Mysteries in the Darkness Chapter 2

Yancheng City Public Security Bureau, eight o'clock in the morning.

Staff from various departments have begun to arrive one after another. Xiao Sun, a logistics worker in the administrative office, yawned and carried a new bottle of water to the old director's office. When he opened the door, he found that Director Zhang had already brewed the first cup. Tea, making a phone call with a solemn expression.

Their old director is over fifty years old, very thin, and an old man with a hot temper. He always brings his own tea wherever he goes. He usually uses a non-smart phone that can last for half a month on a single charge. He never wears casual clothes at work every day. He switches between several sets of uniforms throughout the year. There is a deep line between his eyebrows, which is like the third eye of Erlang Shen. It is the accumulation of his "dislike to everyone" accumulated over time. He smiles once It is comparable to the blooming iron tree.

The old landline phone in the office had a bit of sound leakage. Xiao Sun was half-kneeling on the ground tearing off the packaging of bottled water. He heard someone on the other end of the phone saying noisily: "Boss, I know this matter is happening in my jurisdiction now. It is indeed true." I neglected my job, but..."

Xiao Sun looked at Rowan's two inseparable eyebrows and thought to himself: What happened again?

Yancheng is hosting a very important international conference. Leaders and reporters from all over the world are now present. Many companies and schools are on holiday. Private cars in the city are restricted to odd and even numbers. All security departments are highly nervous.

Xiao Sun saw the old director starting to thunder and lightning from his neck up. He deliberately lowered his voice and said as gently as possible: "North of Nanping Avenue, less than three kilometers away from the main venue. I said during the previous meeting that no matter what happens this month, Don't let anything happen. It's best to clean up the mobile stalls on the roadside. You can just find a murder case for me. Lao Wang, you've completed the task beyond your quota. "

"But the leader, it was in the middle of the night..."

"The notice to strengthen night patrols was issued to all units one month in advance. Do you still want to require criminals to maintain an eight-hour work schedule?"

"Yes, I'm not shirking my responsibility. Even you know that the West District of the Flower Market is already chaotic and has a large immigrant population..."

Director Zhang patiently chatted with the person in charge of the Huashi District Branch for five minutes, and found that not only did he show no intention of introspection, but he also made excuses like "you have come to speak, and I have gone to speak." He was furious, got angry without warning, and yelled out in a deep voice: "I know what the hell! The West District is not your jurisdiction? It is not your territory? What the hell are you doing now if you are talking about chaos with me?" went!"

Xiao Sun and the branch director on the other end of the phone were both shocked into silence by his roar.

Director Zhang picked up the cup and took a sip of tea to quell the fire. He accidentally cleared the tea roots and sprayed the tea leaves back to the bottom of the cup.

Then, he stretched out his "yang finger" and poked out the word "choke" on the dusty keyboard, and the screen was flooded with news screenshots in the intranet system.

Early this morning, a man's corpse with a hideous appearance was found in an alley in the West District of the Flower Market. It was first posted online as a local gossip. However, there are many more alarmist things on the Internet. At first, it was not exciting. What a splash. However, the leader of the Huashi District Branch was afraid that something might happen during a sensitive period, so he did a stupid thing - he wanted to suppress this matter quietly. He first deleted the post, and then tried to cover it up by saying that he had discovered a homeless man who died of unknown causes. corpse.

Unexpectedly, the few gangsters who first discovered the body took clear photos of the scene and spread them in a very sensational way. Combined with the previous cryptic attitude of the branch, the citizens who took the bus and subway to catch the morning rush hour started to express their opinions. Rich associations fermented this nonsense into a storm in the city, and even the municipal government called specifically to inquire about it.

Director Zhang put on his reading glasses and clicked on a post with the highest number of clicks before it was deleted. It was called "Robbery and chokehold gangs are suspected to have appeared in the urban area." Obviously this statement is very popular, and there are pictures and truths. Just opened it, and there is a picture Photos of corpses without mosaics were spread out on the screen with great impact.

Rowan: ...

He felt that he had yelled too early, but at his old age, he could not get up no matter how high the tone was, so he had to return to normal volume: "I feel that you are underachieving in our system. You should be allowed to work in an advertising agency. This The publicity effect is amazing."

"They are all those little ba5tards who are afraid of chaos in the world. They take photos of dead people. Do you think it is immoral? Leader, don't worry, I have detained those people, and the photos and posts are being deleted. They are absolutely under control." live!"

Director Zhang leaned back in his chair and kept rubbing his eyebrows: "The most important thing now is to seize the time to solve the case. If there is a murderer, there is a murderer, there is a criminal to arrest the criminal, delete the post... Are you the network administrator? This matter It must be dealt with as soon as possible and keep your subordinates' mouths shut. I will transfer a few people from the city bureau to give you technical guidance. Dexter, if you don't give me a reasonable explanation within a week, you can make a report yourself. Get out!"

Director Zhang sneered at the sub-director in the face and turned off the phone. Xiao Sun quickly put the empty bucket aside and raised his notebook, sensing that the old director might have something to say.

