Criminal evidence

Lu Qinghe just found an excuse and didn't go to the dinner organized by Zhang Yan.

That night, he went around more than a dozen times in the city bureau's communication room, and finally he mustered up the courage to stand in front of the window sill. After taking two deep breaths, he reached out and picked up the phone receiver.

Shen Changyan's string of numbers was already familiar by heart, so there was almost no pause at this time. After pressing the button in one breath, he waited silently in front of the phone.

10 minute--

10 minutes——

One hour--

Three hours--

Sure enough, Shen Changyan never called back.

Lu Qinghe couldn't tell what it was like in his heart. There was no direct bus from Wancheng to Beijing, and Shen Changyan had to change trains all the way to reach his destination.

If he was not in the car, and it was so late now, if he saw the number of Wancheng Bureau calling him while he was resting in the hotel, would he really turn a blind eye and not respond at all?

Lu Qinghe asked the same question as Ma Yue, which was not in line with Shen Changyan's usual style.

He couldn't help muttering in his heart, because he was too abnormal and worried, so Lu Qinghe hurried back to the office to search.

He remembered that he had counted the family registration form of the criminal investigation detachment before, and there was Shen Changyan's information in it, and this part of the data, if he remembered correctly, should have been pressed in the third drawer by him.

Relying on his memory, he found the documents he needed in this way, and after finding out Shen Changyan's name, Lu Qinghe first confirmed Shen Changyan's home address, and then his eyes fell on an emergency contact number he left behind.

Seeing that the area code is not Wancheng's number, it should be his Beijing home phone number.

After confirming this, Lu Qinghe hurriedly took the information sheet and went back to the reception room on the first floor, and he pressed the number without hesitation.

"Beep... beep..." There was a mechanical signal connection sound from the opposite side of the receiver.

Lu Qinghe's heart was about to hit his throat.

Suddenly, the beeping stopped, and after a whistling electric sound flashed by, a gentle female voice came out.

"Hey?"

"Ah, hello, auntie. I'm Shen Changyan's colleague. My name is Lu Qinghe. Um, uh, Shen Changyan resigned from the Wancheng Public Security Bureau and returned home the day before yesterday. Has he come back? Or has he contacted his family during this period?"

Lu Qinghe was terribly nervous. When he thought that the person on the other side of the phone might be Shen Changyan's mother, he couldn't even speak a word clearly. This kind of opening sentence had been memorized three times in his heart just now. Because he was afraid of forgetting the words, he only I can say it all at once.

But even so, he still stuttered badly.

After listening to his self-introduction, the person on the opposite side was stunned for a while, then suddenly laughed softly, "It's Xiao Lu, don't you remember Auntie? Why are you so polite? Chang Yan isn't working in Wancheng?" ? He didn't mention it to his mother."

"He, he didn't tell you?"

"Since this kid went abroad to study six years ago, he doesn't like to contact his family very much. Later, when he returned to China, he directly applied to Wancheng to work. He occasionally wrote me two letters and rarely called back. What did he do? Is something wrong?"

"Ah, no, no." Lu Qinghe didn't dare to talk nonsense, but after thinking it over and over again, he still confirmed, "I'm sorry, Auntie, I would like to ask you, is there any major event that happened in your family recently that is inconvenient to tell outsiders?"

"No major incidents have happened, the family members are in good health, there is no hindrance in work, and life is going smoothly."

"Sorry to bother you today."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Qinghe held Shen Changyan's detailed personal information and stood blankly at the door of the reception room for a long time.

Logically, he should be happy that nothing major happened to the Shen family, but this also proved that Shen Changyan's excuse that he had to leave Wancheng was false and a lie to him.

why?

Shen Changyan had absolutely no reason to do so.

The more Lu Qinghe thought about it, the more confused he became. He couldn't even find an excuse that was reasonable enough to justify Shen Changyan's abnormal behavior.

What happened to Shen Changyan?

Could it be because of a breakup?But for such an open person, would he make such an emotional decision?

