Criminal Psychology

Chapter 238 Tragedy

The top office of the City Police Department.

Xing Conglian's immediate boss, Director Wu, and Director Dong stood side by side in front of the French windows.

The old man who was about to retire held a teacup without heat in his hand, closed his eyes slightly, turned a deaf ear to the noise downstairs, as if he was about to fall asleep.

The gate of the Municipal Bureau has long been surrounded by reporters, and every movement of the police officers entering and leaving has been recorded by the camera.

Dong Hua looked down. He didn't get any response to his previous question, so he had no choice but to raise his voice: "Teacher, don't be sloppy."

Yes, everyone knew that he came from the provincial capital and represented the highest opinion, but in fact, among all the people present, he still had to listen to the opinion of one person.

To be a teacher for a day and to be a father for the rest of my life probably means this.

"I closed my eyes, I didn't punch them."

The old man standing beside him half-opened his eyes, held the cup, and took a symbolic sip.

"I wanted to detain someone just now, why didn't you let me do it?"

Dong Hua stood with his hands behind his back, lowered his head and asked.It was obviously uncomfortable for the president of Zhou Rui Pharmaceuticals to show his prestige in front of him before leaving.

Old Director Wu shook his head: "It's been so many years, you still like to compare yourself."

"Since Zhou Rui Pharmaceutical is the company involved in the accident, and the person in charge came to the police station to surrender, shouldn't it be reasonable for us to control the relevant responsible persons?"

"It's reasonable, but it doesn't mean it should be." Half of Director Wu's head was bald enough to have no hair, so it was a bit dazzling in the sun.

"I don't know."

"The person in charge of the company came to you to admit the problem, isn't it just waiting for you to do so? On the one hand, he is the person responsible for the accident, but on the other hand, he is also the enthusiastic people and the victimized company who came to provide clues to solve the case. Such a person is The police seized it on the spot, I’m afraid it’s not pretty.”

Dong Hua frowned: "What do you mean?"

"It's a matter of urgency. At this moment, the people from the drug supervision should be here, right? Since Zhou Rui's people like to make news, then we can just make a big one." Wu Tianming raised his eyes and looked at the other party: "But Before that, we should make room for our grassroots criminal police.”

……

Inside the jeep cab.

The car radio is still broadcasting news one after another, and now the main line of news has become sporadic follow-up broadcasts, expert analysis on drugs and family coping strategies.

Xing Conglian listened to these messages, but all he thought about was how to complete the deployment and control of the nursing home under the premise of ensuring the safety of everyone.

It is very likely that Shen Lian has escaped in fright, and of course she may choose to stay there.

If she leaves, which main roads should the local police guard, or where is the key to control?

Finally, he lowered the volume of the radio and dialed the number of the police officer in Hongshu Town, which is under the jurisdiction of Huihe Nursing Home.

……

Laobian Dumpling Restaurant in Hongshu Town, where Huihe Nursing Home is located, is about 25 kilometers away. According to the navigation software, it takes 30 minutes to drive.

But the grand scenery is not big, and it is not the peak traffic season, so the road is unimpeded.

The advantage of having an old police officer by his side is that he knows all the roads in the city, including towns, so he can quickly find the best driving route.

Old Bian stepped on the accelerator with a serious face, his eyes were firm, and his face had the unique lines of criminal police who have been exposed to the wind and sun for years.

Lin Chen glanced at the old police officer who was driving, and he knew very well that the commotion in the store just now and the follow-up news must have made the old man want to ask, but he held back because of his stubborn personality.

When the green light ahead turned red, the old police officer slammed on the brakes, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and reached out to fumble on the dashboard, as if looking for a lighter, Lin Chen handed it over with the lighter in his pocket.

"You don't smoke, do you?" the old man turned his head and asked.

Lin Chen shook his head, and only said, "It's for others."

