i must be in hell

Pushing the door open, fresh air rushed in, and penetrated into the brain from the trachea, which made people sober up a lot.Ning Xiao loosened his collar and exhaled lightly.

Xu Shangyu came out behind him, with a troubled expression on his face, and asked: "Who is the most suspected, can't you just clarify?"

"Who are you asking? Of course..." Ning Xiao was about to answer, but stopped suddenly. He glanced at the monitor hanging at the corner of the corridor. "Was it there before?"

"What?" Xu Shangyu casually looked up. "The monitor is always there."

Because too many accidents happened in the aisle, Ning Xiao didn't even notice the surveillance cameras in the aisle of the guild hall. "There is no monitor in the box, but is there one in the aisle? Is it to protect the privacy of the guests, or something..."

Xu Shangyu listened to his muttering and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ning Xiao shook his head. "Forget it, don't you want to hear me analyze the four of them? Find a quiet place."

Xu Shangyu thought about it. "Okay, you come with me."

A few minutes later, the bar on the first floor of the hall.Xu Shangyu went to turn on the wall lamp, and the light shone faintly on the two of them. No one else came and went, and they looked very clean.

"The employees here are all closed now, and there is no one in the bar, just to give you a suitable environment." Xu Shangyu said, looking sideways at Ning Xiao. "Tell me your opinion."

"Before that." Ning Xiao said, "I need to ask you a question."

"Please say."

"Aside from the fingerprints of these four people on the dagger, are there no other people's fingerprints?"

"Of course there are Yang Yun, Su Li herself, and...you." Xu Shangyu said: "Including you, there are a total of seven people's fingerprints."

"Really?" Ning Xiao fumbled for his chin, seemingly thinking about something.Xu Shangyu felt itchy, and asked, "Do you have any other ideas?"

"There are many ideas, but they are immature and lack a lot of conclusive evidence. Looking at these four people alone, who do you think is the most suspect?"

"to be frank……"

"kindness?"

"I think all four of them are suspects, especially Lian Yi."

Hearing this answer, Ning Xiao burst out laughing. "I thought you believed in Lian Yi the most, after all, you are old acquaintances."

"Yes, I believe in him and understand him, but it is precisely because of this that I doubt him." Xu Shangyu said seriously: "The Lian Yi I know is not the kind of person who discovers a murder and hides it. Whether it is With his father's pressure, or someone else stopping him, even if he couldn't call the police, he would tell me the situation as soon as possible. But this time, Lian Yi didn't do that."

Ning Xiao said: "You really understand him."

"There is only one possible situation." Xu Shangyu said solemnly: "It is that Lian Yi himself is the murderer, and he is unwilling to tell me."

"Do you think he will kill Su Li?" Ning Xiao asked curiously: "From your previous description, you believe in Lian Yi quite a bit. I thought you were the same kind of people." They all have a strong sense of justice and wish they could wear their underwear outside. guy.

Xu Shangyu smiled wryly. "In various ways, he and I are not the same kind of people. However, Ning Xiao, doubting a person has nothing to do with whether he was a good person before, whether he was a policeman or a police student. As long as there is suspicion, anyone may become a murderer."

Ning Xiao looked at him. "including you?"

"Including me." When Xu Shangyu said this, something flashed in his eyes.

This question is off topic if we continue talking about it, and it seems to involve the private part that everyone is unwilling to bring up, Ning Xiao didn't want to get too involved, so he said: "I'm on the contrary, I think Lian Yi happens to be the most unsuspecting person. "

Ning Xiao said: "Whether it's his words or his reaction in the room, what I saw was an excited person. When he saw you, he obviously had emotional ups and downs, but it wasn't guilt or guilt, but expect."

"expect?"

"Yes, I think Lian Yi expects you to solve the case, and his answer has also told us." Ning Xiao said: "He knows who the murderer is, or who he thinks is the murderer."

"You mean Xi Xiang?"

"Didn't you find it strange when you asked who the murderer was at the end?" Ning Xiao didn't answer, but touched the wine glass. "Everyone came up with a different murderer, without repeating it. If they really didn't know who the murderer was, they'd just say they didn't know. But the problem is that everyone answered the question and brought up the question. different candidates."

"Most people chatter unconsciously when they are nervous." Ning Xiao stroked the rim of the cup with his fingers, spinning it round and round. "When you ask who the murderer is, it obviously didn't make them have to choose a candidate. But three of the four people gave the answer, which proves their mood at the time, nervous, eager, and wanted to tell the police what to do. believe."

"So I think all three of them are lying, and the only one who isn't is Xi Xiang."

Xu Shangyu was silent for a long time when he heard it. "What's the reason for lying?"

