unrivaled gymnastics

"Brother, do you think he is bluffing?"

Gu Xuyang asked worriedly while holding a veteran cadre's thermos cup.

The three stood at the other end of the interrogation room, observing the Ace of Hearts across the single glass.The notorious phantom thief grimaced at them.On his side, he could only see a mirror and the reflection in the mirror, but the three of them still had the illusion that the Ace of Hearts had seen through the mirror and through them.

"I don't know." Xiao Xuechen looked gloomy.

"Brother, do you still remember that when senior Zheng Hong was attacked, we asked him to make a portrait of the murderer? At that time you said with certainty that 'he' was dead, so all of us were pretending to be the murderer. No one doubted that he was still alive. But the Ace of Hearts said he had seen him, could it be that he was also a disguiser? Is it the same person who attacked Senior Zheng Hong?"

The more Gu Xuyang spoke, the faster he spoke, and in the end, there was a hint of blame. "Brother, none of us have seen his body, because you said he was dead, we believed he was dead. But now I have to doubt the authenticity of his death. Are you sure he is really dead?"

Xiao Xuechen bit his lower lip and remained silent.

Gu Xiaofei looked at him, then at Gu Xuyang, not knowing which side to help.The "he" they are talking about refers to the junior brother who is undercover in the Lingxu sect.Didn't Xiao Xuechen kill him with his own hands?Can people come back from the dead?

He carefully recalled the conversation between Xiao Xuechen and him at the waterfall in Lingxu Mountain.

"You killed him?!"

"That's right. He missed and missed the point. I slapped him with a backhand. He fell off the platform and died."

A gentleman like Xiao Xuechen would not lie, let alone lie for a Devil Cult spies.Since he said that the junior brother is dead, he must be dead.Then who was the person that Ace of Hearts saw, the person who attacked Senior Zheng Hong?A disguiser?But whose face is not good for Master Yi Rong to choose, but the face of that little junior brother?Besides, although Ace of Hearts' disguise technique is inferior to that of Shi Mantao, he can be regarded as the pinnacle expert in the Jianghu. Will he not be able to see the opponent's disguise?

If it wasn't disguised, then the person who came into contact with the Ace of Hearts would be the junior himself.This contradicts Xiao Xuechen's statement.After all, the dead cannot be resurrected.

"Did you really confirm it at that time?" Gu Xuyang had already quarreled with Xiao Xuechen, but it seemed that he was angry with Xiao Xuechen unilaterally, "You felt his pulse and heartbeat to confirm that he was really dead? Did he There is no possibility of playing dead? His body..."

"Fall into the underground river below." Xiao Xuechen said.

Gu Xuyang was dumbfounded. "That means you haven't confirmed it at all?!" He yelled, "Then why did you swear to tell everyone that he was dead? Can't you honestly say that he's 'missing'? Where did your rigor go, brother? !"

Xiao Xuechen's face was pale, and his lips were tightly pursed, as if holding a knife blade.

Gu Xuyang pulled his hair, paced up and down in the interrogation room, and yelled: "What are you thinking, brother? If you say this lightly, it is a moment of carelessness, and if you say it seriously, it is an obstruction of justice, understand? You asked me how to say hello? You are not such a person? If you said that you were seriously injured and didn’t figure out his life and death, then why did you insist that he was dead? "

"He hit me in the palm," Xiao Xuechen said in a low voice, "I don't think it's possible for him to survive."

Gu Xuyang clutched his chest, looking like he was about to pass out.Gu Xiaofei wanted to help him, but he pushed him away.

"Xiao Fei, go out for a while, I have something to say to my brother alone."

Gu Xiaofei's eyes flicked back and forth between the excited Gu Xuyang and the silent Xiao Xuechen. "I want to stay." He said confidently.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, don't meddle in it. Go out and play with Senior Shi."

"The matter of Xuechen is my business, how can you say that it has nothing to do with me!" Gu Xiaofei clenched his fists, "And don't forget, the Heart Token is still in my hands, no matter if I ask Heart A to explain the location of the stolen goods or what , I have to come forward."

