"'Ma-mian Granny' actually alludes to the 'noon horse' in the twelve o'clock, that is, noon, that is, from 11 am to 1 pm. I'll meet." Immediately after I explained, I checked my watch and realized that it was only twenty minutes before twelve o'clock, but I didn't know where the appointment was.
We have already unraveled two-thirds of the information conveyed by Xiao Xiang, and the only thing left is the sentence "213 years imprisoned in front of the gates of hell". It is certain that there must be a hint of the appointed place, but I have no idea where it is.
"Does this 213 refer to 2B? I often scold those stupid X's like this on the Internet." said Viagra, who had made Miaomiao dry her face.
"2B? Xiaoxiang usually doesn't speak dirty words..." I suddenly thought of something again, and rushed to the window to look at the street in the distance, "Which subway station exit is closest to us?"
"B2, Wei Wei and I take the B2 exit every day to commute to get off work." Miaomiao replied stupidly.
Zhen Zhen stabbed her and asked in a low voice, "We're so close to Wei Wei, and we still go to get off work together, shouldn't you already be living together? No wonder Viagra has such a small salary, so he has to rent a couple. A room-to-living unit.”
Miaomiao blushed and bowed her head silently.
Although it was interesting to find out about the "adultery" between Viagra and Miaomiao, I don't have time to tease them now, because I already know where the appointment is.
"In front of Hell's Gate" actually alludes to the subway exit, "213" is B2, Xiaoxiang's call was ten minutes ago, and there was no time for me to go too far, so I can be sure that the agreed place is a distance from the police. Exit B2 of the nearest subway station.
"I'm going out." I said this and rushed out the door, running towards the technical team.
Although there are only fifteen minutes left until the appointed time, I have to make a trip to the technical team. I have not dared to tell Yuetong about the incident that I met Xiaoxiang in the Wangcun air-raid shelter before, and I have always felt guilty about it. Therefore, this time no matter what, I have to take her with me, or I'm afraid I will feel guilty for the rest of my life.
I found Yuetong who was working in the technical team, grabbed her arm and ran out the door. She screamed in panic, "What do you want? You even rushed into the Public Security Bureau in broad daylight and kidnapped women from good families!"
"I can't wait for the night." I pulled her and said as I ran, "Have you brought your cell phone? Call Jianhua quickly."
"It's not enough to kidnap one, even my brother's sister?" She tried so hard to break free from my hand that I had to hold it tighter.
"I'll take you to see my brother now!"
Once she said this, she stopped struggling and just silently took out her phone.
I almost exhausted all my strength, and finally arrived at the B2 exit of the subway station with Yuetong before twelve o'clock. As soon as I stopped, I gasped and asked, "Is the phone connected?"
"No, Jianhua's phone is turned off." Yuetong said while looking around.
At this time, it was lunch time, and the flow of people entering and leaving the subway entrance was like crucian carp crossing the river. The advantage of setting the meeting place here is that even if you are followed, you can easily escape.
But the downside is that we looked around for a while, but still couldn't find Xiao Xiang's figure in the vast crowd.
Seeing the continuous flow of people, I waved my hand to signal her to leave Jianhua alone, anyway, even if she got in touch, she wouldn't be able to come over in time. Or pay attention to the situation nearby and see where Xiaoxiang will emerge from.
Just as I was concentrating on the flow of people entering and leaving the subway station, a dazzling red light flashed from the corner of my eyes, causing me to feel a little dizzy and instinctively closed my eyes. When I opened my eyes, the red light had disappeared. Looking in the direction of the red light, I found a familiar figure at the corner of the street.
"He's there!" I dragged Yuetong to the end of the street.
However, when we ran to the end of the street, we didn't find Xiao Xiang - he had already disappeared from the crowd. I looked around helplessly, the red light flashed again in the corner of my eyes, and I searched for the light to find that Xiao Xiang was at the entrance of the alley 200 meters away.
Like playing hide-and-seek, we turned from the street to the alley, and then from the alley to the back alley. After several twists and turns, the game finally ended in a deserted alley.
In this filthy cold alley, Xiao Xiang, carrying a big rectangular box on his back, gave us a far-fetched smile, or just to Yue Tong.
Xiao Xiang definitely didn't come to meet Yue Tong, but for lovers who haven't seen each other for two years, no matter how important things are, they should put them aside for the time being. Therefore, I smoked wisely and let them talk to each other about the pain of lovesickness.
Yue Tong walked over to Xiao Xiang with a blank expression, neither of them said a word, just stared at each other silently. After a long time, Xiao Xiang first broke the silence and said with a toothy smile, "I have asked you to worry about Jianhua for the past two years. Thank you."
A simple opening remark, in exchange for Yue Tong's fierce slap.
I looked at the scene in front of me in amazement, wondering if I should go up and ask what was going on. Although they didn't kiss as fiercely as I expected, it wouldn't be a slap in the face when they met! However, as a bystander, it is better not to interfere in matters between men and women, and I ask them to solve the problem on their own.
"I waited for you for two years, just for this slap!" Yue Tong ruthlessly dropped these words and turned to leave, and she didn't look back until she disappeared in the alley.
