Floating shadows

There was a clatter of footsteps.The heels of the leather shoes tapped on the concrete floor, approaching unhurriedly.The rusty iron door made a sharp sound when it opened, and Li Xunran's teeth felt sour from hearing it.

The white banner lamp was turned on suddenly, and the sudden light blinded him for a short time.

The pale light hit Ling Yuan's sharply carved eyebrows.He was sitting opposite Captain Qi, and there was a table between them, and the desk lamp was shining so that his face was bloodless.

The atmosphere was eerily quiet, and a sense of imminent danger pervaded the room. Ling Yuan's eyes were piercing, like a tiger locking on its prey.

Director Li stood outside the one-way glass, watching every move in the room with a headset.

Ling Yuan said coldly: "Now I need to ask you a few questions. You just need to answer yes or no."

Captain Qi was still calm, and forced a smile: "Principal Ling has excellent medical skills, and he looks decent when interrogating people."

"I don't like nonsense." Ling Yuan never moved his eyes away, observing the other person's subtle changes almost obsessively, "The first question. The uremia patient who has been hospitalized in the Endocrinology Department of the Affiliated Hospital for two years and has been dying of dialysis The patient, Ms. Yu Chunhua, is your wife?"

"Yes."

"Excluding the medical insurance, you still need to pay more than 1 yuan a month for the hospital expenses." Ling Yuan's tone was as flat as an affirmative sentence, lightly stating the facts.As the dean, of course he knew the patient who had been in his hospital for two years, and he also knew how much Yu Chunhua spent on medical treatment.

"……Yes."

"Your monthly salary is only six thousand and eight."

"Yes."

"So... where do you get the rest of your vacancies from? Complicity with the drug cartels, I suppose."

"..." There was no answer.

Ling Yuan continued: "It's a pleasure to cooperate with the He Brothers. Before they get caught, you can still wipe yourself clean with a wave of your hand."

"..."

"You didn't expect He Junshan to be able to escape from prison. He threatened you in the ambulance. In order not to reveal the matter, you had to provide him with a lot of convenience. You are the inside ghost in the bureau."

"This is all your imagination!" Captain Qi was sweating a little on his forehead, and he was gnashing his teeth as he spoke, wanting to tear Ling Yuan apart.

"No, I'm not guessing out of thin air." Ling Yuan took out his mobile phone and made a call.

"Hello? Dean Ling, I just came out of the ward." Liu Xiaoling's voice came out of the receiver, and Captain Qi's lips trembled when he heard it.

"How is it?" Ling Yuan asked.

Liu Xiaoling reported: "After Yu Chunhua saw the photo, he said he had met He Junshan. Do you need to play the recording?"

Captain Qi's face turned green.Staring blankly at the phone screen.

Ling Yuan said: "Let go."

The not-so-clear recording played slowly: "Hey—ah, I've seen this person, Boss He... He often came to the hospital to see me a year or two ago, he's very nice... My old Qi seems to be in partnership with him I didn't know much about the business in the hospital, and Lao Qi didn't tell me... It's just that he hasn't been here since last year. I heard from Lao Qi that it was because of business troubles and he went out of town... Okay, thank you .”

The recording stopped abruptly.

Captain Qi's face was ashen.

What kind of business can a criminal police captain have with a drug dealer and murderer?

"What else do you have to say?"

"I... I... really don't want to do it!" His voice was hoarse and unpleasant.

Ling Yuan didn't speak, just stared at him with cold eyes.There was a chill behind Captain Qi's back.

"I didn't work after He Junshan was imprisoned last year...Really! I earned all the money from odd jobs! I also borrowed it from relatives and friends...It was He Junshan who threatened me and forced me to help him!" Qi The captain's psychological defense completely collapsed, and he explained incoherently.

"I can't lose my job...Chunhua's medical expenses are not enough...I feel bad when I help He Junshan! But I can't help it! I..."

Ling Yuan interrupted him: "Where is He Junshan hiding now?"

"In the basement of the residential building at No. 117 Jiefang Road..."

Director Li listened outside, and secretly ordered to go on.

"Did you drive He Junshan back to Tongshi from the southern suburbs?"

"Yes."

"Did you know before he hurt the girl?"

"do not know."

"What about murder and robbery?"

"I know. I tried to stop it but it didn't work! He wouldn't listen to what I said..."

Ling Yuan took a breath, and then asked: "What is he grabbing so much cash for?" That is far more than what is needed for life. If a fugitive just wants to survive, he will not risk committing crimes many times.

"Plastic surgery."

Li Xunran narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyesight gradually recovered, and everything became hazy and clear.The man was standing at the door. He was not tall, with a slim fit, big eyes and double eyelids, and the previously dull eyes were shining with excitement.

Lao Zhao?

He laughed, showing his white teeth, that ferocious expression surprised Li Xunran.

