Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin 5 (Intermediate to Advanced)

In the investigator’s meeting, Liu Mingtian explained the whole sequence of the robbery. How the two men took turns to shoot the victims sparked a discussion among them. At the end of the meeting, a message came in that a white Jetta car was discarded near Dong Feng square…

 

[simplified Chinese]
罪恶有痕 5

 

与此同时，受害人的桑塔纳，和被嫌疑人丢弃的商务车, 都被从现场拉回局里，由邢技人员进行物证检验，寻找嫌犯可能留下的蛛丝马迹。

综合目击者的证言，法医报告，和物证人员的初步结论，刘明天在案情分析会上试图还原抢劫杀人的具体经过，”一号和二号嫌犯都开了枪。一人打了两发，各负责一个目标。如此短的时间，两个人分别从不同的两辆车上下来，分工杀人，再劫走巨款，一起开车逃逸，临时起意的可能性很小, 应该可以断定是有计划, 有预谋的行动 。”

“为什么要分工杀人?”一个清亮的声音, 从会议室的一角传来。这一嗓子吸引了所有人的目光。

提问的是那个新分来的大学生赵凯峰.

“问得好!”刘明天提了提嗓门。”跟据目击者的证言，一号嫌疑人，也就是商务车的驾驶员，是开枪的第一人，他如果有足够的子弹，完全可以在最短的时间里射杀两个受害人。但他没这样做，他在杀害驾驶员后，闪身让他的同伙，也就是开白车的二号嫌犯, 来射杀乘客座位上的那名被害人。”

“好比他们之间签了一个合同，每人手上一桩命案，这样谁也不要心存侥幸去出卖另一方。” 说话的又是赵凯峰.

“有道理。所谓的生死契约，比建立在利益上的契约要牢固得多, 他们既需要相互依靠，又能够相互制约。现在的劫匪也都蛮讲犯罪文化的.” 技术科的秦东打趣道.

“回到正题, 下一步的当务之急, 追查逃逸的白色捷达, 调查受害人死前几日的活动, 确定枪支类型. 商务车已经确认是案发前一天被盗走的, 现在还在做检验. ”

刘明天话音刚落, 会议室的门外进来一个人, “刘队, 刚接到电话, 说东风广场那边发现一辆弃置的白色捷达, 让你们过去看看.”

 

[vocab table]
Simplified Chinese     Traditional Chinese     Mandarin Pinyin     English Definition

邢技人员
   

 邢技人員
    xing2 ji4 ren2 yuan2     crime scene investigator

物证
   

物證
    wu4 zheng4     material evidence

检验
   

檢驗
    jian3 yan4     to inspect; to examine

蛛丝马迹
   

蛛絲馬跡
    zhu1 si1 ma3 ji4     tiny hints (of a secret); traces

法医
   

法醫
    fa3 yi1     forensic medical expert

临时
   

臨時
    lin2 shi2     ad hoc

起意
        qi3 yi4     to conceive a scheme; to devise a plan

预谋
   

預謀
    yu4 mou2     premeditated (esp. a crime);

侥幸
   

僥倖
    jiao3 xing4     luckily; by a fluke

契约
   

契約
    qi4 yue1     agreement; contract

制约
   

制約
    zhi4 yue1     to restrict

打趣
        da3 qu4     to make fun of

当务之急
   

當務之急
    dang1 wu4 zhi1 ji2     top priority job

逃逸
        tao2 yi4     to escape; to run away

弃置
   

棄置
    qi4 zhi4     to discard

[pinyin]
 zuì’è yǒu hén 5

 

yǔcǐtóngshí， shòuhàirén de Sāngtǎnà， hé bèi xiányírén diūqì de shāngwù chē, dōu bèi cóng xiànchǎng lā huí jú lǐ， yóu Xíng jì rényuán jìnxíng wùzhèng jiǎnyàn， xúnzhǎo xiánfàn kěnéng liúxià de zhūsīmǎjì。

zōnghé mùjīzhě de zhèngyán， fǎyī bàogào， hé wùzhèng rényuán de chūbù jiélùn， Liú míngtiān zài ànqíng fēnxī huì shàng shìtú huányuán qiǎngjié shārén de jùtǐ jīngguò，” yīhào hé èrhào xiánfàn dōu kāi le qiāng。 yī rén dǎ le liǎng fā， gè fùzé yī gè mùbiāo。 rúcǐ duǎn de shíjiān， liǎng gèrén fēnbié cóng bùtóng de liǎng liàng chē shàng xiàlai， fēngōng shārén， zài jié zǒu jùkuǎn， yīqǐ kāichē táoyì， línshí qǐyì de kěnéngxìng hěn xiǎo, yīnggāi kěyǐ duàndìng shì yǒu jìhuà, yǒuyùmóu de xíngdòng 。”

” wèishénme yào fēngōng shārén?” yī gè qīng liàng de shēngyīn, cóng huìyìshì de yī jiǎo chuánlái。 zhè yī sǎngzi xīyǐn le suǒyǒu rén de mùguāng。

tíwèn de shì nàge xīn fēn lái de dàxuéshēng zhào kǎi fēng.

” wèn dé hǎo!” Liú míngtiān tí le tí sǎngmén。” gēn jù mùjīzhě de zhèngyán， yīhào xiányírén， yějiùshì shāngwù chē de jiàshǐyuán， shì kāiqiāng de dìyī rén， tā rúguǒ yǒu zúgòu de zǐdàn， wánquán kěyǐ zài zuì duǎn de shíjiān lǐ shèshā liǎng gè shòuhàirén。 dàn tā méi zhèyàng zuò， tā zài shāhài jiàshǐyuán hòu， shǎnshēn ràng tā de tónghuǒ， yějiùshì kāi báichē de èrhào xiánfàn, lái shèshā chéngkè zuòwèi shàng de nà míng bèihàirén。”

” hǎobǐ tāmen zhījiān qiān le yī gè hétong， měirén shǒu shàng yī zhuāng mìng’àn， zhèyàng shéi yě bùyào xīn cún jiǎoxìng qù chūmài lìngyī fāng。” shuōhuà de yòu shì zhào kǎi fēng.

