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Swallowing the Seas - Chapter 123

Published at 13th of June 2023 05:31:15 PM


Chapter 123

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   Beep--

     At nine o'clock in the evening, at the entrance of Baolai Hotel in Jinhai City.

    Zhang Zhixing was standing on the side of the city's glorious street in the winter night. He looked at his watch again, but he couldn't see Lin Kang's car, he couldn't help but wonder.

    Lin Kang has always been very punctual, and he is not late unless something big happens. What happened today?

     He just wanted to send a message to ask, when the cell phone rang, Lin Kang's message came first, it was a string of cell phone numbers. Zhang Zhixing was puzzled. At this time, Lin Hang's call came immediately and quickly picked up: "Hello? I'm already at the appointed place—"

     "problem occurs."

     "what?"

     "Zhang Boming didn't commit suicide, but was pushed downstairs by Jie Xie."

     Zhang Zhixing was shocked instantly: "By whom?"

     "Solution."

    The spacious and tidy living room of the duplex apartment is now in a mess, the coffee table is overturned, the furnishings are smashed, even the heavy sofa is pushed away from its original position, and the floor is full of glass slag from the broken vase. The door outside the entrance was open, and the fire safety door in the corridor was also wide open, but the figure rushing out in a panic had already escaped, and even the shadow was gone.

    Lin Kang panted heavily, his messy clothes and hair reflected on the floor-to-ceiling windows, and two blood stains remained on his face: "I'm sorry I have been dragging it until now before I dared to confront him because I lacked key evidence before, just in case. The "painter" escaped the accusation and was beaten down. The investigation team definitely believed him more than me. Just now I came to him, and he finally admitted what happened the afternoon Zhang Boming fell. Then we had a fierce conflict and he ran away. ."

    Zhang Zhixing's mind was in a mess: "What did you say? What did he admit? The key doubt? What is the situation now?"

    "The mobile phone number I sent you is a solution. Could you please help me to do a triangulation immediately." Lin Kang wiped the blood leaking from the corner of his nose with his cuff, and said in a deep voice, "He has been stabbed by me. It should not be far away. The most urgent task is to find him. Once the positioning is successful, you will notify me immediately. We will talk about other details when we meet."

    Zhang Zhixing said blankly: "Okay, okay, then you..."

    "Keep in touch." Lin Kang interrupted him, and then hung up the phone involuntarily.

    "..."

    Zhang Zhixing did not react, standing by the side of the road, the aftermath of the heavy news explosion made him immobile, and his unbelievable expression could not be concealed for a long time.

    Why does Lin Kang say that? Zhang Boming was pushed downstairs by Xie Xing? Zhang Boming, the killer? !

    He hesitated for a long time, his fingers were slightly unstable, and finally tremblingly dialed another number: "...Hello?"

    ——At the same time, outside the back door of the downstairs community.

    In the distance, there was a faint sound of boiling people on the brightly lit road, the cold wind roared through the bushes, and the street lamps cast dim light. Wu Yu looked back at the community again. The apartment building was lit up with lights, and hot chats, laughs and food spread from every window.

    He closed his eyes and turned to hide in a quiet corner of the wall, facing the biting cold wind, and quickly disappeared into the night without a sound.

    Lin Kang cut off the call, threw the phone on the sofa, moved to the decorative mirror in the hallway to look at himself, pressed the blood stain on his side, and gritted his teeth.

    Bu Chonghua’s apartment has probably never been so messy. The leather high chair by the bar fell to the ground, and even the indoor green plants were broken, and the ground was covered with mud. Lin Kang stepped over the fragmented decorative lights on the floor, flushed his face with the cold water faucet in the kitchen, wiped off the water on his face, leaned against the marble countertop, and exhaled hot air.

    The door of the master bedroom was wide open, and a corner of the double bed could be seen from this angle, and an indescribable expression flashed through Lin Kang's eyes.

    Regardless of whether it is stunned or not, this courage is really big.

    Exhausted, he smoked a cigarette slowly, and he kept thinking about what to say when he saw Zhang Zhixing next. About half an hour later, it was estimated that the time was almost the end. Sure enough, the phone buzzed and the software received a location from Zhang Zhixing.

    Deyi Construction Community on Suining Road, Jinhai City.

    That piece of unfinished building that has not yet been completed because of a fire in a colored steel house.

