I don't want to solve the case when I'm a little policeman.

After discussing it, everyone agreed that the task force should take the initiative to approach An Lu.

After all, this woman has many hidden problems. If she is really a spy, then there will be someone behind her who will help her cover up all her crimes.

So, after final analysis, Xu Zheng agreed.

At ten o'clock in the morning, he went home, not to rest, but to pick up Xu Hongdou. There was no other way, as she was the only person everyone in the Beijing opera circle knew and trusted.

After arriving home and walking out of the porch, I saw Han Rui, Xu Hongdou, and Dudu, two adults and one child, sitting on the large balcony, listening to music and basking in the sun.

The latest 3D scene simulation device projects the green grass of early spring. The smell of grass simulated by the device allows them to enjoy the feeling of outing without leaving home.

As soon as she saw her father coming back, Dudu ran over barefoot, calling for her father. Xu Zheng quickly picked her up and kissed her several times.

"Xiaozheng, why are you back at this time?" Han Rui was sitting on the mat, doing yoga with Xu Hongdou.

Xu Zheng explained to the two girls the reason why he came back. After learning that his parents had gone to the supermarket and would be back soon, he did not stay at home for long. After coaxing Dudu, he took Xu Hongdou to Chaoyang Cultural Center.

On the way, Xu Hongdou was surprised and puzzled when she heard Xu Zheng's request, "I can take you to see An Lu's dance version of Wang Xifeng in A Dream of Red Mansions.

It’s just that I have heard of An Lu whom you mentioned, but I don’t really know her.

Given my current position in the industry, for a stage play like this, there are no advance invitations or friendships.

Normally I wouldn't go there.

Everyone in the circle knows about my habit, so isn't it unreasonable for me to rashly take you to meet people?
Besides, the fact that you saved me when I was kidnapped for more than a year has already spread throughout the circle.

Also, just based on your temperament, someone like me who has played countless roles can recognize you as a policeman from 800 meters away!"

Xu Zheng was embarrassed by her words, touched his nose, and explained simply: "We can spend more time to investigate the suspect step by step.

It’s just that besides us, there is another force that wants to get rid of him as soon as possible, and the suspect may even be a spy for a certain organization.”

Looking at Xu Hongdou's bright and curious eyes, Xu Zheng didn't tell her too many things that needed to be kept secret, "You don't need to know these.

In short, you just need to bring me into the theater, use your identity to attract An Lu, and make her notice me.

As for you not having too much contact with her, your security level will be raised afterwards, and if possible, you can temporarily go abroad for a while."

Xu Hongdou frowned and shook her head to reject Xu Zheng's suggestion. "I don't have any announcements during this period, and I don't want to fly around. I plan to spend more time with Dudu while you are not at home..."

As she said this, she lowered her head and glanced sideways, "If I'm in a good mood one day, I can help Xiaorui."

Xu Zheng's heart skipped a beat. He understood what she meant by help, but how could he respond to it? It seemed as if he didn't even have the right to refuse. The two women had the final say on that matter.

Forget it, just go with the flow. He is often busy with work anyway, and will be on more business trips in the future. He won't be able to stay in Beijing for too long, so it might just happen that his vacation overlaps with Xu Hongdou's.

The shadow of a tree, the name of a person. Before four o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Hongdou and the disguised Xu Zhenggang walked into the Chaoyang Cultural Center and caused a sensation. Many audiences who came to watch the show rushed to hug her and take pictures as soon as they found out it was Xu Hongdou.

Seeing a large group of people surrounding Xu Hongdou, Xu Zheng had no choice but to act as a flower protector, but he didn't expect that the managers of the cultural center would soon get the news.

A group of security personnel was immediately organized to protect Xu Hongdou.

The Beijing crowd are still well-mannered. When they realized they had no chance to meet Xu Hongdou in person, they quickly dispersed, but their eyes seemed to remain on the big star.

By the way, Xu Zhengdu was looked at with strange eyes by many people for a long time, probably because Xu Hongdou was too close to him.

"Have you seen my charm?" Xu Hongdou smiled, nodded, and waved to the passers-by around her. She approached Xu Zheng and whispered, "You, I think it's a bad idea to let me bring you here."

However, Xu Zheng felt that it was very effective to have her lead the way. As soon as he swiped his ticket and walked into the performance hall, the manager on duty of the cultural center, accompanied by An Lu, who had already finished putting on makeup, and several drama actors, walked towards Xu Hongdou.

From a distance, An Lu greeted Xu Hongdou enthusiastically, "Teacher Xu, please come and guide our work when you are free..."

