The red-eye flight is the most annoying. The time is already late, and it is often delayed.
Xiao Yuan came back from the capital more than two hours late, and it was already 4 am when he arrived.
Although the spring in Dongye City is in full bloom these days, it is still cold in the middle of the night. Mingshu wrapped his coat in the car and slept for a while, but he couldn't sleep soundly. He was half asleep and thinking about the case. He woke up several times in the middle. Looking at the time, it was not yet the time when Xiao Yuan landed.
After that, I really didn't feel sleepy anymore, so Ming Shu simply locked the car and walked to the platform outside the terminal.
3.30am is probably the quietest time in the city, but the lights around the airport are still bright and people are rushing. Mingshu put his hands in the pockets of his coat, squinting at the people in the lights, perhaps because he was more emotional at night, and he was quite emotional.
It is not only the devil who haunts the night, but also countless ordinary people.
Maybe no one wants to run around outside in the cold spring night, but there are always so many involuntarily, some are forced by life, some are due to responsibility.
It's not easy to live a peaceful life. You don't even know whether the person who passed by you just now is the same person as you, or a demon in human skin.
In their eyes, you may be just a trivial bug. They laugh at your struggles, treat you as a toy for fun, and feed them all your pain.
It is the duty of the police to protect these ordinary people.
Even the police are just ordinary people.
Mingshu exhaled a piece of white air, glanced at the time again, and walked towards the country.
Xiao Yu'an's flight finally arrived, and there were very few people picking up the plane at the baggage unloading port, and only five people including Ming Shu.
Mingshu leaned over to look up the escalator, but he wasn't in a hurry. He couldn't even see emotions on his face, as if he was just picking up a colleague with a general relationship.
But when Xiao Yuan's figure appeared on the top of the escalator, the light in Mingshu's eyes suddenly brightened, the corners of his lips rose, and he couldn't hold back the slightest bit of nostalgia.
Xiao Yuan also saw him, raised his right hand, changed from the right to the left of the escalator, and walked down quickly.
The luggage was checked in, and Xiao Yuan only had a carry-on bag in his hand. Mingshu greeted him, Xiao Yuan put one arm around his waist and kissed his lips.
The unloading hall was too empty, with only the footsteps of sporadic passengers and the bang bang of luggage falling into the conveyor belt.
The kiss was cold and somewhat tired and tender, Xiao Yuan's hand went up Mingshu's back, and finally clasped the back of his neck. The kiss was over, but the two did not separate immediately.
Xiao Yuan put his forehead on Mingshu's forehead, and the tip of his nose touched.
Mingshu had been blowing the wind outside for a long time, and his forehead and nose were cold, and his breath was also filled with a wisp of cold air.
Xiao Yu'an just got off the plane, breathing warm.
The breaths of the two were intertwined, and Mingshu suddenly felt a long-awaited relaxation, his waist loosened, and he softened into Xiao Yuan's arms.
Xiao Yuan immediately hugged the person and coaxed warmly, "It's hard work, Team Ming."
Mingshu smiled and pecked Xiao Yu'an's lips, "Take the luggage."
A black box was thrown out, and Mingshu bent over to move it down, "It's so heavy, it's all about missing me?"
Xiao Yuan rubbed his head, holding his hand and walking towards the exit.
It was still early before dawn, but there were significantly more people entering and leaving the airport than at 3 o'clock.
Mingshu put the luggage in the trunk, "Brother, shall we go back immediately, or do we have something to eat and then go back?"
"What about you?" Xiao Yuan opened the door of the co-pilot, "Want to go back to eat or eat out?"
Mingshu thought for a while, "Why don't you eat outside, I haven't eaten the chicken soup in Limin Street for a long time."
Xiao Yu'an pulled on the seat belt, "Listen to you."
Limin Street is just on the way back to the city from the airport. The chicken soup chaoshou shop only opens morning and afternoon markets. It has been in the market for more than ten years.
The first time Mingshu ate it, he only had two taels, but after eating, he always felt that he didn't have enough, and he felt indebted. The second time, he simply asked for five taels. In the end, he couldn't eat any more, and "suddenly" stuffed it into Xiao Yu'an's bowl. several.
Both the boss and the proprietress are hard-working people, and the shop opened at 4 o'clock. Mingshu parked the car on the side of the road and smelled the aroma of chicken soup as soon as he got out of the car.
