After searching for almost two months, I finally found the locust tree.
But Chu Yu didn't get excited, he was more afraid, because the closer he got to the truth, the more profound and complicated it could feel, and a sense of awe unknowingly arose.
Hua Xie Ting, Mu Shangqing's home, the locust tree behind the house, falling flowers all over the floor.
Chu Yu remembered Xia Yihan's persistent dream—a locust flower all over the ground, a dilapidated house, and a man lying in the house.
Three images, in the Jinling villa, she learned that the man lying down was Mu Shangqing, and now she has deciphered the other two images - the dilapidated house refers to the flowers and the garden, and the petals on the ground are from the locust tree behind the house. fallen.
It stands to reason that Xia Yihan did not grow up in Hua Xie Ting. Even if Mu Shangqing mentioned it to her, if there was no major event, it would not be deeply ingrained in her memory and frequently appear in her dreams.
Could it be that in November five years ago, several potential victims met in Hua Xie Ting, and something unusual happened, which left a psychological shadow on her
But the locust trees fall flowers, usually in summer, from June to August, they may fall, and November is the end of autumn and early winter. It stands to reason that there will be no more locust flowers on the ground, that is, when the potential victims meet in Huaxieting, they will have a cold dream with Xia Yihan. The background environment is different.
What went wrong
Chu Yu thought too much, and only cared about shaving the rice, but the vegetables didn't move. Madam Cai pushed Di Sanxian in front of her: "Sister, you add vegetables!"
"Thank you, Grandma Cai," Chu Yu said with a smile, "How good is your craft, did you learn it in the original restaurant?"
"Yes, follow the chef... I learned a little bit."
"Did you meet Uncle Mu in the restaurant at the time?"
"Yes, he brought a... girl."
"What does that girl look like?"
"I can't remember, it seems... white and pure, just like him."
"Is she tall?"
"It doesn't seem to be tall, a little bit big."
Chu Yu recalled the height of Xia Yihan. When she was twelve or three years old, she was indeed a little shorter than her peers, and there was a layer of baby fat on her face. She looked like eight or nine years old. If she had two pigtails, she would say six or seven Years old, she believes it too!
"Did you greet Uncle Mu at that time?"
"No," Mrs. Cai shook her head, "when he was here, he seldom interacted with... us, and then disappeared for so long, he should not want to be recognized."
Chu Yu looked at Mrs. Cai, don't look at her stammering, she is honest and honest, and her insight into the world is no worse than those of articulate people.
"Then did you hear the conversation between him and the girl?"
"At that time, I was very busy... I went in and out, but he said a sentence, which left a deep impression on me," Mrs. Cai raised the corner of her mouth unconsciously, "he said to the former Baba: If one day I retire Now, he must have come here to grow vegetables!"
After Chu Yu heard it, he was speechless for a long time, so he hurriedly laughed and covered up his daze.
Hua Xie Ting, for Mu Shangqing, should be a sad existence - mother's irritability, neighbors' exclusion, beatings and scolding from peers, mother's boyfriend's rape, just screw it out, it's enough to live rather than die. Not to mention all crowded together, it was full of his childhood and youth, recalling it, it is full of bloody sadness.
Why would he want to come back here? Is it because his mother is buried here
Chu Yu suddenly had an idea in his heart and wanted to put it into practice.
"Grandma Cai, did you remove Aunt Zhou's grave during the demolition?"
"There shouldn't be... Her grave, from the outside, I don't even know that there is a grave there, and it's not obvious at all... At the time of the demolition... I dug the earth dam for a while, but I haven't heard of any human bones being dug up."
"Then when Uncle Mu came, was the locust tree still there?"
"Yeah, he's referring to the tree... what he said."
"The tree was falling flowers, wasn't it?"
Mrs. Cai thought back for a while, "I can't remember exactly, but it seems like it was summer... They wore short sleeves."
Chu Yu knew in his heart that the locust blossoms all over the ground in Xia Yihan's dream should have been the summer six or seven years ago.
Combined with what Mrs. Cai said, Chu Yu recalled the information he had checked before. Hua Xieting was expropriated in August six years ago, and the city government was planning to rectify it. After the residents and migrant workers moved out, they started work for a while. For two or three months, the word "demolition" was painted on the houses, and many shantytowns and buildings that blocked the way were torn down and turned into ruins.
But later, due to insufficient funds, there was no movement in Huaxie Ting, construction has not started, and people have moved away. The small neighborhood that was lively and lively seems to have become a cemetery. At night, it is silent and there is no activity. people.
This state of affairs continued until the end of the year five years ago, that is, in December, when the construction team re-opened the Huaxie Courtyard, choked up, demolished the old one, and built a new one, which has become today's pattern.
