endless tricks

Yang Yuan tore open the fritters, bit his mouth, and asked Wang Xiaohong, "Have you seen the president?"

Wang Xiaohong nodded: "Yes."

Yang Yuan paused: "You said before that the president doesn't wear a mask, why is he wearing a mask recently?"

Hearing this, Wang Xiaohong hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and looked in the direction of the third floor.Then he replied as if nothing had happened: "I have been in the reasoning agency for nearly two years, and I have not seen the president more than five times in the two years. The president will leave the reasoning agency except for tasks, and will stay on the third floor for the rest of the time. He is like this, and every time he sees the president, he will have nightmares, I almost forgot what the president looks like."

Yang Yuanyi: "What does the president look like?"

Wang Xiaohong replied without hesitation: "Pale, terrifying." After a pause, he raised his head and emphasized: "I only have these few adjectives left in my mind, and I actually can't remember the president's appearance. If I didn't see—" Can't remember the photos at all.

Yang Yuanyi: "See what?"

"If I hadn't seen the president come down yesterday morning, I would have forgotten about it now."

"He's wearing a mask."

"As soon as I saw the president's figure, his voice and appearance came to my mind." The desire to survive is extremely strong.

Wang Xiaohong didn't lie, he really didn't remember Wei Yanqing's appearance, if he didn't see the photo on the memorial tablet and immediately remembered it, the impression of Wei Yanqing in his mind would be fuzzy now.

But he remembered the impression he left when he saw Wei Yanqing for the first time. Wei Yanqing's temperament was pale, cold and gloomy, but his face was as beautiful as a crown jade.Then he was overwhelmed by the fear that hit his face, and was haunted by nightmares for three days, and then he hid when he saw Wei Yanqing.

Yang Yuanyi tore off the deep-fried dough sticks and thought about it: "The president doesn't eat?"

Wang Xiaohong: "Mr. Sun is responsible for serving the food."

Speaking of Old Sun, he happened to go downstairs.Just now, I was bringing breakfast to Wei Yanqing's room, and I happened to hear Wang Xiaohong's words, so I asked, "Why mention me?"

Xia Lanlan propped her cheeks and said lazily: "The new kid is concerned that our president is not full."

Yang Yuan raised his eyes to look at Xia Lanlan, who looked straight at him with half downcast eyes, without any emotion in his eyes.Xia Lanlan stood up, with a smile on her lips, and said, "Little friend, I would like to give you a piece of advice, stay away from the boss." After she finished speaking, she left the table, and Wu Wei also left afterward, without saying anything throughout the whole process.

Elder Sun sat down and poured out his own food, a green viscous liquid.

Wang Xiaohong comforted the silent Yang Yuanyi: "Sister Lan is not malicious to you, it's just that ordinary people can't get too close to the president, otherwise accidents may happen. But you're fine," he blinked at Yang Yuanyi ambiguously: "You Not like us."

Yang Yuanyi: "..." What's the difference?

Elder Sun glanced at Wang Xiaohong and said to him, "Wang Xiaohong, winter is coming soon. Are the wigs, hats, and hair restorer ready?"

Wang Xiaohong's face was struck by lightning, dull and hopeless.As soon as Yang Yuan heard about the wig and hair restorer mentioned by Elder Sun, he took a special look at Wang Xiaohong's hair. It was thick and smooth, and there was no problem with it.Everyone in the reasoning agency is really strange.

Old Sun said to Yang Yuanyi: "After you eat, follow me to make an entry file, and then I will give you a magnetic card to enter the door."

Yang Yuan nodded: "OK."

Wang Xiaohong wanted to slip away after finishing his meal in a hurry, but Elder Sun called him back: "The president said, you must complete a commission by yourself. It's useless to only collect information after two years."

Wang Xiaohong cried with a bitter face: "Uncle Sun, you know that I am timid. When I see those things, my legs are weak. You let me go, don't you want me to die?"

Old God Sun is here: "You run fast, you can't die. Sit down first, and I will give you the relevant information about the commission later."

It was already nine o'clock when Mr. Sun finished his breakfast, just in time for work.As soon as Yang Yuan handed over the copy of his ID card and the completed entry file to Mr. Sun, he was dragged out by the sneaky Wang Xiaohong as soon as he left Mr. Sun's office.

Wang Xiaohong asked sincerely: "Yang Yuanyi, can you do me a favor?"

Yang Yuan glanced at the document he was holding in his hand, shook his head and refused: "I won't accompany you to solve the strange news, that is the entrustment given by Mr. Sun." He patted Wang Xiaohong on the shoulder and shouted cheers to him, very happy. Have the spirit of love for colleagues.

Wang Xiaohong stood in front of him, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll give you half of what I got."

Yang Yuanyi: "How much?"

Wang Xiaohong: "30, 15 per person. Because it is a level 2 ordinary case, the share is not particularly large."

Level 2 ordinary cases?The Russian matryoshka the day before yesterday was also a level 2 ordinary case, which was already very dangerous, but it didn't seem too dangerous from Wang Xiaohong's mouth.Divided into... To be honest, Yang Yuanyi was quite moved. 15 was an annual income in the past, but now it takes about five or six days to have this income.

Yang Yuanyi asked, "Why didn't you find Wu Wei or Xia Lanlan?"

Wang Xiaohong drooped his shoulders and said dejectedly, "They don't look down on the 30 share."

Yang Yuan frowned and said, "Isn't that worth it?"