He won't, Lu Qinghe came to this conclusion almost instantly.

Shen Changyan would not.

So at that moment, he immediately judged in his heart that something must have happened seriously, so serious that Shen Changyan had to lie to him in order to leave.

The night in Wancheng City was as dark as ink, and Lu Qinghe was riding a bicycle, almost flying back to the staff dormitory.

Ma Yue used to come to the door of this room to call for someone before work the next morning, but just as his palm was covering the door, the wooden door opened by itself with a "squeak".

Ma Yue was stunned, and he called out hesitantly, "Old Lu?"

What responded to him was the silent interior of the room.

Ma Yue tentatively took a step inside. There was nothing unusual about the cleanliness of the room, but the only strange thing was that the room was too clean.

Is this still the kennel where Lu Qinghe usually lives?

But the printed quilt piled up on the bed is indeed a new thing that the two of them went out to buy some time ago.

strangeness.

Ma Yue came out of the room full of doubts, thinking that maybe Lu Qinghe was still cleaning himself in the toilet or in the bathroom, he was going to go back, but the traffic police officer from the next room came out and saw him.

"Hey, Brother Ma, what a coincidence. Brother Lu asked me to say hello to you this morning, saying that he has something urgent to go to Beijing immediately, and the return date is undecided. Please ask for a leave of absence for him these few days. He also said that if he leaves Please, if Team Zhang makes it difficult for you, I will ask you to help him resign directly."

"What the hell?" Ma Yue suspected that he had heard it wrong, so he asked again, "What did you say?"

"Brother Lu asked me to tell you for him. He said that he has urgent matters these days. He took a suitcase and took a ride to Beijing early this morning. He has a job in Wancheng. Please ask for a leave of absence for him. Please, just resign for him directly."

Ma Yue opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

Although there was no need for a second confirmation, he still quickly ran into the room and opened Lu Qinghe's closet. Sure enough, except for some thick winter clothes, he took away almost all other convenient things.

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At [-]:[-] in the morning, the distribution point of the Wancheng bus was already crowded with people. Lu Qinghe just went to the ticket window to buy a bus ticket from Wancheng to Linjiang. Find your own seat.

His decision to go to Beijing was made decisively in less than 10 minutes after he hung up the phone last night.

So when I returned to the dormitory, I immediately packed my luggage. Apart from the necessary daily necessities, I also specially brought Shen Changyan's perfect score test paper and a farewell note.

After getting in the car, Lu Qinghe found that his seat was next to the window. He was very happy at first, but soon a woman with a child got up in the next seat.

The woman said that her child was motion sick, and she hoped to change the seat by the window with Lu Qinghe, so that sitting would be more comfortable. Although she hesitated for a while, the bus took seven hours, but Lu Qinghe still stopped quickly. Got up and switched places with the other party.

"If you get motion sickness, you can smell the orange peel. Just when I got in the car, I bought a small bag of oranges. You can give two of them to the children."

The woman thanked him together, "Thank you, thank you, you are really a good person."

Lu Qinghe smiled, he teased the little girl for a while, because of the long journey and hot weather, the passengers in the car soon fell into a deep sleep.

Lu Qinghe's spirit didn't last too long, because he was immersed in the emotion of breaking up these few days, so he didn't sleep well either, it was either a nightmare or insomnia, and he couldn't sleep because of the excitement the night before his departure. Drowsiness quickly came over him amidst the shaking, so he folded his arms and leaned against the back of the chair, soundly asleep in a daze.

After the drive lasted about four hours, Lu Qinghe suddenly heard an uncle shouting in a hurry, "There are thieves, there are thieves, my money was stolen."

"Thief?"

The quiet compartment suddenly became restless, and everyone checked whether the belongings they were carrying were safe.

Lu Qinghe hadn't fully recovered yet, but when he heard the shout, he opened his eyes suddenly, and subconsciously reached out to touch his important items. Fortunately, all his cash was in his butt pocket. Sitting all the things under the body will make those little thieves have nowhere to start.

