"Where to?" He said.
"North building!" I said.
He didn't speak and drove straight to the north building.
To the north building, I said: "into the underground parking lot."
He drove into the underground parking lot and looked at me.
I opened the door and said, "follow me."
A few minutes later, we appeared on the roof of the north building, standing on the top of room 1809.
"It's a nice place. It's quiet and has a wide view." He said.
I smile.
"Brother, you didn't bring me here to practice with me, did you?" He said.
I didn't speak. I stood on the edge of the roof and looked down. There are still traces of rope friction before the edge of the roof.
He followed my eyes and said nothing.
Then, I looked at him and said, "this is room 1809, the room where Qin Lu lived when she was killed."
He looked at me and said, "what's the matter?"
"Not much!" I said.
He looked at me for a moment and said, "I know what you're looking at, I know what you see."
I said, "I think you see something, too."
He said: "although you are almost suspected to be a murder suspect, although you have finally cleared the charge, and although the conclusion of the case is Qin Lu's suicide, you still have doubts in your heart. You are suspicious of the conclusion of the case, aren't you?"
I said, "what do you think?"
He walked back and forth a few steps, then stood up to me, looked at me and said, "brother, are you a party member?"
"Yes..." I said.
"Me too!" "As a party member, what do you think is the most important thing to do?" he said
"Politics!" I said.
"Good answer, yes, politics!" He nodded: "in our real officialdom, what is politics? Obedience to the leadership is the greatest politics! Right? "
"Yes I said.
"Therefore, as the case leader, I must insist on the conclusion that Qin Lu committed suicide!" He said.
From what he said, I seem to hear something implied.
"First of all, I am a party member, then a policeman. First of all, I should talk about politics, and then I can handle cases on the premise of talking about politics!" He added.
I laughed and said, "you must be an excellent Communist."
"That's right. I am an excellent Party member and an advanced worker in the system every year!" He said.
"You have adhered to the party spirit, but it seems that you have not adhered to the principles and conscience of being a good man!" I said.
His facial muscles twitched slightly: "how do you say that?"
"You know it!" I looked straight at him.
He looked up at the sky, then turned to the edge of the roof and looked at it.
For a long time, he murmured, "there's one more here."
My heart moved, listening to him, it seems that he has long found a trace of rope friction here. My fourth brother and I have been here, naturally there is one more.
"This case is a matter of great concern to the city. The city leaders demanded that the case be solved within a time limit, and instructed that the case should be quickly closed, so as to give an account to the society and the families of the dead. I am under great pressure. The city leaders are putting pressure on me, and so many reporters are staring at me. In the case of excluding you as the murderer, there are no other clues, or it is interrupted. I want to be political and correct The municipal leaders are in charge of the case and can't delay the case for a long time. Since it can't be delayed for a long time, the best and most direct way is to make it suicide Suicide is the best explanation and a result acceptable to all parties. " He said.
"Wrong, it's not a result that all parties can accept. At least the family members of the dead can't accept it. They accept it now because they don't know the inside story. Besides, the dead in another world can't accept it either!" I said.
He gave a wry smile: "this is my second time on the roof I once reported the suspicious traces on the rooftop to the leaders, but they were flatly rejected by the leaders concerned who were eager to close the case, saying that this could not explain anything, that the handling of the case could not rely on imagination, and that it could not be taken for granted speculation.
"If this so-called doubt can't make me find the real criminal directly, then I must accept the conclusion of suicide and close the case quickly. The big leaders and the small leaders are eager to close the case and have an explanation to the higher authorities. Therefore, although I am the case leader, I have no choice but to obey the leadership and talk about politics first."
According to his tone, after proving my innocence, he didn't give up the suspicion that Qin Lu died of homicide. He came to the rooftop and found traces of the rope friction. He had any doubts and speculation. However, because of the pressure of the leadership and the instructions to close the case quickly, he couldn't get more clues according to this clue, so he had no choice Do what you have to do.
It seems that there is no way for him to close the case. It is the need of politics.
