Doctor entering the police gate

Chapter 23 Xia Baiyan's Testimony
"Does Officer Yan know the legend of Feng Gui 20 years ago?" Xia Baiyan said with his hands crossed against his chin.

Yan Junli nodded.

"It was Xie Fengming who told me about Xie Mingqing's affair with his good friend's husband." Xia Baiyan said, "The deceased in the tragedy 20 years ago was named Nakano Hanako, a Japanese woman of Chinese nationality, and her husband was Du Yong. Xie Mingqing At that time, I had sex with Du Yong and was hit by Huazi, who knows whether it was an accident or a plan, Huazi was killed by Xie Mingqing."

Yan Junli interrupted Xia Baiyan, "We have already heard this version of the story."

Xia Baiyan gave Yan Junli a meaningful look, and said, "But now there is a problem. If Huazi has been killed by Xie Mingqing, who killed Xie Mingqing? Is it possible that there is really a ghost revenge in this world?" ?"

"Don't you know?" Yan Junli whispered.

"I don't know, but Xie Fengming knows." Xia Baiyan raised the corners of his lips, "The night Xie Mingqing died 20 years ago, the little girl Xie Fengming was there. Not only that, but she saw the murderer from the front. She refused to tell me Who is the murderer, maybe she can't remember. All I know is that the murderer in the case 20 years ago was neither a soul nor a ghost, and he has lived to this day. Xie Fengming, who escaped from the murderer's clutches, still could not This calamity."

"Since you know so much, can you tell me what is the relationship between Nakano Keiko and Nakano Hanako?"

"Unfortunately, this is something I've always wanted to figure out." Xia Baiyan spread his hands and said, "Since Xie Fengming's death, I've been following Huizi's cat, but she's not as slender as the big tabby cat I was looking for." Easy to catch. Nakano Keiko’s history is almost blank. All her files began after the completion of Red Maple Garden. Before that, what she did, what identity, and family relationship were all blank. This is also No wonder, who made her inextricably linked to the city's underground criminal network, they have a thousand ways to erase Keiko's past from anyone knowing. Of course, it's an oversight that she still keeps the last name, it must be Because I didn't expect a detective as smart as me."

Yan Junli's ballpoint pen was scribbling in the notebook, and after a while, he raised his head to look at Xia Baiyan, and asked, "How can I know that what you told me is not telling a story?"

"We're all telling stories, Officer Yan." Xia Baiyan showed a smile of unknown meaning, and took a sip of coffee leisurely, "Tell an old story from 20 years ago. And all the stories are passed on by word of mouth, there will be all kinds of stories." version, it depends on which officer you want to believe."

"Since it's been passed down by word of mouth, where did you hear about your story?" Yan Junli leaned forward, staring into Xia Baiyan's eyes and asked.

"I didn't come here by 'hearing', but by 'seeing'." Xia Baiyan smiled brightly, folded his hands behind his head, and said leisurely, "The volume, pitch, and speed of human voices; The expression, demeanor, movement, sight, and posture are just a kind of symbols in the final analysis. Each symbol represents a kind of meaning, and every detail means a possibility. As long as all the symbols are spliced ​​together Together, it is not difficult to get a complete story. People only have one pair of eyes and one ear, and I don’t hear more or see farther than others, everything is just a summary of countless detailed symbols.”

Yan Junli was baffled by what he heard, and he didn't want to ask more questions. He only wanted to know one thing.

"Okay, so be it. Then I ask you, who did you 'see' from?"

"Keiko Nakano." Xia Baiyan raised the corner of his mouth.

Yang Wenbin was sitting outside the interrogation room drinking tea while chatting with Li Hong. Not long after, he saw Yan Junli frowning and walking out with a gloomy face.

"How is it?" Yang Wenbin asked.

"I don't know whether it's a harvest or not." Yan Junli picked up the teacup on the table and took a big sip without looking at it, which made Yang Wenbin unable to say "that's my cup" in a daze .Yan Junli handed the notes during the interrogation to the two people for them to read by themselves, and then said,

"Judging from Xia Baiyan's testimony, Nakano Keiko is the most suspicious person. When Yang Wenbin looked for her yesterday, her secretary said that she was going to sacrifice. Has anyone come back now?"

"No," Li Hong said, "Today I went to see Red Maple Garden and her residence, but no one was there. Captain, do you want to issue a warrant?"

Yan Junli raised his hand to express his refusal, "Keiko Nakano is a nail, and if you act rashly, you may not be able to pull it out, and you may have to stick it into your hand."

"What should I do?"

"It seems that I'm going to try my way this time, and go to the 'underground'." Yan Junli picked up his coat from the back of the chair and put it on, then turned to look at Yang Wenbin, "Together, Watson?"

Yang Wenbin pushed Yan Junli from behind, "Do you really think of yourself as Sherlock Holmes? Do you want to show some shame?"

Yan Junli smiled, and said to Li Hong, "Stop Xia Baiyan in the detention center for at least a week. This is his own request. But keep an eye on him, and don't let him behave strangely."

Li Hong nodded, "Don't worry, Captain Yan, we promise to complete the task!"

"Xia Baiyan asked to be detained for a week?" Yang Wenbin asked strangely.

"Xia Baiyan is a smart man, he wants to use this method to remove suspicion." Yan Junli said in a low voice, "Besides, before I came out, he said something to me."

"what?"

"He said—" Yan Junli took a deep breath and said word by word, "there will be another victim soon."

The black car drove by on the asphalt road, and the destination was the notorious "underground area" in City C. Yan Junli frowned all the way, if he hadn't been worried about Yang Wenbin, he would have smoked several cigarettes long ago.

"Do you believe what he said?" Yang Wenbin's deep question broke the silence.

"What?" Yan Junli didn't react for a while.

"Xia Baiyan. Do you believe what he said?"

"It's better to believe in what is there than in what is not." Yan Junli said.

"But don't you feel that this whole case seems to be playing tricks on us? It's like a well-designed game." Yang Wenbin sat up straight and looked at Yan Junli, "What if Xia Baiyan is just playing tricks on you? Give you a baseless false clue to lead you in the wrong direction, then we will surely lose."

Yan Junli sighed, and said, "Yang Wenbin, I told you a long time ago that investigating a case is not that simple, and the case is not a game. If you must compare the case to a game, then we will never win against the murderer and the criminal." .Because criminals are betting on human lives, and the significance of our investigation is to save more people. As long as innocent lives can be saved, so what if the criminals win? So I would rather believe it or not. No, maybe there is an innocent person behind this clue waiting for us to rescue."

(End of this chapter)