    [I'll go over here, let's see you there]-Lin Kang quickly replied a message to Zhang Zhixing. After thinking about it, he didn't feel relieved, and added another message [Don't act alone].

    Then he put the phone away, inserted the gun into his back, and rushed out of the entrance door wrapped in the wind.

    The cold wind blew across the face, and the roadside shops had already closed their stalls. Lin Kang parked his car outside the fence of the construction site. Zhang Zhixing had just arrived. He hurried forward with a flashlight. He couldn't wait to ask: "What the hell is going on? My son was pushed downstairs by Xie Xing." ?why?"

    Lin Kang opened the rusty iron gate with his shoulder, and didn't care that the rough wall scratched his well-tailored coat, so he squeezed into the rugged and uneven ground of the construction site and helped Zhang Zhixing in without answering him immediately. The question is: "Are there more accurate real-time positioning?"

    "It should be in the southeast corner. ——What happened that afternoon? Tell me!"

    The visibility of the unfinished building site was extremely low. Lin Kang signaled Zhang Zhixing not to turn on the flashlight, and walked forward with a touch of black and deep: "I lied to the investigation team. Actually, I went to Zhang Boming twice that afternoon. ."

    Zhang Zhixing was taken aback.

    "The first time I went to see him, it was less than 3:30 in the afternoon. Zhang Boming was in a very bad mood. He said that Jie Xing had just slammed the door and left. I asked why, but he refused to say. After I asked him again and again. A little utterance was revealed, saying that when Arthur Hodgson was arrested ten years ago, the artist had almost exposed the crisis, but the rescue did not come in time, he was able to escape by luck, so he told Zhang Boming Very resentful."

    Lin Kang helped Zhang Zhixing, who was staggering, stepped across the pool. There was a black hole in the southeast corner of the construction site. The steel scaffolding reflected blue and white light in the moonlight.

    "I was very surprised at the time because the situation of the frontline undercover agents is changing rapidly, and there are situations where the rear instructions are too late to give. The artist should fully understand this. Besides, he was only exposed to the crisis of exposure, but he was not really exposed. Now he suddenly looks back strongly. I condemned the commander’s unintentional mistake ten years ago. This aggressive posture made me very puzzled. Therefore, after leaving Zhang Boming’s ward, I thought about it and thought it was wrong, so I secretly went upstairs to enter. Know the ward of the line."

    "Are you going to the ward where you know what to do?" Zhang Zhixing said in amazement.

    "Yes, I know that the painter’s ward is extremely confidential. He can only come out by himself, and no one else can enter without a warrant. But I was really upset at the time, and I didn’t know what happened that afternoon. His ward was not locked, so I went in. When he was in the shower." 999 novel first published www.999xs.com m.999xs.com

    Lin Kang swallowed dryly, Zhang Zhixing blurted out, "What then?"

    "Then I just sat by the hospital bed and waited for more than half an hour..." Lin Kang recalled a little, and said, "It may be more than forty minutes before he came out. He saw that I was not too much in the room. Surprised, but his attitude was very resistant. He told me to leave without saying a word. I didn't expect Zhang Boming to go upstairs when I was struggling."

    "Zhang Boming?!"

    "He didn't dare to enter the ward. Zhang Boming's kind of well-behaved people are different from me." Lin Kang smiled bitterly, "But he stuffed a piece of paper outside the ward and we knew it after seeing the paper on the floor by the door. He has been here, and there are some very strange words written on the paper."

    Zhang Zhixing was stunned and his eyes were straight: "What, what?"

    "——‘I’ve considered it clearly. I’ll be waiting for you on the rooftop at six o’clock. I’m willing to discuss this with you, Zhang Boming’."

    "I will wait for you on the rooftop at six o'clock. I am willing to discuss this matter with you."

    It was six o'clock when Zhang Boming jumped to his death!

    The blood on Zhang Zhixing's face was lost, and the mouth under the layers of the law pattern was opened and closed several times, finally squeezing out the hoarse words: "...and then?"

    "It was five o'clock in the afternoon." Lin Kang stopped under the scaffolding beside the unfinished building, his face darkened in the shadows: "I felt more and more uneasy after seeing this note, so I pulled it forcibly. Xie Xing went downstairs together and went to Zhang Boming's ward. I asked them what they were doing, but they were unwilling to reveal too much to me. Xie Xing kept accusing Zhang Boming of owing him his life. Finally Zhang Boming told I wanted to talk to Xiexing alone, so I had no choice but to leave the hospital."

