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Jin Zhou's car repair shop is located in the old neighborhood, not far from the People's Court, about ten minutes' walk away.

Every evening, all kinds of pedestrians pass by in front of the store, including wage earners returning home from get off work, and old men walking their dogs.

Jin Zhou stood by the window of the law firm on the second floor, smoking a cigarette, digesting the anger he received at Yang Shiyu during the day, while looking at the passers-by downstairs, occasionally seeing acquaintances passing by, and he was not in the mood to say hello.

After a while, Sun Yi beside him handed the tablet in front of Jin Zhou, enlarged the picture on it, and asked, "Is it this person?"

Jin Zhou only glanced at it: "Yes."

The photo is a passport photo. The man on it is about 40 years old. He has a common face and looks ordinary.

"Isn't this the truck driver in the news?" Sun Yi switched to the webpage and clicked on the headlines of this morning's news. Perhaps because the directionality was too obvious, he glanced at the content of the news, and then at Jin Zhou, "The one above Judge Jin Wei..."

"It's my dad." After Jin Zhou finished speaking, he simply said it more clearly, "It was my parents who were killed by the truck driver."

Hearing the words, Sun Yi turned his body to the other side, as if he didn't know how to react to the sad news, he held back for a long time before he could say: "Brother Jin, so your father is a judge?"

Jin Zhou gave a vague "hmm".

Among the friends around him, only Liu Yongchang knew about it.At that time, it took Jin Zhou a year or two to complete all the procedures for his parents' funeral, and Liu Yongchang helped him a lot.

"It should be easy to find him, but..." Sun Yi opened the group chat and sent Wang Darong's message, "Since this matter has been reported in the newspaper, I'm afraid he has been invited to drink tea long ago, right?"

"Or heard the wind and slipped away early." Jin Zhou said, "It's more likely to slip away."

Jin Zhou was thoughtful, and many details could not escape his eyes.

For example, yesterday when he asked Ren Wenli whether the police had found Wang Darong, Ren Wenli replied that it was not convenient to disclose.

If they have been found, then Ren Wenli should admit it generously, because Wang Darong is in the hands of the police, and she is not afraid of Jin Zhou's unnecessary actions.

And judging from Jin Zhou's experience in dealing with the police, the police like to reveal positive progress to reassure the family members, so Ren Wenli can tell Jin Zhou, "We have caught Wang Darong, and we will definitely give you an explanation."

But Ren Wenli didn't say anything, it can only be because the current progress is not going well.

In addition, Ren Wenli knew about Jin Zhou's contacts and methods, and she answered "it's not convenient to disclose", probably because she didn't want Jin Zhou to find Wang Darong before they did.

With such a simple answer, Jin Zhou was [-]% sure in his heart, and the police went to Wang Darong's place, probably in vain.

"Then you found him," Sun Yi put away the tablet, looked at Jin Zhou and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Having said that, he hesitated and said, "Brother Jin, don't forget that we are lawyers."

The implication is that if you can reason, don't do anything, let alone send yourself into the trap.

Jin Zhou laughed: "Do you still know that you are a lawyer?"

Xiaopo law firm is not very formal, there are not many permanent employees, and the boss is away all year round.

A few years ago, due to the sluggish business, Sun Yi planned to leave his job, but in the end he took a divorce case. He found the hard evidence that the man cheated and won a lot of rights for the woman. Since then, there have been many clients who caught their husbands cheating Find him, and he is also going farther and farther on the road of "private detective".

"There are many kinds of lawyers." Sun Yidao, "Leave the matter of finding someone to me."

After nightfall, the dryness and heat in late summer eased, and the cool wind blowing on the face brought a little autumn feeling.

Jin Zhou drove to the biggest bar in the city. From the entrance to the innermost VIP box, acquaintances greeted him all the way.

Only Liu Yongchang sat in the box that could accommodate twenty people, and there were many famous wines on the table. Judging by his posture, it seemed that he wanted to get drunk with Jin Zhou.

Jin Zhou knew that Liu Yongchang wanted to accompany him to relieve his emotions, but to be honest, he didn't feel too uncomfortable, after all, the uncomfortable period has long passed.

"Brother Liu." Jin Zhou came to sit down beside Liu Yongchang, and handed him a cigarette.

Liu Yongchang is 39 years old this year, wearing a champagne-colored suit. Although his figure is slightly fatter, he looks quite elegant with a square scarf on his chest and delicate cufflinks on his cuffs.

"Is business going well here recently?" Jin Zhou took out a lighter, lit Liu Yongchang and himself respectively, then exhaled a puff of smoke, and threw the lighter on the coffee table.

"It's okay, as usual." Liu Yongchang handed a glass of wine to Jin Zhou, "How about your car repair shop?"

"No business." Jin Zhou took the wine glass and took a big gulp of the wine. The spicy wine ran down his throat, and he just wanted to moisten his throat.

"I told you a long time ago that if you are asked to drive in a prosperous area, you must listen." Every time he saw Jin Zhou, Liu Yongchang couldn't help saying a few words to him, "How about I find another place for you? "

"No more trouble." Jin Zhou smiled, "It's close to home."

The city changes every year. The central city of that year gradually became depressed, and became an old city with narrow streets and unreasonable planning.

But until now, Jin Zhou still lives in the old house, and most of the items in it have kept the original furnishings.