Lao Bian lit the cigarette butt, took a deep breath, and said after making up his mind, "Chen Lian didn't lie at the time, did she?"

The old man's arm was trembling a little, but his hand holding the steering wheel was very steady. Lin Chen listened quietly to the other party: "After chatting with you, I have been thinking about that girl back then. If I had been more patient with her , Doesn’t everything after this happen?”

Lin Chen thought for a while, looked at the road ahead, and replied: "There are some things that we have no way of knowing until we have completed the arrest of Shen Lian, but there is one thing I am sure of. It’s the place I feel the most about recently.”

"What kind of thing?"

"I suddenly discovered that in this world, kind people always like to rush to take responsibility, while those selfish people like to shirk these things. If they can get out without a little damage, then better."

Lin Chen didn't know whether what he said could comfort the old policeman beside him who was being condemned by his conscience. He only knew that this might not be any comfort, but something that happened all the time.

……

When Li Nuo received Xing Conglian's call, he was both nervous and excited.

He is a policeman in the suburb of Hongjing, and he usually deals with trivial matters in the neighborhood and countryside, stealing chickens and dogs.

When he was first transferred here, he was full of passion and wanted to do something.But within half a year, he had already recognized the facts before him.Unless he is transferred to another place, it is impossible for him to make any meritorious service or receive any commendation in his life.

What happened in Hongjing not long ago also reached him, and he was a little worried about his grandfather at home.Grandpa's cardiovascular and cerebrovascular problems have always been not very good, and the medicine he took seems to be Zhou Rui's.According to the news, Grandpa's side probably... Li Nuo didn't dare to think about it anymore.

As a result, Xing Conglian called.

Li Nuo knew who Xing Conglian was.

The captain of the city's criminal police team, in recent years, he has cracked several major cases in a row. Li Nuo has found as much information as possible for each case, studied it carefully, and the more he read it, the more he admired it.

Then, this idol-like figure told him that the wanted suspect, Shen Lian, might be in his jurisdiction. At that moment, Li Nuo had an unreal feeling as if he was hit by a meteor. You must know that the probability is definitely higher than 500. Thousand lottery tickets are much lower.

Li Nuo hung up the phone, looked at the farmland outside the window, at the old dog basking in the sun on the ridge of the field, and at the little hill beside the lake a little farther away.

The terrain there is relatively high, the paths are complicated, and the houses at the foot of the mountain are densely populated, while the higher places are retirement homes with a quiet environment.In his impression, the nursing home was very quiet. He also went there during some fire inspections. There were seriously ill elderly people inside. The dean was a very caring middle-aged woman. There were not many nursing staff, but everything was in order.

Shen Lian will be there, how is it possible?

The summer afternoon sun is unbelievably soft, covering everything with a golden veil.

Li Nuo shivered, knowing that all of this was not an illusion, but a beautiful scene that actually happened, and because of the beauty, he would inevitably become very fragile.

The young police officer stuffed the phone back into his pocket, and silently recited Xing Conglian's arrangement just now.

He picked up the walkie-talkie on the table, straightened his police cap, and rushed out.

……

When Xing Cong connected to Huang Ze's phone, he had just parked his car in the parking lot of the City Bureau.

Because of the reporter, there was a backlog of vehicles here, and it took him a while to find a parking space.Huang Ze's voice was as cold as ice shards could fall.

"Xing Conglian, you need to report to the Supervision Section of the Municipal Bureau within one hour, and there must be no mistakes."

Hearing this sentence, Xing Conglian's movements actually slowed down.He turned off the engine, sat in the quiet car, glanced at the blue and white lights in the parking lot, and said, "Inspector Huang, what's the matter?"

His frivolous voice seemed to have angered Huang Ze, Huang Ze raised his voice a little, and asked, "Don't you know what mistakes you made?"

"Make a mistake?" Xing Conglian repeated these three words playfully, leaned back on the driver's seat, and said, "I really don't know, why don't you tell me, Inspector Huang?"