He Junshan.

His appearance changed drastically, beyond recognition.But Li Xunran still recognized him intuitively.When I thought that I had been on business with him for a while, I couldn't help but feel terrified.He hid it well, his presence was so low that it could be ignored, and no one in the bureau realized that he was He Junshan.Except Captain Qi, but he won't say it.

"Officer Li, long time no see." He changed back to his original voice, not as deep as before, and his tone was very relaxed.

Li Xunran laughed: "I just saw it not long ago. It's very well hidden."

"Thank you for the compliment. It's really not easy to catch you. You're either staying in the criminal police team or being inseparable from Dean Ling every day. If I don't, I'm afraid I won't even be able to touch your hair."

"Troubleshooting." Li Xunran's words came from the heart, he never thought that someone would have plastic surgery for him.Although this is not something to be happy about.

Li Xunran's cell phone vibrated suddenly, and people who listened to it felt panicked.After about ten seconds, He Junshan took out his mobile phone from his pocket and pressed the speakerphone.

"Xunran?" His voice sounded calm.

"Hello, Dean Ling." He Junshan said.

Ling Yuan paused, and said, "How is Li Xunran now?"

"Oh, he's fine. I'm right next to him... Do you want to greet your dear?" He Junshan smiled and turned to ask Li Xunran, handing the phone to his lips.

"..." Li Xunran hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should speak out, but he couldn't help shouting in his heart, his blood was almost rushing.He licked his lower lip and said, "Old Ling, I'm fine."

He Junshan hurriedly put the phone back and said, "Originally, I planned to kill him as soon as I got it, but now Officer Li is my only bargaining chip. It's a pity that I can't die so casually."

"What exactly do you want?"

"It's very simple, trade my brother for your lover."

fourteen

Ling Yuan didn't answer immediately, but raised his head and looked at Director Li.The other party nodded.

"But you know, I'm just a non-staff member. Even if I promise you, I can't make it happen. The criminal police team won't let me pick someone up." A direct promise will arouse suspicion.

"Then I can only say goodbye to Officer Li."

Director Li gave him a look, and Ling Yuan said again: "Wait! I'll try. When will we meet?"

"At 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, the bench next to the fountain in Zhongshan Park. You and my brother come together, and I will take you to see Police Officer Li. As long as I find out that there is an ambush, he will be finished."

"……it is good."

As soon as He Junshan hung up the phone, the phone flew out in a parabola, and the screen shattered.The screen saver lit up, it was a group photo of Li Xunran and Ling Yuan, their big smiling faces were covered with cracks.

He Junshan looked at Li Xunran with a bloodthirsty look: "Dean Ling is coming to save you, are you happy?"

Li Xunran didn't answer, just stared fixedly at the ground.

"I'm not happy! I can't kill you to vent my anger, I'm in a panic!" He Junshan grabbed his neck, stroking his porcelain-like skin with his fingers, tightening them suddenly.

Five red marks suddenly appeared on Li Xunran's slender neck, and his face was also flushed from lack of oxygen, but he still didn't speak.

After a few minutes of stalemate, the devilish hand finally let go.Li Xunran panted heavily.

He Junshan rambled a little nervously: "It took me so much effort to catch you and send you back exactly, isn't it a disadvantage?"

He laughed again, and there was a sound like sawing wood in his throat: "We must leave some souvenirs for Officer Li..."

Before he finished speaking, He Junshan turned around and rummaged through the pile of debris beside him.Turning his hands over, he said, "Officer Li, do you still remember what I used to do?"

As soon as Ling Yuan hung up the phone, Director Li gave an order, and the whole team dispatched the police immediately.He Junshan didn't seem to know that Captain Qi had already revealed his hiding place, so he could be caught off guard by attacking at this time.

Ling Yuan got into the police car and touched his lower back.There was a scalpel tied there, and the cold blade gave him a sense of security.

The knight knows the dragon's castle and is determined to fight to the death.

Of course Li Xunran remembered what He Junshan used to do.

Drug trafficking.

He watched helplessly as He Junshan dug out a syringe from the pile of debris, and the translucent liquid dangled in the needle tube.

Under the light of the white flag lamp, the needle tip was shining coldly, and it approached the back of Li Xunran's hand inch by inch.

The iron door of the basement was slammed open with a loud bang.He Junshan's hand trembled, but he didn't go in.He turned around quickly, and the three black guns pointed at him at the door.

A flash of panic flashed across his face, apparently he didn't expect the police to find this place so quickly.But he quickly calmed down again, and said to the door: "If you want to kill Officer Li, just shoot."

The criminal police did not change their movements, and the three guns were still aimed at his head.

He Junshan said again: "I want to see Ling Yuan."

The two policemen turned sideways slightly, and Ling Yuan came out from behind the crowd.He was wearing a neat suit and a neatly tied tie.