There were already customers in the store at this time, but not many. The proprietress had a big face and smiled very honestly, "How much do you two eat?"
Mingshu glanced at Xiao Yuan.
Since the lesson that he didn't finish his meal, he left the matter of counting to Xiao Yu'an.
"Two three taels, plus one green cabbage and one pickled cabbage." Xiao Yuan said, "Thank you."
Mingshu was really hungry when he sat down.
He took the high-speed train from Los Angeles back to Dongye City, and the last meal was beef noodles in the canteen of the Los Angeles City Bureau. Although the noodles are full, ten hours have passed since the evening.
The chicken soup was served quickly, and Mingshu reached for the small plate with sauerkraut, but the back of his hand was lightly tapped by the head of the chopsticks.
"Tsk!" Mingshu glared at Xiao Yu'an, "Why?"
"This bowl is yours." Xiao Yuan pushed the bowl with green vegetables in front of him, "Children who don't like green vegetables."
Mingshu coveted sauerkraut, "Leader, have a discussion?"
"No discussion." Xiao Yuan poured the sauerkraut into his bowl.
"I remember you don't like sauerkraut." Mingshu said, "Every time I add sauerkraut, you also say that the sauerkraut ruins the original flavor of the chicken soup."
Xiao Yu'an explained calmly, "Didn't someone throw his unfinished sauerkraut into my bowl? After I tasted it, I fell in love with it, okay?"
Mingshu said, "Then you can't deprive me of the right to eat sauerkraut."
Xiao Yuan laughed, ignored him, and started eating.
Mingshu wasn't really angry either, he buried himself in eating the chopsticks with green vegetables in his bowl.
It didn't take long for Mingshu to be honest. He scooped one up with a spoon and handed it to Xiao Yu'an, "Leader, honor you, you have worked hard on your business trip."
Xiao Yu'an took it with the spoon, Ming Shu was rude, and hurriedly stretched the spoon to Xiao Yu'an's bowl, one spoon not only scooped out a hand, but also a spoonful of sauerkraut.
Xiao Yuan accompanies him to "perform", and after seeing that he has finished eating with satisfaction, he asks, "Is it delicious?"
Mingshu nodded, "The one in the leadership bowl is really fragrant!"
After a breakfast, Ming Shu at least passed Xiao Yu'an's four chasing hands.
"Come back next time!" The proprietress said cheerfully as she cleaned up: "Oh, this is so clean, the soup is finished!"
The sky was bright, and the surrounding bun shops and noodle restaurants opened one after another. The car drove away from the not-so-wide alley and shuttled through the city that was about to wake up completely.
"Some of the people who were treated as bugs died miserably, like Sheng Zhi and Xiang Haoming, and some survived by luck, but they lived no different from the walking dead, just like Hu Ying." Mingshu held the steering wheel, his tone Gradually calmed down and put away the jokes he had said not long ago, "And some people want to take revenge on those who play with 'bugs'. Brother, is that what you mean?"
Xiao Yu'an said: "Yes, Yin Zhen is probably a member of the 'bug', and her death is not an isolated case. Since February last year, a total of two victims with similar family backgrounds as her have died in the country. No, they have one thing in common, the police conducted a thorough investigation of their interpersonal relationships, and all the suspects were eventually proven to have no possibility of committing crimes."
"A person who hides very deeply..." Mingshu said.
"In February last year, in Miancheng, the victim Jiang Xiyang was found dead in a mountain forest on the outskirts of the city, with extensive burns on his body. These burns were all injuries during his lifetime. He was burnt alive, but not to death. Excessive blood loss caused by the incision." Xiao Yuan said: "Jiang Xiyang is the illegitimate son of the owner of Haiying Real Estate, the richest man in the area. He is 33 years old. Although he is an illegitimate son, he has made great achievements in business and naturally has many enemies. There was a car accident against him in Chengcheng. His assistant was killed in the car accident. He was lucky and only suffered minor injuries. Therefore, the investigation direction of the Miancheng police is very clear, to investigate those who have conflicts of interest with Jiang Xiyang. "
The car stopped at the traffic light, the sky was already blue, and the people in the morning shift trotted past the zebra crossing.
Mingshu said, "Like Yin Zhen, the police can't target the suspect?"