    Zhang Zhixing stared straight at him: "When was it?"

    Lin Kang said: "It's already half past five. They were preparing to go to the rooftop when I left. Later I heard news from Zhang Boming that he'jumped' off the rooftop."

    The dark clouds suppressed the moonlight, and the neon lights flashing on the road in the distance passed through the unfinished building, casting a strange light spot on the ground, reflecting Zhang Zhixing's face almost convulsively, and his lips kept trembling.

    "I didn't dare to mention this to the investigation team because there was no evidence. Xie Xing did not mention that we had all been to Zhang Boming's ward at 5 o'clock that afternoon. If I confess first, he could completely say that I was talking Zhang Boming was the person on the rooftop, and he had already left before six o'clock. According to the tendency of the investigation team at the time, as long as the painter speaks, I absolutely must peel off the skin." Lin Kang smiled self-deprecatingly: "The painter waits. Because of my height, I just lost the title of a second-class hero. Personal freedom was not detained. But if the investigation team suspects me, what I will lose is more than merit? I am afraid I am still squatting in Yundian Province. In the supervision room of the Public Security Department!"

    "..." Zhang Zhixing's entire upper body was constantly ups and downs because of rapid gasping. After a long while, he seemed to finally calm down slightly, and finally asked from the gap between his teeth: "Then...what about you now?"

    "I won't let him go anymore." Lin Kang glanced at the monster Hessian building above his head and said coldly: "He should be inside. He is definitely not far away with such a serious injury. I Go search first, you are waiting for me outside, be careful not to act rashly."

    "Hey!" Zhang Zhixing grabbed him and said suspiciously: "Why didn't you call the police first?"

    Lin Kang sneered at the corner of his mouth: "Call the police? I am a member of the Public Security Bureau of Yundian Province. I called the police on the grounds of Jinhai to arrest the head of the Jinhai Criminal Investigation Division?"

    "!" Zhang Zhixing let go of his hand subconsciously.

    "You are waiting for me here, don't say anything!" Lin Kang turned his head and exclaimed, dashing into the darkness, and hurriedly into the ruined building where he could not see his fingers.

    The wind is getting stronger and stronger, gathering in this cold and secluded construction site from all directions, as if countless resentful spirits wailed. Zhang Zhixing stared fiercely at the low and narrow entrance of the building, his whole body blood quickly rushed to the top of his head, his thinking was clear and trance, after a long time he finally gritted his teeth with all his strength, took out his mobile phone and sent out a location, a few moments new news came. There are only three words:

    【understood】.

    Don't do two things.

    Zhang Zhixing heard his messy and rapid breathing, put his phone in his pocket, and lowered his head into the concrete gate behind the scaffolding.

    Some floor tiles were posted below the third floor of the building, and the floor above was all cement blanks, not even window glass. Piles of frozen gravel, messy construction waste, and messy bamboo poles and ropes piled on the ground, and the concrete pillars stretched into the wide and dark depths, like rows of weird people standing among ghosts.

    Zhang Zhixing was sticking to the root of the wall, trying his best to keep his feet light, but he could only hear him pounding around! thumping! His heartbeat, blood was squeezing the eardrum crazily every minute and every second, at this moment——

    Cang Dang!

    He raised his head like an electric shock, and his whole body tensed instantly!

    The flashlight beam upstairs faintly revealed from the iron frame against the wall, and then came the sound of footsteps, it was Lin Kang.

    "...Huh...huh..."

    Zhang Zhixing relaxed slightly, his feet softened and he almost fell to his knees. Only then did he realize that his hands and feet were numb just now, and only then did he recover a little.

    It's okay, nothing will happen. He settled down, and was about to hold on to the wall to continue walking forward. Suddenly the hair on his back exploded, and as soon as he opened his mouth, someone covered his mouth from behind and then forcibly dragged him to the ground!

    "Woohoooo!—"

    The physical strength of an old man Zhang Zhixing was completely incomparable with the sneak attacker. He was literally squeezed into a dark corner when he turned around, and then his hand was twisted back, and a hoarse voice gasped in his ear: "Don't make a noise. ,it's me!"