"Stop, stop quickly, my money has been stolen, it's all my life-saving money."

The old man was sitting in the last row at the end of the car. His skin was dark and rough. He looked like someone who had been doing farm work all year round. At this time, he shouted for help, his voice trembling uncontrollably, as if he was about to cry in the next second. .

Lu Qinghe got up and looked back, the old man ran to the front and stopped the driver, "Master, my money was stolen, please call the police now, the thief must still be in the car, the money is right I'm really important, please help me find it."

The driver concentrated on driving without looking sideways, obviously not paying attention to this sincere request for help.

The old man was helpless, no one paid attention to it once, so he had to say it twice, and no one paid attention to it twice, so he had to say it three times, just a few words back and forth, the driver's ears were almost covered with calluses.

"I said, sir, is this your first time taking a long-distance bus? How many people are going up and down in my car? You don't care about your money. What's the use of looking for me now? Look. There are so many people in this car, why can others not be stolen, but you are stolen alone, you have to be a little bit defensive when you go out, right?"

"Yes, yes, you are right, but now my money has been stolen, this money is very important to me..."

"This money is not important to anyone. My long-distance bus earns money by picking up people back and forth. Not to mention that the thief may have already got off the bus. What can I do, I stop the car and search everyone? This is what I want, you can ask other passengers if they are willing."

"I, I, at least don't let people get on and off now. You drive the car to the Public Security Bureau and let the police handle the case."

"Hey, hey, you have a really big face. First of all, if someone wants to get in the car, I will definitely stop and let him get in. I'm not a fool. If I have money in front of me, can I still make money? Second, if If someone wants to get off the bus, I can't keep him in the car, after all, he only paid for the short trip, and I can't let him take the long trip, no, I'm not being taken advantage of."

"Then you don't care about my money?"

"It's interesting what you said. I didn't steal your money, and I'm not a policeman. What can I do?"

"But I..."

"I'm a policeman." Suddenly a deep male voice broke the tense atmosphere, and Lu Qinghe walked forward with his police ID, "I'm sorry everyone, I'm an in-service criminal policeman of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Wancheng Public Security Bureau, Lu Qinghe, Police number 066738, this time I came to Linjiang to deal with private matters, but unfortunately encountered a theft incident, the old man also suffered an unreasonable disaster, I don’t intend to trouble everyone, but please cooperate with us to find out this little thief.”

The atmosphere in the carriage was dull, because only the old man lost money, so no one else had any major reactions. Lu Qinghe only heard a speechless sneer from the driver's mouth.

"I said, Comrade policeman, did I tell you countless times to keep your important items safe when you first got in the car? This long-distance bus will stop halfway, which thief should not run away if he stole something? People are not fools, and they are still waiting for you to catch them in this car," the driver said, "There are many people who lost their things this trip, and I have never seen anyone who was lucky enough to find them back. , Just admit it and forget it, just spend money to buy a lesson, and the next time you go out, you will know how to be more vigilant when you have a long memory."

In fact, Lu Qinghe himself knew that the possibility of getting it back was extremely slim, but he still insisted, "Even if it can't be found, but the people are in need, we police must take care of it."

After saying this, he turned to the passengers in the first row and asked, "Brother, may I ask where you got on the bus from?"

After the car arrived in Linjiang, it was already 15:[-] in the afternoon, and Lu Qinghe and the others failed to retrieve the lost property.

Uncle cried anxiously after he arrived, but there was nothing he could do. After Lu Qinghe originally arrived at the station, he should immediately verify the information of the next bus. He can transfer to two stations in one day, so that he can save a night's hotel accommodation expenses, but he can't leave a needy people behind at this time.

He took someone to the police station near Linjiang Station to file a report. Lu Qinghe asked the other policeman how to solve this kind of thing. Since he revealed his identity as soon as he came, everyone was in the same company, so the policemen did not bother. hide.

"To be honest, I can't find it at all. The population flow at the station is too large, and the operation of these buses is not standardized. Some of them come, and they can get on the bus if they are stopped halfway. We don't know who the bus is on the way. Check, looking for a needle in a haystack?"

