Chasing the Mist

"Zheng Yi!" Gu Xun roared with a hoarse voice, echoing in the valley, the lingering sound persisted, and gunshots rang out by the lake.

"Don't!" The moment Gu Xun touched Zheng Yi, he fell down and fell into the lake. There were layers of waves on the lake, and the lake gradually drowned Zheng Yi's bright smile.

The sound of the siren became harsher, and the red and blue police lights flashed brightly, rushing into this green world, and the birds on the treetops scattered away.

The police car stopped behind Gu Xun, the door opened, and all the criminal police rushed over, "Boss, where are you?"

Gu Xun pointed to the lake, and suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of exhaustion, swallowing his body bit by bit. He got in the car, leaned back on the seat, and closed his eyes.

Zheng Yi's death was explained to the victim's family, and the case was closed, but Gu Xun's heart became an unsolved case. According to the clues, the process of committing the crime could be deduced, but the real motive for committing the crime could not be deduced.

Zheng Yi killed Wu Shanshan, Li Meng, and Xin Chang just to find a chance to kill Gu Xun?

The two have no intersection, why do you want his life?

Instigated by whom?

Is there a person behind Zheng Yi, or a group of people?Did they do this just to pursue their lives, or did they have other motives?

Zheng Yi is dead, is there anyone else?

This time the team has suffered heavy casualties, what about next time?

With Zheng Yi's death, all the questions became unsolved mysteries, drawn into Gu Xun's heart, unable to solve, and the case could not be closed with him.

The phone vibrated, Gu Xun opened his eyes, and looked down to see that it was a text message.

Lin Yiran: [How is it?Did you catch Zheng Yi? 】

Gu Xun pressed the black screen, didn't answer, continued to close his eyes, after a while, unlocked and replied: 【Zheng Yi is dead. 】

This time Lin Yiran didn't reply again.

Gu Xun lit up a cigarette, smoked one in the car, and started the car only to remember that the tire was blown by Zheng Yi. He slapped the steering wheel heavily, kicked the door and got out, randomly selected a car from the police car line, and drove away , drove all the way to No. 37 Yang Road, and found the Sunshine Supermarket that helped to collect the courier.

"Hi, I'm here to pick up a courier from Zheng Yi."

The proprietress put down the melon seeds, turned her eyes from the Gongdouju on the computer screen to Gu Xun, and asked warily, "He didn't tell me to ask someone to pick it up, who are you? Call him and tell me in person. "

"He's going to the south temporarily for business, and he's on a plane right now, and his phone is turned off." Gu Xun made up an impromptu excuse.

The proprietress was very vigilant and refused to believe it easily, so she asked again: "Can you tell me his mobile phone number?"

Gu Xun really didn't know the phone number, so he turned around and went out to call his colleagues in the team.

The proprietress snorted and shouted at him: "You can't tell me the phone number, so why pretend to be an acquaintance? If you cheat on the courier again, I'll call the police and arrest you."

Gu Xun paused, hung up the phone that was not connected, walked back, put his hands in his pockets, and stood in front of the cashier without saying a word, looking at the proprietress coldly.

"You... what are you going to do? I have surveillance in my room." The proprietress lost her arrogance just now.

Gu Xun took out his ID and put it on the cashier, "Zheng Yi can't call you in person right now."

The proprietress picked up the ID and looked at it, her face paled in panic, and she said with an embarrassed smile: "Comrade police, you should have said it earlier." She dug out the box with justice's signature on it, handed it to Gu Xun, and asked tentatively, "Did Zheng Yi go in?"

Gu Xun left in no hurry, bought a pack of cigarettes, sat down and chatted with the proprietress, "Zheng Yi lives near here?"

The proprietress took out a bottle of old-fashioned iced soda, opened the lid, and put it in front of Gu Xun, "I live in the apartment above us. He went to work in other places a while ago, and he just came back recently."

"He lives by himself?"