The folk art circle and the film and television circle seem to be two different circles, but in fact many actors are from Shanghai Theatre Academy, the Central Academy of Drama or other art schools. They can all be said to be alumni or colleagues.

Even though their personal artistic status, circles, and influences were different, Xu Hongdou didn't wait for An Lu to finish her polite words and quickly replied modestly, "I've heard for a long time that Teacher An is a superb performer in drama, and it just so happens that there is no notice today.

I came here specifically to learn from you."

The two girls seem to be of similar age, and An Lu is wearing a theatrical costume, making Wang Xifeng look like she has stepped out of a book. When they chat, she and Xu Hongdou are equally beautiful and have the same temperament.

Apart from taking a careful look at An Lu at the beginning, Xu Zheng could not see any signs of plastic surgery on this woman's face even when they were face to face.

Then his attention shifted to a thin man next to An Lu, who was also wearing a costume, but judging from the costume of the male actor on the scene, this man should be playing Jia Lian.

In Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Lian is Wang Xifeng's husband. In reality, according to the investigation of the Beijing police, this man is An Lu's employee in the cultural company in which she has a partnership.

He is her employee and also her exclusive lover.

He is also An Lu's longest-lasting lover from 2025 to the present.

The relationship between men and women is the most complicated thing in the world. One of the proofs that An Lu is Lu Mingzhou is that no matter where she goes, except for the four years when she pretended to be Leng Yun, she likes to have relationships with male subordinates.

And develop her into your lover.

This is the case with people like Guo Yiming and Xiong Kaishan.

It is said that women in their forties and fifties have strong sexual desire. Although Xu Zheng has little experience in identifying the charm of ladies, after careful observation, he found that An Lu exuded a charm under her makeup.

It was obvious that she and her lover, the actor who played Jia Lian, must have released some stress together before going on stage.

I've heard for a long time that in stage plays, especially ballet, where the costumes are close-fitting, if a male actor has a reaction before going on stage, his dance partner or teacher will provide him with help.

Xu Zheng had only heard these things, so he naturally wouldn't take these groundless rumors seriously.

But now, he did notice from the expressions and eyes of An Lu and her lover that they must have just released some kind of pressure.

"Who is this?"

As if sensing that Xu Zheng's eyes were on her, An Lu quickly stretched out her hand and looked at Xu Hongdou, waiting for her to introduce herself.

Xu Hongdou pretended to be disgusted, but the corners of her mouth slightly raised, "He is a junior of a friend of mine. I happened to meet him today, and he insisted on coming here with me to learn."

An Lu naturally didn't believe it. How could a junior let a top-tier star get so close to her? However, she definitely couldn't ask him in detail on this occasion.

Just at this moment, Xu Zheng stretched out his right hand and shook hands with her politely.

While the two were shaking hands, she deliberately used her index finger to stroke Xu Zheng's palm and both sides of his right index finger.

After that, he exchanged a few polite words with Xu Zheng and the other person before taking his people backstage to prepare for the next performance.

"Haha! Look at you lost your mind!" Xu Hongdou saw that Xu Zheng was staring at the direction where An Lu had just left and was so distracted that he even forgot to sit down. She suddenly felt uncomfortable as if she was jealous.

Xu Zheng ignored her ridicule and slowly sat down, thinking about An Lu's actions just now.

This woman definitely didn't just touch him casually, nor was she teasing him intentionally. If she was teasing him, she would have just stroked his palm with her index finger.

The base of the thumb and the sides of the index finger are where people who practice shooting and archery frequently get calluses. Could it be that An Lu had become suspicious of his identity just now?
This shouldn't happen. Is she used to it?

Xu Zheng recalled all the details of the brief conversation he had just had with An Lu. He had been very calm, especially his eyes, which did not habitually stare at other people's details.

Is it really like Xu Hongdou said, that even if he disguises himself and restrains himself, people can still tell that he is a policeman?

At this time, An Lu and her group's play had already begun on the stage. The gongs and drums sounded, and the actors entered the stage one by one in costumes and small steps according to the script. Soon the plot began to advance...

Xu Zheng had not read any books or watched any TV shows related to Dream of the Red Chamber, but he knew the plot to some extent. At this moment, an excerpt from Lady Jia's birthday celebration was being performed on the stage, with all the girls paying their respects to the old lady.

Various beauties play the roles in Dream of the Red Chamber, performing in the style of a drama, with scenes that are different from those in TV movies.

Among them, Wang Xifeng, played by An Lu, plays a host-like role in this scene, so she has relatively many lines and performances.

