Night's Watch 2: Dark Potential

Chapter 13 Final Photos
Any destiny, however long and complex, is actually reflected in only one moment: the moment when people realize who they really are.

——(Argentina) Borges
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"Can't you analyze where people are hiding?" Seeing that Tang Dangdang was nervously processing the location, Xiao Lang poked Ling Mo with his elbow.

Unlike the scene where Cao Yun was arrested, what is in front of everyone now is a large and prosperous residential area, with at least a thousand residents at a glance.Finding Cao Yun's hiding place in an abandoned community has a high accuracy rate, but it is obviously not so easy to find the mandrill here.

On the display screen in front of Tang Dangdang, the positioning point is constantly flashing, and the surrounding map is slowly zooming in.This little red dot stopped blinking in the center of a square.

"Hey? Why is this place different from the surrounding buildings?" Xiao Lang pointed to the square shape and said.

"Well, the satellite images of residential buildings are all rectangular, and this place is obviously not a residential building." Xiao Wang asked Tang Dangdang to zoom out the map again, "Look, this place is located in the center of the residential area."

"In order to ensure the convenience of life for the surrounding residents, the developer refilled the pond that was originally located in the center of the community, and added a two-story supermarket with a height of five meters per floor and a total usable area of ​​10000 square meters." Ling Mo flipped Looking at Baidu, he said, "It's not for the convenience of residents, it's for making money."

"She's buying vegetables in the supermarket!" Xiao Lang jumped up and said.

"We need to leave quickly." Xiao Wang said, "This is not an ordinary suspect. She will change her appearance, and once she enters a residential area, she won't even be able to find out. The supermarket may be the best place to arrest her."

"Really not waiting for the special police?" Ling Mo asked.

"I'm afraid it's too late." Xiao Wang said, "Let's go in on foot. Let's go!"

Xiao Wang and Xiao Lang rushed to the front, Ling Mo, Nie Zhixuan and Cheng Zimo followed closely behind, and Tang Dangdang held a portable locator in the back.The capture work must be more complicated than imagined, because the existing mobile positioning device cannot locate the precise position, and it is normal to have an error of tens of meters.With an error range of tens of meters, it is only possible to determine that the mandrill is in the supermarket. The exact location of the supermarket depends on human eyes.

However, mandrills can change their appearance, and in this kind of dim light, the small bony depression on her forehead is also difficult to spot.At this time, Xiao Wang didn't know what to do next, he could only walk quickly while thinking about how to arrest him.

After walking for five or six minutes, a supermarket appeared in front of us, which seemed a bit crowded with the surrounding residential buildings.It is a bit different from everyone's imagination, and the area of ​​this building is also too large.

"Such a big supermarket in such a crowded neighborhood?" Ling Mo said.

"This, this is too big!" Xiao Lang said, "There are two floors, and each floor is as big as half a football field. How do we find it?"

"Our goal is uncertain, so we can't evacuate the crowd, we can only conduct secret investigations and arrests. We hope that when she comes out, she will be undefended, and there will be no disguise." Xiao Wang replied simply, while putting the earphones in his ears , while saying, "Get ready for action. Tang Dangdang rushed directly to the monitoring room, Cheng Zimo went to the office to reveal his identity and obtain the blueprint of the supermarket, Brother Nie and I guarded the door, Ling Mo, you are responsible for searching the first floor, Xiao Lang, you are responsible for searching the second floor Action requirements: [-]. Do not use weapons without permission; [-]. It is the peak flow of people in the supermarket, and the safety of the masses must be ensured first; [-]. Maintain communication throughout the process and report the situation at any time."

"Understood." Everyone put on hidden headsets one after another.

"Ling Mo is in place."

"Xiao Lang is in place."

"Cheng Zimo is in place, and the other party is looking for drawings. I need 5 minutes to familiarize myself with the drawings."

"Tang Dangdang is in place, the monitoring is real-time, and the clarity is average. However, there are too many surveillance camera probes, and the screen in the control room can only display nine grids at most. Now we have to keep switching cameras to find them."

Xiao Wang winked at Nie Zhixuan, signaling that one person guards a gate.

Five minutes later, Cheng Zimo's voice came from the headset, speaking very fast: "I got it. The frame structure of the supermarket is like this: most of the area on the east side is the business area. The west side of the first floor is the goods passage. I have already ordered them to close it. The west side of the second floor is the office area, which is where I and Dangdang are located, and it is not connected to the business area. The second floor is completely closed and there is no exit. The south side of the first floor is the two guards you guard There is a gate with a row of windows on the north side, but there are large billboards outside the windows, so you cannot enter or leave. The cashier gate on the first floor is the business area, and there are some small shops outside the gate. The stairs on the west side lead to the office area All customers can only enter and exit through the gate and the access gate on the first floor. There are escalators in the business area connecting the first and second floors."

"Is this supermarket airtight?" Xiao Lang's voice came from the headset.

"A fresh air system has been installed and mechanical ventilation is used." Ling Mo said, "It's a good thing for us to be closed."

Xiao Wang let go of his worries a little, but he still had some concerns.In fact, the difficulty of guarding the door is no less than that of searching and watching surveillance.After all, it is a living supermarket with endless streams, and there are a lot of people coming in and out.Although people who enter the supermarket do not need to pay attention, everyone who goes out through the supermarket gate must observe carefully to prevent the target from slipping through the net.Although they had a grasp of Mandrill's daily appearance, there was no guarantee that she would change her face when she went out.Judging from the previous case monitoring, the mandrill's disguise technology is not generally powerful. If you don't look at it in a targeted manner, it is really difficult to find traces of the mandrill in the vast crowd.The responsibility of guarding the gate is indeed great.

"Is it difficult to search?" Xiao Wang asked.

"It's all shelves, it's still so high, it's hard to find." Xiao Lang said.

"Pay attention to concealing your identity." Xiao Wang said.

"Okay." Xiao Lang replied, and then the sound of him pushing a shopping cart came from the headset.

Time passed by every minute and every second, Xiao Wang felt a little anxious.If the mandrill had left the supermarket, it would not be so easy to catch Tang Dangdang when she was located again.

"It's too late, haven't you noticed?" Xiao Wang said.

There is no response, which means that everyone has not found the target yet.

"Try calling." Ling Mo said in a low voice.

Ling Mo's idea made Xiao Wang slap his thigh. Yes, since this mandrill used the mobile phone privately, they also have the mobile phone number. If they call her at this time, if they can hear the ringtone, they will be able to find her. ?However, in such a large and crowded supermarket, can this method really work?

"I'm calling, Xiao Lang pay attention to it." Ling Mo said, "I'll pretend to make sales calls later."

Yes, Xiao Lang's auditory discrimination ability is super strong, can it be used at this time?

"The phone was connected, but I haven't answered it all the time, did you hear that?" Ling Mo's voice.

After a while, Xiao Lang said in a low voice: "I heard you, keep calling, it's in the snack area."

While talking, Xiao Lang approached the snack area. On the way, he touched a rolling pin and held it in his hand.Xiao Wang had already instructed that in a place with such a large crowd density, the pistol at the waist would not be effective.

"There's no one in the snack area." Tang Dangdang said when Xiao Lang approached the snack area.

Following the ringtone of the mobile phone, Xiao Lang suddenly flashed between the two rows of shelves.Sure enough, no one was there.However, Xiao Lang's "dog ears" can't make mistakes, because at a glance, he saw a smart phone ringing between two bags of crispy rice on the shelf.

"No, she threw the phone here and ran away!" Xiao Lang shouted, "She noticed it!"

"Dangdang, can you see Xiao Lang?" Xiao Wang asked eagerly.

"I saw it."

"Immediately replay the video of this camera probe to see who left the phone here just now."

After a while, Tang Dangdang said: "I see, a woman in yellow clothes, wearing a down jacket, black pants, and white shoes. She took out her mobile phone and put it here, and went directly to the northeast."

"Look for it immediately." Xiao Wang gave up the gate he was guarding and came to the gate.

After all, the suspect is on the second floor, so it doesn't make any sense to stay here and guard the door.It should be no problem to leave this task to Nie Zhixuan alone.

The moment Xiao Wang passed the gate, his eyes flashed.

A black figure was running from the first floor to the second floor along the escalator.How familiar was that figure to Xiao Wang.

"I see, I see!" Tang Dangdang suddenly made an excited voice, "She is behind the last row of shelves in the beverage area in the northeast corner. She has a mobile phone in her hand! It's Nokia! Nokia!"

Everyone knows what that phone that looks like a Nokia 8310 means.

"Everyone, be careful, she's not alone!" Xiao Wang suddenly realized something, and immediately backed out of the turnstile, and returned to the gate, "You should pay attention to a person with a disabled left ear!"

"Is it 'open ears'?" Ling Mo asked.

"Maybe the mandrill informed Huo Er on the first floor. Ling Mo, go to the second floor to support."

"receive."

Xiao Wang walked to Nie Zhixuan's side and said: "It cannot be ruled out that 'Kuo Er' will be mixed in the crowd and return to the first floor. I will go to the first floor to make up for the leak, and the gate will be left to you. If necessary, please ask the security guard to close it." door."