I looked at the alley in amazement, until Xiao Xiang patted my shoulder before I recovered.
"You're not going after her?" I asked in amazement.
Xiao Xiang smiled bitterly and said, "She has suffered a lot for me in the past two years, and I can no longer force her to continue to pay for me."
"I am confused by you. She has been looking forward to your appearance every day for the past two years. She just knew that I was coming to see you. She didn't know how nervous she was. But you only said one sentence, and she immediately turned her face. What is this? What's going on?" I asked in confusion.
"It's because she still loves me deeply, so when she knew that I didn't have her in my heart, she was so angry... or rather, despair." He explained with a wry smile, "She didn't say a word just now, she was waiting for me to speak first, She wants to know if I'm still the man she loved two years ago. Or, she wants to know if I'm still worthy of her love."
"Ha, she's pinned all these two years and four years on this moment, but you stinky boy only mentions Hua when you open your mouth, so it's no wonder she slaps you." I already understand what happened just now. , but another question followed, and he continued to ask, "Since you know she will be angry, why are you going to get her angry?"
"Brother, love doesn't mean possession, sometimes you have to know how to let go." He took my shoulders, "Do you think you will be happy with a man who disappeared without a word for two years? I love her, so I don't want her to continue. suffer with me."
"So, you still want to continue your current life? You must know that there is no one to take care of Jian Hua for you now. However, if necessary, I can meet Hua and live in the police quarters." I handed him smoked a cigarette.
"I've quit." He pushed the cigarette back, "I don't worry about handing my sister over to a goldfish guy who has nothing to do and likes to liven up the atmosphere with his hands and feet.
After I get things done, I will live with Jianhua. The reason for quitting smoking is not to affect her health. "
("Goldfish guy" means strange uncle, Cantonese dialect, mostly refers to middle-aged and elderly men with pedophilia or exhibitionism. The allusion comes from a case in Hong Kong: a certain middle-aged man was raised on the rooftop for the purpose of abduction I picked up some goldfish and said to some little girls, "Little sister, will my uncle take you to see the goldfish?"
After luring the other party to the rooftop, he waited for an opportunity to invade. After the case was revealed, "Goldfish Guy" became another name for the strange uncle. )
"If Yuetong hears that she loves you, she will definitely regret not slapping you more. Before, she didn't know how much effort she put in to get you to quit smoking, but now you quit for Jianhua."
"Let's stop here, I asked you to come here because I need your help." He took off the big box on his back and handed it to me.
The box is made of wood, more than one meter long and twenty centimeters wide. There is a strap on the back, which can be carried easily, but it is a little heavy in the hand. I stared blankly at the box in my hand and asked, "What is this?"
He replied, "It's Gu Jian Kun He and Ren Xiao."
I was stunned for a moment, then I opened the box, and there were indeed two ancient swords inside, one of them was Kun He, which was stolen two years ago, and the other was Renxiao, which was broken in two parts.
"What are you doing for me? They are evidence of your crime!" I exclaimed in astonishment.
He laughed: "Criminal evidence? Interesting, can you tell me what's going on?"
I listed out Kun He's theft, Yuqin's witnessing him leaving the bomb shelter with half of his son Renxiao, the discovery of his lighter in the home where Wu Wei and his wife were set on fire, and the discovery of his fingerprints in Wang Zhijun's home, and informed the police. He is suspected of being involved in these cases.
"Well, I stole Kunhe, and Renxiao also took it, but the police couldn't produce any evidence to prove that I committed a crime. At best, they could only say that I was negligent. As for the lighter..." In my hand, "Although I have quit smoking, I still stay on my body. The one I found at the fire scene was probably faked by Wenfu."
I took a closer look with the lighter, and compared to the photo Wenfu showed me, the color in my hand was a little darker, obviously because of the longer usage time. In other words, this is the real thing.
"What about the fingerprints?" I really can't figure out why his fingerprints appeared at the murder scene.
He replied earnestly: "Amu, you should pay more attention to the changes in this society. In this era of rapid technological change, experience sometimes equals prejudice. Now there is a thing called 'fingerprint cover', which can reproduce fingerprints. Some people who often arrive late and leave early will use this thing to get past the fingerprint attendance machine. Of course, if they intend to frame others, it may also be used to leave fingerprints at the murder scene."
"It's great to have you here, there are many questions that I can't figure out, but it's just a piece of cake for you." I gave him a thumbs up, "However, why are you giving me these two ancient swords? "
"For Jianhua." His spirit suddenly became melancholy, "Wenfu captured Jianhua and asked me to use these two ancient swords to redeem her." He handed a cell phone to me "I asked you out because I wanted you to come for me. Wen Fu's number is in this phone."
I looked at the phone and the sword box, and after a moment of hesitation, I replied, "I have never refused what you asked me to do, but this is about Jianhua's safety, can you just let it go?"
"Because it is about Jianhua's safety, I can only feel at ease if I hand it over to the most trustworthy brother." He looked at his watch and said, "It's almost time, I still have things to do, I have to take a step first." You left like this?" I hurriedly grabbed him, "The boss is going to want you, I think you'd better go back with me and explain the matter first."