Unfortunately, I bought the tickets late today and didn’t get the seats in the front. I couldn’t see An Lu’s expression clearly when she was acting from a distance.

"Xu Zheng, how about we go first?"

After half an hour of the show, Xu Hongdou could no longer sit still.

Because she didn't wear a mask when she came today, some of the audience kept their attention on her even after the show had started for such a long time.

There were even quite a few people who blatantly took photos with their mobile phones, which seriously disturbed the actors on the stage and the audience.

Xu Zheng looked at his phone and found that Fan Yu had sent him a message at some point, saying that he had successfully obtained the woman's fingerprints and hair in the car that An Lu was riding in backstage at the theater.

"Then let's go first." Xu Zheng actually wanted to meet An Lu and talk to her, not to really implement the beauty trap, but to get closer to her. Because up to now, the task force has not obtained any substantial evidence that An Lu is Leng Yun, that is, Lu Mingzhou.

Guessing alone is likely to be wrong.

After leaving the cultural center, Xu Zheng immediately asked someone to send Xu Hongdou home, while he rushed back to the Municipal Bureau. When he arrived at the conference room, the sample test report that Fan Yu and others had retrieved was already out.

But the result is bad news.

The comparison of the fingerprints and hair DNA collected by Fan Yu and his team showed that it was An Lu's, and was different from the fingerprints left by Leng Yun.

In other words, An Lu is most likely not Lu Mingzhou!
When Xu Zheng saw the report, his heart skipped a beat. As expected, the more you worry, the more likely it is to happen. He calmed himself down and looked at the people present.

This time, Li Mingsheng and Fan Yu were both in the conference room, along with several colleagues from the Homicide Cases Task Force who came to support them.

Seeing them lowering their heads in silence one by one, Xu Zheng understood their concerns. An Lu was the most suspicious woman.

But now her fingerprints and DNA are the same as her own, which can fully prove that An Lu is An Lu, and she is not Lu Mingzhou.

Unless Lu Mingzhou changed his DNA to An Lu's.

Genetic modification technology has been under continuous research all over the world. Xu Zheng has handled similar cases before, but he believes that Southeast Asia should not have such technological level.

Even if there is a way, it will cost a lot of money and time, and you will need to take gene rejection drugs continuously.

I have checked An Lu's entry and exit records before. She basically goes abroad two to three times a year, and her routes are all from the capital of the Flower Country or the Magic City to the Beautiful Country.

There is no record of going to Southeast Asia at all.

Of course, it is also possible that she had genetic modifications done in the United States.

Xu Zheng found out An Lu's identity information. The woman's household registration information showed that she was not an orphan. Although her parents were no longer alive, she still had an ex-husband in the country.

Twenty years ago, she gave birth to two children for her ex-husband.

It was only in 2025 that she married a foreigner, immigrated abroad, and only returned to China after her divorce.

If An Lu's personality made the task force suspicious, it was because according to the results of the investigation, she had basically not contacted her ex-husband since she immigrated abroad and returned.

She has never even seen the two children she gave birth to.

In this regard, it can be said that she is heartless, but then again, if An Lu was Lu Mingzhou from 2025 to now, she would definitely not go back to her ex-husband to see her children.

They were strangers to begin with, and maybe even the murderer of her mother. How could she be willing to get close to An Lu's previous acquaintances again?

"In fact, with the development of technology, fingerprints and DNA alone may not be enough to determine the identity of a suspect." Xu Zheng looked at everyone who was still silent and encouraged them:

"In addition to gene editing, there are many ways to evade police investigation of fingerprints and DNA. If Lu Mingzhou pretended to be An Lu, she would have obtained An Lu's DNA and fingerprints long ago.

She could easily hand over An Lu's DNA to foreign biological laboratories.

Let them use Anlu's DNA to grow Anlu's hair."

Tao Luna touched her shoulder-length hair and asked, "You mean the laboratory cultivated An Lu's long hair, and then Lu Mingzhou planted it on his own head?"

Xu Zheng nodded and said, "We can't rule out this possibility. Generally, transplanted hair will last for three to five years, but for most people, it will fall out within two years.

Although I haven't seen the hair sample that Fan Yu brought back, I can be sure that the hair follicles found in An Lu's car are definitely different from those of normal people.

If you don’t believe me, you can ask the laboratory to do a special comparison.”

Li Mingsheng still frowned and asked in confusion, "Director Xu, even if it is determined that the hair fell off after transplantation, we still cannot confirm An Lu's true identity.

What do you think we should do next?"