Nie Zhixuan nodded.

"Zimo immediately go to the gate and help Brother Nie." Xiao Wang said into the headset.

"I'm approaching the drink area, what is she doing?" Xiao Lang whispered.

"I'm rubbing my face." Tang Dangdang didn't know what words to use to describe the mandrill's current actions.

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden bang, mixed with countless small crackling sounds, and a shelf toppled over.When this shelf was halfway down, it hit the adjacent shelf.Like dominoes, the shelves in this piece fell one by one.Countless drink bottles, cooking oil, flour sacks and the like fell from the shelves.Everything else was fine. When the flour fell from the top of the shelf, it was like setting off a smoke bomb in the northeast corner of the second floor of the supermarket. The area was in a mess.

Tang Dangdang exclaimed: "Xiao Lang, Xiao Lang was smashed."

"Don't panic." Xiao Wang said hastily, "The video follows the mandrill, and will report her whereabouts at any time. Also make sure that no other people are injured."

"I can't see clearly, now I can't see clearly." Tang Dangdang shouted in horror.

"I'm approaching." Ling Mo said in Ling Mo's voice, "The shelves are falling to the east, which means it wasn't made by mandrills. 'Kuo Er' has made a move, but I can't see him now."

"Ahem, cough, I'm fine." Xiao Lang's voice suddenly made everyone feel relieved, "Hey, hey, why is this like skating? The ground is covered with oil. I'll go, my soles are oiled .There are two people injured, let me check."

Xiao Wang was very pleased, in this highly tense arrest operation, Xiao Lang was able to rescue the masses immediately according to his will, which showed that he had grown more than just a little bit.

When the people on the second floor saw that the shelf suddenly fell down, their first reaction was not to flee, but to move closer to the northeast to watch.This kind of rare thing, really can't come across the second time in a lifetime.However, more and more people gathered, squeezing Ling Mo out of the crowd.

"Fortunately, I'm fine." After checking the injured, Xiao Lang stood up again, still holding the rolling pin in his hand.

"I saw her, she was walking south along the easternmost wall." Tang Dangdang said, "I'll adjust a surveillance camera head."

"Okay." Xiao Lang said, "I'm heading south. My shoes are really slippery. That guy is in yellow, right?"

"I'm going there too." Ling Mo said.

Before taking ten steps, a strange thing happened again.A row of shopping carts that had been standing in the east corner of the supermarket suddenly started to move by itself, making a rattling sound.

The rare things happened one after another, and it was even more rare for the masses, so the big guys came to watch how the large row of trolleys in the distance ran by themselves.

However, everyone overlooked a problem.The weight of such a long line of trolleys, coupled with the increasing speed, if they hit someone, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"'Extended ears' is another novelty?" Xiao Lang said.

"No, the trolley is about to hit someone!" Ling Mo suddenly yelled, "Get out of the way, everyone out of the way!"

The machinery that drives the trolley obviously cannot be positioned like a missile, but it is precisely because of its inaccuracy that this ghostly trolley rushed towards the crowd.At this time, everyone began to react and fled in all directions.

Ling Mo, who turned back to evacuate the crowd, saw the trolley slam into it, rushed over and pushed an eight or nine-year-old child away, but was hit hard by himself and fell out.

"I think I have broken ribs." Ling Mo spoke with difficulty.

The trolley was hit by this, and it also changed its direction, rushing straight towards the escalator.The people on the escalator who were about to go up to watch the excitement turned around and ran back when they saw this scene.Helpless, running in the opposite direction on the escalator, the speed is really pitifully slow.

Fortunately, as soon as the trolley rushed up the escalator, the wheels were immediately attracted by the magnets of the escalator.The huge inertia caused the trolley team to twist violently at first, and then collapsed, blocking the upper and lower openings of the escalator.The escalator also activated the emergency stop mode due to external force.

As a result, the passage between the first floor and the second floor is blocked.The frightened crowd began to think of ways to escape to the first floor. Some jumped over the fence next to the escalator, jumped on the escalator and went downstairs, and some stepped on the rickety trolley, rolled and climbed over the obstacle to go downstairs.

The vicinity of the trolley suddenly became chaotic.

"She's over there with the toiletries!" Tang Dangdang shouted.

"Don't panic, Ling Mo, don't move, Xiao Lang, go get closer." Xiao Wang directed.

At this time, Xiao Wang was already standing at the exit on the first floor of the escalator.On the one hand, he yelled to remind everyone to pay attention to safety and be careful not to be trampled, on the other hand, he watched carefully to see if the "open ear" would also run down.

Suddenly, in the dark corner of the side of the escalator, there was a crackling sound, and the glass shattered.

Xiao Wang was immediately alert: "Zimo, look at the blueprint, can people escape through the windows at the back of the elevator?"

After a while, Cheng Zimo replied: "There is a billboard behind the window, but I don't know the texture of the billboard. If it can be cut, people can escape."

Without saying a word, Xiao Wang ran towards the broken glass.But before he got there, there was a crash, and the whole supermarket went dark.

Power out.

"Zimo, where is the power distribution room?" Xiao Wang asked immediately.

"At the corner of the wall directly down the escalator."

"I've got a plan to turn the tiger away from the mountain, the window can't get out at all!" Xiao Wang suddenly realized, he looked back at the power distribution room in the far corner, the iron door was wide open. 'Huo Er' should have escaped to the first floor among the crowd, but he couldn't pass Xiao Wang's level.So he hid behind the escalator, broke the glass, and when Xiao Wang moved away from the escalator, he jumped from the escalator to the power distribution room and cut off the electricity.But where he is at this time, no one knows.

Fortunately, ten seconds after the power outage, all the emergency lights in the supermarket came on.Although it is not as bright as before, the interior of the supermarket is still clearly visible at this time.

"Want to run in the dark?" Xiao Lang was still on the second floor, and said contemptuously, "Don't you know there is such a thing as an emergency light?"

Before the words fell, Tang Dangdang shouted: "The screen is all black on my side!"

"Yes. The power outage is to cut off the monitoring." Xiao Wang said, "'Huo Er' found that we locked the mandrill with video."

"What should we do? We are blind without the video." Cheng Zimo, who was guarding the gate, said, "Do you want to block the gate?"

"Lockdown!" Xiao Wang gave the order, and together with the security guards, he explained to the crowd.

"I'll go, there's no sign of the mandrill here, and she doesn't know where she went." Xiao Lang said disappointedly.

At this moment, the entire supermarket was in disarray. Everyone had let go of watching the excitement and wanted to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible. The turnstiles were extremely crowded.

However, what added fuel to the fire was that an iron ball suddenly rolled over from nowhere and rolled to Xiao Wang's feet.Xiao Wang looked down and was really startled, this guy looks like a grenade!He yelled: "Lie down!" Then he threw himself sideways, throwing a woman running for his life beside him to the ground.

Of course, many people had no time to react, and turned their heads to look at this handsome "crazy".

However, this "grenade" did not explode, but smoked violently from one end.In the words of Xiao Lang later, this is a copycat version of tear gas.

However, tear gas, which has no lethality, is very terrifying at this time.I don't know who shouted: "It's on fire! Run!"

The crowd began to move violently towards the gates.

"Block the gate! Tell everyone there's no fire! It's safe! Don't cause a stampede!" Xiao Wang yelled while lying on the ground.

But at this moment on the second floor, Ling Mo was much calmer than Xiao Lang who was looking around like a headless chicken.His ribs were injured, leaning against the side of the escalator, silently watching the countless running legs.

Then, he yelled: "Xiao Wang, she is behind you, wearing a No. 62 supermarket attendant's red vest!"

At the moment the power was cut off, Ling Mo, like Xiao Wang, realized that the monitoring was gone.At this critical moment, Ling Mo chose to look at his legs.After all, he was paralyzed on the ground, and the angle of view of his legs was the most convenient.He remembers the "black trousers, white shoes" feature.A pair of legs passed by him, and he recorded silently.After other possibilities have been ruled out, what remains, even the most improbable, is the truth.

This is what Conan said in the cartoon, and it works well at critical times.

The mandrill has already completed the disguise in a short time.She turned into an old aunt, with sloppy hair, shambling steps, and a rickety spine.She was wearing a red vest of a shopping guide in a supermarket, and her yellow down jacket was missing.But the only thing that hasn't changed is the black pants and white shoes.

When she passed by Ling Mo, Ling Mo firmly remembered it.After excluding other people, he determined that the aunt who had run near the turnstile and was about to pass Xiao Wang was the mandrill.

Xiao Wang received the message from the headset, looked up, and met the eyes of the aunt in front of him.The expression on Auntie's face changed from haste to despair.

"Scatter! Lu widow! Scatter!" The aunt no longer hunchbacked, her feet no longer limp, she suddenly turned and ran to the escalator, shouting hysterically as she ran.

Who doesn't know this is a code word?Who doesn't know that the mandrill's purpose now is to attract everyone's attention, and then let "Huo Er" escape?Xiao Wang will not fall down again.