Chu Yu finally knew why he had been searching for a long time ago and was deserted, but he had never been able to find the locust tree. She knew that the locust tree was mostly related to Mu Shangqing, so she asked her subordinates to focus on investigating Mu Shangqing's former residence.
Throughout his life, Mu Shangqing lived in three main places: from childhood to adolescence—Hua Xieting, undergraduate to doctorate—Jingcheng University, and from the State Key Laboratory to Superman’s work—Famous Community on North Linquan Road.
The subordinates checked these places one by one, but no locust trees were found. Chu Yu was a little confused at the time. Could it be that there was a problem with her analysis
Now, she suddenly realized that in Mu Shangqing's childhood, the locust tree appeared, but it was cut down because of the demolition. Now the neighbors don't know about it. Only those who have lived for a long time and are good at observation like Mrs.
After thanking Mrs. Cai, Chu Yu took Song Qingyang to the Yiming Teahouse. The location of the teahouse was Mu Shangqing's former residence, and the flower bed at the back was where the locust tree grew.
Chu Yu took out her mobile phone and looked at the map of the tracker. Although the location is now displayed at Youhe Hotel on Chongli Street, there is a mark on the flower bed. She marked it on purpose this morning—according to the report of the younger sister, Xia Yihan stopped at that point. For half an hour, he did not move or speak, unlike waiting for others, standing silently.
Now that he understands Mu Shangqing's past, Chu Yu feels that Xia Yihan should be remembering something.
She tried to guess her next move.
Originally, according to Chu Yu's plan, after letting Xia Yihan go, she would meet with Mu Shangqing, or with the person who texted her "31276", but now, the tracking locator has been removed, and the person in charge of tracking has also been arrested. When I brought it back to the provincial office, it was like a modern version that lost my wife and lost my army.
Chu Yu had to re-speculate Xia Yihan's actions and try to find her again.
Judging from the current situation, Xia Yihan's end point is not to carve the locust flower. If her task is completed after carving the locust flower, then she will stay in Changyan City and disappear for a while without risking being arrested. He hurried back to Wangjiang.
She rushed back to Wangjiang, probably to complete the next move, but what was this move
Chu Yu remembered that Xia Yihan drew his sword and moved forward, and once solemnly told her that the purpose of carving a locust flower was to kill a person—the director of the Superman Division.
Then she nearly stabbed her to death.
Chu Yu almost believed that her ultimate goal was herself.
But Xia Yihan ran away and fled back to Wangjiang. If she really wanted to kill her, she should stay in Changyan, look for opportunities, and start again.
In the past, Chu Yu felt that she could analyze and speculate on Xia Yihan's behavior, guessing eight. Nine and ten, but she was a little powerless when she went out of Fushan Hospital.
I feel that Xia Yihan is playing cards more and more unreasonably. I don't know if she has fallen into a state of madness, or she is smarter than her and played her in applause.
Chu Yu was afraid that he was a bit obsessed with the authorities, so he asked Song Qingyang, a bystander, for advice.
Song Qingyang moved the old hat to the back of his head, "Who knows you two, one was deliberately arrested, the other was let go, and I don't know if you came and went on purpose, so polite!"
Chu Yu sighed, she didn't want to be polite now, she really wanted to find Xia Yihan, but the conditions didn't allow it!
It was getting dark, and Chu Yu didn't return to Superman's office. She came to Youhe Hotel and asked to stay in room 212, which was the one that Xia Yihan had just retired.
The room was clean, it had been cleaned, and nothing was left, but Chu Yu's mobile phone showed that the tracker was still in the room. She followed the directional arrow, came to the bedside table, pulled it open, and saw the flat lying inside. Small black box.
She picked it up, pinched it with her index finger and thumb, her eyes fell on it, but her thoughts drifted to Xia Yihan.
She did the hands and feet on the clothes on the day she arrived at Fushan Hospital. Did Xia Yihan know from the beginning that something was hidden in her underwear, or did she just discover it today
Chu Yuhe tended to be the latter - today the little junior sister followed Xia Yihan, but she was also followed by the police from the provincial office. If it was only the junior junior sister, Chu Yu was confident that her tracking skills were excellent and would not reveal the truth.
But if there is a tail behind, it will be easy to show off. Xia Yihan may have found the police, noticed something wrong, checked his body, found a tracker, and left quickly.
Chu Yu now feels that Xu Huaiyu and Xia Yihan are a group, and they are united to deal with Superman.
But now, she has no time to worry about Xia Yihan's whereabouts, and the focus must be on the locust tree.
The thoughts in her mind were too chaotic, she simply took out the notebook, and together with Song Qingyang, wrote down all the key points related to Hua Xie Ting.
1. Since 24 years ago, Zhou Lanxin has been buried under the locust tree. During the demolition, the grave was not dug up.
2. In the summer of six or seven years ago, Mu Shangqing brought Xia Yihan back to Hua Xie Ting, when the locust trees were falling.