Liu Yongchang stopped persuading, took a sip of his wine, and changed the subject: "I read the news, can this kind of thing be reported?"

Even before the case was settled, major media rushed to report, and Jin Zhou was also helpless: "Who made the reporter be at the trial site?"

There are very few irrelevant people attending the trial of ordinary cases, but the rape case has a certain degree of social enthusiasm, and many reporters came to the trial that day.

However, the defendant did not report early, and did not report late. He did report during the trial, and the content was heard by many reporters.

It's just that after that, it is almost impossible to find out about the case through media channels.

"What are you going to do next?" Liu Yongchang asked.

"Let's find the driver first." Jin Zhou said, "I haven't figured out the details yet."

The judges of the criminal court were murdered, most of which were related to the cases they were trying.But Jin Zhou didn't understand his father's work content, and Yang Shiyu refused to disclose the case, so he could only cross the river by feeling the stones and taking one step at a time.

"If you need anything, just tell me." Liu Yongchang said, "Where I can help, I will definitely help."

Jin Zhou was not polite to Liu Yongchang, after all, they were not in a false relationship.After the two drank for a while, Jin Zhou's mobile phone suddenly received a message from Sun Yi, which was a string of addresses, and he was still in the city.

"Brother Liu." Jin Zhou put down his wine glass and stood up, frowned and looked at the phone and said, "I'll buy you another day."

Sun Yi's efficiency is really high enough. What he explained a few hours ago has the result so quickly.

Although according to Jin Zhou's speculation, Wang Darong should have slipped away long ago, but at present he only has this clue in his hand, so he can only go and have a look first.

The address in the phone is located in a shantytown, not far from the old neighborhood where Jin Zhou lives, and belongs to the same jurisdiction.

In the past, when Jin Zhou went to drink in Liu Yongchang's bar, a special younger brother would drive for him after the end, but today he left to run a personal business, and he didn't want to explain too much to others, so he called another driver.

The car stopped at a dimly lit intersection, but after nine o'clock in the evening, there were few pedestrians on the road.Jin Zhou fumbled for a long time according to the navigation, returned to the original place several times, and finally found the Tongzilou where Wang Darong lived.

This kind of building has a sense of age, and there is a long corridor on each floor, connecting all the residents in series.The living area of ​​each household is very small, only about [-] square meters, but anyone with a little money will not choose to live here.

Not long after, Jin Zhou touched the door of Wang Darong's house according to the house number, and saw that the house was pitch black, with the yellowed wooden door half hidden, several fresh footprints on the door, and the door lock had been damaged.

Breaking down the door violently is not the way the police do things. Jin Zhou suddenly realized that there was another possibility that the police were evading the air—Wang Darong had already been silenced by the black hands behind the door.

He immediately felt that something was wrong, if Wang Darong died, how can we investigate this?

But after entering the dim living room, he breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.

The closet in the living room was wide open, and it was empty inside. Several socks fell to the ground. It can be seen that Wang Darong left in a hurry, and he probably left here before others came to the door.

Walking to the innermost bedroom, the light was a little brighter. With the street light shining in from the window, Jin Zhou found a pile of familiar things on the table - dice and chips.

Jin Zhou knew immediately that Wang Darong was a gambler.

The blank logic chain finally made its first progress. Jin Zhou casually picked up a chip and flicked it into the air with his thumb, but he didn't know if it was because he hadn't touched this thing for a long time. Bounced to the ceiling, bounced to the ground, and rolled all the way to the outermost kitchen.

The kitchen is next to the corridor, and the corridor lights in the corridor are voice-activated, and Jin Zhou has never made a sound, so the kitchen is always dark.

The room was already in a mess, and Jin Zhou didn't bother to pick up the fallen chips.It's just that when he came to the kitchen and was about to go out of the house, he suddenly heard the sound of the chips being crushed by the soles of the shoes at the place where the chips were silenced.

—There are people in the room.

Jin Zhou's heart tightened suddenly, and he turned around abruptly, only to see a man in black walking out from the shadow beside the refrigerator, and before he had any reaction, the man in black attacked him.

Jin Zhou narrowly avoided a punch and hit the dining table with his side. He straightened his upper body and punched the man in black back, but the man in black was much stronger than he imagined, and he punched nothing. The man in black grabbed his wrist and buckled it behind his back, and the man in black pressed his whole body onto the dining table.

When he was in his early 20s, Jin Zhou had practiced in a boxing gym for several years. If he hadn't been attacked suddenly, he wouldn't have been subdued so quickly.

But then again, who is this guy?

Jin Zhou didn't have time to think, and resisted with all his strength, the dining table and chairs made a lot of movement, and the voice-activated porch light outside the door rang.

The dim yellow light passed through the door frame and shone on Jin Zhou's side face, leaving a deep shadow in the furrow of his brow.

Suddenly, Jin Zhou felt the man in black behind him loosen his strength, he immediately withdrew his clasped wrists, and propped up his upper body from the dining table, but at this moment, a cold voice came from behind him: "Jin Zhou? "

Jin Zhou paused, then turned his head to look at the man in black who put away his fists and feet.

While the voice-controlled corridor lights were still on, Jin Zhou saw the face of the man in black clearly, and his eyes almost didn't fall off: "Yang Shiyu?"