"Brother Nie, go to the second floor to support Xiao Lang." Xiao Wang found that the commotion in the crowd had calmed down a lot under the appeal of Cheng Zimo and the security guards, and he suddenly felt that he had calmed down. Weapons, reveal your identity, let women go, men leave with their ID cards, pay attention to their ears. I will restore the power supply, and I will come to support Zimo immediately. Xiao Lang, draw your gun, they have tear gas, and weapons may not be ruled out."

Several people pulled out their pistols in different places, except Ling Mo.

The mandrill returned to the second floor from the escalator, and saw Ling Mo leaning against the escalator, clutching his ribs[42]. At this moment, Ling Mo was about to draw his gun.She ran over and kicked Ling Mo hard.A surge of pain surged up, Ling Mo let out a muffled groan, and almost passed out.He gave up drawing the gun because he knew that he didn't have the ability at this time, and it would be terrible if she snatched the pistol away.Fortunately, after the mandrill kicked it, it ran to the south.

"South... south." Ling Mo shouted holding back the pain.

Xiao Lang at the other end immediately rushed over with a gun.At this time, Nie Zhixuan also rushed up, briefly looked at Ling Mo's injuries, and approached south with a gun.

The power supply was restored in the supermarket, and it was brightly lit.

"Dangdang, immediately resume the work of surveillance cameras and cooperate with the arrest on the second floor. I have already checked with Zimo at the gate." Xiao Wang has a plan in mind.

On the way to search, Xiao Lang saw black smoke coming out between two rows of shelves.Xiao Lang used the standard search tactics posture to confirm that there was only one fire between the two rows of shelves and no one was there, and then walked between the shelves.

The fire was not big, but it was burning fiercely. The sharp-eyed Xiao Lang suddenly saw the shadow of a button-pressed mobile phone in the light of the fire.Xiao Lang hurried forward and stepped on the flames.Although the trademark of the mobile phone has been burned, judging from the burnt remains of the mobile phone, it is exactly the style of an ancient button machine.It's a pity that it was a bit late, and this key evidence was not obtained.However, beside the wreckage, there was something like a file folder, which had been burnt beyond recognition.Xiao Lang didn't care about that much anymore, he put all the ashes into a plastic bag, tied it to his belt, and continued to move forward with his gun.

On the south side of the supermarket, the shelves are the densest. What is terrible is that there is a row of locked huts in this area with a span of more than [-] meters.

"Zimo, why is there a row of small houses on the south wall of the supermarket?"

"It's a warehouse." Cheng Zimo was overwhelmed with checking his ID card, "The warehouse was written on the drawing, but it was not clearly stated that it was a small locked house."

"Understood." Xiao Lang winked at Nie Zhixuan, meaning that he searched along the south side from east to west, and Nie Zhixuan from west to east.

In fact, Nie Zhixuan at this time was very uneasy.He knew very well that he was just a forensic doctor with a disability. If he really encountered a mandrill, he wondered if he could subdue her.Fortunately, Xiao Lang is not far away from him.

As a site surveyor, when they arrive at the site, the first thing they are interested in is of course the entrance and exit of the site, and the most important clue to the entrance and exit of the site is the lock.

Therefore, Nie Zhixuan subconsciously searched between the shelves and carefully observed the keyhole of the cabin.This observation was really discovered by him.

After walking about 20 meters, Nie Zhixuan glanced at the built-in lock on the hut beside him as if he was an occupational disease.The strong light on the ceiling, which had already been powered on, shone on the silver-white hidden lock for a moment.

Nie Zhixuan felt as if he saw the scratches on the hidden lock.

In order to confirm his discovery, he squatted next to the hidden lock of the cabin, blocked the light with his artificial arm, and looked from the side.In the field investigation, observing the carrier from different angles, sometimes different discoveries can be made.

On the lock plate, there were indeed a few thin, fresh scratches.

Out of the professional acumen of a forensic doctor, Nie Zhixuan speculated: First, these scratches are fresh and just formed.Second, a key is generally used to unlock the lock. Even if the key is not inserted into the keyhole at one time, it is impossible for the blunt head of the key to form such a fine scratch.Such traces must have been left by sharp objects like steel needles when the technology unlocked it.Moreover, because the operator was in a nervous mood, the steel needle poked on the lock plate several times, but did not insert into the keyhole.

So……

At this moment, the iron sliding door in front of Nie Zhixuan, who was in deep thought, was suddenly pulled open with a bang.

What followed was Tang Dangdang's exclamation: "Who!"

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Nie Zhixuan, who was squatting, was in a low position. Before he had time to see the situation in front of him clearly, he felt a black shadow roaring towards his face.Nie Zhixuan subconsciously raised his right arm to cover his head.

"Dangdang!" Three crisp metal clashes followed.

At the same time, a black shadow came towards Nie Zhixuan's left side. He had no way to hide, but felt a sharp pain coming from his left jaw.

The pain caused Nie Zhixuan to secrete a large amount of adrenaline, and the weak Nie Zhixuan's mind was full of the various self-defense tactics that Situ Ba taught them in the class of detective tactics.

Nie Zhixuan rolled backwards, stood up suddenly, raised the pistol in his hand, and aimed it at the dark small door.After completing this series of actions, Nie Zhixuan finally took a closer look at the situation in front of him.

A woman, an unknown woman, was wearing a red supermarket waiter vest, holding a kitchen knife, and confronted him viciously.After all, she temporarily stopped attacking because of the threat of a pistol.

"Fortunately, I have a gun." Nie Zhixuan was secretly grateful.

Nie Zhixuan touched the left side of the neck, it was sticky, there was some blood, and there was a cold steel thorn.He reluctantly pulled out the steel thorn from his neck, and the shiny stainless steel triangular syringe needle still had blood dripping on it.

"Hello, mandrill. Although I don't know you, I know it." Nie Zhixuan raised the triangular syringe needle in his hand and said, "It's one centimeter short of the carotid artery. I don't deserve to die."

At this time, Xiao Lang, who was attracted by the sound of metal collisions, had already arrived at the scene, and the muzzles of two black holes were aimed at the mandrill at the same time.

"Put down your weapon." Xiao Lang smiled contemptuously.

The mandrill leaned against the wall inside the hut, holding a kitchen knife.

"Put down your weapons, there is no way out." Nie Zhixuan said.

The mandrill swung the kitchen knife twice to protect itself.

"I don't hit women, you forced me." Xiao Lang put away his pistol, ready to step forward to subdue the mandrill.

Nie Zhixuan was afraid that the desperado in front of him would hurt Xiao Lang, so he reached out his hand to stop Xiao Lang, and said to the mandrill, "You ran up to protect that man, right?"

The mandrill was stunned for a moment, and the hand holding the kitchen knife clenched even tighter.

"He can't escape." Nie Zhixuan said.

"Ah!" Looking at the muzzles of the two guns one behind the other, the mandrill's expression became desperate.She suddenly burst into a hysterical cry towards the two of them, as if she was about to make a last-ditch effort.

"Be careful." Xiao Lang quickly pushed aside Nie Zhixuan's artificial arm, his fingers tensed on the trigger, and his whole body bowed tight accordingly.

Surprisingly, after that cry, the kitchen knife in the mandrill's hand fell to the ground with a clang. She rolled her eyes and fell to the ground.

"Hey? Hey? Hey? What's the matter? Pengci?" Xiao Lang's tense strings loosened all of a sudden, he was angry and funny, and went forward to tug on the mandrill's lapel.

"Beware of scams!" Nie Zhixuan reminded loudly while raising his pistol.

"I'm really dizzy." Xiao Lang held on to the mandrill, feeling that all the muscles in her body had really relaxed.She didn't cheat, but really lost consciousness.

"Why are you out of breath? Secret agent? Suicide?" Xiao Lang sniffed Mandrill, and began to pinch her, "Dangdang, did the surveillance record it? I didn't do anything."

Tang Dangdang didn't answer.

"What's the use of pinching people?" Nie Zhixuan pushed Xiao Lang away, and began to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the mandrill.

After a while, the mandrill seemed to sigh. Although consciousness had not yet recovered, it finally regained its breathing and heartbeat.

"It seems that our organization is going to add a first aid class." Nie Zhixuan was taunting Xiao Lang.

"Hey, our Chinese medicine is extensive and profound..." Xiao Lang said unconvinced.

"You are not a Chinese medicine doctor." Nie Zhixuan interrupted Xiao Lang, and said into the headset, "Xiao Wang, he was caught and unconscious. Do you want to send him to the hospital?"

"The special police and 120 are here." Xiao Wang said, there were many voices around him.

"I can't escape this time, right?" Xiao Lang took out the handcuffs, and handcuffed the mandrill's right hand while handcuffing his own left hand, "The handcuffs of our night watchmen are specially made, and no one can try to break them."

When the word "Night Watcher" was mentioned, the mandrill seemed to tremble a bit.

"Dangdang, keep an eye on the monitoring, and look for 'Kuo Er' instead." Xiao Wang said.

Tang Dangdang still didn't respond.

"Dangdang, did you get it?" Xiao Lang shouted anxiously.

……

"Oops!" Nie Zhixuan said, "When the mandrill suddenly appeared, we all thought she saw the surveillance cameras here. But now that I think about it, she called 'who'! Why did she shout like that? She's not around!"