Lu Qinghe knew the difficulty of the investigation, so he didn't insist. He just sighed, then reached out and patted the other party's shoulder and said, "Thank you."

When I went out, the uncle was still crying at the gate of the police station.

Lu Qinghe sat on the stone steps and lit a cigarette for the uncle, "Look, you lost 60, I'm not rich, I have to go to Beijing to find my friends, there are a lot of places to spend money on the way, today's first Encountered this trouble in one stop, how about I pay you 10 yuan? You should go home first."

It was said to make up 10 yuan, but later I bought a return ticket for someone else out of my own pocket.

It is reported that this uncle is from Linjiang to pay the medical expenses for his seriously ill son. He was originally from Linjiang County, but because the child had a strange disease, he was sent to the provincial capital. In the end, he managed to scrape together 60 yuan by borrowing money. , before it was taken to the hospital, it was stolen on the way.

When the old man returned home, he was still heartbroken. He kept blaming himself for not being vigilant enough to lose money. He was a useless waste.

Lu Qinghe felt uncomfortable hearing it, so to put it bluntly, after a meal of reassurance, before sending him to the car to go home, he couldn't hold back and took out another 10 yuan and stuffed it into the person's hand.

He is this mud bodhisattva who can't see the suffering in the world. He can hardly cross the river by himself, and wants to send others across first.

After finishing this matter, Lu Qinghe hurriedly went to the ticket window of Linjiang Station, and asked about the current ticket from Linjiang to Yuzhou. Fortunately, there was still the last train left, so he hurriedly bought a ticket. .

I dozed off for a while at the station, and after hearing the broadcast announcement, I carried my luggage to the car. Fortunately, the journey was smooth and I didn't encounter any troubles.

After 5 hours of driving and dozing off, when Lu Qinghe got off the bus, he met an older brother who happened to be going to work in Beijing. Seeing that he was about 35 years old, not much older than him, the two chatted for a while and ended up talking. There is a caretaker on the way.

"Tonight I have to stay in Yuzhou for one night. The bed fee is 1 yuan per person. Why don't we share a bed, so it's [-] cents per person."

Lu Qinghe is not particular about people, thinking that he would lose 20 as soon as he went out today, so he immediately agreed to such a proposal, "Okay, I can save a little by going out."

They checked in quickly, paid the money, and carried the suitcases to the third floor of the hotel.

The condition of this hotel is mediocre, the environment is humid and narrow, the key toilet is particularly smelly, and the smell of the sewer can be smelled across a corridor, which makes Lu Qinghe feel extremely uncomfortable.

But there is no way, he can only pray that this night will pass as soon as possible, and then continue to take the bus to Beijing by himself. As long as he arrives in Beijing and finds Shen Changyan, everything will be fine.

The bed in the room was also very damp, and Lu Qinghe huddled in a corner alone. Although he accepted the proposal to sleep with others when he checked in at night, it was only when he actually lay down that he found himself It would be a little repulsive even if it was just accidental physical contact with people.

He didn't get a good rest, especially when he heard other people's snoring, he couldn't get used to falling asleep at ease.

Coupled with the need to urinate in the middle of the night, so I fumbled in a daze and walked to the end of the corridor to put some water. I retched countless times due to the stench, and after I suppressed my tears, I stumbled to the place again. Run around the room.

The room was dark without the lights on, and Lu Qinghe could already smell some strange smells when he entered the door, but he didn't pay attention, after all, this hotel had a bad smell before.

But as the person lay down on the bed, the strange feeling became more and more serious. Almost instantly, the string in Lu Qinghe's mind was tightened. at the power switch.

There was only a crisp sound of "pop", and there was a moment of dizziness after the incandescent lamp was turned on, followed by a dazzling scarlet.

The tone of the ending of Lu Qinghe's scream changed, "People are killed, people are killed."

The author says:

Team Shen will show up tomorrow.