fog city detective

Chapter 16 March
Liang Xi was very happy to get his first job. After leaving the police station, he immediately went to John's house, ready to tell John the good news as soon as possible, and take a lunch by the way.

When the car arrived nearby, Liang Xi saw thick smoke billowing not far away.An ambulance whistle to overtake, Liang Xi continued to drive a few hundred meters and was stopped by a patrol car, and the road was temporarily controlled by road.Liang Xi didn't have time to talk nonsense with the police, so he got out of the car and ran towards the thick smoke.

His hunch was right, John's house was ablaze with fire, and a fire truck that arrived early sprayed water on the house in vain.Liang Xi saw Mary, wrapped in a thermal blanket and covered in water, sitting sluggishly on the side. The medical staff was examining her body.Liang Xi immediately stepped forward: "Mary!"

Mary slowly looked at Liang Xi, who asked anxiously, "Where's John?"

Mary: "Huh?"

Liang Xi slapped Mary's face: "Where's John?"

The doctor stopped her, grabbed Liang Xi's hand and said, "She has a sudden traumatic psychological disorder and can't answer your question now."

Mary suddenly came back to her senses, looked at the house, and cried out, "John, John is still inside."

"Grass!" Liang Xi ran to the house, but the firefighters didn't hold him.A firefighter chased the beam and two firefighters sprayed water over their heads.As soon as Liang Xi approached the house, the house collapsed suddenly.Liang Xi couldn't hold back his feet, and fell to the ground because the ground was slippery.The firefighters dragged Liang Xi's back leader and dragged Liang Xi away from the fire.

Liang Xi watched the burning house sluggish for a long time, then pushed the fireman away and got up and ran to Mary's side: "John isn't inside, right? Right?" Ten to eleven thirty in the morning , is the daytime sleep time for John, who can't sleep well at night, it's eleven ten in the morning.Even so, Liang Xi didn't want to believe that his life mentor was gone. He held a glimmer of hope and asked Mary, hoping that John would go out temporarily today.

Facing Liang Xi's questioning, Mary did not answer, but just hugged Liang Xi and cried bitterly.

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For the past three days, Liang Xi's mood was very low and he was very busy.On the one hand, he has to take care of Mary, and on the other hand, he has to communicate with the police. There are a lot of odds and ends.

Three days later, the Kent police officer in charge of the case and Liang Xi invited by phone to meet at the hotel where Mary was temporarily staying.

Kent is 40 years old this year and is a very experienced fire investigation police officer.In the past two days, he received many calls from Liang Xi, and his boss put a lot of pressure on him. His team devoted himself to the fire investigation.The investigation has come to an end today, he must inform the family members of his findings and answer the family members' questions.

Kent handed an identification report to Liang Xi: "The forensic doctor conducted a DNA comparison through the bone marrow and confirmed that the only deceased on the second floor was John. It was done three times."

Liang Xi nodded, and Mary couldn't help crying again.She struggled to control her emotions and went to the bathroom to deal with her tears.

Kent took out another package of copies, poured it on the table, and said, "Mr. Liang, we believe that the fire was caused by humans."

This answer was within Liang Xi's expectations, and the fire spread too fast.After John fell asleep, Mary went to a convenience store 30 meters away to buy baking soda for baking a cake.As soon as he arrived at the convenience store, the fire exploded, attracting the attention of many people around him.The fire started 6 minutes before the arrival of the beam. After the arrival of the beam, the house had burned down.And Liang Xi found that flames spread throughout the house.

Kent said: "The ignition point was not found, and the combustion accelerant must be gasoline. I saw the development of the fire in the monitoring. Based on my years of experience in handling cases, at least three people poured a large amount of gasoline together to cause such a fire in a very short period of time. Mr. Liang, you are also a detective. From my description, do you think the other party needs arson to kill John?"

Liang Xi asked, "What do you mean?"

Kent played a piece of surveillance, and replayed it back and forth for more than ten seconds. He pointed to a position on the screen and asked: "From the on-site investigation and my speculation, the gangsters focused on burning this position and used Lu heat agent. Lu heat agent is in the Used in the war decades ago to destroy paper, radio, equipment and other classified materials in emergency situations. Can you tell me what is in this location?"

