Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Song Guanshu pressed her down
Xie Lang quickly reported to his leader.
When the notice for joint investigation was issued from above, the leaders of each branch did not take the matter seriously.
After all, there was no definite information pointing to the suspect's escape to North City, and everyone felt that the criminal portrait issued for investigation was a bit redundant.
It's just that the habit of following orders has been deeply rooted in people's minds over the years. Although it seems unnecessary, no one disobeys.
Xie Lang went to the office of his master, Captain Hong, and regardless of the fact that there were people in the office, he said straight to the point, "I saw the person in the portrait two days ago."
The guest in Captain Hong's office is quite an important figure. He was Captain Hong's roommate in college.
Unlike Captain Hong who had great abilities but an unsuccessful career, he had smooth sailing after getting started and became the director of a branch at a young age.
"What's the matter? Tell me slowly. What portrait?"
Director Li spoke up, "Is this the portrait of the murderer in the Hucheng series of robberies that was just issued?"
The old detective's eyes were sharp, like a knife. "You said you've seen him? Where have you seen him? Are you sure you didn't see him wrongly?"
At this time, Officer Hong also realized what his apprentice was talking about. "Tell me slowly, what happened?"
"I have a friend who lives in a steel mill housing compound. The night before yesterday, I went to my friend's house after get off work. When I left, I saw this man near his house. I felt that he was a little strange, so I asked him if he was a family member or employee of the housing compound. My friend and his wife were not employees of the steel mill, but rented there. They were not familiar with the workers of the steel mill. They told me that they had never seen him before and they were not sure if he was one of them."
"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"
The more critical the moment, the more we need to remain stable and not create a blunder because of our eagerness to make a contribution.
Director Li smiled and said, "It's the steel mill's staff quarters again."
Although the case did not occur in North City, after all, it belonged to the same system and was a major murder case. They had seen the details of the crime in internal documents.
"The suspect committed two crimes, one for the gun and the other for money. His ultimate goal in stealing the gun was also to steal money. He appeared in the steel plant's staff quarters, either he was temporarily staying nearby or the steel plant had his targets."
"The target is either the guns of the security department or the salary of the finance department."
Director Li picked up the desk phone and made a call, "Go check, when is the salary payment date at the steel mill?"
Five minutes later, the phone rang, and Xie Lang could hear the content of the call. "The steel plant paid wages last Thursday."
"If it's for the money, it's easy. There's still about a month left. If it's for the gun, it's imminent."
Director Li waved his hand and asked him to come over. "What's your name?"
Captain Hong said, "His name is Xie Lang."
"Xiao Xie, you have a friend in the family compound, and you've been there before. It won't arouse suspicion if you go there. Go to the steel plant under the pretext of visiting a friend to see if the suspect is still lingering nearby. You also need to confirm that it is the person in the portrait. Be careful not to alarm the suspect."
Xie Lang responded and was about to leave. Director Li waved his hand and asked him to come back. "You are so impatient. I haven't finished talking yet. We will have a meeting after you leave to make a plan to cooperate with you. You can go back to the steel plant and discuss countermeasures with everyone at the institute."
Before Xie Lang left, Director Li specifically instructed him in a deep voice, "Try to keep as many people alive as possible, but more importantly, protect your own life and the lives of the people."
Xie Lang almost turned his bicycle into a Hot Wheels. In order to conceal his purpose, he even ran to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a fish.
The fish was hung on the handlebars and because the bike was riding too fast, the fish kept hitting the crossbar.
The fish was still alive when I bought it, but by the time I got to Jiang Ling's house, the fish was almost killed by myself.
Xie Lang did not ride his bicycle directly into the yard as he did before. Instead, he got off the bicycle at the door and pushed it into the yard.
When getting out of the car, he casually looked back and did not see the suspect nearby.
He shouted, "Song Ge, Jiang Ling, I passed by the market today and saw that the fish was particularly fresh. Let's eat fish tonight!"
Song Guanshu, who was silently preparing dishes, frowned slightly when he heard Xie Lang's voice. Why did this guy come again?
Ever since Xie Lang entered the door, the yard suddenly became lively.
He was holding a half-dead fish in his hand. "Come over and give me a hand. Take the fish."
Jiang Ling responded and ran out to catch the fish.