"Hey! Promising! Dare to challenge others?"

"Xuechen told me about him! He was seriously injured at the time, and his mental state was also very bad. You can't blame him for everything!"

Gu Xuyang looked like he wanted to jump up and strangle Gu Xiaofei to death. "Of course I know what's going on with him! As a junior, of course I sympathize with him, but I'm still a policeman! The fact is that the boy's life and death are unknown, but the senior insisted that he was dead! Of course I can say that the senior didn't figure it out because of carelessness, but others What will they say? They will say that the senior brother deliberately shielded that kid! They will say that the senior brother is soft-hearted and still cares about the friendship of the same family, so they leniently let the kid live, and come back to lie and say that he is dead! And it’s fine to lie, but that The kid is still out to make trouble now! Even if you have ten mouths, you can't explain it clearly, okay?"

A hand rested on Gu Xuyang's shoulder. "Enough, it's all my fault, don't yell at Xiao Fei." Xiao Xuechen said, "I was injured at the time, but I wasn't confused. After getting hit like that and falling into the river again, he Impossible to survive."

"Why are you so sure, brother!" Gu Xuyang grabbed his hair frantically, "You said you were injured at the time, how did you know that you could kill him with your palm strength? Take ten thousand steps back, even if you You can hack him to death, but you didn’t see him die with your own eyes, why haven’t you admitted it for so many years!”

"I don't know how to explain it to you." Xiao Xuechen paused, then continued, "Maybe you are right, my heart is softening, and I don't want to confirm his life or death. I have been taking chances for so many years, wishful thinking Think he's dead."

"My God, I'm so mad at you! When senior Zheng Hong was attacked, you still insisted that it wasn't him! We were all investigating in that direction, but because of your words, the direction of the investigation changed completely. It took a long time for nothing! Suing you for wasting police force and obstructing justice is considered light!"

"Then handcuff me."

"You think I dare not?"

Gu Xiaofei blurted out: "Can you stop arguing? It's too late to blame Xuechen now? Isn't the most urgent thing to find that person?"

"You don't need to stand there and talk without back pain!" Gu Xuyang said angrily, "It's easy to say! Find it? How do you find it?"

"Ace of Hearts knows, I can use Hearts..."

"Then what should we do with the stolen goods stolen by the Ace of Hearts? There are so many stolen goods, all of which are national treasures. With Ace of Hearts' temperament, if he doesn't say anything, no one in the world will be able to find the location of the treasure. Originally, this case It’s almost broken, just use the red heart order to force him to confess, but at the critical moment, there are side effects!”

Gu Xiaofei held the red heart token in his pocket, feeling complicated.Ace of Hearts refused to hand over the treasure, so he planned to exchange information from his younger brother.The location of the treasure and the whereabouts of the junior brother, they can only choose one of the two.How could he not understand that the Ace of Hearts deliberately put them in a dilemma?

"I think the whereabouts of that person are more important." He weighed the pros and cons, and said cautiously, "Relics are precious, but they will not disappear out of thin air. We can use other methods to find them in the future, or find them from the Ace of Hearts." Get information from him. But that person is different. As long as he is alive, he may continue to harm people. Once a life is gone, it will never come back.”

"It's not up to you to make the decision." Gu Xuyang said sharply, "I have to report the serious case of human life and let the experts lead the staff." He glared at his brother, "I hope they will not pursue your fault. "

"I really think... no, hope he's dead."

"From now on, you should hope that they will believe your words." Gu Xuyang walked away in a huff, and slammed the door hard.Gu Xiaofei shrank his neck.Knowing Gu Xuyang for so long, this is the first time seeing him get angry with senior brother.This is not a friendly squabble or mutual complaint between seniors.Gu Xuyang was really angry.

Xiao Xuechen pulled a folding chair and sat down, propping his elbows on his thighs, with his head bowed deeply.He rarely showed such a dejected look, at least Gu Xiaofei had never seen it before.