Liang Xi said: "This is a secret room on the first floor near the backyard. It is about 20 square meters. It is John's secret meeting place. Three years ago, John spent tens of thousands of pounds to install an advanced anti-reflection system for the secret room. Eavesdropping device. I've never actually seen him use it. It's said to be a back room, more like a library, with built-in shelves all around the walls, full of books. I used to suspect that the back room was a place where John escaped from Mary."

Kent asked, "Is there anything important in it?"

Liang Xi recalled for a long time and said: "One day two years ago, Mary went to the hospital to visit a friend. I received a call from John, but the other party was silent. I rushed to John's house, listened to the sound of the mobile phone and opened the secret room, and found that John was unconscious in the secret room. In. I was sent to the hospital to find out that it was because of John's hyperglycemia and electrolyte imbalance. At that time, I saw a book on the table, a map, a sextant. The map looked like a treasure map, with a pirate's logo drawn, and A red X. I asked John afterwards and John insisted that I was wrong, there were no maps and sextants."

Kent headed, pirate treasures are ridiculous, and London isn't even close to the sea.

Liang Xi said, "Officer Kent, have you found someone for me?"

Kent: "Who?"

Liang Xidao: "John has been going out a lot in the past few months, almost every two or three days to meet an old friend. Each meeting lasted more than three hours, and even once more than ten hours. Mary said that the other party's name was Ma. Matthew, a life-and-death friend of John's when he was young. But Mary herself has never met this man named Matthew,"

Thinking of John's exhortation that he was suspected of marriage, Liang Xi thought that John felt the danger.It was so dangerous that John was unwilling to reveal a word to Liang Xi.

Kent shook his head: "Sorry, we didn't find this Matthew. John is a friend of the Commissioner of the Police Department, who attaches great importance to this case, and I will give the information back to the Police Department. I hope to continue the investigation through the strength of the Police Department."

Liang Xi blamed himself: "I should have asked more at that time."

Kent comforted: "Mr. Liang, it has nothing to do with you. I will notify you as soon as I have the latest clues. Now... John is not very good-looking."

Liang Xi understood what Kent meant and said, "I will get Mary's entrustment."

Kent nodded: "The forensic identification office is near the police station."

Liang Xi said: "Okay, I'll go and do things in the afternoon."

Kent stood up and shook hands with Liang Xi: "Mr. Liang, if you have any clues, you must inform me and don't act on your own. In my judgment, the other party is not a good person."

Liang Xi assured: "I will contact you if there is any clue."

Kent glanced at the bathroom: "Mary will take care of you."

Liang Xi: "Thank you for your concern, I can handle it."

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

……

When the forensic doctor identified the corpse, Liang Xi could not recognize that it was John, or even a person.After taking a look at Liang Xi, he couldn't bear to look at it any longer, and silently pulled the white cloth on.

The funeral took place two days later and was attended by a wide variety of people.There are retired and current Metropolitan Police Chiefs, there are fishermen in Northern Ireland, FBI agents in the United States, and drunkards in Belgium.There are more than [-] people.Mary barely recognized a handful of them.

After the funeral, Liang Xixian received fire insurance, personal accident insurance and property insurance from the insurance company.Because Mary was used to living in the community, Liang Xixian rented a villa far away from her original home for Mary to live in.After consulting Mary's opinion, I contacted the construction company to rebuild a house on the spot according to the original appearance of the house.

When the house was completed two months later, Liang Xi ordered the same furniture as possible according to his memory and Mary's description.

Three months later, Mary moved back to a home that resembled her own.

With the help of the community church, Mary finally let go of her past, changed some of her living habits, and began to participate in various activities organized by the church.Looking at Mary who was talking and laughing with her aunt, Liang Xi knew that no one or anything could make up for Mary's regret for losing John.

After the matter was settled, Liang Xi deposited the remaining insurance money into Mary's account.With Mary returning to the track of life, Liang Xi's life became more and more difficult day by day.After paying the funeral expenses and deducting the self-expenses for the past three months, there is not much left of the 80 pounds.The [-]-per-hour translation job that Liang Xi used as a life-saving straw has not even a single phone call.

Three months later, everything seemed to have returned to calm, except for the clanging sound of Liang Xi's pocket due to poverty.

(End of this chapter)