"Don't worry, when I get things done, I'll give you an explanation to the old man." He glanced at the alley, "I'm really leaving, or your partner will make you embarrassed."
I looked back at the alley and saw a sneaky figure peeking at us. The other party found me turning back and immediately hid. I turned my head, Xiao Xiang had already waved goodbye to me at the end of the alley, and then disappeared into the bustling street.
"Don't run!" A familiar voice came from behind, just turned around and saw that Zhen Zhen had already run to her.
"Stop chasing, there are so many people on the street that you can't find him at all." I stopped him.
"If you allow the suspect to escape, the director will definitely pursue it!" She stomped her feet in disgust that iron would not turn into steel, then looked at the two ancient swords in the sword box in my hand, "Aren't these two important evidences? How could he give it to you?"
I closed the sword box, put on a serious expression, and asked without being arrogant or humble: "Can you pretend that you didn't see it?"
"No!" She glared at me, but her stern eyes were full of concern, "You will destroy your front legs by doing this. You must hand over these two ancient swords to the Evidence Section for safekeeping, and give the box to I."
"No room for negotiation?" Using the strap on the box, I put the sword box on my back and took a step back.
"Mu, now is not the time to be angry. You should be very clear in your heart that I am thinking about your future." Her anger has been replaced by the care that hates iron.
"In life, you can't just focus on fame and fortune. Friendship is actually very important." I stepped back again, "When my brother is in trouble, I can't do it if you want me to stand by and watch. Even if I lose my job because of this, or even break the law …”
"You don't even care if you lose me because of this?" she stepped forward and pressed me.
"You two have a pretty good relationship!" A loud voice came from behind, and when he looked back, he found that four burly men had arrived at some point. The leader is quite familiar, and after a closer look, he recognizes that he is Xiao Xiang's best friend.
The man, Wang Meng, nicknamed "Durian", is a small underworld boss who was arrested on suspicion of murder four years ago. At that time, all the evidence was against him, and everyone believed that he was the murderer, but Xiao Xiang believed that he did not kill anyone, and pursued every detail of the case day and night, and finally cleared him of suspicion.
I once asked Xiao Xiang why he believed in such a scoundrel with no integrity at all. His answer at the time still echoes in my head: "Because he's my brother. I never doubted my brother, just as I never doubted you."
The three big men brought by Durian stood between me and Zhen Zhen, while he was smoking a cigarette beside me by the wall, and said to me in a loud, scolding voice: "Small boy, in fact, I don't think you are pleasing to the eye, If it wasn't for Xiao Xiang's sake, I would want to beat you up right now."
Xiaoxiang once told me that the reason why the big man in front of him is called "durian" is because of his strong temper, like a durian with thorns all over his body. Therefore, the people around him either keep their distance from him, or call him brothers like Xiao Xiang.
Since I knew his temperament, I naturally wouldn't bother with him, shrugged and said, "You didn't come here on purpose to demonstrate to me."
"I won't waste my time on a little bastard like you." He glanced at Zhen Zhen, "Xiao Xiang knows that you will definitely not be able to handle your own woman, so he has to let me be a white face."
"Don't hurt her!" I cried nervously.
"Damn it!" He glared at me, walked to me and whispered, "You think I'll come out on the first day? Xiaoxiang specially explained to me, don't hurt your concubine. But he didn't say anything. I can't beat you..." He suddenly shouted, "Don't get out of here!" He grabbed my back collar with one hand, and threw me to the end of the alley, making me fall into a shit.
"What do you want? Attacking the police is not a small crime!" Zhen Zhen cried out in panic, and immediately fought with the three big men brought by Durian.
Although Durian was rude to me, his relationship with Xiao Xiang was unusual. Since Xiao Xiang told me that he couldn't hurt Zhen Zhen, I think he would act in a measured way. So he ignored Zhen Zhen who was fighting with the three big men, got up and ran out of the cold alley.
When I got to the street, I took out the cell phone Xiaoxiang gave me and dialed the only number in the phone book. After the call was connected, Wen Fu's voice came from the receiver: "Finally figured it out. Anyone who opposes us will not end well. If you want to save your sister, quickly exchange the holy sword."
"I'm sorry, Officer Wang, it's not Xiao Xiang who wants to deal with you, but me, Mu Shenyu."
"Oh, he has been caught by you?" His tone was slightly surprised.
"That's not the point, you want swords, I want people, that's what we're talking about."
There was no immediate answer on the other end of the phone, and I could vaguely hear a small conversation, but I couldn't hear the content of the conversation clearly. After a while, Wen Fu said again: "It doesn't matter who sent the holy sword. But I have to remind you that if the key dares to play tricks, the girl's life will be lost."
Afterwards, he went to me at 9 o'clock tonight, brought two ancient swords to the ruins of Wu Wei and his wife's residence, and reminded me that I must go to the appointment alone. If I make any actions that may "misunderstand" together, he will not hesitate. Kill Jianhua.
I think tonight will probably be a sleepless night.