He looked at me, took out a cigarette, handed me one, lit one himself, took two mouthfuls, and said in a dull voice: "in China, you know, the first Department of public security and justice is not independent, and the second is to accept the leadership of the Party committee. Are there few cases of Party committee intervention in handling cases these days? This is China's national conditions, this is Chinese characteristics"If I'm not wrong, I don't think the second trace of friction was left by the murderer. As for who left it, I don't want to say. I think you may have a clear idea. Of course, perhaps the leader is right. This trace alone can't explain anything. In fact, the key is still not to find out who left the first trace Therefore, I think it may be right to define Qin Lu's death as suicide. "
"Don't do anything. Maybe, in fact, you know whether there are doubts about Qin Lu's death and whether the nature is accurate or not!" I said coldly.
He looked at me: "I think that if there is no accident, if there is no great change, the conclusion of this case will not change. Maybe, this is the final result As the direct case handler, I hope to make this case an iron case. Otherwise, I will be responsible for my dereliction of duty. "
"From the perspective of protecting your own interests, you hope this is an iron case, but in your heart, in your conscience, you are still uncertain." I said.
"The final conclusion of the case is due to the leadership's instructions and, of course, sufficient evidence. The final result of the case is that the efficiency of the case handling team is high, and the leadership's command is good, the decision-making is correct, and the achievements are everyone's. However, if the case turns over, I will bear the brunt of the misfortune. It has nothing to do with the leadership. I can only be the scapegoat for the misfortune, so, old man Brother, I don't need to think about this. I think this case is an ironclad one It's not easy for you to clean up your sins, and I don't think you'll have to make trouble for yourself any more. " He said.
"I don't want to make trouble for myself I'd like to believe your conclusion, but I can't help dreaming about the accusations of the dead, and I can't help feeling uneasy. " I said: "you can talk about politics, you can defend the interests of yourself and the leaders, you can believe that this is an iron case, but when you do all this, I want to know whether you sleep well at night, and whether you dare to face the family members of the dead with your eyes on the day you attend the memorial service If the dead person finds you in a dream, do you have the courage to tell her that you have a clear conscience? "
"Well, shut up --" he suddenly looked a little irritable and growled.
I stopped and looked at him.
He looked at me with some ferocity in his eyes: "is that what you are looking for today? Is that why you brought me here? "
I nodded, "yes, yes."
He looked closely at me: "you bring me here, you let me see these, you tell me these, you are not afraid to bring yourself great trouble? You're not afraid of getting burned? "
"I'm afraid!" I said.
"Well Why are you looking for me? You're going to bring me here and tell me all this shit? " His voice was irritated and confused.
I looked at him and said calmly, "because I believe you!"
"Believe me? What do you believe in me? " He said.
"I believe your conscience has not been eaten up by the dog, I believe you are still a man, I believe you are not the loser when I scolded you that day." I said: "as an old criminal policeman, I believe you must have rich experience in handling cases. I know you will not fail to notice the traces on the rooftop, so I will bring you here In fact, when I said I was going to the north building, you may have known it in your mind. "
He looked at me and didn't speak for a long time.
I took two puffs of smoke and looked at the sky in the distance: "maybe I should understand you. You have to talk about politics, you have to protect yourself, you have to protect your own interests, you have to obey the leadership, you have to drift with the current. If you don't talk about politics and don't drift with the current, maybe you can't guarantee the stability of what you have now, and you will lose all this
"This is a real society and a real officialdom. Only those who can protect themselves can get development, and those who have self-knowledge will have a better future So, I have no objection to what you just said. Since you said it was an iron case, it was an iron case I really shouldn't have any doubts about the police. "
"You..." He looked at me.
"I know that even if you had doubts at that time, there was nothing you could do. If you insisted on disobeying the leadership, then you might be dismissed as the leader of the case handling group, and the case was handed over to other obedient people. The same result was the same. But the consequences of your disobedience were different. You might be punished, you might lose favor in the eyes of the leadership, or you might be punished It's not worth the loss to you
Today, I would like to tell you the truth, but I can't go back to you It's very late. Maybe it will take a long time to wait for this day. Maybe you and I and the people around us will not see this day, but it doesn't affect the truth itself. "
He looked at me in a daze and didn't speak for a long time.
I started smoking, too. No more.
For a long time, he looked at me and suddenly slowly extended his hand."Director Yi, I want to shake hands with you!" He said.
I didn't refuse.
The hands of the two men are together.
All of a sudden, his hand suddenly began to exert force -