"It should be. I haven't seen him bring anyone back."

"Where's your girlfriend?"

The proprietress smiled: "Not really. Every time I ask him why he doesn't want to find a partner, he always says that he is too poor and no one will follow him."

"How long has he lived here?"

"For six or seven years, I remember that when he first came here, he was skinny and scary like a skeleton. He also broke two toes, which were covered with blood. I almost fainted. At that time, someone chased him, and the child knelt In front of me, begging me to help him, I looked really pitiful, hid him in the cabinet of my house, and waited for those people to go far away, and then let him out in the middle of the night."

"Who is that, did he say anything?"

The proprietress scratched her head and thought for a moment, "It's like a trafficker. I don't know. He said that those people wanted to beat him up and throw him on the street to beg for money. He resisted. Those people chopped him up to make him obedient His toes, what a bunch of animals."

"Later, those people didn't come to him again?"

"I'm soft-hearted. Seeing how pitiful that child was, I helped him rent an apartment upstairs. When he recovered from his injuries, he found a job for him in a nearby restaurant. Those people came several times, but they couldn't find anyone. It didn't come again after that."

"Thank you." Gu Xun got up to leave, but the proprietress held him back, "Comrade policeman, what happened to Zheng Yi?"

Gu Xun smiled, "I made a little mistake, go in and educate me for a few days, don't worry."

The proprietress believed it was true, and the eyebrows gradually relaxed, "Go slowly."

Gu Xun took the courier and waved goodbye.

After exiting the Sunshine Supermarket, turn left, and you will see a warm apartment. It is a self-built apartment in Dongdong Village. The layout inside is similar to a student dormitory. The landlord takes him to the end of the corridor on the third floor, opens the door of room 308, and puts There are a few bags of garbage, and the words of Hongxin Dumpling Restaurant are printed on the garbage bags.

Pushing the door open, the room was less than thirty square meters, with a bed, a wardrobe, and a desktop computer on the bedside computer desk.

When Gu Xun turned on the computer, there was no power-on password, and there were less than ten application icons on the desktop. In the browser history, there was a large amount of data about Jack the Ripper and unsolved unsolved cases in various countries around the world, various post bar URLs in the browser favorites, and viewing records of video software. , all suspense films.

In terms of web browsing and video playback time, Zheng Yi is an out-and-out homeboy. In his spare time, he spends almost all his free time at home watching movies online and eating takeaway.

Leaving the computer desk, Gu Xun found a rusty iron box from under his pillow, opened the lid, and found a small yellowed photo.

In the photo, a young and beautiful woman is holding a chubby baby in her arms, smiling like a flower. Behind the photo, there is a crooked writing: Mom.

Close the lid, put the iron box in Gu Xun's pocket, and drive to Liu Yifeng's house. The person who came out to open the door was Liu's mother.

Liu Yifeng was lying on the sofa, stretched out, sleeping soundly. The coffee table was filled with beer bottles, and there was a plate of peanuts in the middle. A local opera was playing on the opposite TV, and a man and a woman babbled and sang non-stop.

Gu Xun bent down and pushed him.

"Go away, don't bother me." Liu Yifeng said in a daze, turned over and continued to sleep.

The courier box was not big, so Gu Xun looked down at the waybill information. The place of delivery was Shanghai, and the consignor was the flagship store of medical equipment tomorrow. He probably guessed what was inside, picked up the fruit knife on the coffee table, and cut open the courier box. person hearing aid.

After flipping through the manual, he took the hearing aid to Mother Liu's room, helped her put it on, and asked in a normal volume, "Can you hear me clearly?"

Mother Liu nodded, with a smile on her face, she stepped forward and grabbed Gu Xun, "Young man, where did you buy it? Thank you."

"I didn't buy it."

"Then who is it?" Mother Liu stared at Gu Xun suspiciously.

Gu Xun smiled and said, "A kind person, you don't know him, so accept him."

