Zhou Ze didn't eat much for lunch, and he looked arrogant and reserved, as if he didn't need to eat more.
I ate a little bit with sour plum juice.
The old Taoist, on the other hand, ate a lot, very crazily, with the spirit of "How old is Lian Po but still able to eat?" Most of the dishes on the table went into his stomach.
By the afternoon, the old Taoist kept glancing outside the bookstore. He must have been a little distracted and ready to go out and spread some love.
Anyway, Spider-Man can now do the cleaning work of the bookstore, so his job is indeed much easier.
However, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Ze's cell phone rang.
The caller ID showed an unfamiliar number. Zhou Ze answered the phone and heard a hoarse voice from the other end:
“Save me… Save me…”
Zhou Ze tilted his head slightly and held the phone a little further away from himself.
Because the noise on the other end of the phone was really heavy, like a series of small firecrackers being set off.
"Hello?" Zhou Ze asked again.
"I'm at Jiangjun Mountain, save me...save me..."
“Bang!”
Zhou Ze hung up the phone directly, threw the phone on the coffee table, picked up the coffee and took a sip.
Xu Qinglang, who was standing next to him, looked up at Zhou Ze and asked casually, "Who's calling?"
"Prank, emergency call."
"What if it's true?" Xu Qinglang asked with a smile.
"It's said to be in Jiangjun Mountain, but it's too far away. I'm too lazy to go."
Boss Zhou is a man who fears trouble. Why should he run around when he can just sit in the bookstore and wait for business to come
Zhou Ze was too lazy to even think about the real reason for the call for help, nor did he have the time to figure out whether it was true or false. He was not God, nor was he the Powerpuff Girls. He would just go wherever he was needed.
"Boss, I want to go out and buy some daily necessities."
At this time, the old Taoist walked up to Zhou Ze and asked for leave.
Zhou Ze was just about to nod in agreement when his phone rang again, from the same unknown number.
Zhou Ze simply clicked on the public broadcast:
"Hello?"
"Save me... Save me... I'm in Jiangjun Mountain... They're going to kill people... They're going to kill people... Jiangjun Mountain... Jiangjun Mountain..."
The sound was much clearer than last time, but there was still a lot of noise.
“Save me… Save me… I’m at Jiangjun Mountain… They’re going to kill people… They’re going to kill people… Children… Women… They’re executioners… Executioners…”
Xu Qinglang and the Taoist priest looked at each other. If this was a prank, it was possible, but no one would pay attention to Zhou Ze's private number normally, and no one would contact Zhou Ze except themselves. Who would be bored enough to arrange a prank for him
So... what if it's true
But how do you explain that the number someone dialed must have been called to Zhou Ze? Wouldn't he call 110 for help himself
Now, neither possibility makes sense.
Zhou Ze hung up the phone again and rubbed his temple.
"What are we having for dinner tonight?" asked Boss Zhou.
Obviously, Boss Zhou, who doesn't like trouble, is still trying hard not to get close to this strange call for help. No matter whether it is true or false, he just doesn't want to go out. Is that okay
"Let's have pasta." Xu Qinglang said.
"By the way, Taoist priest, you just said you were going to go out for a while, go ahead and remember to come back early."
"Okay."
The old Taoist went out happily, full of vigor and high spirits, and he was still as wild and crazy as a young man!
"Yingying, please go out and buy me an anonymous phone card." Zhou Ze said to Bai Yingying.
"Okay boss."
Bai Yingying left the store and came back soon. Although the real-name registration for mobile phone cards is very strict in China now, mobile phone cards that do not require ID card registration can still be bought everywhere, and it is very likely that a stranger's ID card is registered in them.
After replacing the card, Zhou Ze dialed 110, and the operator quickly connected to the emergency hotline.
"Hello, this is the Tongcheng Police Service Desk..."
"I'm going to call the police. Someone said there was a murder case in Jiangjun Mountain. You'd better go check it out. I don't know if it's true or not. Okay, that's all."
"Wait a moment, are you talking about Jiangjun Mountain?"
"right."
"Then could you please give us your contact information and address? We will send someone to contact you."
Zhou Ze hung up the phone again, then took out the SIM card and replaced it with his own.
After changing the card back, Zhou Ze hesitated and said, "Something seems to be wrong."
"What's wrong?" Xu Qinglang asked.
"I can't explain it, but I always feel like something is wrong."
… … …
There are some clubs on South Street, but the prices and grades are too high. Although the old Taoist has enough money in his pocket, he prefers to comfort those old and ugly girls. Of course, no matter how old and ugly they are, they are almost the age of his daughters, so he can still be a bit beastly.
But the people in the club are all his granddaughters, which is worse than beasts!
He took a taxi to Gangzha and found a foot massage shop with familiarity.
The shutter door was closed, but the experienced man knew that didn't mean the shop was closed.
After smoking a cigarette outside and waiting for a while, the rolling door was opened and an old man younger than the Taoist priest walked out. They smiled at each other.
The friendship between brothers-in-law.
It takes ten years to be able to ride the same boat together, a hundred years to be able to sleep on the same pillow together, and a thousand years to be able to become brothers-in-law.
The old Taoist bent down and walked in.
There was a heavily made-up woman, about 40 years old, who said to the Taoist priest:
"Brother, I'm going to take a shower first, wait for me."
