Fire to the Abyss

It is said that He Xiaonian can be judged, but in fact he has reached the level of being able to understand human speech, and his mind is still muddled. He can respond to a question for 10 minutes, and after 10 minutes, the answer is not right. .Xia Yan spent more than an hour with him, no less than ten times trying to knock his artistic head open with a mallet to see what was inside.

Twelve o'clock in the morning, seven hours remaining.

Xia Yan asked over and over, and He Xiaonian kept throwing a few words upside down——

"Officer, I was with a girl last night, you know. Kidnapping? Puppeteer? Officer, I have tinnitus, and I can't understand what you're talking about."

"The car? The car belongs to a friend of mine. I didn't drive it last night. I lent it to brother Qi. When did you return it? I don't remember. Don't stare at me like that. I really don't remember. You can just ask Qi Brother go..."

"Lady's wallet... Ah, I know this. I picked it up in the car and thought it was left behind by some girl, so I took it back and kept it for her."

"Officer, I'm sleepy, can I ask again tomorrow?"

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Xia Yan felt that his patience in the next life was exhausted, so he called a colleague to take his place, leaned on the corridor and lit a cigarette without discipline.He turned on his phone and checked. There were no unread messages, no missed calls, and Lu Yuan hadn't replied yet.

Xia Yan took a deep breath, scribbled heavily on Lu Yuan's name, and pressed the dial button.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is off, please..."

Xia Yan hung up the phone before the system finished reading, and without warning, he punched the wall hard, startling Zhang Xiaowu who came looking for him.

"Captain Xia, forensic doctor Zhou asked you to go..."

Zhang Xiaowu hadn't finished speaking when he bumped into Team Xia's vandalism scene, the last word he didn't say turned into an exclamation, he looked at the wall, then at Xia Yan's broken knuckles.

Xia Yan replied with an unfriendly expression: "I'll be there right away."

Of course his fist couldn't knock against the wall, Xia Yan's knuckles were torn, blood spots appeared immediately, he moved his fingers indifferently, picked up a cigarette and walked out.

Zhang Xiaowu whispered behind him: "Captain Xia, your hand..." Xia Yan also acted as if he didn't hear him, put the coat in his hand on his shoulder, and disappeared at the end of the corridor in two or three steps.

On the dissecting table, although his body was still incomplete, Ren Qiang was much cleaner.

"The deceased had a total of thirteen sharp wounds with a length of 3-8 centimeters. All of them had life reactions and were stabbed while alive. In addition, there were several scars about one centimeter on the outer side of his right little finger. These scars The scars are wider and shallower than those in other parts," Forensic Doctor Zhou raised Ren Qiang's right hand to show Xia Yan, and then he continued, "The murder weapon is a collapsible dagger that is 8 cm long and 3.5 cm wide. "Speaking, forensic doctor Zhou put the dagger as evidence into Ren Qiang's hand, and squeezed his fingers together.

"It can be seen that the scars on the outside coincide with the width of the cross-section of the dagger. Generally speaking, such scars are caused by the reaction force when the dagger stabs out. Therefore, the deceased held the knife in this posture and stabbed it hard. what."

Forensic doctor Zhou put down Ren Qiang's right hand, turned to the other half, and held up his left arm, which he couldn't bear to look at directly: "The skin and flesh on the outside of the left arm have been cut to nothing, and there are still many tissues left on the inside and back. Looking at his exposed bones, you can still see the gaps left by a few daggers."

Forensic doctor Zhou put his boneless arm in front of Xia Yan, Xia Yan waved his hands again and again: "No, no, I won't look at it, just tell me the result."

"Through the analysis of the opening angle of the gaps on the bones, it can be determined that these scars were all caused by the force applied from the upper right to the lower left of the deceased. In addition, other scars on the deceased also tended to be shallow on the right and deep on the left, indicating that the deceased was injured. The violation came from the right side of the body."

"Based on the condition of the deceased's right hand," Zhou Forensic Doctor paused, and said the second half of the sentence almost at the same time as Xia Yan, "He committed suicide."