"What a coincidence, the fingerprints of the four young masters are all on the dagger. Who would casually touch a dagger that might be a murder weapon? So, I think the key to lying lies in the fingerprints. How did the fingerprints get on the dagger? , That's why they lie." Ning Xiao said again: "But judging from the fact that these three people would rather lie than cover up, it's hard to pry their mouths open."

"You don't need to worry about this." Xu Shangyu finally smiled when he heard this. "It's your job to find out the doubts, and it's my job to question the suspect. As long as it's an individual, I will always find a way to make him speak."

"...Extorting a confession by torture?"

Xu Shangyu laughed. "How is that possible? That's a crime."

Ning Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

"Occasionally though, it's okay to take something that 'works'."

"..."

Xu Shangyu smiled at him. "Don't worry, I'm a good law-abiding policeman."

Don't worry at all.It's the law-abiding policeman in front of him who even molested the suspect in order to extract a confession!Ning Xiao wanted to growl in his heart, but he managed to maintain his expression.He found that in front of Xu Shangyu, sometimes he was still a little tender.

"But you said that Xi Xiang didn't lie, so what did you see in him?" Xu Shangyu asked again.

"That's..." Ning Xiao was about to speak when he suddenly heard someone approaching.He shut his mouth abruptly, and looked towards the door together with Xu Shangyu.

Da, da, da, following a burst of powerful footsteps, the person who appeared in front of them was the bartender Ma Ru.

Ma Ru was obviously a little surprised when he saw them.

"I didn't expect that there were still customers in the bar at this time." The big bartender smiled friendly at the two of them. "The officers are discussing the case?"

"Yes." Xu Shangyu said generously: "It is progressing to a critical moment."

"Isn't that interrupted by me?" Ma Ru apologized: "I'd better go out first."

"No, no need, we have occupied your territory." Ning Xiao looked at him. "You are very cold, where did you go?"

"Here, I just went to get some ice for mixing wine." Ma Ru said with a simple smile: "Even if it is closed now, I will come here often to practice, otherwise my memory will be rusty. By the way, since It’s happened, why don’t you taste the wine I made? I’m treating you, and I hope this can comfort the two police officers.”

"No..." Xu Shangyu was about to refuse.

"Thank you, I just want to drink now." Ning Xiao took a step ahead and continued the conversation in front of him. "Excuse me, but I want to drink 96 years of French wine, is that okay?"

"Well, I have to go to the wine cellar."

"It's okay, I'm willing to wait."

Ma Ru got up to say goodbye, and after a while, brought a few bottles of wine from the wine cellar to mix. To Xu Shangyu's surprise, Ning Xiao actually knew a lot about wine, and chatted with Ma Ru about it.Seeing that the two were talking happily, he could only sit aside and stare blankly.

Finally, Ma Ru said that he had to leave first before returning to the two-person world.

After he left, Xu Shangyu half-jokingly said: "It seems that you hit it off with him, Ning Xiao?"

He looked at Ning Xiao, and noticed that he had been looking at the direction where Ma Ru left, with serious eyes, not at all relaxed as he was chatting just now.

"Ning Xiao."

"En?" Ning Xiao didn't turn around until he called out again, but he was still a little dazed.

Xu Shangyu put down the wine glass in his hand.

"Do you doubt Ma Ru?" This reaction, this expression, was exactly the same as before the previous few cases were solved.

However, what he waited for this time was a negative answer.

"Him? No, I don't doubt him, but..."

Halfway through, Ning Xiao swallowed again. He looked up at Xu Shangyu, as if he had made some decision.

"Do you trust me, Xu Shangyu?"

"What?" Xu Shangyu was taken aback, he didn't expect him to ask this question suddenly.

"Do you believe it?"

"What's wrong with you? Did you find something?"

"Just answer, believe it, or don't believe it!"

Seeing that Ning Xiao was so determined, it seemed that he only wanted one answer.Xu Shangyu put aside all the doubts in his heart, looked back at those black eyes, and said two words.

"Believe."

The words were sincere, without the slightest doubt.

Ning Xiao was satisfied, he gently moved close to Xu Shangyu's ear, almost blowing his breath into the other's ear, Xu Shangyu couldn't help avoiding it, but the next second, he heard Ning Xiao say in his ear:

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Xu Shangyu's eyes widened in astonishment.

"That's it." Ning Xiao had already withdrawn his body, got up and left. "Don't forget what I told you, Xu Shangyu."

Officer Xu watched him go away, and after a long while, he smiled and sighed.He touched the ears that had been blown by Ning Xiao's breath, and lowered his voice. "What a wayward guy."

Although complaining, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, obviously duplicity.

However, this good mood did not last long. That night, everyone including Xu Shangyu learned a shocking news.

Ning Xiao is gone.