Sure enough, Director Zhang gestured to him: "Go and call the people from the Criminal Investigation Brigade."

Xiao Sun raised his head and said, "Ju Zhang, are you calling everyone here?"

Director Zhang pondered for a moment, and his eyes fell on the LCD screen in front of him - the face of the corpse in the photo was ugly and swollen, and the facial features were distorted, but it could still be seen that it was a face belonging to a young man. He opened his mouth, as if in shock, and stared blankly at the camera.

"Go to Elliot and ask him to take someone to make a trip in person." Bureau Zhang said, "The case may not be very complicated. Tell him that when this month passes, I will deal with that old guy Dexter. He knows what to do."

Xiao Sun: ...

Rowan looked over his reading glasses and looked at him doubtfully.

"Zhang, Zhang Bureau," Xiao Sun forced out a smile, "Captain Luo...he hasn't come yet."

Elliot Luo is an old man who goes to work every day. As long as he is not on duty and is required to arrive at work at 8:30, he will never show up at his work station at 8:29.

On this day, his car had a limited number. Elliot didn't want to squeeze into the bus, so he dug out a big "28" that could enter the museum from the basement of their house, overhauled it himself, and rode on the road without hesitation. .

He is very handsome, almost youthful, but his demeanor and temperament show that he is a mature man. He has his earphones plugged in and his shirt sleeves rolled up. Under the fitted casual shirt, his looming muscle lines are revealed. He has a pair of Riding on an old-style cross-beam "two-eight", one can stretch out one's long legs to support the ground. With a dozen pancakes hanging on the left handlebar and six or seven cups of soy milk hanging on the right handlebar, Elliot rested his hands relaxedly on the severely overloaded handlebar and drove into the city bureau gate on time.

As soon as he entered, Elliot saw the guard stopping a girl delivering flowers.

"You're not allowed in------Why aren't you allowed in? Girl, this is the Public Security Bureau, not Huaguo Mountain, okay? Mail will be placed in the mail room at the door for security check registration."

"How can flowers be placed in the mail room? Wouldn't they be wilted?" The flower delivery girl turned around and saw Elliot, and pointed her finger, "If you don't let me in, why can't you let the delivery guy in?"

Doorman: ...

Elliot raised his head and smiled at the flower delivery girl with sultry white teeth: "Because the delivery girl is so handsome and handsome, like a tree in the wind."

The guard was full of worries about the image of the city bureau: "...Good morning, Captain Luo."

"Break, have you eaten? If not, take it yourself." Elliot propped up the car on one foot, "Beauty, who are you giving the flowers to? I'll bring them in for you."

The little girl who delivered the flowers was very embarrassed by him, and hurriedly turned over the small card: "Oh... for the Criminal Investigation Brigade, a gentleman named Sterling Tao."

At half past eight, Elliot walked into the office on time and threw flowers on Sterling's desk: "You..."

As soon as he said this, Director Zhang sent someone to arrest him angrily. Elliot had no choice but to hold back what he had to say, then reached out and pressed hard on Sterling's table: "Wait for me when I come back."

The entire criminal investigation team was shocked. They all stared blankly at the fresh bouquet of flowers in front of Officer Tao, as if there was a time bomb buried under the flower stalk.

Policewoman Qiao took out a magnifying glass and disposable gloves from the drawer, carefully leaned over from the desk next door, looked at the bouquet, and then took out a kraft paper perfume card.

Under the gaze of everyone, this brave girl opened the card with a stern face, and saw that it was written in very straight regular script: "The wind was very strong, my hands and feet were cold, but my heart was very warm. But I don't know why, but my heart is always soft. I want to be close to you so that I won't feel sad. "[Note]

"The signature is 'Fei'," Brooke Lang said, "What's the fee?"

Sterling snatched it back: "Don't make trouble, give it to me."

"It was a gift from my girlfriend after a long quarrel. I thought Boss Luo was going to confess his love to you in public."

A group of colleagues around them touched their chests and said, "I'm scared to death." One after another, the bachelors quickly regained their fighting strength and stepped forward to share the breakfast brought by Elliot. At the same time, they dutifully shouldered the denunciation. Heretics" banner.

"Vice Tao, when did you leave the group? Did you report it? Did the organization agree?"

"Tao Tao is a person who is out of control and not interesting enough."

"Vice Captain Tao, I still have thirty-seven and six yuan left in my monthly salary. I have no money to buy dog food. You have to take care of it anyway."

"Go, go," Sterling put the card away and found an inconspicuous place to hide the flowers, "Where is your girlfriend? Don't make trouble."

When everyone heard that such a large bundle of incriminating evidence was exposed in public, this person actually wanted to get away with it, and they immediately rushed forward like a frying pan, planning to chase and intercept Deputy Tao.

At this time, Elliot, who had just left in a hurry, opened the door again and came in. He reached out and patted the door frame: "There was a murder in the flower market. Come and follow me, please."