sin drinker

Chapter 25 The last piece of the puzzle (3)
Wang Shiqi stepped into the living room with two bowls of noodles, and suddenly bumped into this sentence head-on, his hands trembled, and his teeth were scalded by the noodle soup. "Come on, one Yuan Jiashu is not enough for you to toss about? Now you want to lead all the clues to Xu Ting?" He quickly put down the bowl, blowing on the back of his red hand resentfully: "Don't scare me anymore Yes, I'm very vulnerable now."

Zheng Yuan said without changing his face: "There are only a few parties involved. The case must be based on their relationship. Everyone played a role in this series of events. Wu Hui once wanted to play a massacre murderer." People who kill people in public are the losers of society. What they do, in simple terms, is to take revenge on the society and get killed on the spot by the hands of the police, because they don’t even have the courage to commit suicide, but they don’t want to commit suicide. Controlled and put on trial."

"But Wu Hui chose to be arrested."

"Yes, this is his biggest flaw. Behavior will not contradict itself with motive. If there is, then we have mistaken motive. For example, Wu Hui's murder was actually a cover for Yuan Jiashu's murder." Zheng Yuan wrinkled Frowning: "However, Xu Ting is different from him. She should be the kind of person you police are most afraid of encountering."

Can't even be called human.Zheng Yuan thought, she is a fox, a she-wolf, or some other cunning and powerful animal.Her ruthlessness is natural, and some murderers enjoy the process of impaling, bleeding, and dismembering themselves, while others are keen to hide behind the scenes, enjoying the pleasure of manipulating and controlling others.If the guess is correct, the first crime started in the freshman year of high school. The moment Yuan Tongxin was pushed into the speeding truck, did she turn on a switch in her heart?Since then, all the bad news has surrounded her: Yuan Tongxin fell from a building, Yuan Jiashu took drugs, Wu Hui killed someone, what about Du Qiangwei?Wasn't she also a student in No. 23 Middle School?What do their identical rose tattoos represent?And Xiaoye...

"Whether it's Xu Ting or Xu Ziqian, it's a dead end now." Wang Shiqi smacked his lips in embarrassment: "First, the person is dead, not only dead, but also burned; second, the family members are extremely uncooperative. The last time we went to the Cedar Mansion, you have seen her father like that; the third, she took the initiative to change her identity before her death, and even if there were any doubts, it must have been wiped out long ago."

"There will be a breakthrough." Zheng Yuan picked up the noodle bowl and blew on it, before swallowing: "Everyone who walks will leave traces, as long as she is still a person, there must be someone who has touched her."

"Do you have any ideas? Classmates? Colleagues? Friends?" Wang Shiqi scratched the relationship between the characters on the paper: "If she is as smart as you said, she probably won't easily let these people get away with it."

"But she has a secret. Did you know that according to psychological research, human beings have a natural tendency to tell the truth, but secrets cannot be shared with acquaintances. Instead, they will choose to reveal them to strangers."

"It's like someone going to an anonymous forum to post that he and his husband don't have sex?"

"What the hell do you usually watch when you have nothing to do?" Zheng Yuan spit out a mouthful of noodle soup with a smile: "But it's roughly the same. I was thinking, if it's useless to check relatives and friends, is it possible to start from some unconventional places?" Start."

"for example?"

"I discovered something during the conversation with Wu Hui. Didn't we find out that Yuan Jiashu was involved in drugs before? Wu Hui seemed to imply that taking drugs was not his active choice."

Wang Shiqi put back the chopstick noodles he had picked up: "You mean, Xu Ziqian is also related to Yuan Jiashu's drug use?"

"It can even go too far. If we assume that Xu Ziqian is a control freak, she has been controlling Yuan Jiashu since she was a student. In order to keep him by her side, she went abroad with him, returned together, and let him join her company. , gave him a good job. In the end, she achieved the ultimate possession—marrying him."

"Marriage is not the ultimate possession." Wang Shiqi sneered: "You can still leave after getting married."