Xiao Lang's face turned red at this second, and he jumped up suddenly, but because he and the mandrill were handcuffed together, he was pulled by the handcuffs and fell directly to the ground, but the mandrill fell even worse.

"Oops! 'Kuo Er' ran away from Tang Dangdang!" Ling Mo yelled through gritted teeth, "Hurry up and save Dangdang!"

At this time, everyone is aware of a problem that has been ignored by everyone.When Cheng Zimo introduced the terrain, he said that after exiting the turnstile from the first floor, he needs to leave the supermarket through the gate.But there can also be another way.

That is to go up the small stairs on the west side to the office area, and then jump out from the window of the office area on the second floor to escape.

At this time, Tang Dangdang was alone in the office area.

Xiao Wang turned his head and ran towards the office area, going up three steps at a time to the office area on the second floor.In the monitoring room, Tang Dangdang was lying on the table, bleeding, and the window behind her was wide open.

"Dangdang, clangdang." Xiao Wang's voice was trembling.He ran over and hugged Tang Dangdang in his arms, and pressed the wound on her forehead.

"I, I didn't catch him...he moved too fast." Tang Dangdang actually opened his eyes and said something.

Everyone is relieved.

Jack carried the members of the organization and several ambulances to the Nan'an Public Security Hospital.This hospital affiliated to the public security organ has done a much better job of preventing suspects from escaping than other hospitals.

After Xiao Lang confirmed that Tang Dangdang was only injured on the skin, he returned to being alive and kicking.He accompanied Mandrill through all the physical examinations, and then sat next to Mandrill in the observation room of the hospital, waiting for her to wake up.

"Huo Er" had already run away, so in addition to preventing the mandrill from escaping, Xiao Lang did this to prevent someone from coming to silence him.In Xiao Lang's heart, he swore that he would never let the "Ghost Rider" situation happen again!

Among Tang Dangdang, Ling Mo, and Nie Zhixuan, Nie Zhixuan was injured in a vital part, but he was indeed the least injured, because he did not puncture a blood vessel, so he could only be regarded as a soft tissue puncture in the neck.Tang Dangdang had a small cut on his head, but fortunately it was within the hairline, so it would not disfigure his face, and a simple bandage would be fine.Ling Mo was quite miserable. He was seriously injured when he hunted down the "Ghost Rider". This time, he broke three ribs. After simple treatment, he put on a chest strap and started working immediately. Xiao Lang made a joke because of the location of the strap. Fan.

"This is the strangest patient I have ever seen!" Dr. Luo Jiawei, the director of the Public Security Hospital and an old friend of Xiao Wentian, sat in front of the desk in the director's office, flipping through the mandrill's inspection report page by page, and said to himself Soliloquy.

Nie Zhixuan sat opposite Dean Luo, and the others stood behind Nie Zhixuan.On this occasion, only Nie Zhixuan could understand Director Luo's technical terms.

"It's not strange, and it won't be in our hands." Xiao Wang knew that Dean Luo and his father had been friends for many years and knew about the situation of the Night Watchers organization, so there was no need to hide it from him, "You mean she fainted strangely? Could it be an act?"

"Ah? Fainted?" Dean Luo was pulled back from his contemplation by Xiao Wang. He looked up at Xiao Wang and said, "No, no, she didn't faint. In our medical terminology, she just had a heartbeat." Sudden arrest. If Nie Zhixuan hadn't performed CPR in time, he might have died."

"CPR means cardiopulmonary resuscitation." Nie Zhixuan explained to the comrades around him who did not understand medicine, and then asked Dean Luo, "Her cardiac arrest, has the cause been found? Actually, none of us touched her at the scene, she It just fell by itself.”

"Oh, this is quite simple." Dean Luo took out a color ultrasound report to Nie Zhixuan, and said, "Look, the cause of this patient is here, carotid atherosclerosis."

"Ah? This person is only 25 years old at most, and the degree of atherosclerosis is so serious?" Nie Zhixuan questioned, while continuing to explain to others, "Generally, patients with long-term high blood pressure and high blood lipids are the only ones in this situation. There will be signs."

"She doesn't have high blood pressure or high blood lipids." Dean Luo shrugged and said, "But we saw a lot of needle holes near the median veins in her arms. Usually this is a symptom of drug addicts, but never In the urine test, no drug metabolites were found. So I analyzed that she had suffered from carotid atherosclerosis due to her long-term dependence and injection of some unknown drug. Did you find anything in her belongings?"

Xiao Wang shook his head and said, "Everything was burned by her."

"Is it a triangular needle eye?" Ling Mo asked.

Dean Luo nodded and said, "I didn't pay attention at first, but I knew it was the eye of a needle. Now that you said it like that, I thought, it really is."

"What is the use of the triangular syringe needle?" Xiao Wang continued to ask.

"I haven't seen it before." Dean Luo and Nie Zhixuan said at the same time.

"What's the reason for her sudden cardiac arrest?" Nie Zhixuan brought the topic back.

"It can be seen on the color ultrasound that the atherosclerotic plaque in her neck is cracked." Dean Luo said, "The cracked place is in the carotid sinus. So, you understand."

"Actually, I don't quite understand." Xiao Wang scratched his head.

"It's like this." Nie Zhixuan turned around, "Atherosclerotic plaques are attached to the intima of the carotid artery of the mandrill. It may be because during the arrest process, she was emotional, her blood pressure increased, and she kept showing her teeth. Crying out loud caused her carotid artery plaque to rupture. Because the location of the rupture happened to be in the carotid sinus, and there are very important baroreceptors in the human body, the receptors were stimulated, which led to the reflexive stop of the heartbeat."

Ling Mo's curiosity was also mobilized: "That is to say, this person is prone to cardiac arrest?"

"This is not so easy. It happens to stimulate the baroreceptors, and it happens to cause the receptors to respond. It is a small probability event." Nie Zhixuan said, "However, the place of atherosclerosis is not only the carotid artery, it must be systemic. , including coronary arteries that can be fatal at any time."

"That is to say, you speculate that the mandrill has serious cardiovascular disease due to long-term injection of certain drugs, right?" Xiao Wang concluded.

Seeing that Xiao Wang understood everything, Nie Zhixuan felt relieved.

"Side effects?" Ling Mo pondered.

"What side effect?" Xiao Wang asked sharply.

"Ah, nothing." Ling Mo said, "I just thought that 'Ghost Rider' has epilepsy, since these two people have the so-called 'evolution ability', will there be corresponding 'side effects'? "

"This is a question worth thinking about." Xiao Wang also fell into deep thought.

"What you mean by strange is her atherosclerosis?" Nie Zhixuan then asked Dean Luo.

"No, no, what's so strange about atherosclerosis." Dean Luo said with a smile, "I'm talking about her skin."

"Skin?" Several people said in unison.

"Do you know? When she was sent in, her upper lip was very swollen." Dean Luo said.

"Oh, it was Xiao Lang who pinched people." Nie Zhixuan shook his head helplessly, and said, "This kid is really ruthless."

"No, I'm talking about swelling, not what you're talking about." Dean Luo said, "Inflammation or swelling caused by trauma will have signs of redness, swelling, heat, and pain. However, this person's swelling is not red. , not hot, just plain swollen."

"Is that edema?" Nie Zhixuan asked.

Dean Luo shook his head and said, "It's not edema either. Edema will sag when pressed with finger pressure, and then recover quickly. But this man, when pressed with finger pressure, collapsed in one piece and did not recover. Moreover, during the whole process of examination, diagnosis and treatment, Our medical staff found that as long as a little force is applied to press or rub her skin, the subcutaneous changes will occur immediately, and then a lump will swell up. The slope and shape of the swollen part can be changed at will. Well, to put it simply, it can be Shaping."

"Plasticine?" Cheng Zimo stopped chewing out of curiosity.

"Plasticine is not enough." Dean Luo said, "If it is more accurate, it is like our plastic surgery department injecting hyaluronic acid into the face for beauty and shaping."

"It's hyaluronic acid." Nie Zhixuan said, "Normal people have this in their skin, it's just a little bit."

"You mean, her skin will produce excessive hyaluronic acid by itself due to external stimulation, and then shape it?" Xiao Wang said in surprise, "This is the reason for her disguise ability!"

"Produce hyaluronic acid?" Tang Dangdang said, "Wow, this skill is so cool."

"You're right." Ling Mo said, "This is the reason for her face-changing, so she can only change the shape of her face, not imitate the appearance of others."

"Since she has such a unique skin, is it because of her special skin that she uses a triangular needle for injection? Because ordinary needles can't penetrate it?" Xiao Wang guessed.

"Well, this possibility really cannot be ruled out." Dean Luo was thoughtful.

"Hey, this guy is awake, do you want to take him back for interrogation? My hands are so sore." Xiao Lang's voice suddenly rang through the intercom.

"Isn't it? Who doesn't feel sore when you keep raising your arms like this?" Dean Luo has always liked Xiao Lang, and when he heard his complaints, he laughed and said.