Song Guanshu looked on coldly. It was just a matter of parking a bicycle. Was it necessary to make such a fuss?
She ran back with the fish in her hand, as if offering a treasure, "Look what this good thing is!"
Song Guanshu said coldly, "I didn't see you so happy when I went to buy meat."
However, Jiang Ling did not hear his sour words. Jiang Ling threw the fish into the empty basin and ran out.
After Xie Lang entered the room, Li Jun paid close attention to the movements of the people next door.
Chen Mazi didn't take any action yet. She didn't know whether the other party was timid or had other plans.
The three-day deadline for meeting Chen Mazi was getting closer and closer, and she was afraid that Chen Mazi would not follow her plan and would instead want to take her away by force.
If that was the case, she should have called the police.
This bitch Jiang Ling's friend is a police officer. This man came to her house looking for Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu. Now should be the best time for her to call the police.
I don’t know if Chen Mazi is secretly monitoring her. If she goes to the police station to report the crime, the other party might know about it.
As for Chen Mazi, he started to back off after Xie Lang came to his house.
It’s not that he is afraid of the police. If a gangster like him has a sense of awe, he will not kill the police and take their guns.
He was worried that Li Jun would sell him out to the police, so he just played a trick to lure someone into a trap.
"Why do you think of us again today?"
Xie Lang looked around and saw that there were outsiders in the yard. Some things were difficult to say, so he just laughed and said, "I want to eat the food cooked by Brother Song."
He pulled out a small bottle of white wine from his pocket and said, "Let's drink together tonight."
Jiang Ling returned to the kitchen and discussed with Song Guanshu, "Shall we add braised fish tonight?"
At this time, he thought of him again, and he said softly, "Looking at your attitude, I thought he could not only buy meat for you, but also cook for you."
Jiang Ling didn't understand what he meant, but she could sense that Song Guanshu seemed unhappy. She coaxed him and said, "I'll take care of the fish, you don't have to do it."
“You can’t handle it cleanly.”
"Don't underestimate me."
Song Guanshu looked at Xie Lang and smiled faintly, "Jiang Ling doesn't know how to handle fish, kill fish and scale them. You should know how to do these things, right? I'm busy cooking, so I might have to trouble you."
Xie Lang is a young master who has never done housework. When he is at home, his mother doesn't ask him to do any work in the kitchen.
But Song Guanshu didn't give him a chance to refuse. Xie Lang didn't say it too firmly, "I may not have done a good job."
"I'll teach you..."
Song Guanshu did not give her a chance to instruct Xie Lang. He said, "Peel the garlic. You will need it when stewing the fish."
Jiang Ling said "oh" and sat on a small stool in front of the stove to peel garlic.
"She wants to peel garlic. Let me teach you. It's very simple. You can definitely learn it."
Xie Lang was puzzled: "Brother Song is busy cooking."
"It's okay. It won't take too long to guide you."
With Xie Lang joining in, this meal became particularly difficult to prepare.
Fortunately, it was ready before dark.
Xie Lang took out some white wine. Since there was no drinking cup at home, he used a bowl instead. He poured a small bowl for each of Song Guanshu and Jiang Ling.
He drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp before saying, "Actually, I have something to talk to you about today."
Song Guanshu: "Don't come to the Sanbao Hall for no reason. If you have something to say, please speak."
"A few days ago, a suspect who was suspected of being a serial robber and murderer was found in the steel plant's family compound. The police don't know why this person appeared near the steel plant. This person is very dangerous, so you must be careful."
Jiang Ling recalled the original novel and did not find any similar plot.
She didn't understand whether this was the suspect she had imagined or someone who was not mentioned in the original text.
While he was thinking, he heard Song Guanshu ask, "What crime did this man commit?"
Xie Lang shook his head. "Don't mention it. Killing a policeman and robbing a savings bank are heinous crimes."
Xie Lang pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket and said, "This is the man. Be careful when you see him when you go in and out."
This portrait was stolen from the police station by Xie Lang.
"Is it him?"
Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu both remembered that he had once participated in treasure hunting in the grave mountain, like a small leader.
It appeared near their home a few days ago.
"Do you know him?" Xie Lang asked hurriedly. He thought that the suspect had settled in the steel plant's staff quarters, and Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu both knew this person. If that was the case, it would be easy to deal with him.