Huang Ze's obvious inhalation came from the microphone, followed by a self-adjusting deep breathing voice: "No matter where you are or what you are doing, report to the City Bureau Supervision Section immediately. You are temporarily suspended, and I will Come to inspect you and investigate your behavior."

"Hehe." Xing Conglian smiled softly twice, and said firmly, "It seems that this time it is aimed at me instead of Lin Chen, what kind of complaint did Zhou Rui Pharmaceutical make, so that you have the confidence to ask the teacher. "

Huang Ze's voice was even colder: "You will remember it within an hour."

"It won't take an hour." Xing Conglian got out of the car, slammed the door, and the loud voice echoed in the parking lot.

"I'm here," he said calmly.

……

Lin Chen's fingers tapped on the door armrest.

The car was driving fast, and the scenery outside the window had already changed.

The field is wide, the sky is high and the clouds are clear. Vehicles whizzed past the road among the thick green rice fields. They were approaching the direction of Hongshu Town. They encountered two police cars coming from Lin Town. This was obviously a reserve force mobilized by Xing Conglian. .

The three cars drove back and forth, and they didn't have time to stop and say hello to each other, but their destinations were very consistent.

At the foot of the small hill at the end of the world, Li Nuo stood beside a low house. He squatted down and said hello to the old lady who was sitting under the shade of a tree enjoying the shade.

According to Captain Xing's instructions on the phone just now, he should not approach the nursing home, but can only deploy control at the far end of the road.But for some reason, Li Nuo had an extremely bad premonition in his heart, so he changed into casual clothes, arranged for the rest of the people to guard the main road, and went up the mountain alone.

"Xiao Li." The old lady squinted her eyes, looked at him for a while, and then recognized him, "Old Zhangtou and his family are quarreling again?"

The old Zhangtou in the old lady's mouth is a very noisy family in the village. Mrs. Zhang has a tough nature, and she would fight with the old man if she disagreed with him. Ten times he came here, and eight times he was called by Zhang's neighbors to persuade him to fight.Small-scale police officers like them usually deal with such trivial matters. Now that they suddenly want to arrest some A-level fugitives, Li Nuo is lying in his heart to say that he is not disturbed.But he still asked in a low voice: "Grandma Wang, have you been sitting here all this time, did you see any suspicious people come down from the sanatorium on the mountain?"

"Yeah, I'm here to enjoy the shade when I'm full." The old lady fanned her cattail fan, sat up straight, and was extremely vigilant, "What happened, is there a thief?"

Li Nuo shook his head: "It's just something happened, please help me think about it."

"People in the nursing home, no, I haven't seen Aunt Chen today." The old lady shook her cattail fan again, and suddenly patted her leg, "When you say that, it seems that the minivan for grocery shopping in the nursing home just drove by. .”

Li Nuo was alert in his heart, turned around directly, and dialed the phone number of a friend in the county traffic bureau, asking the other party to check the vehicles belonging to the nursing home and the monitoring of traffic crossings.

……

When Xing Conglian got the photo of Shen Lian driving the van out of the main road of Hongshu Town, Huang Zezheng stood opposite him and said, "Xing Conglian is now the inspector department to conduct a formal interview with you, please turn off all communication devices" if.

He basically didn't hear the content clearly, but just watched the surveillance photo carefully.

In the photo, Shen Lian was still as calm as an expressionless puppet on a shelf, as if she was about to go on a date that had already been arranged.

The time shows that it happened 10 minutes ago, that is to say, according to the time calculation, Shen Lian got the news and took action almost at the same time as the news appeared.

Xing Conglian's mood was very complicated for a moment. On the one hand, he once again admired Yu Lin Chen's accuracy of judgment and positioning, and on the other hand, he was outraged. If Zhou Rui Pharmaceutical hadn't intervened, they would probably have met with Shen Lian now. Officially met.

