuran knew that the second team leader Tian Ming had always regarded Song Wen as an imaginary enemy, and Song Wen also paid more attention to the second team, so he gave him a brief introduction: "It took a while, and the suspect has not yet been identified. The female corpse is located in the wasteland behind the Lotus Hall. The corpse is a bit strange, the victim's face is covered with a silk scarf, the neck of the corpse is obviously strangled, and the throat is fractured. The cause of death was strangulation, and the murder weapon was silk stockings. Shen Sheng said these things, and the answers were coherent, like a lot of things.
After listening to the description, Lu Siyu put his finger on his lips and bit twice. When he was thinking and focused, his eyebrows were slightly furrowed. At this moment, his long eyelashes trembled slightly, and he looked back at Lin Xiuran.
"It took half a day to determine the identity of the deceased. It was a saleswoman named Li Ling." Having said that, Lin Xiuran paused, "The woman is thirty-eight years old this year and lives in Qiaofang Street. The time of death was after eleven o'clock in the evening. The second team restored her itinerary and deduced that she was killed on the way home. The final surveillance found that Li Ling got off a bus and disappeared. There are no witnesses and no clues. This case is very difficult."
After talking about the case, the car became quiet for a while. Song Wen drove the police car off a section of the expressway and turned onto the national highway. The further the car drove towards the county seat, the worse the road conditions became.
Luning County is a small county town, not too far from Nancheng. The place they want to go is at the junction of the county town and the village next door. There are telephone poles on the roadside with black lines, and there are two-story buildings along the road. , There are tiles on the outside of the building, and the distance between the buildings is quite far, which looks like the urban-rural junction in the past.
Lin Xiuran had been here before and told them about the situation on Lu Ning's side.
Going further, the car passed an archway and entered the mountain. After walking for a few kilometers on the winding mountain road, Song Wen turned to a mountain pass, saw two police cars parked in front of him, and braked the driveway: "Here we are, the positioning is here."
Although this matter belongs to the police station of Luning County, in fact, this is already a township below. This area has mountains and water. It is a relatively independent small village called Yetou Township. Because it is next to the county seat and not far from Nancheng, many farmers make a living by growing tea. There are many tea gardens on the top of the mountain. If you go deeper, there are all kinds of mountain goods in the mountains, so this place is still rich, not a remote rural area.
It was eleven o'clock in the morning, Lu Siyu packed his bag, and Lin Xiuran went to the trunk to get his forensic investigation box. It just rained last night in the mountains, and it was very cool. He stepped on the ground, and his feet were a little muddy. There are trees everywhere, it is a natural oxygen bar, and various bird calls can be heard in the forest.
The family where the murder occurred was at the head of this place, sitting west to east, with a single door and a single courtyard, and several dozen meters away from other houses. Lu Siyu looked up and saw that it was a rare sunny day today. The sun shone lightly on him and narrowed his eyes. There was a road in front of this place and a few mountains behind it. The nearest mountain is not too high, it is a small hill about 100 meters, and the top of the mountain is level.
Looking at it this way, the building is somewhat imposing, with a two-meter-high fence surrounding the small courtyard, and a nearly three-meter-wide double iron gate at the entrance, which is now hidden.
At this moment, an old policeman came out of the door, and when he saw Lin Xiuran, he ran straight over as if he had seen a savior: "Oh, Lao Lin, you are finally here!"
There was a carrion case on Lu Ning's side three years ago. When the victim's body was found, it was basically decomposed, and the cause of death could not be determined. At that time, the city bureau sent Lin Xiuran over, and the case was settled in two days. Lu Ning's side The criminal policeman who cooperated with him was this one. At that time, the eldest brother threw himself to Lin Xiuran and dragged him to drink. Meet here again.
Lin Xiuran introduced them: "This is Captain Zhang Dahai Zhang from the Luning Police Station. He is from this mosquito head village. So he is in charge of the security here."
Song Wen introduced himself: "My name is Song Wen, the captain of the first team of the Nancheng Bureau Criminal Police Team." Then he pointed to Lu Siyu and said, "This is my partner Lu Siyu."
Lu Siyu took out the record book and greeted obediently, "Hello, Officer Zhang."
That Zhang Dahai was a little familiar, so he brought them a tall hat first: "Alas, my right eyelid kept twitching last night, and I thought something was wrong. I answered the police call this morning and brought people to take a look. I panicked, but fortunately, Bureau Gu has sent people, all three of them are elites of the Municipal Bureau, and with you here, I have a bottom line in my heart."
Song Wen calmly kicked the ball back: "We're not familiar with this place. I heard that the case is serious this time, and Bureau Gu asked the three of us to come and help. If the culprit is caught, your cooperation will be indispensable." The implication is that We're just here to help, don't count on the three of us.
"Yes, yes, what Team Song said is right, don't look outside, the few people in our police station are at random." After Zhang Dahai finished speaking, he pointed to the inside: "Then now... let's go take a look first?"
Lin Xiuran put on his gloves and asked, "I heard that three people died this time? It's a case of extermination, what's the situation?"
Zhang Dahai rubbed his hands and led them to the door: "Oh, this case is strange, this family was electrocuted."
"Electric death?" Lin Xiuran's footsteps paused, "You confirm that it was murder, isn't it an electric leakage accident or something?"
These self-built houses are often not so standardized in electricity distribution, which has hidden safety hazards. Electric shock accidents occur frequently in summer. The main reason is that people wear less clothes during this time, and the danger of electric shock is greater. Moreover, during this time, there are frequent thunderstorms, the ground is wet, and the insulation resistance of electrical equipment is reduced. .
"Sure." Zhang Dahai said and pointed to a place beside the door of the room.
Song Wen looked intently, if Zhang Dahai hadn't pointed it to him, he would have hardly noticed that it was a pulled wire, tied to the top of the iron gate at this time.
Naturally, this thing cannot appear here for no reason, it must have been deliberately pulled over.
"We have already cut off the electricity. We didn't dare to take down the wires for fear of damaging the scene." Zhang Dahai said and opened the door, "Don't worry, the scene is well protected by us."
In the small courtyard of this farm house, the rainwater accumulated in the rain last night has not evaporated. There are three corpses lying on the ground in the courtyard, and the door in front of them slowly opens, as if a door to hell has been opened...