Xu Zheng pondered for a while, and then talked about what happened at the Cultural Center, "Today when I saw An Lu shaking hands with her, she took the opportunity to touch my base of the thumb and both sides of my index finger.

I don't know if my identity was exposed or if it was just her habit.

But we have to prepare for the worst.

Captain Li, please send someone to monitor her and prevent her from leaving the country. With her foreign nationality, it is easy for her to leave the country.

By the way, I also need to remind my colleagues who are following me.

Lu Mingzhou is good at disguise. If she is still a spy, she will definitely prepare several different passports and fake identities for herself.

By disguising herself or wearing a 3D head mask, she may be able to trick the security check at domestic airports."

Think about failure before thinking about victory. It would be very funny if Lu Mingzhou was highly alert and took advantage of the large crowds when the drama was over to escape.

Li Mingsheng felt that this matter needed to be taken seriously, and hurriedly stood up, "I will personally go to the scene to monitor and track the situation to prevent other situations from happening."

"If you have any, call me immediately." Xu Zheng understood what he meant by the other situation, "I have been authorized by the relevant leaders of the ministry to return to Beijing this time.

The arrest of suspects has priority control.

All international airlines and private aircraft can be ordered to stop taking off if you suspect a suspect is on board. "

The exit and entry administration department is under the Ministry of Public Security. Except for special departments and military aircraft, the country can bypass the exit and entry.

Therefore, as long as we control the departure of aircraft, we can completely prevent An Lu from escaping.

Unless she doesn't take a plane, international train or ocean voyage, it would waste a lot of her time if she took the smuggling route.

After Li Mingsheng left, Xu Zheng looked at Fan Yu again, "Today I met An Lu's lover in her drama company, who is also her subordinate.

Since we can't find out from An Lu, we can start with the people around her."

Fan Yu had the information about the actor who played Jia Lian, but because this person was not a key target of investigation before, the information was not detailed.

"This man named Lan Xinchuan has been following An Lu for ten years.

Not only did he marry another woman, he also had two children. If An Lu is a spy, do you think Lan Xinchuan is her subordinate?
If that's the case, we can definitely turn him against us."

Xu Zheng stroked his chin, thinking about the possibility of this matter in his mind, but he felt that someone like Lan Xinchuan was unlikely to know whether An Lu was Lu Mingzhou.

Qiao Zhenjun suggested: "This woman An Lu uses her cultural company to get in touch with many wealthy people. After so many years, could she have developed a lot of subordinates?
If we want to arrest her, should we do it in secret?
Prevent her accomplices from fleeing abroad."

This is also a problem that needs to be solved urgently. As the leader of the task force, Xu Zheng knows that he can't just focus on arresting people, but also has to consider the follow-up work.

"Old Qiao's suggestion is correct. I will report this to my superiors first. I hope An Lu won't cause any more trouble."

The more you fear something, the more likely it is to come true. Just after Xu Zheng finished reporting to Qian Yiwei, the leader of the ministry, he received a call from Li Mingsheng who was on his way to Chaoyang Cultural Center.

"Director Xu, I received a report from the plainclothes special police at the cultural center that after the drama ended, An Lu did not follow the main group back to the company, nor did she go home.

Instead, she took her lover and drove towards Daxing Airport.

I have turned the car around and contacted the Daxing branch to ask them to send someone to the airport.

look? "

"I'll rush over there right away. You must keep a close eye on An Lu to prevent her from disguising herself as someone else and tricking security." After giving these instructions, Xu Zheng hung up the phone.

He then contacted Qian Yiwei and asked him to go to the airport together to prevent senior leaders from other units from interfering.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Zheng felt worried and relieved at the same time. He would definitely be able to find out whether An Lu was Lu Mingzhou by slowly investigating, but this would take time and he couldn't wait.

Unexpectedly, An Lu was more anxious and perceptive than him. She didn't even go home and rushed to the airport with her lover.

At this moment he had to admire Xu Hongdou's judgment. An Lu must have suspected his identity when she met him this afternoon.

That's why I'm so alert.

There is just one thing, he didn't have much training with guns, and there were no calluses on the base of his thumb and the sides of his index finger. Could it be that An Lu really could tell he was a policeman just by looking at his temperament?
But now is not the time to think too much. While he ordered Qiao Zhenjun and others to prepare to leave immediately, he also asked Fan Yu to send people to guard the home of An Lu and her lover Lan Xinchuan.

The company that An Lu works for will also be put under temporary custody.

Especially her subordinates and partners must be closely monitored.

As for whether An Lu is a spy and the informants she has developed, these tasks will be handled by the relevant departments. (End of this chapter)