And for people like him, the angrier they are, the calmer they become.

Instead of yelling at Huang Ze, he lowered his head and made a few arrangements through text messages, and finally sent the phone number of the police officer in charge to Lin Chen before he had time to raise his head and take a look at the Inspector in front of him.

Maybe he didn't control his gaze at that time, or Huang Ze saw the content on his mobile phone photo, anyway, the Inspector slammed down the table and said angrily: "Xing Conglian, the right to handle the case is no longer in your hands , what you have to do is explain the problem clearly!"

Xing Cong looked around and asked, "Where are the people from Zhou Rui Pharmaceutical?"

"It's not something you're entitled to care about!"

Xing Conglian dragged a chair and sat down on the opposite side of the table: "It's not that there's anything I need to explain clearly, I always have to confront it face to face." He sneered, took out his lighter, lit a cigarette, and asked, "Old Wu people Woolen cloth?"

Huang Ze also hesitated for a moment before realizing who he was referring to as Old Wu.

"I want to talk to Lao Wu, whoever is upstairs and downstairs, find me someone."

……

Li Nuo walked down the hill, and Lin Chen's car had just arrived.

He had known this psychologist from the live TV broadcast a long time ago, but now when he saw a real person, he always felt that it seemed ordinary.

Lin Chen also wore a brick-red plaid shirt and light-colored slacks. He didn't wear glasses or look like a scholar like the usual experts. Apart from his fair skin and peaceful eyes, there was nothing outstanding.

But how should I put it, when Li Nuo shook hands with Lin Chen, or because of the strength of Lin Chen's palm, or because of Lin Chen's calm tone that could eliminate all tension, Li Nuo only felt that this person was very trustworthy.

"Tell me about the situation in Huihe Nursing Home."

Lin Chen didn't exchange any more greetings with him, but said simply.

The police officers rushing to help in Linzhen also got out of the car, but because the surveillance showed that Shen Lian had left the nursing home, most of the police force was drained and sent to the main road for surveillance. The most basic team of 10 people arrived.

Among all the police officers with the highest police rank are the third-level superintendent at the section chief level, but in front of Lin Chen, no one interrupted or gave any messy orders.

Li Nuo briefly described the situation in Huihe Nursing Home, but Lin Chen didn't answer immediately.

Only then did someone say: "Since there is evidence that Shen Lian left from the nursing home above, it is still necessary to conduct a basic search."

"But the notice didn't say that the woman was carrying a poisonous drug, would there be a trap on it?" Another person said.

"It's a female fugitive, and everyone has left. We policemen are timid at the bottom of the mountain. What does it look like?"

Li Nuo swallowed, and looked at Lin Chen.

At this time, the psychological consultant said: "Some villagers said that they have never seen anyone from a nursing home go down the mountain today?"

"Yes, but it's only Mrs. Wang's opinion." Li Nuo added cautiously.

Lin Chen's expression obviously condensed, but he quickly raised his eyes and said to him: "Do you have a phone number for the nursing home? Make a call."

Like the simplest temptation or anything else, Li Nuo took out his mobile phone, only to feel that the thing in hand was as valuable as a thousand pieces of gold.

He found the number from the phone book, looked up, and Lin Chen's firm eyes just happened to catch him, he took a deep breath, and pressed the call button.

Everything around is quiet.

The wind from the field blew by his side, but Li Nuo couldn't feel it. His heart was beating fast, and his nervous hands were trembling.

At the first beep, he felt his heart beating out of his throat.

beep……

The second long electronic sound came slowly.

This shows that the phone in the nursing home can still be connected, and the line has not been unplugged. Li Nuo didn't know that he would worry about this, probably he was also afraid of something in his heart.

He clenches his fists and keeps praying that someone will answer the phone, even if it's a simple "Hello".

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the waiting tone on the phone would not exceed one minute, but Li Nuo felt as if a century had passed in his heart.