    Solution? ! Zhang Zhixing widened his eyes in surprise.

    "Don't be discovered by Lin Kang, listen to me." Wu Yu breathed very lightly in every word, but he was slightly unstable because of the severe pain: "I am injured. You must run quickly if something happens later. Call for help immediately after leaving the construction site."

    Zhang Zhixing subconsciously wanted to look back at him, but Wu Yu gritted his teeth and blocked his movement immediately. He could only make two very low whining sounds. At the same time, he felt that the place where his arm was against Wu Yu's abdomen was sticky and moist. The smell of rust.

    It turned out to be blood.

    "I know Lin Kang may have told you something, but no matter what he said, don't believe it." Wu Yu gasped and choked several times before hoarsely saying: "Because he came to kill people today, he It was the murderer who killed Zhang Boming."

    "!!!"

    Zhang Zhixing was stunned. He couldn't recover for a long time. Even Wu Yu let go of his hand and didn't notice it. After a long while, he shivered and turned his head back. Only half of Wu Yu's face was hidden in the dark, and the other half was reflected outside the concrete window sill. The light is pale and blue, unlike a living person.

    "...You... are you okay?"

    Wu Yu shook his head weakly.

    "What happened that afternoon? Was it you who went to the rooftop with Zhang Boming?!"

    "No, it's Lin Kang."

    Zhang Zhixing didn't know what to say. He could not move for a long time in this posture of sitting paralyzed and turning his head. Wu Yu closed his eyes and leaned his head against the corner between the concrete pillar and the lime wall, revealing his slender neck and throat. , The blood oozing from the corner of his mouth meanders to his jaw, a kind of desperate and fierce beast.

    "I can only say the next thing, if you have a chance to escape, please be sure to tell Feng Ting in Yundian."

    "The day of Zhang Boming's death was about four o'clock in the afternoon. Lin Kang sneaked into my ward by himself and left at about five o'clock. I came out of the bathroom and saw only his back downstairs. I followed him secretly and saw him knock on Zhang with my own eyes Boming’s ward door, then I hid outside and heard their conversation."

    ——Squeak!

    On the empty corridor of Yundian Provincial Hospital, the door of the ward opened from the inside, and Zhang Boming's hoarse tone-shifting voice sounded: "You..." then stopped abruptly.

    Lin Kang stood outside the door, holding half a sheet of paper in his hand, Zhang Boming's eyes fell on it, and after a while he whispered four words: "Come in and talk."

    Lin Kang nodded and walked into the room. The door clicked shut. No one noticed that the scene fell into Wu Yu's eyes on the corner.

    Wu Yu hesitated for a few seconds, glanced to the left and right, then walked silently to the door, listening to Lin Kang's voice coming from inside: "What does this note mean? What do you want to find a solution to talk about upstairs alone?"

    "...Yes." Zhang Boming's voice was hoarse and slow in the door panel, and he was silent for a while before he said again: "I have something...I must talk to him clearly."

    "Right? What are you hiding from me?"

    "No, Lin Kang, I just..."

    "Look at you like this! What the hell happened? Why do you want to hate you? What do you mean when you say that you are hypocritical? If you don't say anything, I can only go upstairs to find Jie Xing to confront me personally!"

    Zhang Boming blurted out: "Don't!"

    There was an unspeakable silence, Wu Yu's expression changed slightly outside the door, and finally Zhang Boming's arduous voice sounded again: "...Don't disturb the painter, I hope no one will disturb the painter's peace and freedom for the rest of his life... …Because I am the one who made the mistake."

    "Ten years ago, during the encirclement and suppression of the Thayer Drug Gang and Arthur Hodgson in Myanmar, I ignored...the painter's...distress signal in order to complete the arrest task as soon as possible, and to receive rewards as soon as possible.

    Lin Kang was aphasia due to excessive shock, and it took a long time to say in amazement: "What are you talking nonsense? We didn't receive any distress signals at all!"

    "Because I deleted it, no one except me has a chance to see it."

    "you--"

    "Do you remember that after the siege mission was successfully completed ten years ago, I ordered the recall of the artist?"

    Lin Kang said in disbelief: "I remember, but the artist refused. He himself asked for an extension of the undercover period and continued to investigate the Mariana Trench in the Golden Triangle..."