” yǒudàoli。 suǒwèi de shēngsǐ qìyuē， bǐ jiànlì zài lìyì shàng de qìyuē yào láogù dé duō, tāmen jì xūyào xiānghù yīkào， yòu nénggòu xiānghù zhìyuē。 xiànzài de jiéfěi yě dōu mán jiǎng fànzuì wénhuà de.” jìshù kē de Qín dōng dǎqù dào.

“ huídào zhèng tí, xiàyībù de dāngwùzhījí, zhuīchá táoyì de báisè Jiédá, diàochá shòuhàirén sǐ qián jǐ rì de huódòng, quèdìng qiāngzhī lèixíng. shāngwù chē yǐjīng quèrèn shì ànfā qiányītiān bèi dào zǒu de, xiànzài hái zài zuò jiǎnyàn. ”

Liú míngtiān huàyīn gāng luò, huìyìshì de ménwài jìnlái yīgèrén, “ Liú duì, gāng jiēdào diànhuà, shuō dōng fēng guǎngchǎng nàbian fāxiàn yī liàng qìzhì de báisè Jiédá, ràng nǐmen guòqu kànkan.”

 

[traditional Chinese]
罪惡有痕 5

 

與此同時，受害人的桑塔納，和被嫌疑人丟棄的商務車, 都被從現場拉回局裏，由邢技人員進行物證檢驗，尋找嫌犯可能留下的蛛絲馬跡。

綜合目擊者的證言，法醫報告，和物證人員的初步結論，劉明天在案情分析會上試圖還原搶劫殺人的具體經過，”一號和二號嫌犯都開了槍。一人打了兩發，各負責一個目標。如此短的時間，兩個人分別從不同的兩輛車上下來，分工殺人，再劫走巨款，一起開車逃逸，臨時起意的可能性很小, 應該可以斷定是有計劃, 有預謀的行動 。”

“為什麼要分工殺人?”一個清亮的聲音, 從會議室的一角傳來。這一嗓子吸引了所有人的目光。

提問的是那個新分來的大學生趙凱峰.

“問得好!”劉明天提了提嗓門。”跟據目擊者的證言，一號嫌疑人，也就是商務車的駕駛員，是開槍的第一人，他如果有足夠的子彈，完全可以在最短的時間裏射殺兩個受害人。但他沒這樣做，他在殺害駕駛員後，閃身讓他的同夥，也就是開白車的二號嫌犯, 來射殺乘客座位上的那名被害人。”

“好比他們之間簽了一個合同，每人手上一樁命案，這樣誰也不要心存僥幸去出賣另一方。” 說話的又是趙凱峰.

“有道理。所謂的生死契約，比建立在利益上的契約要牢固得多, 他們既需要相互依靠，又能夠相互制約。現在的劫匪也都蠻講犯罪文化的.” 技術科的秦東打趣道.

“回到正題, 下一步的當務之急, 追查逃逸的白色捷達, 調查受害人死前幾日的活動, 確定槍支類型. 商務車已經確認是案發前一天被盜走的, 現在還在做檢驗. ”

劉明天話音剛落, 會議室的門外進來一個人, “劉隊, 剛接到電話, 說東風廣場那邊發現一輛棄置的白色捷達, 讓你們過去看看.”

 

[English translation]
Traces of Sin  5

Meanwhile, the victim’s Santana, the van that was left by the suspects were all towed from the scene to the police station. They were given to the investigators to test for material evidence, or tiny traces that the suspects might have left.

based on the witness’ testimony, forensic medical report, and preliminary conclusion from material evidence, Liu Mingtian explained the sequence of how the deadly robbery happened,”Both suspect one and suspect two fired their guns. Each of them fired two shots at their own targets. With that short period of time, each of them came out of a different car and shared the killing task. Then they robbed a huge sum of money and drove away together. It’s very unlikely to be a random robbery. It’s almost certain to be a planned, premeditated mission.”

“Why did they share the killing task?” A clear voice came from the other side of the meeting room. It captured the attention of the whole room.

The questioner was a new university graduate Zhao Kaifeng.

“Good question!” Liu Mingtian responded with a louder voice. “According to the witness, suspect one, the driver of the van, opened fire first. If he had enough bullets, he should have killed both victims. However he didn’t do that after he killed the driver, instead, he moved aside to let his partner to shoot the victim on the passenger’s side.”

“It’s like they signed a contract between them that each one of them to be responsible for one count of killing. So that none of them would ever think of selling the other one out without risking himself.” Zhao Kaifeng commented again.

“Make sense. That’s called bond of life. It’s stronger than any other agreement that are based on lucrative reasons. They not only need to reply on each other, but also need to restrict each other. Robbers today already have criminal culture.” Qing Dong from criminal technology team teased.

“Let’s get back to our topic. Our current highest priorities are, searching for the escaped white Jetta, investigating the last activities of the victims and identifying the model of the gun. The van has been identified as being stolen one day before the robbery. It is still under testing for material evidence.”

The second Liu Mingtian finished his speech, someone came into the meeting room, “Chief Inspector Liu, a phone call just came in, there was a discarded white Jetta on Dong Feng square. They want you to have a look over there.”