The mandrill sitting in the interrogation room on the first basement floor of the Night Watcher Organization has now recovered its original appearance, which is finally consistent with the appearance of the mandrill shown on the surveillance video in the beauty salon.

At this time, the members of the Night's Watch finally figured out the secret of the mandrill's disguise.Repeated rubbing and finger pressure on the face will cause excessive production of substances similar to hyaluronic acid under the skin of specific parts of the face, so that the facial contours can be shaped.Because a large amount of hyaluronic acid is produced under the skin of the whole face, it can change the contour of the face and the shape of the soft tissue around the facial features through self-shaping to achieve the effect of changing the appearance.After a few hours, the excess hyaluronic acid will be metabolized due to microcirculation and return to its original state.

However, figuring out the reason behind her disguise doesn't seem to have much effect on the handling of the whole case.Where did the mandrill come from, how did it grow up, what training did it receive, who was instigated by whom, what was the motive for committing the crime, and what kind of organization was behind it... All of these are still a mystery.

After all, it is a society ruled by law, and extorting a confession by torture is impossible, so how can we get clues from her?

Sitting opposite the mandrill in the interrogation room was Tang Jun.Although Tang Jun is no longer a policeman, he is still the main team member of the interrogation as an expert assistant under the trust of Fu Yuanman.And Xiao Wang beside him, who seemed to be the chief interrogator, was actually Tang Jun's assistant.Except for these two, the other members were all outside the interrogation room, watching the interrogation of the mandrill simultaneously through a single-sided glass and loudspeakers.

The mandrill is not beautiful, but it is still dignified. At first glance, it looks like an educated mandrill, which is very inconsistent with the image of the mountain ghost that everyone imagines.She sat quietly on the interrogation chair in the interrogation room, lowered her eyes, and said nothing.A restraint strap restrains her to the back of the chair, preventing her from harming herself.In fact, she didn't mean to harm herself at all, she was as quiet as a virgin.

Tang Jun sat across from him with a stern face, and tapped the table with the pen in his hand to attract the mandrill's attention.Mandrill raised his head and looked at Tang Jun.Tang Jun didn't say a word, just stared at the mandrill in a daze.The two looked at each other for a long time, but the mandrill was still defeated, lowering its head and eyebrows.

"You have done enough evil, it's time to stop." Tang Jun finally spoke with a stern tone.

Tang Dangdang was taken aback, this was the other side of his usually gentle and refined father, she didn't seem to know him anymore.

"Psychological oppression." Ling Mo said to himself, "Enough psychological oppression can expose the opponent to more psychological traces and clues to lies. After all, killing people to burn incense every year did not really harm the little girl. It all shows that her conscience is not lost. Using the smart phone privately also shows that she still has many psychological loopholes to explore compared with 'Ghost Rider'."

Ling Mo knew that this interrogation could be regarded as Mr. Tang Jun teaching him on the spot.

Mandrill raised his head to look at Tang Jun, wriggled his lips, hesitated to speak, and finally lowered his head without saying a word.

"She has been brainwashed, and she has an obvious psychological resistance to the word 'evil'. It seems that she doesn't think her behavior is a crime." Ling Mo was still talking to himself.

"Mandrill, what did you buy at the supermarket last night?" Tang Jun changed the topic.

"Instant noodles." Mandrill bit his lip and replied softly.

"Sudden decompression. Calling your name is subconscious thinking, and asking questions is to stimulate memory." Ling Mo moved his body with difficulty, took out a notebook, and wrote, "Explore the bottom line of honesty, and the degree of psychological pressure that has been endured. Analysis provides a frame of reference."

"Is it so mysterious?" Xiao Lang looked at the technical terms written by Ling Mo and found it unbelievable.

"She is young and doesn't have enough social experience. Even if she is unwilling to cooperate with the investigation, I can still find some clues from her." Ling Mo glanced at Xiao Lang.

"Hey, don't set a flag[43], be careful of slapping your face." Xiao Lang laughed.

"Is the needle hole on your arm a drug?" Tang Jun asked.

"I don't take drugs!" Mandrill raised his head and looked straight into Tang Jun's eyes.

"There are no clues of lies, but clues of doubt." Ling Mo continued to write, "First, it can be determined that the mandrill has no clue about what she injected herself; second, it can be determined that she is very disgusted with drug use."

The so-called lie clues are based on the previously detected honesty bottom line, comparing the current expressions, actions and reactions, and analyzing whether the other party has emotions such as defense and temptation when lying.And the clue of doubt is to analyze whether the other party has doubts about the things you doubt according to the other party's reaction.

"You killed so many people at once. You are so young, you really can do it." Tang Jun was silent for a while, avoided the topic, took out two photos from his pocket, leaned over, and put the two photos together. This photo was pushed in front of Mandrill and placed under her eyes, making it impossible for her to avoid it.Tang Jun said sharply: "Look at these two photos."

"What photo?" Xiao Lang stood up, trying to see the photo on the side of the mirror through changing the angle.

"The hotel murder case, and the charred corpse of Cao Yun." Ling Mo said, "There is direct evidence for the hotel murder case, so we can directly put pressure on her. The state of Cao Yun's body was unexpected to her, so This is the teacher's temptation to her."

During the whole process, Tang Jun stared at the expression of the mandrill without taking his eyes off it.

The mandrill slowly raised its eyelids, first glanced at the bloody scene of the murder case, then turned to look at the pile of black and charred corpses, as if it wanted to raise its head to ask.

Tang Jun said: "Cao Yun."

The mandrill bowed its head again and remained silent.

"She admitted it." Ling Mo said with a sigh of relief, "It seems to be very relaxed, like a relief."

"And Principal Wei Shizhong, you insisted on forcing him to commit suicide. You are very skillful, and you hit him with one blow." Tang Jun leaned back in his chair and stared at the mandrill.

The mandrill sighed and turned his face away.

"Expression of helpless emotions." Ling Mo continued to record, "In order to force the principal to death, I tried my best and tried many methods."

"Your brother, you also execute yourself." Tang Jun said, "The plan is thorough, and you can't do it alone."

Mandrill's eyelashes trembled violently.

"Nystagmus is equal to a point of disgust, and I am afraid that others will mention it." Ling Mo wrote in his notebook, "Stimulate the point of disgust, break the psychological defense line, and lead to the next question."

3
"Except for the law, no one can deprive others of their lives." Tang Jun said, "The person behind you is the culprit. Why do you want to take his responsibility?"

The mandrill took a breath and leaned back.Because her hands were handcuffed to the tabletop of the interrogation chair, she couldn't move, but her elbows were clamped a little.At the same time, the sharp-eyed Xiao Lang saw her trembling legs hanging under the interrogation chair.

"She's shaking." Xiao Lang pointed to the single-sided glass.

"Hmm." Ling Mo nodded, and said, "For the question of her mastermind behind the scenes, she not only has a clear resistance, but also breathing and trembling are signs of fear. She is very scared. If there is resistance, we don't care , but if you are so afraid, it will be difficult to ask for clues. Fear is the most secretive psychological feeling."

"Then what should we do?" Xiao Lang jumped up, "She took it all down. It looks like the case has been solved, but in fact it hasn't. She has been executed. Where can we find the real villain?"

"Don't worry, don't worry." Nie Zhixuan pushed Xiao Lang back to his seat and comforted him.

"Shoot me, I did it all by myself." Mandrill said slowly.

"She's calmed down, and she's determined to die," Ling Mo said helplessly.

Nie Zhixuan exerted all his strength and held down Xiao Lang who wanted to bounce up from his seat again.

"Then you can not only change your appearance, but you also have a super-powerful brain." Tang Jun said lightly, "You said that you did it by yourself, that's fine, but 'Ghost Rider', Cao Yun, and Principal Wei Shizhong, also There must be a reason for the death of Boss Zhao of Zhaoyuan Hotel, right?"

"He's not called 'Ghost Rider'!" Mandrill raised his head forcefully.

"It's not important." Tang Jun didn't want to pester her.

"A rebuttal is equivalent to deep feelings." Ling Mo wrote.

"What I want is a reason." Tang Jun still cut to the chase.

"There's no reason." The mandrill's elbows that had been relaxed just now tightened up again.This time without Ling Mo's explanation, everyone can understand that the mandrill started to resist psychologically again.

"Under this situation, it is impossible to overcome." Ling Mo folded his arms and said helplessly.

"You said he wasn't called 'Ghost Rider', so he, like you, actually only has a nickname, but no real name." Tang Jun said, "Even if there is a so-called real name, it is actually fake."

"Teacher brought the topic back, which is to find another way." Ling Mo said to himself with a smile, his eyes full of admiration.

The mandrill shook his head slightly.

"She doesn't agree with this inference." Ling Mo said.

"Oh, by the way, that mandrill's private mobile phone is called 'Fang Jia'." Tang Dangdang patted his head and said, "I checked in the population system, and it really has such an identity. But the identity There is very little information, and it has not been updated for many years, so it should be registered when the household registration management was chaotic, or someone else’s identity was falsely used.”

Without further ado, Ling Mo transmitted this message to Tang Jun's earphone through the walkie-talkie.

"You are not Fang Jia." Tang Jun stared at the mandrill, "At least, your surname is not Fang."