Mother Liu said excitedly, "Thank him for me."

Leaving Liu Yifeng's house, Gu Xun felt heavy in his heart, as if blocked by something, the wall between good and evil became more and more blurred.

After finishing the work at hand, Gu Xun returned to the hospital.

Lin Yiran woke up from sleep and heard the sound, "Brother, why did Zheng Yi die?"

Gu Xun sat down, peeled an apple, and told what happened that day.

Lin Yiran sighed softly after hearing this, "Today's latest statistics show that 15 people were killed and 20 people were disabled in the explosion. Wu Shanshan and others died three times and were injured two times. In our team, one person died and three people were injured. A total of 44 people have been implicated in this case so far. From the perspective of economic strength and social relations, he is unable to buy guns|explosives|explosives, and with that little income, he can’t even rent the house opposite Li Meng’s house, and there are people behind him to support him.”

Gu Xun nodded, "But Zheng Yi's death has completely cut off all clues."

"Zheng Yi has no household registration and is not good at communicating with people. How did they find him? Why is Zheng Yi willing to work hard?"

Meng Jia entered the door carrying a kettle, and interjected, "For money?"

Lin Yiran gnawed on an apple and shook his head, "Zheng Yi is alone, who do you want to leave the money to? Could it be donated to a charity organization?"

"Besides money, I really can't think of a reason to sell my life." Meng Jia put down the kettle, poured a cup of hot water and let it cool down, "Will it be controlled by a cult organization?"

"Cult|cult|organized killings usually have certain worship rituals. Zheng Yi's method of cutting open his chest and leaving his words clearly provokes the police." Lin Yiran turned to look at Gu Xun, "Brother, have you participated in anti-crime or anti-drug work?"

Gu Xun participated in an anti-crime operation in his early years, but at that time he was young, he was just a child running errands, and he had never even met the core figures of the gangsters, so it was not worthy of the other party's return for revenge, so he replied decisively: "No."

Meng Jia: "Boss, I have a question. On the night Wu Shanshan was killed, no car marks were found near Baishi Mountain. How did Zheng Yi go to Baishi Mountain that night? How did he leave?"

Gu Xun pondered for a moment, "Because of the barren and remote environment of Baishi Mountain, we focused all our attention on Yuan He and the other five people, ignoring one point - the murderer went earlier than Wu Shanshan and the others, and then lurked in Baishi Village Wait around for dark."

Meng Jia was enlightened, "Oh, I see. Zheng Yi learned that Li Meng and his wife were going to explore Baishi Mountain on April 4th through monitoring Li Meng and his wife. Taking advantage of Li Meng's house being empty, he sneaked into the house to prescribe food and drive them away. Before, I went to Baishi Mountain to hide, and committed murder that night...but we didn't send anyone else's footprints."

Lin Yiran took a sip of cool warm water, "No other footprints were found in the room at the scene of the crime, but outside the courtyard, there were many people who came to explore, and the footprints were messy. We didn't check, and there was no way to check them one by one."

"He must have thought of this before committing the crime." Meng Jia sighed, "It's not good for Li Meng and the others to go to play, but they chose a barren mountain like Baishi Mountain."

"If you choose other places, you can't escape this disaster." Gu Xun and Lin Yiran said in unison.

Meng Jia looked left and right, "You two have a good understanding...the misunderstanding has been resolved?"

Thinking about the reason why Lin Yiran had quarreled with him before, Gu Xun felt dizzy, got up and went to the smoking place in the corridor to smoke.

Seeing the boss go out, Meng Jia became interested, and turned to Lin Yiran with a gossip face, "Is the boss your cousin?"

"If you have no relatives, let me get used to it."

"Have you misunderstood before?"

Lin Yiran smiled but did not answer.

It's not easy for Meng Jia to ask in-depth questions about the privacy of the two people, and the conversation turned back to the case, "Why do you say that other places can't escape this disaster?"