"That's right. Especially for an adult man who stepped into society. He has money, ability, handsome appearance, and popularity, but he is facing a woman who ruined his own brother's life. You say, he Will you be willing to be a marionette for the rest of your life?"

"You mean, she used drugs to control him..." Wang Shiqi suddenly realized, and slapped himself on the forehead: "This idea is kind of crazy."

Zheng Yuan wiped his mouth: "But we have no evidence, to be honest, so far, everything is based on speculation."

"So whether you can find that person is the key."

"Yes, for example, where did her drugs come from? She wouldn't have them herself, after all, her home is not a drug processing factory."

Wang Shiqi's eyes lit up: "You mean...to find the drug dealers she had contact with?"

"Drug dealers in the city all have their own internal network. A wealthy big fish like Xu Ziqian must be their important client. As long as one can find one of them, one can find out who she is connected with. Yuan Jiashu does not take drugs every day or two. , Xu Ziqian should have a stable 'source of goods', and with her identity and personality, in order to prevent mutual betrayal, they must have a closer relationship than money." Zheng Yuan pinched the bridge of his nose: "But... where do I get it from?" It is a problem to strike, but it is even more a problem to make the other party obediently speak."

"You can go to the prison to find the drug dealer who was recently detained, but..."

"what happened?"

Wang Shiqi drooped his face: "I was just suspended."

Zheng Yuan looked at him in surprise: "...Because of me?"

"I can't blame you, after all, it's already a violation of the rules for me to arrange for you to meet that side alone." Wang Shiqi thumped the sofa irritably: "Now that we're in the middle of the storm, I guess it's not good to ask friends in the bureau for help."

Zheng Yuan lowered his head, and his mood became depressed: "Then...then what should I do..."

"There will be a way." Wang Shiqi smacked his lips: "If this road fails, then change another one."

"Do you have another way?"

"I always have another way." Wang Shiqi showed a smirk: "Suddenly, it seems that there is a particularly suitable candidate."

"Who?"

"You don't know me." Wang Shiqi quickly picked up his coat and stood up: "Wait for me, go back as soon as you go."

He hurriedly put on his clothes, the right sleeve couldn't fit in anyway, looking back, it was Zheng Yuan who grabbed his cuff: "Take me with you."

"Your legs are not good yet, don't toss about."

"It will be ready soon." Zheng Yuan tapped on the hard right leg to show him the graffiti on it, which was written by Wang Shiqi with a fountain pen before: On December 28, reporter Zheng, who warmly celebrated the great Guangzheng, stood for the second time stand up.

"Forgot? Today is the day to remove the plaster."

He wants to stand up again and personally go and catch those who deserve it.

special informant
"Although the recovery is not bad, it is not impossible to wait." The person in charge of the treatment is Director Cheng of the Department of Orthopedics. He is in his early fifties, and his puffy face has a kind of humor that does not match his age. "Are you really going to tear it down?"

"Let's dismantle it." Zheng Yuan tried his best not to sound so urgent.

"Why, are you tired?" The little doctor behind him brought an electric plaster saw, and Director Cheng took it over and started it himself, "Is Xiao Wang too annoying?"

"Hmm." Zheng Yuan nodded vaguely.Of course Xiao Wang is annoying, otherwise Zheng Yuan wouldn't have given him up.Yes, his leg was broken because of him, but it was only a broken leg, and it didn't degenerate into a giant baby. Wang Shiqi was so energetic that he wanted to feed him food with his own hands. "Are you familiar with Xiao Wang?" He looked at his calf, which had been peeled off from the plaster a little bit. It hadn't been seen for a month, but it was quite pale.

"Why don't you know me well? He chased after my daughter and brought the family here. He said he got along well with her. In the end, he broke up. Hmph, you little bastard."

Zheng Yuan opened his mouth, he didn't know what expression to make, that's when he realized that the person in front of him was Cheng Nuo's father.

"But it's annoying to be annoying, and your heart is not bad. Ah, I treated you last time, but you were not energetic at that time, and you didn't talk to me."