Xiao Yuan shook his head, "A month into the investigation, the Miancheng police found a suspect. That person's name was Zhang Junke, an employee of Jiang Xiyang's team. Zhang Junke admitted that he had been humiliated by Jiang Xiyang for a long time at work, and he couldn't get it. To be sure, any problems in the team will eventually be blamed by himself. Under the grievances, he led Jiang Xiyang to the mountains and brutally killed him."
Ming Shu frowned, "Is this case over?"
"It was over at that time." Xiao Yu'an sighed, "But this time, Team Shen and I checked the vicious cases across the country and found that there are many doubts in the details of this case - Zhang Junke has been reprimanded many times by Jiang Xiyang, this is the department As everyone knows, the Miancheng police initially believed that Zhang Junke had a motive, so they investigated him in detail, and his suspicion was cleared. But a month later, he was suddenly called a suspect again, and this time he pleaded guilty ."
Mingshu immediately understood, "Zhang Jun is someone who was 'pushed out'."
Xiao Yu'an said, "Yes. The special operations team re-investigated the case, and Zhang Junke admitted that he received huge sums of money from Haiying Group and took the blame for the real culprit."
Mingshu frowned, "Wait a minute, is Haiying Group making Zhang Junke blame? This..."
"Jiang Xiyang's death caused an uproar in Miancheng at that time, and the entire group was greatly affected. If the murderer cannot be caught, the negative impact will continue." Xiao Yuan said: "Because of the interests, for Haiying Group , this matter must be brought to an end as soon as possible.”
"Even if I can't find the real murderer of my son..." Mingshu shook his head, "Cold-blooded animal."
After a pause, Xiao Yuan said again: "Currently, the case of Jiang Xiyang has been taken over by the special operations team. The other one happened in May last year. The 31-year-old victim, Yue Shuqing, died by the septic tank of the farmhouse in Zhoukou Town, Suicheng City."
Mingshu asked, "What was the cause of death?"
"After autopsy, Yue Shuqing had a lot of feces in his respiratory tract, mouth and lungs." Xiao Yu'an said: "He was drowned alive in the septic tank. Moreover, the murderer had pressed his head into the septic tank many times. When he couldn't bear it, he pulled him up again, gave him a chance to live, and then repeated the process over and over again."
Mingshu got goosebumps, "Too cruel."
Xiao Yu'an said: "This case has not been solved yet. Yue Shuqing's mother is the daughter of the wealthy Xin family, and Yue Shuqing teaches at an art academy and runs a gallery. He is approachable, and his students hardly know the family strength behind him. How powerful."
Mingshu drove for a while, "Yin Zhen, Jiang Xiyang, Yue Shuqing. You and Shen team judged from their commonalities that they used to abuse people as bugs, and were later attacked by 'bugs'?"
Xiao Yu'an said: "This is not a judgment, it is just a conjecture after ruling out other possibilities. It may not be correct."
Mingshu felt that his body was getting warmer, as if something was burning vigorously in his body.
"At the moment, we haven't found any intersection between these three people, and they have very different personalities. Yin Zhen is lively, stylish, innovative, and knows how to catch trends, whether in her own company or in her family's business. Her popularity is good. Jiang Xiyang, as an illegitimate child, grew up in scorn and competition, and has a deep desire for power and money. He is strict with himself, and at the same time, he hopes that his employees will be like him. This is consistent with Lai Xiuliang has similarities." Xiao Yu'an said: "Finally, Yue Shuqing, this person is indifferent to the world, never shows his family background, maintains a good relationship with colleagues and students in the school, and does not get too close. ."
Mingshu concluded: "They are three very different types of people."
Xiao Yuan closed his eyes, leaned back in the chair, and said slowly, "There is no evidence for everything."
There was silence in the car for a moment, and Mingshu suddenly said, "What about Lai Xiuliang? Although Lai Xiuliang is also a rich man, he is far from them. However, the 'interpersonal investigation has no results' has similarities with them."
Xiao Yuan didn't speak, as if he was asleep, but Mingshu knew he didn't.
The car entered the community and stopped silently.
Xiao Yu'an opened his eyes, "Hu Ying said that He Yang first found people at the bottom of the society, and only later found him and Sheng Zhi. The reason is that He Yang felt that the fighting of ordinary people looked enjoyable, but it was not aesthetically pleasing. ."