He moved to Xiao Xuechen's side, and gently put his shoulder on his shoulder.Today, he no longer has to worry about keeping a distance from Xiao Xuechen.No matter how close they are, it's a matter of course.

Xiao Xuechen raised his head, but he didn't look directly into Gu Xiaofei's eyes.

"Do you think I'm covering him too?"

"Of course not! I think...you were badly injured and mentally ill, so whatever you did could be forgiven."

"Excusable?" Xiao Xuechen's eyes darkened, "You will forgive me, what about the others? I should have said it when Senior Zheng Hong was attacked, but when Junior Brother Gu questioned me face to face, I insisted that he was already dead. .If at that time I recognize myself..."

"Xuechen!" Gu Xiaofei's shout woke Xiao Xuechen up from his remorse, "Stop blaming yourself! It is impossible to turn back time! Now what we should think about is how to arrest him!"

"Have you made up for it?" Xiao Xuechen smiled wryly, "Someone must give me this chance. Now that things have happened, probably no one still believes me."

Gu Xiaofei took his hand, held it tightly, and pressed it against his chest.

"I believe in you." The young man looked directly at Xiao Xuechen, with infinite brilliance in his firm eyes.

***

Gu Xuyang held a meeting all afternoon, consulted the opinions of colleagues in the serious crime team, and asked the leaders for their opinions. In the end, everyone agreed that human life is the most important thing.Lost cultural relics can be found again, but the remnants of the Demon Cult cannot continue to escape justice.

Finally, Gu Xiaofei returned to the interrogation room where the Ace of Hearts was.He slapped the Heart Token on the table, and the piece of paper made a crisp sound when it touched the metal table.

"Tell us where he is?"

The Ace of Hearts humped back and forth in the chair until he got into a comfortable position.He narrowed his eyes, like a fox that has succeeded in plotting, and grinned: "Are you sure? The Red Heart Order can only order me to do one thing. Tell you this, and I can't tell you anything else. You don't want to Are those babies?"

"Antiques are dead, but people are alive. People are more important."

Heart Ace stretched out her legs comfortably: "Bring me the map."

"...Can electronic ones be used?"

"Whatever, where does all this nonsense come from!"

Gu Xuyang opened the high × map, and carefully placed the phone in front of the Ace of Hearts.Ace of Hearts poked on the map, then zoomed in on an area, pointed to an open space beside an intersection and said, "I followed that kid for a while, and he hid here after the police ransacked his lair. This building."

"Are you sure?" Gu Xuyang looked at the signs on the map and didn't quite believe the confession of Ace of Hearts.

"If you don't believe it, forget it. I should say that I've finished." Ace of Hearts grabbed the Heart Token on the table, and tore it into pieces in the blink of an eye.From now on, nothing in the world can threaten him anymore.

"What is this place?" Gu Xiaofei picked up the phone.

"A high-end villa complex in this city. Although not as rich as Qi Chong's family, the people who live there are either rich or noble. How could that kid hide there? Could it be that the local tyrants have his accomplices?" Gu Xuyang murmured Muttering to himself, "I'll go and find out who the property owner of this villa is."

Gu Xuyang went out and made a few phone calls, and reported the house number of the villa that Ace of Hearts had confessed to.All the police forces and all government departments in Yinghai City are now giving priority to serving this case, so he did not wait long to get the information he needed.

"It's fucking amazing..." Gu Xuyang called his colleague Xiao Zhou and ordered him to lead a team to attack the villa complex.When Xiao Zhou heard the name of the owner of the villa, he was as surprised as Gu Xuyang from ear to ear.

"How could it be him?"

Gu Xiaofei was walking around in a hurry: "Who is it?"

"Do you still remember your opponent in the first round of the preliminaries?" Gu Xuyang said, "Lu Ziyu, a very famous star, seems to have had little trouble recently. The villa is the property under his name."