The last time was ten years ago.Zheng Yuan blushed: "Ah... I'm sorry..."

"I'm sorry, it's not easy for you." Director Cheng didn't look at Zheng Yuan, raised one hand and nodded his forehead, "The CT colleague who was admitted to the hospital this time also showed me, the blood clot blocked here...I'm afraid the situation Isn't it great?"

"also not……"

"It's nothing? Xiao Wang told me that he vomited, became dizzy, and couldn't see well. Isn't it the problem here that you fell this time?" Director Cheng smiled, "I have been away for so many years, and now I come back suddenly. We all know what's going on. Don't forget, I'm a doctor."

Zheng Yuan became nervous: "You...didn't tell Wang Shiqi, did you?"

"Your life is yours, you decide for yourself. I said that when you chose not to have the operation, and I still say that now." Director Cheng began to break off the plaster: "I won't say it, but you can't hide it. The last day."

"It's not that I want to hide it..." Zheng Yuan hesitated: "You also said, maybe it will be tomorrow, maybe it will be 30 years later."

"It's not 30 years now. But if you're willing to give it another go..." Director Cheng stopped the conversation at the sound of familiar footsteps in the corridor, and bent over to touch Zheng Yuan's bones: "Try, it hurts." ?"

Zheng Yuan put his right foot on the ground carefully, and he felt a little dizzy after standing for a long time.The center of gravity tilted little by little, and the moment he stood up straight, there was a vague dull pain in the section, and he couldn't help but snorted.

"Does it hurt? If it hurts, use less force. But the road still has to be walked. Exercise more, walk in a normal posture, and you will get better in ten days. If you hurt your muscles and bones for a hundred days, you have to endure it." Director Cheng clicked on his video, "It's best to prepare a cane to help reduce the burden in the early stage."

Before he finished speaking, Wang Shiqi opened the door and came in, holding a hiking stick in his hand:
"Look what I found out?"

It's hard for him to think well.

"This...couldn't be the equipment you got back then?" Zheng Yuan looked disgusted: "Imported mountaineering equipment that can climb Mount Everest, and finally I climbed Phoenix Ridge with me."

"So what's the matter? Isn't it just a good time to take advantage of the waste heat?" Wang Shiqi stuffed it into his hands nonchalantly: "It's okay if you don't want it. There is a supplies store for the elderly when you go out. I'll buy you a dragon and a phoenix. wood, and a gourd hanging on top is the Tieguai plum."

Zheng Yuan was silent now, he believed that this person could really do it.

It took a while to get to the parking lot after leaving the gate of the hospital. Zheng Yuan walked in a hurry and inevitably limped, but Wang Shiqi followed slowly behind with a rather graceful expression: "Slow down, the informant can't run away." It’s such a fine day, it’s a pity not to bask in the sun for a while.” He stretched out in the rare sun, his hair was fluffy by the pale golden light: “Don’t tell me, this walking stick looks as good as you. Quite worthy, I will give it to you."

Zheng Yuan smacked the back of his butt angrily: "Are you still going to make me cripple for the rest of my life?"

"What are you afraid of? Hasn't Watson been lame all his life?"

"I'm Watson? You don't think you're Sherlock Holmes, do you?"

"what's wrong?"

The corners of Zheng Yuan's mouth could not help but curl up: "It's nothing, this joke is quite funny."

In fact, he didn't mind being Watson at all. In previous cases, it was Wang Shiqi who rushed out to arrest people. He was only responsible for on-site interviews and writing reports.Speaking of which, the first case they solved was related to the cane in their hands. How old were they at that time? 16 years old? ?Zheng Yuan's fingers brushed against the texture of the non-slip handle, and the warm sunlight lay on his back like a cat, making him feel sleepy. He didn't say anything, but his heart wavered: Otherwise, it's fine to live, and to get down It's not too bad to have someone surnamed Wang playing around for half his life.

Before the car arrived at the destination, Zheng Yuan's thoughts were completely dismissed, and he stared out the window with a dark face: "The density of the shampoo room is a bit high."