Jiang Ling said, "I saw him twice in the family compound. The most recent time was right outside my home. Do you have any impression? You also asked me if he was an employee or family member of the steel plant."
Xie Lang certainly had an impression of him. "Yes, I recognized him based on that time."
After that, he asked, "You also think that the suspect in the portrait is 90% similar to that man, right?"
Jiang Ling felt deep down that they looked very similar, and were the same person. After being asked by Xie Lang, she became uncertain again, "Maybe."
"Song Guanshu, what do you think?"
When it comes to memory, Song Guanshu has the best among them. He still remembers what kind of clothes and shoes the man wore when they met each other several times.
As for the question concerning Xie Lang, he did not want to answer it.
But when Jiang Ling asked him, he said reluctantly, "If the portrait is correct, it is this person."
The white jade-like fingers tapped the face in the image and said, "There is a black mole on that person's cheekbone."
Jiang Ling and Xie Lang had no recollection of this happening. The mole on the man's face should not have been particularly obvious, and even on the simulated portrait, it was only a slight mark.
Xie Lang couldn't help but sigh, "Brother Song, you are so amazing, no wonder you were able to get into university on the first try."
Jiang Ling nodded quickly, "Of course not, Song Guanshu is very capable."
Song Guanshu, who was highly praised, was not very happy. Listening to the two people praising him in unison tacitly, he felt that the praise was a bit harsh.
"Since Brother Song said so, then we can be sure that the man is the suspect." Xie Lang poured himself another glass of wine, "I will go back to the station and report this to the leader later."
Xie Lang really likes drinking. When he wanted to drink again, Jiang Ling slapped his hand that was about to pour wine for him and said, "Don't drink anymore. Being drunk will only delay your work." Not only will it delay his work, but her and Song Guanshu's lives are also hanging by a thread.
Xie Lang has a very poor alcohol tolerance and gets drunk after just a few drinks. He gets drunk easily but still likes to drink, making him an example of a person with a strong addiction to alcohol.
Xie Lang shared the leader's analysis in the afternoon with Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu without reservation, so that they could learn more about the murderer.
Jiang Ling did not forget to eat fish while chatting, "Speaking of snatching guns, the person living in front of our house is the head of the security department of the steel plant. The neighbor to the west of our house is also in the security department. This person has appeared near our house. Is it possible that they are the targets?"
This was news that Xie Lang, an outsider, didn't know. He said seriously, "The information you provided is very important. I will report it to my superiors later."
At this point, Xie Lang's mind was leaning towards the suspect wanting to steal the gun and targeting the security department.
Jiang Ling told me that there are only four people in Section Chief Liu's family: a couple and two children.
The Miao family has a large population, with four brothers. Except for the fourth brother who has not yet married, the other three are married and have children. All together, there are more than ten people. From a safe point of view, Section Chief Liu would be a better target.
Xie Lang didn't even have time to eat. He took two bites and stuffed his mouth full. "I'm going back first. Be careful and don't sleep too deeply at night. Lock the doors and windows. My colleagues will patrol nearby at night. Brother Song, please take good care of Jiang Ling... In short, be careful."
Although this is the male protagonist, there shouldn't be any accidents, but the atmosphere has been set here. Jiang Ling warned, "Be careful on the road. After all, if that person wants to grab the gun, you are also within his target range. It will be easier for him to attack you if you are alone on the road."
Xie Lang responded, "I know. I choose the busy streets and definitely won't take the side roads for the convenience."
Although she and Xie Lang were not close, Jiang Ling had trouble eating after he left.
For the first time, she felt that public security officers were always in danger.
When she read the book and the thrilling plot came into reality, she felt a little worried about her friend.
Song Guanshu was not affected and continued eating as usual. Just looking at her unable to eat, it's really an eyesore.
He told Jiang Ling, "Pay attention when you eat."
The dinner was very sumptuous with fish and meat, but Jiang Ling said, "Forget it, I'm not going to eat it."
Song Guanshu pursed his lips and said nothing more.
Lying on the kang at night, Jiang Ling still remembered what Xie Lang had said, that she shouldn't sleep too deeply at night.