"The owner of 2102 said that her parents used to live in the apartment, and Zheng Yi took the initiative to ask her to rent the apartment, pay double the rent, and clear it all at once. This shows that his approach to Li Meng was deliberate for a long time, and he did not act impulsively."

"Zheng Yi moved to 9 in September last year. Until April this year, there were many opportunities to commit crimes. Why didn't he act? Could it be that he enjoys monitoring the lives of Li Meng and Xin Chang?"

"He's waiting for his chance."

Meng Jia opened her mouth, "Li Meng is just an entry point. The actual target is Li Meng, Wu Shanshan, and Zheng Yuan. Through them, Gao Meiyue's matter surfaced. After we know it, we must follow this clue to investigate further. This turned the police's attention to Gao Xilin and bought him more time to commit crimes, so he knew about Gao Meiyue a long time ago."

Lin Yiran put back the water glass, thought for a few seconds, and before he could speak, Meng Jia said, "The night Feng Meng's ice sculpture appeared in the Baicheng Playground, "Rotary Wood" suddenly sounded and led us to the studio. Zhang Yanchen took this opportunity to slip Let’s go, Zheng Yi was a staff member in charge of the studio at the time, and he resigned not long after that. Is this a coincidence? At that time, our police force was very sufficient, and the playground was surrounded inside and outside. In that situation, if you want to escape, you need He is very familiar with the environment, even if Zhang Yanchen stepped on the spot in advance, it is impossible to understand so thoroughly, and Wu Shanshan is Zhang Yanchen's girlfriend, could they be accomplices?"

During the ice sculpture case in winter, Lin Yiran thought about the possibility of Zhang Yanchen having an accomplice, but his and Zheng Yi's life circles did not overlap, the police did not have definite evidence to link the two together, and Zhang Yanchen's dismissive attitude towards people at the bottom of society would not be easy. To make friends with Zheng Yi, it is a bit far-fetched to say that they are accomplices.

"Zhang Yanchen once answered a phone call in the car, and later found out my identity. I don't know if this happened when the boss and the others arrested Zheng Yi?"

"Yes, Zheng Yi originally wanted to go to Miao Mi's house. Halfway through the walk, he listened to a WeChat message, and he ran back. He was picked up by a black Nissan. The car was found in the mountains, the license plate, and the traces inside the car were cleaned. It's clean." Gu Xun said as he entered the door.

Meng Jia: "Same as Zhang Yanchen's BMW X7?"

Gu Xun nodded.

"It's all too coincidental, boss, is Zheng Yi's cell phone with you?"

Gu Xun: "After the body was salvaged, he had nothing on his body except his clothes. It seemed that he was taken away in the car, and today I sent someone to find the enthusiastic aunt who introduced Gao Xilin's girlfriend. The aunt did not know the girl Xilin was dating. Someone gave her 2000 yuan to introduce the girl to Gao Xilin. According to her description of the person's appearance, she was Zheng Yi. This shows that Gao Xilin was used as a flag. premeditated."

Meng Jia was slightly surprised, "Zheng Yi is so scary."

Lin Yiran: "With Zheng Yi's personality, it's impossible to plan such a meticulous plan. It's the people behind him."

"Who is behind it? Why did you do this?" Meng Jia complained dissatisfied.

Lin Yiran glanced at Gu Xun.

Gu Xun didn't meet his gaze, turned his head to look out of the window, Zheng Yi's words "Your people."

Who will my people be?

The author has something to say: Some friends commented that Gu Xun’s ex-girlfriend (Wu Shanshan) was the murderer, and Zheng Yi was the murderer. The process of committing the crime will be written in this chapter, and the motive for committing the crime will not be explained for the time being, leaving a suspenseful conclusion. announced.

This case is here for the time being, and the next volume will start tomorrow. I am bald thinking about the new case. Fortunately, my hair is thick...