Chapter 1204 (1/2)
”I tracked down for a long time and finally got a clue a week ago.” Qiao Xue said low. ”A young man named ash bought a professional crossbow through informal channels two months before director Zhou was stabbed.”
Li Qing pulled up the window and pulled at the corner of his mouth: ”Sheriff Qiao, you are a top student of the Central Police Academy and are much more professional than me in this field. But with your just words, you can't form a complete chain of evidence. There's no need to be so mysterious.”
”The details of the investigation are top secret, so it's impossible for you to know. Don't worry, although I'm bent on catching the murderer, I'm not crazy.” Qiao Xue was a little unhappy, ”When the case was not made public, for the sake of confidentiality, all I can tell you now is that this young man named ash is highly suspected of committing a crime, whether it's his identity, background or actual behavior. He is likely to be the perpetrator of the assassination of director Zhou.”
Li Qing spread his hands: ”then I don't understand. Now that you have a clue, you should go all out to trace it. What are you looking for me to do? Do you... Want to share your joy with me?”
”This is not a happy event, and I'm not so boring.” Qiao Xue glanced at Li Qing. ”I just said, please help this time.”
”What can I do for you?”
”I'm going to arrest ash. I'm afraid I can't make it.”
Li Qing sneered, raised his finger and pointed to his chest: ”are you kidding? I'm even required to participate in this arrest? Do all the people in the port inspection hall eat dry food?”
Qiao Xue pursed her mouth.
”Why don't you talk?” Li Qing stared at Qiao Xue's beautiful side face and looked strange. ”Xie Hongbo can't help you? Or Zhong Ruoxi can't help you?”
”Don't be so old-fashioned and preaching.” Qiao Xue said angrily. ”This matter is top secret. I don't want others to know.”
”My God!” Li Qing smiled helplessly and raised his hands to surrender. ”The top secret in your mouth is really special. I won't be the second to know except you?”
Qiao Xue lowered her head: ”there are also some trustworthy people who help me, but don't know all the inside information. So, you're not the second one to know.”
”Ah, that's really good.” Li Qingchang breathed a sigh of relief. ”The only thing I want to tell you is to report it to Zhong Ruoxi immediately. Don't try to hide it. You can't cope with it with your current ability.”
”I want to see the truth, not the result of perfunctory response to the public.”
Li Qing couldn't help sneering: ”people are dead. Your so-called truth is meaningless. The public doesn't buy your account. Compared with the cruel truth, they may prefer to see your so-called perfunctory results.”
”This is of special significance to me. Director Zhou's case is by no means simple. Why can Zhong Ruoxi suddenly return to Lingang? And Xie Hongbo's abnormality on the night of the crime. Do you really believe that the whole matter has nothing to do with them?”
Li Qing's voice was calm: ”you must be suffering from persecution paranoia.”
Qiao Xue said solemnly, ”Li Qing, you must help me.”
”You really shouldn't believe me.” Li Qing replied reluctantly, ”everyone in Lingang knows that I have a good relationship with Zhong Ruoxi, um... I have a good relationship with Xie Hongbo. Since you don't believe them, how can you believe me? Do you expect people like me to help you do some righteous deeds that people worship?”
”I have no other way but to bet. You should know my situation in the inspector's office. There is Zhong Ruoxi's small circle. Everyone revolves around her, and I'm just an outsider.”
Li Qing patted the steering wheel gently with his palm: ”you're kidding me. If you put it in the past, it's easy to say anything. But now it's different. There's a large family behind me. I can't afford to take the risk.”
”Just to catch someone, you don't need to appear in public.” Qiao Xue looked at Li Qing with a pitiful look, which made people feel pity, ”I will never tell anyone about it.”
Li Qing frowned and thought for a long time, then reluctantly asked, ”when?”
”The sooner the better. It's best to act now.”
”Qiao Xue.” Li Qing was silent for a moment and asked hesitantly, ”if you catch that man, it turns out that he is indeed the murderer of Zhou Wenhao, what will you do later? What are you going to do?”
Qiao Xue replied coldly: ”I will directly bring the witness and material evidence back to Yanjing Judicial Bureau, and will never stay in Lingang for more than a moment.”
”Justice Bureau?” Li Qing's face was ugly. ”Factional struggle, right? If everything is as you expected, once Ruoxi knows I'm pulling down behind her, it's really possible to kill me.”
”You have too many assumptions, and the probability of realization is very small. Besides, you are not very good at dealing with women. You don't need to worry about this problem at all.”
Li Qing leaned the back of his head against the window and felt a little confused. Is it because all this happened too suddenly today? He had a bad hunch
”Li Qing, you are a man.”
”Well, I prove myself every time I pee. You don't have to remind me.”
Qiao Xue narrowed her eyes slightly: ”is it interesting to think about it? Do you really help? If you're sure you don't help, I'll go by myself.”