3. Mu Shangqing said to Xia Yihan: If he retires, he will return to Hua Xie Ting to grow vegetables
4. On November 2, five years ago, five potential victims met in Hua Xie Ting (Xia Yihan may also be there)
5. Before Xia Yihan carved the locust flower, he asked "Xue Jinping": What did you do in Huaxie Ting five years ago? Who instructed
6. Xia Yihan's dream is the flower garden. When the locust flower fell to the ground, Mu Shangqing was lying in the house
7. After Xia Yihan finished carving the locust flower, he returned to Huaxie Ting and stood for half an hour in the place where the locust tree grew (suspected to remember)
From Jinshui Hospital to Fushan Hospital, from tracking the Phantom of Sophora japonica, to arresting, to letting go, and returning to the original point. Superman stumbled and searched for many fragments, but he didn't know how to put them together. Chu Yu was always looking for key hints and wanted to put the fragments together into a whole painting.
Now, a strong premonition strikes, Hua Xie Ting, the key reminder of the whole painting, is in her hands.
Chu Yu held the notebook and pondered for more than an hour. The brain was like a short circuit, it was dark, full of various clues, the clues were constantly connected and combined, and they kept trying to make a path, so that the current could pass smoothly and light up the mind.
Two hours later, Chu Yu stood up, looked at the hazy night, took out his mobile phone, and called Wu Ke: "You bring all the personnel from the Superman Department, come over immediately, the sooner the better, I will send you the location. ."
Wu Ke looked at Yue Yangchao behind him, with an embarrassed expression on his face: "Chu, next to the provincial government building, watch closely, the entire Superman is over, if they make a surprise inspection, I'm afraid it's not good?"
"I'll take care of it if something goes wrong. Bring the tools for opening the tomb and come here quickly, otherwise it will be dawn!"
Hearing Chu Yu's tone, Wu Ke knew that there was something important to do, so he didn't dare to ask again. He immediately packed up the guy and prepared to "break out of prison".
Half an hour later, in the cold wind, Chu Yu looked at the two people standing in front of him—Wu Ke and Yue Yangchao, and was speechless for a while.
The only remaining members of the Superman Division are the four of them, and the others are either in the hospital or trapped in the Public Security Bureau.
It felt very bleak at the moment.
Chu Yu put on her work clothes. She made a mark at the place where Xia Yihan was standing during the day, picked up the shovel, and started digging.
Wu Ke trotted over: "Boss, this is public land. If we are found, we will definitely be arrested. You will be in big trouble!"
It may be true that he will change from Director Chu to Chu Diaomin, and his career will end.
Chu Yu supported the shovel and looked around. It was early in the morning and there was no one on the street. The location where they were located was in the dark, with no street lights, and there was no surveillance around. Completed before dawn, it should not happen.
"It's okay, let's be quick with our hands and feet, just dig with this mark, and then fill the soil back, it shouldn't be found."
Under her arrangement, the other three also got to work. The four people were divided into two groups, with a gap of two meters between them. The two people in each group stood facing each other, with a gap of one meter, bent over, and concentrated on digging the soil.
They worked together and the speed was gratifying. It didn't take long for them to dig to a depth of almost one meter. Several people took turns to take a break, and when they had enough, they started to work again.
Song Qingyang worked for an hour in a row, and sat by the flower bed for a while. She took the elderly hat and fanned herself. It was a hot day, and she was sweating all over.
After sitting for a long time, she suddenly jumped up, Sayazi ran inside, lowered her voice and said, "Quick retreat, quick retreat, Xu Ting's car is here!"
Wu Ke and Yue Yang overheard them, picked up their shovels and went to hide behind the teahouse, preparing to sneak away.
They ran for a long time, only to realize that Chu Yu hadn't followed. When they looked back, they saw that she was holding a shovel, standing upright on the spot, with a gesture of respecting the distinguished guests.
A black car had driven to the flower bed, the wheels made a screeching noise when braking, the lights were dazzling, piercing the darkness, and the lights shrouded Chu Yu and framed his crime at the crime scene.
Xu Huaiyu walked down and slammed the door of the car, followed by three police officers who came down with guns.
Xu Huaiyu was carrying the light behind his back, and his expression was unclear, but Chu Yu didn't need to look at his expression to know what his current state was - fortunately, he didn't have high blood pressure and heart disease, otherwise he could have called an ambulance directly.
"Officer Chu, you shouldn't have anything to do, and you should be doing tomb robbing instead?"
Chu Yu didn't want to play Tai Chi with him, so straight to the point: "Five years ago, have you been looking for Mu Shangqing, but his whereabouts have been unknown?"
Xu Huaiyu stood still: "What do you mean?"
Chu Yu stomped his feet and stepped on the side of the dirt pit, "He's right under my feet."