She glanced in the direction where Song Guanshu was lying. After turning off the lights, the room was pitch black and she couldn't see clearly whether the man was asleep or not.
She asked tentatively, "Song Guanshu, are you asleep?"
After a while of not getting a reply, I thought the person had fallen asleep, but then I heard, "Not yet."
Jiang Ling sat up cross-legged. "Do you think that man will do it in our family compound? I think it will take him some time to scout the area, and it shouldn't be so quick. It would be best if he did it after the police have arranged everything and was caught red-handed."
Song Guanshu's voice was a little low, "I don't know, but if he wants to do it, he will most likely choose night."
Nighttime is when people are least alert. Even if there are a few gunshots, people are asleep and won't notice them.
At night, there were no pedestrians on the road, making it very convenient to escape.
Jiang Ling was a little scared by what was said. She and Song Guanshu, one was a villain and the other was cannon fodder. Both of them belonged to the type of people who did not have the halo of the protagonist. If they wanted to survive, they must not only not cause trouble for the protagonist, but also protect themselves at ordinary times.
Jiang Ling groped in the dark and found a pair of scissors and a fruit knife, and stuffed them under her and Song Guanshu's mattresses respectively.
Song Guanshu said disapprovingly, "That man has a gun." The implication was that these things were useless.
Jiang Ling said seriously, "Within ten steps, the gun is fast."
"What about ten steps away?" Song Guanshu thought she would say the knife was fast.
"The gun is accurate and fast."
Song Guanshu was silent for a moment before he said, "What about you?"
"It's just for psychological comfort." What else could she do? Putting a gun under the pillow would be more useful. But she had to have that.
Jiang Ling chatted with Song Guanshu until midnight, and the content was all meaningless, but she felt much more relaxed.
She was about to lie down in bed when she heard the crisp sound of glass breaking. Her nerves were quickly tense and she jumped up immediately.
"Did you hear that?"
Song Guanshu also sat up and said, "I heard it."
The two looked out through the small gap in the middle of the curtain. It was very bright outside the yard. It was almost the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and the moon in the sky was big and round.
Through the reflection of the glass, I could vaguely see that a piece of the glass in the window opposite was broken.
Not long after, the door of the east wing opened from the inside, and Li Jun walked out of the room wearing only a coat.
Not only did she leave the house, she also opened the door.
This behavior is really strange.
"What do you think she is doing?"
Jiang Ling turned around and looked at Song Guanshu, wanting him to use his clever little brain to analyze it.
When she turned around, she realized that they were very close to each other, so close that Jiang Ling could feel Song Guanshu's light breathing falling on the back of her neck.
Li Jun had a dream. In the dream, Chen Mazi insisted on taking her away. She tried to escape but failed and was eventually knocked unconscious and taken on a train heading south.
This was simply a nightmare for her.
When I woke up, I was covered in cold sweat.
She was just thinking about how to get out when she heard the crisp sound of glass breaking.
Out of intuition, she immediately realized that this might be a signal from Chen Mazi looking for her.
Deep down, Li Jun didn't want to go out and see Chen Mazi. She was also afraid that if she didn't go out, this man would do something extreme. Her two children were at home, and she didn't dare to take the risk.
Li Jun had a lot of grievances in her heart, so she had to open the door. At the door, she saw the face that was like a nightmare to her.
Chen Mazi was still unclear about the police's actions and deployment, but Xie Lang's presence in and out of Jiang Ling's house gave him a warning. This was a place the police frequently came and went, and he had been seen by the police before. He could not stay in this place for long.
He was ready to leave North City quickly. As for getting rid of Li Jun's mortal enemy, it would be an easy task for him, but he still didn't want to cause trouble for outsiders.
"Take your luggage and let's go."
Has this day come so soon?
Of course Li Jun couldn't go with him. If he really eloped with him, no one would know where he would die.
She wanted to delay as much time as possible, "Those two bitches are not dead, they are still alive, I can't leave with you."
Chen Mazi clicked his tongue impatiently. Li Jun was already very scared, but her eyes did not flinch at all. She was betting that this man had her in his heart.
Chen Mazi scratched his hair angrily, "What a hassle."
As he said this, he took out the gun in his hand and was about to go into the yard.
Before he entered the yard, Li Jun stopped him, "Wait a minute, don't kill anyone else, just kill those two bitches."