However, he didn't have to wait for the simple "Hello" until the call was automatically hung up by the telecommunications company.

Li Nuo raised his head subconsciously, only to feel that the golden gauze covering the top of the nursing home had turned black when the sun fell, covering everyone's heart like a shadow.

"Up the mountain."

Lin Chen lowered his eyes, but said this to them in a very firm tone.

……

For a long time after this incident, Lin Chen's memory was not very clear.

Although he is sure that he has walked up that hill, and has an intuitive concept of the shape and arrangement of the houses on both sides and the appearance of the woods, he even remembers the appearance of the hen pacing in the field or the color of the vegetable field halfway up the mountain. It was very clear, but how did they come to that nursing home, and the details of what they experienced in the process, he didn't have much correct logical order for these in his mind.

But at that time, he was still very sure that when he was less than 100 meters away from the nursing home, he felt something unusual in the wind.

At the foot of the mountain just now, the experienced veteran policeman had already arranged for some people to outflank from the rear in a roundabout way, and some policemen roundabout from the residential houses. Only he and another policeman named Li Nuo walked straight up Concrete road leading to the gate of the nursing home.

When he smelled that smell, he and Li Nuo exchanged glances, increased their pace, and rushed towards the iron gate of the nursing home.

When they could almost see the concierge clearly, they were sure that there was no one in the concierge.

There are empty seats, an old beige telephone on the table, and a visitor registration form hanging on the corner of the wall. Other than that, there are crooked sundries.

Lin Chen raised his head, and the surveillance camera at the corner of the gatehouse just turned towards him. He looked at the dark camera lens, as if he saw the vertical pupil of a devil, and felt chills all over his body.

Without wasting any time looking for someone or waiting for back strength, the police officer beside him climbed over the iron mobile fence very quickly, rushed to the gatehouse and pressed the button to open the door.

The electric iron gate moved away bit by bit, and the panorama of the nursing home really appeared bit by bit.

Lin Chen looked at the gray building in front of him, took a deep breath, and the smell in the air became more intense.

The young police officer named Li Nuo's face was completely pale, and it was impossible for any normal human being to distinguish this smell.

The calls of other police officers creaked from their intercom, but at that moment, neither he nor Li Nuo pressed the answer button with any force.

The young village policeman was the first to react. Without saying a word, Li Nuo clenched his fists, turned around and rushed towards the main building of the nursing home.

Lin Chen looked at the back of the young man, and followed with heavy steps.

The old wooden door is open, and the corridor is long.

One side of the corridor was as black as a shadow and as black as a ghost, but the other side was stained with an unreal white by the sunlight.

Lin Chen stepped on the white and translucent tiles step by step, and walked deep into the corridor.

In his body, there are very standard ward doors, each door is closed by the habit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, like a tightly closed coffin lid, and people don't even have the courage to touch it.

The smell, which was getting stronger and stronger, came out from the upper and lower cracks of each door, lingering around him.

The smell was so strong that it permeated through every pore of his body and permeated every corner of this space.It was as if a soft rope strangled a person's neck and suffocated him, but he knew very well that this feeling was not suffocation, but despair.

Yes, that's the smell of blood.

Lin Chen took another deep breath, his whole body seemed to be soaked in thick plasma, and the surroundings were wet and sticky. He could only barely put his hands on the doorknob to gain the strength to stand up.

Across a thin door, countless scenes flashed through his mind, each of which was a simple black line appearing on a thick plasma background, twisted and twisted, broken up and then reassembled, and then became more twisted and weird .

In the end, he was awakened by the uncontrollable crying from an unknown room.

The cry is heart-rending, with the power of sincere grief.

Lin Chen settled down and looked out the window numbly. He saw Lao Bian's old face, and other police officers rushed into the nursing home together.

Someone gestured desperately at him, but he couldn't recognize who it was, so he could only nod at him.

After doing this simple action, he turned around, pushed open the door, and walked inside.