"Yes, yes."
The Taoist priest sat down on the sofa, facing the TV.
While the woman was washing herself inside, the old Taoist priest was already in a distracted state outside.
But then,
The news broadcast on TV made the Taoist priest open his mouth immediately.
"The latest news from our station is that there has been new progress in the murder case that happened in Jiangjun Mountain a week ago. The police have already identified the target suspect, a young man named 'Ye Qing'.
The police have now issued a wanted warrant for Ye Qing, a 25-year-old male who used to work at Tongcheng Water Plant. He was a friend of the deceased's family and went on vacation to Jiangjun Mountain with the deceased's family on the day of the incident.
After the incident, Ye Qing’s whereabouts have been unknown. Anyone with information is requested to report to the police. The police are offering a reward... "
The old Taoist looked at the screen on TV and stood there in a daze.
By chance, the woman came out of the shower and saw the Taoist priest staring at the news on TV. She smacked her lips and said:
"It happened last week. A family of three was killed and their heads were cut off. They haven't been found yet. It's really tragic. The couple were quite young, and the child seemed to be only five years old, a girl."
The old Taoist suddenly stood up.
Relying on his experience of solving cases with his previous boss, he keenly realized that the phone call his boss received before he came out must be unusual!
"Sister, I didn't bring any medicine today. I'm leaving first."
After saying that, the Taoist priest ran out of the foot massage parlor.
… … …
When the Taoist priest took a taxi back to the bookstore, he found that Zhou Ze was not on the first floor.
Spider-Man sat there, motionless.
Xu Qinglang sat behind the bar with a cucumber on his face.
"Where is the boss?" asked the old Taoist.
Xu Qinglang stretched out his hand and pointed upwards without saying anything.
The old Taoist immediately ran up the stairs and pushed open the door of the boss's bedroom.
In the bedroom,
The boss was lying on the tatami, resting his head on Bai Yingying's legs, and Bai Yingying was massaging the boss's head.
The boss looked like he was so tired, so busy, and so hard-working.
Bai Yingying was like, "Boss, you are really too tired, too hard-working, and too overworked. I feel so sorry for you."
Pooh,
Bastard!
The old Taoist felt very happy in his heart.
Then he said righteously:
"Boss, something happened."
Zhou Ze turned his head slightly and looked at the old Taoist standing at the door, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Boss, there was a murder case in Jiangjun Mountain last week. A family of three was killed. Not only has the murderer not been found yet, but even the heads of the three victims have not been found."
"Oh." Zhou Ze responded.
No wonder the police took their own calls to the police so seriously, it makes sense now.
"Boss, the phone call you made was most likely a message from an insider," the old Taoist reminded.
"Yeah." Zhou Ze responded again.
Then, continue to immerse yourself in Bai Yingying's perfect massage fingering.
“… …” old Taoist.
He understood that the boss might have known about it for a long time, but he might just be afraid of trouble and didn't want to pay attention to it. The trouble here might not only refer to the trouble of investigating the matter, but also the trouble of being a ghost catcher and privately intervening in the affairs of the living world.
The latter problem may be bigger and more sensitive than the former.
This makes the old Taoist feel a little annoyed. The emperor is not anxious, but the eunuchs are, which is the most frustrating.
Just then, Zhou Ze's cell phone rang again. The phone was charging on the bedside table. Zhou Ze frowned, obviously not wanting to answer the call, so he didn't let Bai Yingying help him get the phone.
The Taoist priest ran over and saw that it was still the unfamiliar number, so he immediately pressed the answer button.
“Save me… Save us… I’m at Jiangjun Mountain… They’re coming… They’re coming… They’re going to kill people… Kill people…”
Zhou Ze reached out and scratched his ears.
I didn't hear it. I didn't hear it.
I am deaf.
I am deaf.
My ears are blocked.
But then,
Suddenly, a little girl's painful scream came from the phone: "Ah ...
Zhou Ze opened his eyes, looking helpless and conflicted.
The person on the other end of the line hung up.
The old Taoist swallowed his saliva, took out his mobile phone, walked in front of Zhou Ze, pointed the phone at the boss, and said: "Boss, this is a photo of the daughter of the victim's family of three."
A photo of an innocent five-year-old girl was placed in front of Zhou Ze.
Zhou Ze looked away after taking a look, while the old Taoist continued to point the phone screen at Zhou Ze's eyes.
Take a look.
Take a look.
Can you bear it
Can you bear it
You are still a human being!
Oh no, even a ghost wouldn’t have the heart to do that, right
"Boss, let's check. We haven't even found the girl's head yet." The old Taoist urged.
Zhou Ze remained silent.
"Boss, I think the person who called is very suspicious. He seems to be at the scene."
Zhou Ze sighed, gave up struggling, and stood up silently.
Said to Bai Yingying: "Help me find a set of casual clothes and sports shoes."
"Okay, boss." Bai Yingying immediately got up and went to find clothes.
Zhou Ze looked at the old Taoist again and said with a smile: "With your level, you still want to learn how to analyze and solve cases?"
"Ah?" The old Taoist was a little confused.
"Who am I?" Zhou Ze asked.
"Ghost messenger, boss."
"What was that strange phone call to me?"
"yes… … "
"A ghost called."