Chen Mazi pulled the corner of his mouth coldly, "I didn't expect that you are such a kind person."
Li Jun did not hear the sarcasm in his words. She was thinking about how to get out of this situation. This was her home and her child was still at home. For the sake of her child's safety, she could not anger this man.
Maybe she could wait until Chen Mazi killed Han Ruixue and then shout for the neighbors to come out.
Yes, it is possible.
Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu waited by the window, but instead of waiting for Li Jun to come home, they waited for a strange man.
The two of them had seen this familiar face in the portrait that Xie Lang brought in the evening.
Jiang Ling was so nervous that she grabbed the things at hand.
She herself didn't notice that Song Guanshu's arm was firmly held in her hand.
When Jiang Ling was chatting with Song Guanshu in the evening, she really didn't expect that this man would take action tonight, and she didn't expect that he would go straight to their house.
At this time, Jiang Ling's brain could no longer hold so much content.
In the book, neither the original owner nor Song Guanshu encountered this incident.
Just now she had enthusiastically prepared a weapon for herself and Song Guanshu, but when she saw this man holding a gun, her mind went blank.
You can't just start a fight with someone with a pair of scissors. What she had just said to Song Guanshu was still in her mind.
Whether it's ten steps away or within ten steps, the only thing that can defeat a gun is probably a Gatling gun.
At this moment, Song Guanshu took out a small thing from a small box placed at the end of the kang.
The box has been there all the time. Jiang Ling was curious but had never opened it.
Hearing the footsteps outside getting closer, Jiang Ling was also very curious about what the villain Song Guanshu would take out at the critical moment of life and death.
She looked closely.
Isn’t this the water gun of later generations? She also played with this when she was a child.
Jiang Ling seriously suspected that he wanted to kill the bad guy with cuteness.
Song Guanshu did not miss the suspicious look in Jiang Ling's eyes. He never liked to explain things, but this time he said for the first time, "It's sulfuric acid."
Jiang Ling: If that's the case, we are not doomed.
The night was quiet. The sound of Chen Mazi breaking the door violently was loud, but it did not wake up the sleeping people.
Chen Mazi never thought that killing someone was difficult, until he broke down two doors and found that the person who greeted him was not the couple sleeping like dead pigs on the kang.
As soon as he entered the door, something unclear was splashed on his face. It burned his skin, causing a stinging burning sensation.
Chen Mazi was a man who could endure pain very well, but at this moment the pain was unbearable.
He raised his gun and shot in the direction of the source of the strange liquid. As soon as he pulled the trigger, he felt a different sense of awkwardness than usual.
However, when he realized it, it was too late.
A wave of heat came from the palm of his hand, and the parts of the shotgun exploded. Several parts were blasted onto his body by the air waves and penetrated deeply, making his already injured face even worse.
He could no longer tell which part hurt more.
The pain exceeded his physical limit and he curled up and rolled on the ground.
Jiang Ling lifted up the chair and hit the person on the ground unconscious, then she let go.
She hurried to help Song Guanshu up, "Are you okay?"
When the gun exploded, the parts scattered everywhere. Song Guanshu quickly pinned her under him, but he didn't know which part of the gun cut his arm, leaving a long gash.
Song Guanshu covered his bleeding arm and said, "I'm fine. Call someone."
"Is anyone here? There's a fire!"
The police secretly patrolled near the steel plant at night. When they heard someone shouting "fire", they quickly ran towards the source of the sound.
The noise of the explosion was quite loud, and many people were awakened from their dreams. They thought it was the noise coming from the factory and did not take it seriously. But when they heard the voices shouting "fire", they quickly ran out of the room for their own safety.
The police secretly patrolled near the steel plant at night. When they heard someone shouting "fire", they quickly ran towards the source of the sound.
After hearing that the suspect had been active in the steel plant's staff quarters, Tong Wanyue volunteered to join the night patrol team.
Because they were patrolling nearby, the public security officers arrived at the scene before the steel plant’s security department.
Following the sound with other colleagues, we saw that someone was injured, and the police quickly ran over to ask what happened.
Tong Wanyue also wanted to know what happened, but when she saw clearly that the injured person was Song Guanshu, her expression froze.
How could it be related to him? How much of what happened today was his doing?
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