when the moon whispers

Chapter 173 Thief - Bruises
The fourth thief
Nineteen bruises
The smile on Officer Zhang's face froze. He raised his hand to hold the twitching corners of his lips in embarrassment. He took a messy breath and trembled for a moment. His gaze seemed to drift unintentionally towards the Internet celebrity wall across the pedestrian street, and he hummed noncommittally. laugh.

"Because of Fang Si, right?"

Officer Zhang shook off the hot cigarette butt, held it in his sleeves and held back a long and deliberate yawn. He rubbed his nose against the sleeves of his cotton-padded jacket and said, "Gu captain, I may have to rely on my elders for this, even though I haven't had many interactions with him. Ah...but Fang Si is a very talkative guy, and what he says and does doesn’t seem very reliable, so there’s no telling what kind of abacus he’s pulling behind his back.”

Gu Xing raised his right eyebrow, restrained his superficial judgment, slowly raised his head, and raised his voice as if he was chatting: "...According to what Brother Zhang meant, I was asking at that time Why didn't he surrender earlier or later? But as soon as Ma Xuhong died, he jumped out and started jumping around - Fang Si was already talking about the words. When he saw Brother Zhang smoking a cigarette and pushing open the door, he started making nonsense. Was he deliberately letting it go? Smoke bombs, there is no trust to pay protection fees at all? Right?"

"This... I can't guarantee this even if I say it..." Officer Zhang frowned slightly when he heard Gu Xing's clear guidance: "Anyway, this kind of slick guy with a pile of sheep dung behind his butt, There really aren’t many words of truth in his mouth. We’re talking privately, why did Fang Si come over and turn himself in early this morning? He also insisted that the goods in his store were sold by Ma Xuhong on his behalf - think about it Ah, Captain Gu, the profits from bulk cargo have increased several times. With such a way to make money, why is Ma Xuhong still doing those sneaky things? It's not worth it to go in and squat for a few days every now and then. "

"You think... Fang Si just wants to blame Ma Xuhong, right?" Gu Xing rubbed the stubble on his chin that had stayed up all night, and tilted his head inexplicably to stare at Zhang. The police officer didn't move: "But I still don't quite understand, Brother Zhang. The anti-narcotics team has been focusing on Fangsi bulk cargo point for more than a day or two. Ma Xuhong has never leaked any flaws. Generally speaking, we arrest people at this time. Even if Fang Si packed up his bed and ran away overnight, he might not rush to arrest him. Instead, he would wait and see and sort out the social connections between people and the store. What do you think Fang Si is going to do? Why rush to the police station to surrender? Even if you find a policeman squatting in front of your house and suddenly become afraid of death, you have to catch a big shot. After all, prolonging the investigation period will not do any harm to him——"

Gu Xing paused for two seconds and looked at Officer Zhang's lips that dropped again with a half-smile: "But just when he was trying to muddy the waters, he still clearly pointed the finger at you, Brother Zhang. This point , I really don’t understand.”

Officer Zhang raised his voice first, obviously intending to argue stubbornly.He huddled up in Gu Xing's sight in a daze, his throat rolled, but he suddenly lost his strength, shook his head in a self-deprecating way, and asked: "When did Captain Gu start to have doubts? Is it because I put the responsibility for the accident on Jiang Mo?"

Gu Xingshi didn't expect Officer Zhang to give up so suddenly and completely.

He shook his head blankly, and sighed with inexplicable sadness and frustration. He touched the shriveled cigarette case in his pocket and leaned back tiredly: "That's when Jiang Mo said that you were searching Ma Xuhong's house. When I arrived, I went out and made a phone call."

"She actually didn't hear much of the conversation, but she had a bad intuition. Early this morning, Liang Ming was involved in a drunk driving accident and assaulted the police. When he came to the team for investigation and cooperated with the evidence collection, those two brats were in Liang Ming's call records. I looked up and saw Officer Zhang's name - this phone call happened to be made before the car accident, and the car that killed Ma Xuhong was also Liang Ming's private car."