The mandrill remained motionless, without any flaws.

Tang Jun was not in a hurry, and slowly took out a document from his briefcase, and placed it in front of Mandrill.

The mandrill took a look and said, "I don't understand."

"Then let me explain to you." Tang Jun said, "'Ghost Rider' and your DNA have both been entered into our missing persons DNA database, and there are comparison results. 'Ghost Rider''s real name is Fangran , born in 1995, you are two years older than him, but you two have one thing in common, both are stolen babies in the mid-90s. Your surname is not Fang, but Li."

This time, not only did the mandrill's eyeballs tremble, but his entire shoulders trembled.That is to say, she didn't know about it, and this piece of information was a huge blow to her.The reason why the mandrill believed in Tang Jun was because before that, the mandrill should have doubted his own life experience.

"The two photos in the upper right corner are your parents. They are honest farmers who have worked hard all their lives, and they have always felt guilty for your loss." Tang Jun said, "They are still alive. I think you don't want to How about meeting them on this occasion?"

"Shoot me! Shoot me!" the mandrill roared suddenly, his whole face flushed red.

"Don't worry, I won't notify them." Tang Jun immediately comforted him.

With the previous experience of cardiac arrest, Tang Jun didn't dare to stimulate her too much.

The mandrill panted heavily, closed its eyes, and trembled.

"Psyche of fear." Ling Mo continued writing.

Tang Jun stood up, walked slowly behind the mandrill, and put his hands on the mandrill's shoulders.When the two touched, the mandrill trembled slightly.

"Don't be nervous." Tang Jun reassured, "You are the implementer of everything, and you cannot escape the punishment of the law. As for whether you want to bear all the responsibilities, that is your choice; and for We have caught you, and the evidence is conclusive, so we have fulfilled our duty."

"Uncle Tang is not right." Xiao Lang said.

Ling Mo made a "shh" gesture and said, "This is to numb her and let her relax. Now the teacher is feeling the tension of her muscles. Whether it's a guilty conscience, lying or deliberately resisting, it will happen when her muscles contract. Different states are reflected in the intensity. This is a subconscious behavior, which cannot be controlled by consciousness."

After a long silence, Tang Jun finally spoke: "Except for your brother, Fangran, ah, let alone the 'Ghost Rider', the other dead have nothing to do with each other, but why are they your targets?"

The mandrill did not speak.

On the side of the single-sided glass, several people turned their heads to look at Ling Mo, hoping that he could continue explaining.

Ling Mo shrugged his shoulders and said, "I can't feel the state of the mandrill's muscles, so I don't know what the result will be."

So everyone can only continue to turn their heads to "watch the fun".

"Well, maybe, Cao Yun is just a scapegoat." Tang Jun continued, "But Zhao Yuan and Wei Shizhong are always connected."

Mandrill sat there with her head bowed and her eyebrows lowered, expressionless. From the perspective of outsiders, she remained calm.The members of the Night's Watch know that she is determined to die now and chooses to bear all the charges.Therefore, she was unwilling to cooperate with Tang Jun to say anything.

"Their connection actually made you commit crimes over three years." Tang Jun said, "It's not because of money, nor because of something. Their connection is based on one person, right?"

There is a short pause between "money", "things" and "people".

The mandrill remained silent.

"The time when this intersection happened, isn't it far away?" Tang Jun seemed to be guessing.

"Is this person the enemy of the two dead?"

"Is this person a relative of the two deceased?"

"This person helped two dead people? Uh, or, was he helped by them?"

Tang Jun asked each sentence, but the mandrill still kept its original posture, not moving at all.However, the members of the Night Watch clearly saw the joy of victory from Tang Jun's face.

This kind of joy, shown on Tang Jun's face, was not relaxation and excitement, but meditation.

Tang Jun moved his hands away and returned to the interrogation table, writing something in his notebook while frowning in thought.

At this moment, the mandrill took a deep breath.

"She was under a lot of pressure just now, but now she relaxes instantly." Ling Mo said, "The more stressed, the easier it is to show the degree and state of body muscle contraction. This is a good thing."

"At the same time, it also shows that this guy is really afraid of her boss." Xiao Lang said, "'Ghost Rider' was caught, so let her kill her. I think she should also consider who will kill her now?"

"I don't think she will consider this issue. She is not afraid of death, but only wants to die quickly." Nie Zhixuan said.

Ling Mo nodded: "Thinking about it now, she is really pitiful."

Tang Jun wrote for a while, raised his head, and said, "It's getting late, and I know your choice. Since your body has just recovered, you should go to the detention center to have a good rest. The detention center that Fangran once instigated to break out of prison is now the prison of the company. Difficult for a fly to get in and out. Thank you for giving me so many clues."

When listening to the first half of the sentence, the mandrill obviously relaxed.But upon hearing the last sentence, Mandrill immediately raised his head and looked at Tang Jun in astonishment.

"This is the final confirmation of the question just now by observing the characteristics of her psychological worry." Ling Mo said, "The teacher already has the answer."

Tang Jun's contemplation didn't seem to bring him joy, so that when he left the interrogation room, he turned a deaf ear to the surging questions from several students.Alone, he quickly walked out of the hall of the Night Watch organization, started the car and drove away, leaving a group of people behind, standing at the door of the interrogation room in a daze.

"Don't take it to heart." Ling Mo said, "Any analysis of psychological traces can't be concluded immediately. It needs to be combined with the specific circumstances of the case. The teacher must go home to analyze the psychological traces of the mandrill. Then based on the facts of the case, we can draw the direction of our next work. Don’t worry, everyone, wait overnight, there will be good news tomorrow.”

"Hmph! Ignore me! I want to go home and look for him." Tang Dangdang felt very uncomfortable seeing his father rarely paying attention to her.She touched the gauze wrapped around her head, and wanted to go back and ask what happened.

It was Xiao Lang who held her back and said, "Give Uncle Tang a little space for himself, he definitely needs to analyze calmly."

That night, everyone was very tangled.Judging from the handling of the case, they completed the task beautifully, captured the suspect alive, and the suspect bowed his head and pleaded guilty.But behind this seemingly perfect ending, there is still a huge conspiracy hidden.This lingering shadow made it difficult for everyone to fall asleep.

Early the next morning, everyone woke up at the same time, using different methods, such as running, walking, eating breakfast slowly, etc. After covering up their inner anxiety, they came to the interrogation room to see if Tang Jun would Mandrill was arraigned for the second time.

but.

The mandrill was not brought by Tang Jun to the Night Watch organization for a second interrogation.It looks like this, I don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing.

After ten o'clock, none of the mentors were seen, which was obviously not normal.

What happened?
After waiting and waiting, when it was approaching lunch time, Fu Yuanman walked into the gate of the Night Watch organization.

Even Fu Yuanman, who has been working on the criminal investigation front for decades and has shown no signs of emotion or anger, still showed a different expression than usual.The look on his face made the members of the Night's Watch feel ominous.

"Grandpa, where have you been? You haven't seen anyone all morning!" Xiao Lang rushed out first, took Fu Yuanman's arm, and said, "What's wrong with you? Are you unhappy?"

"Don't babble." Fu Yuanman said seriously, "Get in your car, and I'll take you to a place."

Fu Yuanman sat on the co-pilot of Jack and led Pikachu all the way to the western suburbs of Nan'an City.Feeling apprehensive, everyone ran along the main road to the sparsely populated suburbs, and then arrived at a compound with many twists and turns. Jack did not slow down and drove directly into the compound.From the corner of everyone's eyes, they caught a glimpse of several large characters on the door.

Nan'an Funeral Home.

The ominous mood further enveloped everyone, and everyone was silent until two cars stopped at the door of the funeral parlor freezer.At the door, two special police officers with live ammunition were guarding.

"No way? The mandrill won't be silenced too, right?" Xiao Lang pulled the handbrake and pestered Fu Yuanman very worriedly to ask.

Fu Yuanman did not answer Xiao Lang, and led everyone to the door, patted Tang Dangdang on the shoulder, and said, "You wait at the door."

Before Tang Dangdang could react, Fu Yuanman had already walked into the freezer without looking back.Everyone looked at Tang Dangdang with a puzzled look on his face, probably because the scene was bloody, and they were afraid that Tang Dangdang would feel unwell.Everyone didn't know what to say, so they followed Fu Yuanman in one after another.

There are several rows of low-temperature freezers in the freezing room. Between the two rows of low-temperature freezers, there is a corpse bed, and the corpse on the bed is covered with a white cloth.

It was the first time for everyone to enter the freezer of the funeral home, but curiosity was completely overwhelmed by panic.

If it was really a mandrill, wouldn't all the hard work be in vain?Who actually ate the bear's heart and leopard's guts, plotting to kill one after another under the nose of the police?
Everyone was in a panic, and they didn't notice the mentors standing around the corpse bed.

Everyone was waiting with bated breath for Fu Yuanman's next instruction.

"You have to be mentally prepared." Fu Yuanman slowly pulled away the white cloth in front of him.

In fact, before this, everyone had already made psychological preparations, but when they saw that pale, bloodless face, everyone still gasped and stayed where they were.