"Sure enough, this is the only possibility." Xia Yan walked out of the dissection room and moved his skinned fingers. "I told you before that the deceased may have taken drugs before his death. Did the inspection find anything?"

Forensic Doctor Zhou: "Currently, the blood test did not detect the ingredients of conventional drugs. The deceased had no exposure to conventional drugs. The body...no, the rest of the body has no traces of injection needle holes..."

Xia Yan: "Didn't take drugs? This is all torture, right? If you want to commit suicide to make yourself happy, then it's over. Since you didn't take too much, why did you torture yourself like that?"

Forensic Doctor Zhou frowned: "I'm talking about Captain Xia, can you please listen to the words first, you are more irritable than usual today."

Xia Yan said expressionlessly, "Am I irritable?"

Well, irritable people usually don't realize that they are irritable, just like a drunk who always says he is not drunk, Xia Yan happens to be this type of drunk.

"I mean, no conventional drug ingredients were detected. As you said, the behavior of the deceased was very unusual, as if he had taken drugs. It is unlikely that a person with a normal mind would commit suicide in such a brutal way. Therefore, I An extra sample was taken for additional toxicological testing, and the results are not out yet. Also, I’m talking about no pinholes in the body. Don’t forget there is still a lump of minced meat, and Xiao Liu is pulling it there. Here."

Xia Yan looked through the glass at Xiao Liu on the console, a beautiful woman in her prime, who was concentrating on fighting against a mass of minced meat when all kinds of nighttime activities started in the early morning.

Xia Yan couldn't bear to look away, but Xiao Liu on the console suddenly stood up, and before he could take off his gloves, he waved to Xia Yan with a bloody hand: "Captain Xia, I found pinholes, and they are still very dense. "

Xia Yan came out of the forensic center, and explained the situation to Liang Song as he walked: "Ren Qiang has figured it out here, he committed suicide, and no conventional drugs were detected. In addition, there are dense pinholes in the gouged flesh from his arm. Time is old and new, and it is likely that some kind of poison was injected, leading to mental disorder and suicide."

"Conventional drugs have not been detected. Could it be that they are unknown drugs? This kind of thing can't be easily produced."

"That's right, so I suspect that his death is still related to the puppet master. I can't think of any other criminals who can make this kind of thing. I just interrogated He Xiaonian, and he said that he lent the car to Seventh Brother last night." He picked up the lady's wallet in the car and took it home thinking that some girl had left behind. The kidnapping of Zhong Qing should be done by Ren Qiang alone. Qiang, the time was two days ago, maybe he went to check on the site. Now that Ren Qiang is dead, the clue is broken, what should we do next?"

"I found something here..."

As soon as Liang Song's voice came into his right ear, Zhou Hengyu's voice exploded in his left ear, with the tendency of shattering the eardrum.

"Captain Xia, it's bad, Zero shortened the time, and Xia Lin is gone!"

Liang Song and Xia Yan on the other end of the phone said together: "Huh?"

Zhou Hengyu danced and explained: "Captain Xia, just now Zero sent another message. He said that at one o'clock in the morning, he would subtract five hours from the time. The group of college students located Zero's location. Xia Lin went to the bathroom and disappeared. Might be looking for him."

The veins on Xia Yan's forehead bulged, and he grabbed Zhou Hengyu's collar: "Where is Zero? How long has Xia Lin been out?"

Zhou Hengyu was stunned by Xia Yan's one-second face-changing skill, and his words were broken into several pieces: "In...in the bell tower, did Xia Lin go out? It didn't take long, no...no, in 10 minutes..."

Xia Yan rushed out, and Liang Song on the other end of the phone sensed Xia Yan's intentions from the rustling voice, and shouted sharply: "Xia Yan, calm down! The police in the district who have located Zero are already in the first place." I see, a team of special police is rushing over, and Xia Lin is not a child, she has a certain ability to protect herself, so nothing will happen."