Mingshu's spirit suddenly became tense, "Bring it into He Yang's mind, his crime is constantly evolving. When ordinary people can't satisfy him, he finds stars, and when stars can't satisfy him..."
"In addition to the situation we imagined, people like He Yang may also look for 'rich people'." Xiao Yu'an said: "Of course, the so-called 'rich' is only relative."
Mingshu said, "Lai Xiuliang is a 'bug' in another sense?"
The sun rises completely below the horizon, but it's hard to see a real sunrise in the city.
In the private manor on the outskirts of Dongye City, He Yang, wearing a bathrobe, walked onto the terrace from the shadow of the room, and watched the sunrise in the forest comfortably.
Compared with the evening glow, the morning glow does not have so many ever-changing colors, but it is unique and fresh.
He Yang stood on the terrace for a long time, until the golden light of the morning glow gradually disappeared, and then he turned around calmly.
Zhou Shan in a neat suit stood quietly behind him.
"How long have you been here?" He Yang asked as he walked to the conservatory not far away.
In the morning, the temperature did not rise, and it was cold to stand for too long.
"It's been a while." Zhou Shan followed behind He Yang.
The well-trained servant quietly put breakfast on the table and left quietly. It seems that in this manor, they are not people, just moving furniture.
He Yang sat on the rattan chair, picked up a spoon, and stirred the softly boiled porridge, "What's the matter?"
"Liang Zhao has been persuaded by me." Zhou Shan said: "Now he is in Yingcheng, waiting for my arrangement. Do you want him to participate in the game now, or wait... "
He Yang raised his hand, "Wait."
Zhou Shan pretended to be listening, "Huh?"
"Liang Zhao..." He Yang narrowed his eyes, "Who is this? It sounds familiar."
Zhou Shan smiled, "You are busy with business, you may not remember. Liang Zhao is the policeman who was pushed out of the city bureau."
"Oh—" He Yang stretched his voice, "He."
"Yes, you asked me to 'get' him a while ago."
"You are always so quick in your work."
Zhou Shan bowed his head respectfully, "But Mr. He, we may still need a policeman."
He Yang was a little absent-minded. After taking a few mouthfuls of porridge, he put the spoon aside, "It seems that you have already helped me find a good candidate."
Zhou Shan said: "Zhou Ping of the Special Police Corps of the Municipal Bureau was once one of the best special police officers in Dongye City. He was seriously injured when he was an undercover agent a few years ago. Although he was rescued, he suffered a mental breakdown and has been staying at the Municipal Bureau. Psychological Research Center. I think this person is the most…”
Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Shan found that He Yang was looking at him with a playful expression.
"Mr. He?"
He Yang said slowly: "Are you looking for candidates for my game, or are you borrowing my hand to avenge yourself?"
Zhou Shan's expression changed.
He Yang sneered, "You are my secretary. If you have any needs, feel free to ask me. Don't make small moves behind my back."
"Mr. He..." Zhou Shan's brows beat, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.
He Yang said, "I know your background very well. Don't forget who gave you your current identity."
Zhou Shan lowered his head and did not dare to make a sound.
After a moment's pause, He Yang said again: "It's not a big deal, so don't be too nervous. Mingshu from the serious crime team is already eyeing me, and Zhou Ping can't move for the time being."
Zhou Shan said softly, "Yes."
"As for Liang Zhao..." He Yang said, "Let's put it aside for the time being."
Zhou Shan frowned, "Do you have any new plans?"
There was a greedy and crazy light in He Yang's eyes, "I found a more interesting game recently."
Luocheng, Huajing Phase II community.
"Ow! Ow!" A big German Shepherd happily ran in the living room, knocked off the pillow on the sofa, bit a toy bone and rushed to the bedroom, wagging his big tail quickly.
Liu Zhiqin was putting things in the suitcase, besides the clothes, there was also his special laptop.
Hua Chong drove the Great German Shepherd away, "It's not that you went out, what are you excited about?"
The Great German Shepherd seemed to understand, and his ears collapsed all of a sudden.
Liu Zhiqin unzipped the box, stood up and hugged Hua Chong and kissed it lightly.
Hua Chong smiled: "'Keyboard Man' is going to go out again. Go to the special action team and perform well."
Liu Zhiqin said: "You also agree with Xiao Bureau's idea, then my task is to find practical evidence for your idea."