In front of him was a sharp-edged man's face, the sideburns were already gray, but they were no longer so conspicuous on the pale skin.There seems to be a trace of dirt still sticking to the short stubble, and the corners of the lips are loose and slightly open.From his half-closed eyelids, there is no trace of life at all; there are two small cracks around the eyelids, which were pierced by his broken glasses.However, no blood flowed from the punctured mouth.

How familiar is this cold corpse.

His voice and smile yesterday are still lingering in everyone's minds.

"Teacher!" Ling Mo roared, shaking, squeezing it out of his throat.

"Tang... Uncle Tang! This... what's going on?" Xiao Wang asked, holding back his crying.

Apparently, Tang Dangdang, who was at the gate, heard the commotion inside, and desperately broke through the interception of the special police at the gate, and rushed in.Just looking at the corpse bed from a distance, Tang Dangdang fell to his knees with a plop.

Although the members are young, this is not the first time they have faced death.However, facing the death of their relatives and mentors, they still endured the biggest blow in their lives.Several people stayed in place, at a loss.

Fu Yuanman had expected this scene.

In fact, when the incident happened in the morning, Fu Yuanman was planning to hide the bad news from the children.But Xiao Wentian told him that the children are no longer children, they are all glorious people's policemen.

The reason why the people's police are glorious is that they cannot shrink back in the face of danger, they must be full of sunshine in the face of darkness, and they must know how to turn grief into strength in the face of sacrifice.

Therefore, the instructors chose to let Tang Jun teach the children the last lesson in the life course and the police course.

Tang Jun's cold body tells the children that even in peaceful times, there are still sacrifices in the ranks of the people's police, and how to face such sacrifices is what the children need to understand and explore by themselves.

Everyone's shocking emotions quickly turned into grief because of Tang Dangdang's crying.

Tang Dangdang, the little girl who was held in the palm of Tang Jun's hands since she was a child, became an orphan overnight.His father's voice, face and smile are still in front of him, but at this moment, heaven and man are separated forever.The farewell yesterday turned out to be a farewell, and before the farewell, her father didn't even take a good look at her.

Tang Dangdang completely ignored the wound on her forehead that had begun to ooze blood, and she cried heartbreakingly. She knelt on the ground and had no strength to stand up, so she could only move towards the corpse bed little by little. .Xiao Lang was also heartbroken, he cried and helped Tang Dangdang up.

"It's all your fault! It's all your fault! If you don't let me go back, my dad won't die if I go back!" Tang Dangdang pushed Xiao Lang away with all his strength.

Xiao Lang staggered and squatted on the ground, holding his headache and crying.

This was the first time Xiao Lang cried since he could remember.

"Dad, don't go, Dad, look at me again, Dad, can you hear me? Don't go, can I be obedient in the future?" Tang Dangdang broke down in tears and grabbed Tang Jun's right hand under the white cloth.

Fu Yuanman wanted to stop him, but it was too late.What Tang Dangdang pulled out was Tang Jun's bloody right hand.

The blood stained Tang Dangdang's white shirt, which broke Tang Dangdang's heart.She raised Tang Jun's hand and placed it on her face, allowing her father's blood to flow down her cheeks and from her chin along with her tears.

"Dangdang, take care of yourself." Fu Yuanman couldn't stand it any longer, and slowly lifted her up and embraced her in his arms.Tang Dangdang threw herself into Fu Yuanman's arms, crying bitterly.

On top of Tang Jun's bloody palm, he was wearing the familiar sports bracelet.The bracelet lit up because of Tang Dangdang's touch.

Five thousand and 160 four steps.

Everyone was equally sad, but it was Ling Mo who remembered this strange number.

"This is Teacher Tang's relic." The case-handling policeman of Nan'an Public Security Bureau handed Fu Yuanman an evidence bag, which contained a mobile phone, watch, wallet, glasses, keys and other items.

"And this." Ling Mo forced his composure, reached out and took off the bracelet on Tang Jun's right hand, and put it into the evidence bag.

4
Grief can be disheartening, but it can also be sobering.And Ling Mo is the latter.

When they first saw Tang Jun's pale face in the freezer room of the funeral home, almost everyone was stunned by the sad news. Ling Mo, who had been with Tang Jun day and night and always regarded Tang Jun as his father, was even more deeply saddened.However, only Ling Mo found something strange in that extreme emotion.

After all, as he got older, Tang Jun also began to pay attention to health preservation.I don't know how many years ago, Tang Jun started wearing this sports bracelet and counted his steps every day.After a long time, Ling Mo and Tang Dangdang were already familiar with his bracelet.This is not strange, what is strange is that everyone knows that the wristband is automatically reset at midnight every day, and Tang Jun's accident happened in the early morning, and Tang Jun was at home all night, and he drove his own car to the scene of the crime.

As I said just now, when Tang Jun's bracelet lighted up, Ling Mo keenly noticed that the number on it had actually reached more than 5000, which was not much different from Tang Jun's daily physical activity!

This is so suspicious.

Careful Xiao Wang knew that Ling Mo had discovered something abnormal when Ling Mo took off Tang Jun's bracelet. When the members got on the jacks and were about to rush to the scene of Tang Jun's accident, Xiao Wang asked Ling Mo.

Ling Mo didn't hide anything, and expressed his doubts.

"This is easy." Xiao Wang took out gloves from his pocket, put them on, and said, "This kind of bracelet counts steps independently, and does not need to be connected to the mobile phone through an APP. On the mobile phone, there will be an independent health coefficient recording system .”

Xiao Wang put on his gloves, and took out the mobile phone used by Tang Jun from the evidence bag.

"Does Dangdang know the password?" Xiao Wang turned his head and asked Tang Dangdang softly.

At this time Tang Dangdang was a little more awake than before, but she still couldn't recover, she leaned on Xiao Wang's shoulder with tears in her eyes.

"Dangdang, you are an adult, you have to be strong." Xiao Wang looked at Tang Dangdang's appearance, feeling very distressed, and gently comforted her shoulder with his hands.

"I'm an orphan now." Tang Dangdang said in a crying voice.

"No, we are all your relatives." Xiao Wang pointed around.Everyone nodded, giving Tang Dangdang comfort and encouragement.

"Password, the password seems to be 7674." Tang Dangdang sobbed.

"7674?" Xiao Wang said, "What does this number mean?"

Tang Dangdang shook her head feebly, indicating that she did not know the meaning of the number.

Xiao Wang didn't continue to ask, and used the password to open the phone and the health system.

Ling Mo's speculation was completely correct. From a month ago to now, Tang Jun's daily activity has been very stable, about six or seven thousand steps a day.However, after early this morning, the number of steps on the mobile phone is more than 1000.

In other words, Tang Jun's bracelet and mobile phone had a huge deviation in step counting.

At the scene of the incident, Tang Jun not only wore a bracelet, but also a mobile phone. So, how to explain this deviation?The members were puzzled.

In silence, the car arrived at the scene of the accident.

The site is a construction site in the suburbs. There is a large sand pile in the center of the construction site, and a loader with a bucket on the ground is parked on one side of the large sand pile.A few well-armed special police guarded the surroundings, while a dozen people surrounded the loader, busy.

Among the dozens of people, there was a senior police officer wearing the uniform of a second-level police inspector who was on the scene commanding, and it was Xiao Wentian.

Members of the Night Watchmen, except for Tang Dangdang who was still resting in the car because he was completely weak, the others walked behind Xiao Wentian one after another.

"Dad." Xiao Wang called out.

Xiao Wentian turned his head to look at the children, eyes full of indignation.

"Old Tang's accident happened here." Xiao Wentian pointed to the loader, and said, "The loader's bucket pressed him down, and his entire chest, abdomen and hands were crushed. Especially the chest and the The injuries to the hands were the heaviest, and there were open injuries. The forensic doctor analyzed the autopsy and analyzed that Old Tang’s chest and abdomen organs ruptured due to compression, and he died of bleeding.”

When the word "death" was mentioned, Xiao Wentian's voice trembled a little.

The members walked to the side of the loader, and the bucket had been sawed off by the firefighters on the scene, but the blood stains under the bucket could still be seen.

"Actually, when the firefighters and 120 arrived, Old Tang had been dead for a long time. The forensic doctor inferred that his death time was around two o'clock in the morning." Xiao Wentian said.

"Murder?" Xiao Lang asked through gritted teeth.At this moment, no one wants to catch the murderer more than him.

"Preliminary investigation found that Old Tang drove to the neighborhood by himself at one o'clock in the morning this morning. The surveillance video can prove it. Unfortunately, the neighborhood is in the suburbs, so we can only confirm that he arrived nearby, but we can't be sure what he came here for, and I don't know. Has anyone else come to the appointment." Xiao Wentian said, "The ground near the scene does not have the conditions for on-site investigation, so nothing can be seen."

"What about the person driving the loader?" Nie Zhixuan asked.

"Only the driver Lin has the key to this loader. When the police arrived, they found that the loader was locked, but they still controlled Lin. But this person said that he hadn't done anything since it got dark yesterday. If he survived, he locked the loader and went to play mahjong." Xiao Wentian said.