Xia Yan's pace slowed down.

Liang Song continued: "Your task is to find Zhong Qing! Subtract five hours from one o'clock in the morning, and the countdown will be reset to zero at five o'clock in the morning. Now there are only four hours left. Do you want to feel guilty for her forever?"

"Zero was so careful not to expose himself before, but this time he knew that the police in the whole Chengzhou Prefecture were watching him, and so blatantly posted news that might reveal his position. This is obviously a trap to lure Xia Lin past," Xia Yan stopped, lowered his head, and his voice sank, "If anything happens, I'm just such a younger brother, and I will hate myself for the rest of my life..."

Liang Song on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time, and answered with some words: "Now I can only trust Xia Lin..."

Xia Yan turned around and walked in the direction of the detachment, and said in a difficult tone: "...you don't need to say it, I know that I will hate myself for the rest of my life without Zhong Qing, no matter which side is the same As a result, tell me, what have you found, what do I need to do now?"

Liang Song didn't expect Xia Yan to have a tone that was about to cry one second ago, and then automatically adjusted his state the next second. He was stunned for a moment, and then he continued: "I visited several neighbors of He Xiaonian, and each of them Every month, I will receive a batch of wine products, but I asked around. He Xiaonian only smokes and never drinks alcohol. It is said that he is allergic to alcohol. There is no wine bottle at home, only a calendar of the wine company. The person in charge of the sales department got out of the quilt. He checked all the delivery orders, but there was no order information for He Xiaonian. Let us go directly to the warehouse to check. You can take someone to look at it now. The address will be sent to you."

"Okay." Xia Yan hung up the phone and walked quickly to the gate of the detachment. At this moment, two car horns suddenly sounded behind him.

Xia Yan followed the prestige and saw a supercar parked on the side of the road. The driver poked his head out of the car window and called out "Captain Xia" softly.

The days of not seeing each other can be counted on two hands, and there is still the coat he washed for that person in the car, but Xia Yan feels as if he hasn't seen that pretty face for centuries.

Xia Yan walked quickly towards Lu Yuan, walking turned into running.

Xia Yan stopped outside the car door, stared at Lu Yuan with a sullen face, and shouted: "Why didn't you answer the phone?" Then, he grabbed his collar with both hands, leaned down, and pressed it against Lu Yuan's forehead, saying clearly The second half of the sentence with a lowered tone: "Just when I need you..."

The tone of the voice became lower and lower, and the last few words were almost crushed in the soft spring night wind.But such small and gentle words were like sharp knives in the ears of the listener, and they were caught off guard and pierced into his already riddled heart, and his flesh and blood were disintegrated and shattered.

Lu Yuan didn't answer. He stretched out his left hand and gently clasped the back of Xia Yan's head. He tried his best not to let his fingers tremble, and whispered in his ear, "Sorry, I'm late, don't cry."

The trembling of the voice could not be stopped.Fortunately, Xia Yan himself was so upset that he didn't care about his mood.

"Ghosts will cry!" Xia Yan waved his arms away, looked back and forth at this gorgeous supercar, took a few deep breaths, and tried to make his voice sound calm: "It's not too late, Xia Lin is now being killed by Zero. I'm leading to the clock tower, it might be dangerous, I have other tasks and I can't get away now, you can run for me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Yuan had already started the car, and gave him an impeccable smile: "Don't worry, I will definitely bring Xia Lin back to you intact, and bet my life on it."

Xia Yan nodded, Lu Yuan stepped on the gas pedal and walked away, the taillights of the car quickly disappeared around the corner, Xia Yan didn't bother to think about the weight of those words of promise, only felt that the special engine sound of a sports car sounded very reassuring Until the sound of the engine was submerged in the "rustling" sound of the wind blowing leaves, Xia Yan wiped away a tear that overflowed from the corner of his eye without permission, and quickly stepped into the detachment.

As he walked, he wondered why Lu Yuan could always see the soft core hidden in his carefully constructed shell.