    "Yes, he has hated me since then, even the entire system organization." Zhang Boming smiled bitterly: "Now that he is finally back, I can't hide this matter. The best way to deal with it is with him. Before the accusation, I confess my guilt first, at least to avoid the ugliest and most unbearable situations from happening, and to leave the last bit of dignity for each other."

    "...No, wait, are you crazy? We are going to have a celebration party soon! What good is it for everyone to have such a thing at this time?!"

    "It's no good waiting for the painter to come out and expose it!"

    "Zhang Boming!" Lin Kang lowered his voice and said angrily: "I remind you to pay attention, it has been ten years! Jie Xing has no evidence that he sent a distress signal, as long as there is no evidence that the accusation cannot be established, he has no way to expose you. !"

    "..."

    Zhang Boming's heavy gasp was heard from the door. Besides not making a sound for a long time, Lin Kang finally slowed down his tone: "Listen to me, we have made such a great contribution. There is no reason for the one ten years ago. The mistake is..."

    "But the credit itself is based on a mistake." Zhang Boming interrupted him: "Do you remember that we once argued about the unadjustability of procedural justice and result justice? If there is an error in the program itself, the result will be It will definitely be affected, this is unavoidable!"

    With a bang on the desktop, Lin Kang couldn’t bear it: "Can you put aside the so-called procedural justice first?! Everyone is looking forward to this celebration party. All those who have paid the hard work need to get a feat. You can’t because This matter affects everyone's interests!"

    Zhang Boming snarled, "It's myself that I report! The painter is back alive. What happened ten years ago will not affect you!"

    "Don't be naive! Once you call in the investigation team, it will investigate our internal management confidentiality failure ten years ago! Any error will affect all of us!!"

    The frightening silence continued, there was no movement inside the door, and Wu Yu outside the door seemed to freeze. I don’t know how long it took, Lin Kang walked towards the door of the ward, then suddenly stopped, gritted his teeth and turned to Zhang Boming: "I must not allow you to mess around before the celebration, understand? I will stop you at all costs! "

    Wu Yu didn't have time to hear Zhang Boming's answer. He stepped back to the corridor and turned. As soon as he hid into the blind spot, he saw the door open, and Lin Kang's angry figure disappeared into the corridor.

    "——It was about 5:30 in the afternoon, and then I went back to the ward. It wasn't until nearly 6:30 in the evening that Lin Kang suddenly broke in and said that someone had just found Zhang Boming in a quiet place downstairs and killed him. The corpse. Later, the forensic doctor confirmed through an autopsy that the time of death was about six to six quarters."

    Wu Yu said these words intermittently, but was interrupted by a choking cough several times because of the pain, possibly hurting his lungs.

    Zhang Zhixing's expression kept changing in the dark, and various thoughts were twisted into a mess in his mind, "...so Lin Kang is to prevent my son from revealing himself, so..."

    "Lin Kang has sufficient motives, time and conditions, as well as the ability to clean up the scene of counter-reconnaissance. Afterwards, he strongly accused me of the investigation team, which should be a self-covering measure."

    Zhang Zhixing opened and closed his mouth several times. After struggling for a long time, he gritted his teeth and asked: "Then why didn't you say when you faced the investigation team?!"

    Yes, if the facts are like what Wu Yu said, and Lin Kang is completely lying, then Wu Yu has not concealed Lin Kang's motive for having visited Zhang Boming's ward at five o'clock. The investigation team was originally inclined to trust the painter!

    The floor-to-ceiling windows of the building are not equipped with glass, and the bare concrete window sills are almost flush with the ground. The neon on the street in the distance and the endless stream of car lights reflect in, reflecting the half of Wu Yu's profile, which is cold, pale and deep. A smile appeared on's face, although it seemed indescribable:

    "It may be because of Zhang Boming's fall from the building. Every one of us had a ghost in our hearts."

    Haunted?

    Zhang Zhixing paused hesitantly. At this moment, he only listened to "Kara" behind the concrete pillar where the two were hiding! A bullet was loaded, and then Lin Kang's cold voice rang: "--Don't move."

    Wu Yu and Zhang Zhixing's expressions changed at the same time!

    Lin Kang pointed his gun at the corner of the concrete column: "You two, come out."





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