"Don't listen to his nonsense, I'll beat him up and he'll confess!" Xiao Lang clenched his fists tightly.

Xiao Wang patted his younger brother on the shoulder and said, "Do you have an alibi?"

Xiao Wentian nodded silently, and said: "There is indeed enough evidence to prove that Mr. Lin was not there, and he has the habit of locking the car after work. It is impossible for other people to manipulate the loader to crush people. I don't worry. , arranged for the technical department to conduct a survey of the control room, except for the relevant physical evidence of Lin, it is true that no other physical evidence can be found."

"What's going on?" Xiao Wang asked, "Could it be an accident?"

"The technical department really suspected that it was an accident." Xiao Wentian said, "According to Lin, when he left, the bucket of the loader was lifted. So the technical department analyzed that if Old Tang happened to be standing under the bucket , and at that time, the machine happened to break down, which might cause the bucket to drop and press down on Old Tang."

"Impossible." Ling Mo said.

Xiao Wentian sighed, and said, "I don't believe it either, so I asked the mechanical engineer of the loader to inspect it."

"It's indeed a mechanical failure." An engineer wearing glasses got out from under the belly of the loader and said to Xiao Wentian, "Leader, we checked and it is certain that the hydraulic device of the machine is malfunctioning. It was because of the strong wind last night, or there was a heavy vehicle passing nearby that caused the ground to vibrate, which caused a failure and caused the failure of the hydraulic rod, resulting in this accident."

The word "accident" is particularly harsh.

"Say, have you been bribed?" Xiao Lang rushed forward, grabbed the engineer by the collar, and almost picked him up.

"Calm down." Xiao Wentian suppressed his emotions and roared.

Xiao Wang pulled Xiao Lang away, and repeatedly apologized to the engineer.

"If someone as knowledgeable as you gets into the belly of the aircraft, can it destroy the hydraulic system?" Ling Mo asked a key question.

"This, this, this..." The engineer was speechless, "Is this unlikely? This is very professional."

"What I'm asking is, are there any traces of destruction?" Ling Mo asked.

"This, this, this..." The engineer rolled his eyes and recalled, "It seems not."

Ling Mo frowned, without saying a word, got into the belly of the aircraft.After a long time, he got out again with a face full of dust, and said, "The belly of the aircraft is not locked, anyone can enter. The hydraulic device has been dismantled in pieces, and even if there are signs of damage, no one can see it. "

Obviously, when the engineer inspected, he did not pay attention to protecting the physical evidence.

"I don't remember seeing any traces of vandalism, no, definitely not," said the engineer.

Ling Mo knew very well in his heart that this was his behavior to cover up, but in fact he didn't notice it at all.However, as a mechanical engineer, he didn't notice this, and it wasn't a dereliction of duty.

The word "machinery" flashed in Ling Mo's mind, he suddenly raised his head, and said to Xiao Wang: "Mechanical!"

Xiao Wang already realized this, nodded silently, thinking about how to do it.

"If this is the case, our police will be in a difficult situation." Xiao Wentian said, "The basis for filing the case is obviously insufficient. After all, there is a very small probability that a knowledgeable person seeks money and kills. But if the case is not filed, I'm sorry Old Tang ...I also know that you have grasped some doubts, although you can't explain something, but the doubts are unexplainable doubts after all."

Ling Mo nodded, and said, "We'll do another search at the site of the center, and we'll have to trouble the engineers to restore the hydraulic system. We'll also see what the original state is like."

The engineer was frightened by Xiao Lang just now, but now he dared not say anything, and got into the belly of the aircraft again.

And the members, around the shovel head and the pool of bright red blood, carefully searched for clues on the ground.

More than two hours passed like this, and the engineer got out of the belly again and said: "It has been restored, but nothing can be seen. It is possible that it is damaged by yourself or someone else."

Now that the engineer said so, Xiao Wang could only sneak in and take a look, but couldn't draw any clues.After all, such professional knowledge, the night watchmen are completely incapable of mastering it.Since the engineer believes that the failure of the hydraulic system can be caused by natural damage, and it cannot be ruled out that someone deliberately destroyed it, it is meaningless to dwell on it.

But at this moment, Ling Mo dug out a small object from the crack in the dry ground with a small shovel.

"What's this? An electronic component? Ask Dangdang." Ling Mo pinched a small shiny object with his gloved fingers.

"No, I know this. Dangdang told me last time when he rebuilt the driving recorder." Cheng Zimo said, "This is a part of the three-axis acceleration sensor."

"What?" Ling Mo turned his head and asked.

"It's in the bracelet." Cheng Zimo replied casually, "No, Teacher Tang's bracelet is obviously good. If this thing falls out, the bracelet must be rotten!"

"Bracelet? The number of steps varies?" Ling Mo fell into deep thought.

Everyone was also lost in thought, but was interrupted by a phone call from Xiao Lang.

"Come to Teacher Tang's house quickly, there are clues here." Xiao Lang said anxiously.

"Ah?" Xiao Wang looked around, didn't notice before, Xiao Lang didn't know when he disappeared, "When did you run away?"

"Just now I went to the car to see how Dangdang was doing, and she asked me to drive Pikachu to take her home." Xiao Lang said, "Turn out, Teacher Tang really has a clue here."

"What clue?" Xiao Wang asked.

"Oh, I can't say a word or two, come quickly." Xiao Lang said on the other end of the phone, stomping his feet.

Now that there was nothing to chew on at the scene, Ling Mo also hurriedly put the electronic components into the evidence bag, and several people flew towards Tang Jun's house on jacks.

In Tang Jun's study room, the desk lamp was still on, calm as usual, as if nothing had happened.

Xiao Lang and Tang Dangdang sat side by side in front of Tang Jun's desk, facing many objects on the desk.Tang Dangdang hugged one of Tang Jun's suits, and sat beside Xiao Lang, staring blankly at the computer screen on the desk.On that suit, there seemed to be tears left by Tang Dangdang just now.Perhaps, the current Tang Dangdang can only recall his beloved father through the smell on his suit.Tang Dangdang was much stronger than everyone imagined. What she was looking at was a folder in Tang Jun's computer.Because it is encrypted, the folder is locked.

And Xiao Lang sat in front of Tang Jun's desk, looking at something seriously.

The ceiling lamp and table lamp in Tang Jun's study room were on when they came in.If you guessed right, Tang Jun left suddenly while he was studying a pile of materials on the table.Since it was Tang Jun's last move before his death, this must be the clue that Tang Jun most wanted to tell them.

At this stage, compared to the uncracked folder on the computer, the three documents on Tang Jun's desk are more valuable.

The first is the notes from the mandrill interrogation yesterday afternoon.

In the center of the notebook, a few strokes were written. Although the handwriting was scribbled, it was still legible.

Cao Yun, the scapegoat. (√)
Zhao Yuan and Wei Shizhong were connected. (√)
Because of money. (×)

Because of things. (×)

Because of people. (√)
recent events. (×)

This person has enmity with the two. (×)

relatives. (×)

help. (√)
Conclusion: Zhao Yuan and Wei Shizhong helped the same person, so they will die.

The second copy is two photocopies.

In the first photo, a notebook was opened.One page of the notebook was torn off, and the next page was smeared over with a pencil.A series of lighter colored numbers can be vaguely seen in the black traces filled with pencil.

Although no one has seen this photo, it seems that they all know this notebook and this series of numbers in their impressions.

And seeing the second photo, everyone's memory was completely stimulated.

The second photo is a page from the dossier and is a photocopy of the photo that was taken.In the center of the top of the dossier paper is written: Number ownership; the second line is: Dongsi Hutong entrance, No. 7 Donglin Road, Dongjiang District, Bei'an City; under the two lines, are written the names of 21 people, and one of the names, It was circled by a red pen, it was fresh handwriting, it must have been circled by Tang Jun last night.

The name is: Fang Kexia.

This name doesn't impress most people.But Ling Mo, who has a super memory, firmly remembers this unremarkable name.

So, because of excitement or eagerness, he picked up the third material with trembling hands.

The third material is a developed and enlarged black and white photo.

In the photo are a group of children and a few teachers. Judging from the clothes and background, they have a history of many years.It looks like it was taken by some teachers when they took a class of elementary school students on a spring outing.Because there were not many cameras in that era, everyone looked weird.

The expression is not important, what is important is that Tang Jun also drew a circle on the photo with a red pen.

In the circle, was a male teacher, with his hand on the shoulder of a short primary school boy, looking very intimate.If it weren't for the intimate actions of these two people, it would be really difficult to find out what characteristics they have when they are placed among a bunch of portraits.

The members of the Night Watch picked up the photos one by one and looked carefully at the two people circled in red on the photo.However, after all, the photos are old and have limited clarity, and who can recognize people from that era?Looking around, I just feel that the two are indeed a little familiar, but I still can't recognize who it is.

While the photo was being passed on, Ling Mo suddenly snatched the photo and looked at it again, his face full of surprise.

"Who?" Xiao Wang knew that Ling Mo recognized the two of them.

"The young Wei Shizhong and the young Dushe."

(End of this chapter)