"To be honest, I really don't believe or disbelieve what Fang Si told me or the look he gave me... I am just curious about why he is so anxious to surrender. Ma Xuhong is the source of goods. Is it really that important to live or die? Or is it in a place where no one cares, such as the car that appeared in the news broadcast this morning, which is a dangerous signal for him-" Gu Xing said to himself. Taking out the handcuffs from his pocket, he caught a glimpse of the ears of the red panda lying in his mother's arms, picking his nose.He tilted his head slightly and looked quietly at Officer Zhang's expression, which was relaxed for a few seconds but then suddenly condensed. After thinking for a while, he put the handcuffs in place again: "Brother Zhang, I remember you also restarted the alarm signal." Right?" "Huh? Ah... the old man is an old policeman." Officer Zhang nodded in a daze, "Ten years ago, I thought I could leave this police signal to my son. That little bastard said he wanted to be a policeman since he was a child. The policeman, every day he wishes that I would die heroically and give him my clothes... I don’t know whether he should live up to his expectations or not. Just because he comes from a police family, he dares to run out with bare hands to save a group of gangsters. The classmate who bullied him with a knife ended up risking his life for it, without even having a chance to put on the clothes he wore."

Ten years ago, the case of campus bullying and death was still unsolved, but he had heard about the sad past.At that time, Officer Zhang's son was still in junior high school. One day on his way to school, he accidentally bumped into a few "famous" senior gangsters in the school using controlled knives they got from nowhere to bully a boy with a good family but a weak temper. In addition to begging for property, he also maliciously and obscenely taunted on the street - Officer Zhang's son came forward in anger, but he didn't know that the father of one of the gangsters was arrested, tried and jailed by Officer Zhang, and he was slightly selfish. During the dispute, the fake saber that was flying up and down was accidentally stabbed into the side of Officer Zhang's son's neck. Blood spurted out like a column, and his life was taken away on the spot.

"Once that little brat dies, I, the police, will no longer be able to do my job." Officer Zhang rubbed the corners of his dry but red eyes, and breathed out softly: "In the past, my efforts to persuade people to give up and give them a chance fell on me. I really have nothing on my body - my son was stabbed to death, and because I am a police officer, I have to maintain my image and set an example to give people a chance to rehabilitate themselves and reintegrate into society. How did I deal with it later... It seems that a Memorial service? Forgot..."

The honor of the police family was shaken to its foundation as lives were lost.Gu Xing did not dare to say whether the change in Officer Zhang's state of mind started from then on, but it was inevitable that he would feel a bit regretful when he heard these old things mentioned again as time passed.

"Fang Si handed over his mobile phone. The data on the damaged mobile phone at the time of Ma Xuhong's accident has almost been restored. I guess the police station won't be able to hide it for too long -" Gu Xing didn't answer Officer Zhang's words and looked at the time to give him a tactful reminder. : "The policeman in your department who is in charge of technology and sorting out evidence related to electronic equipment just went out and said that an uncle's set-top box was broken and there were not enough manpower on duty for maintenance during the Chinese New Year, so he asked him to help out temporarily."

Officer Zhang looked at Gu Xing in surprise, paused in silence for a long time, slowly withdrew his gaze, and sniffed gratefully.He took out his arm from his cuffs and vigorously grabbed his hair, which was a little bit floppy. He accidentally revealed the white stubble that squeezed out of his scalp from the root of his hair, and hesitantly smacked his lips twice.

"Let's put it this way, Captain Gu, the money... must have been collected, and it is not considered protection money. It is just a matter of turning a blind eye. But this money was not given by Ma Xuhong and Fang Si. The two of them were at best They are just two minions, the ones who spend money to keep us safe - Mr. Liang and Liang Ming who are keen on looking for excitement."

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