"Little girl from Yangzhou, Wan-style service, rich and frugal, you can issue an invoice." Wang Shiqi stepped on the brake, and stopped the car with a smile: "How about it, open your eyes."

Zheng Yuan wrinkled his face under the blurred neon signs.The path of less than 500 meters is full of two-story homestays with similarities and differences. The glass door faces, the ambiguous pink and purple ceiling lights, and the cheap fabric sofas are facing the intersection. Unabashedly exudes a meaty smell.It was not too late, and the little girls hadn't opened their doors yet, and each of them lowered their heads and played with their mobile phones expressionlessly, but the broker outside the door reacted quickly, and rushed to the front with his head down: "Are you two handsome guys looking for your sister? Come on!" This way, come here, you will be satisfied, beautiful and generous..."

Zheng Yuan leaned back in embarrassment, and Wang Shiqi sneered: "You don't have the guts." With a cigarette in his mouth, he waved his police officer's ID card to others with a air: "Tell you Maggie to come out, it's nothing serious, don't worry about it." Make a statement."

The broker's smiling face suddenly collapsed, without saying anything else, he quickly turned his back and entered the back room. Not long after, Majesty stepped out wearing a fur suit, her leather shoes kicked loudly, and only when she got closer did she realize that she was on the side. His face was flushed, and some fingerprints could be vaguely seen.

"What's the matter?" Wang Shiqi pointed at Mei Qi's cheek, and she slapped it away: "It's not you who caused the trouble."

"I?"

"Hmph, you're pretending. This police officer, if you're doing well, you keep coming like this. Can we still do this business?"

"First, I've only come to you twice now. Second, the business can be done, and it's very easy." Wang Shiqi counted out three hundred from his wallet, thought for a while, and added two more: "Go to the car, we Let's talk a few words."

Majesty's eyes softened immediately, she stuffed the money into her plump bra, and flicked her hair exaggeratedly: "Okay, what do you want to hear, sister promises to tell you enough."

Zheng Yuan stared blankly at the back of Meiqi's exaggerated hip twist, Wang Shiqi patted him with a playful smile: "Here, this is our informant."

According to Majesty, there are a lot of girls in this area who are fans, some are playful, some are bored, and most of them are tricked by brokers—hold a little something to control them.The "goods" of the girls all come from Dong Ge, a standard Nancheng gangster, without a proper occupation, unknown age, unknown real name, visually under 30 years old, slightly lame in his left leg. "Hey, you're also a shameless person. You earn money from me, but you also get money from me." Majesty showed a disgusted expression, lowered her head and played with the ends of her hair, and a strand dyed purple was wrapped around her red manicure. Going around like a restless little snake.

"That time when you ran into Wu Hui running away, you were trading with Brother Dong." Wang Shiqi flipped through his notes: "You reported to the police as 'playing hooligans', but it was actually Dadong who did something to you?"

"Well..." Meiqi said with a look of annoyance, "Aren't all men the same, whoever plays hooligans is always playing..."

"Wait, have you met Wu Hui?" Zheng Yuan turned his head all of a sudden, and Mei Qi was startled, and looked him up and down suspiciously.

"Don't be afraid, this is my brother, a reporter, not a policeman." Wang Shiqi took the initiative to introduce, and Meiqi's eyes did not stop, but she became more playful: "Tsk, Officer Wang, you little brother It's pretty cool too!"

Zheng Yuan quickly turned his face away, and Meiqi laughed even louder: "Are you shy now? Oh, it's fun, fun..."

"I advise you not to tease him. He is not a person who likes to vent his anger. If he vents his anger, he is not a human being." Wang Shiqi squeezed Zheng Yuan's shoulder: "What do you want to ask?"

"I want to know the details of the day she met Wu Hui." Zheng Yuan regretted the words as soon as he uttered them. Using the third person means that he lost the courage to ask questions directly. In order to prove that he is still a qualified reporter, he added another sentence: " When you saw him, what was he doing, what were you doing, and what was the man who traded with you doing? I want details, the clearer the better."

(End of this chapter)