"Of course." Wang Xiaohong said as a matter of course: "In our line of work, it's very profitable. Wu Wei and Sister Lan only take on major cases of level 3 and level 4, and each time they are divided into at least one million. This is money earned by working hard. Even Wu Wei's skill was almost killed."

After pondering for a long time, Yang Yuan agreed to Wang Xiaohong's invitation.He is really excited, and he has dealt with a case before, so he probably understands the danger of level 2 cases.He sighed: "It's not easy to earn some money to repair graves."

Wang Xiaohong was curious: "What to build a grave?"

Yang Yuanyi: "My late husband has not had a tomb to bury, and the ashes are kept in the temple. Now a good tomb costs more than 20 yuan, and there are maintenance and management fees. There is no way, I can't afford it." .”

Wang Xiaohong was a little sluggish: "You guys are pretty good at playing."

Yang Yuanyi: "What?"

Wang Xiaohong came back to his senses: "No...I mean, you and your ex-husband have a good relationship."

Yang Yuanyi: "Generally, it's mainly a sense of ritual." He said with a serious expression: "Life requires a sense of ritual. Marriage is a part of life, and it also requires a sense of ritual, even if you are widowed."

Wang Xiaohong: "...Oh." I don't really understand the marriage perception of you married people.

Yang Yuanyi: "Show me the information."

Wang Xiaohong handed the information in his hand to Yang Yuanyi, and said: "This time the entrustment comes from a family in Shenzhuang, N City. I heard that two people have disappeared one after another. The two missing people were originally in the house, and the door was closed. , I can’t find their location everywhere. According to the client’s description, some people said that they always felt that someone was staring at him in the room, and some people said that they once saw the wall and dragged people in.”

City N is a thousand-year-old capital. It has been the capital of several dynasties since ancient times, so there are many places of interest.At the same time, there are many anecdotes circulating in the city, coupled with the dense population, there are also a lot of anecdotes that are concrete.This is also the reason why the reasoning agency opened in the center of N city.

Yang Yuan looked through the information: "Do you know what the strange news is?"

Wang Xiaohong shook his head: "It's not clear at the moment, we still need to go to Shenzhuang to find out."

Yang Yuanyi: "Are you sure it's an anecdote? Let's not talk about those who said that they saw the wall and dragged people in. It's very strange that the two missing people didn't call the police and instead entrusted them to the reasoning agency."

Wang Xiaohong: "This is indeed strange. The first reaction of ordinary people should be to call the police, and they will not think of strange news."

Yang Yuanyi closed the file: "Unless they know about the existence of the strange news, they also know that the reason for the disappearance of these two people is related to the strange news. But they don't say it, maybe they deliberately conceal it."

Wang Xiaohong: "Since you have found a reasoning agency, why do you have to hide it?" He thought for a while, then clenched his left hand and hit the palm of his right hand: "I see, they probably think that as long as they entrust the reasoning agency, they can perfectly solve their troubles and don't need it." Understand the so-called strange news."

Yang Yuanyi: "It's useless to guess too much. When will we leave?"

Wang Xiaohong: "Now. Prepare your luggage and live in Shenzhuang for a while."

Yang Yuan nodded, then went upstairs to pack his luggage.When I was halfway through packing, I heard a knock on the door, went to open the door and found that it was Wei Yanqing.Wei Yanqing didn't wear a mask this time, but she put on a black mask with that hair dryer piggy on it again.

Wei Yanqing's eyebrows and eyes were exposed, and her skin was unhealthily pale.Fortunately, the skin is delicate and smooth, neutralizing the apathy caused by being too pale.When Yang Yuan looked into Wei Yanqing's dark eyes, he suddenly thought of a very clichéd but suitable description, his eyes were picturesque.

Wei Yanqing held a round stick about 20cm in his hand and handed it to Yang Yuanyi: "A special swing stick. Wang Xiaohong is unreliable. If you accept the commission, you'd better bring a good weapon."

As soon as Yang Yuan took the stick, he tried to swing it a few times, and it felt good. "The president knows that Wang Xiaohong asked me to accept the commission?"

Wei Yanqing snorted and laughed twice: "I can guess." Wang Xiaohong was timid and cowardly, so he could only drag along Yang Yuanyi who was a newcomer.

Yang Yuan glanced at Wei Yanqing, waved the stick in his hand: "Thank you."

Wei Yanqing smiled and rubbed his head.Yang Yuan was stunned, and subconsciously looked at the tablet of his late husband.Looking at it, I found that my ex-husband's eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Wei Yanqing's, but my husband's face is much more immature, and his face is more sick and tired.

Wei Yanqing followed suit and looked at the tablet, meeting the eyes of the photo on the tablet.For a moment, he had the illusion that he had greened himself, he shook his head slightly, coughed twice: "If it's okay, I'll go back first."

Yang Yuan nodded: "OK."

As soon as Yang Yuan prepared two sets of change of clothes and put them in the backpack, he also put the stick in it by the way, and left the reasoning agency with Wang Xiaohong.Wang Xiaohong drove from the city center to Shenzhuang.

Shenzhuang is a complex of ancient buildings near the suburbs of the city.Due to the development of tourism, the flow of people is very large, but the local customs, architectural customs, etc. are preserved.The local people were originally surnamed Shen and belonged to a large clan.Later, due to the opening up and the migration due to wars, people with foreign surnames were incorporated, but the Shen surname still has a special status in Shenzhuang.

There is an ancestral hall in Shenzhuang called Tiangong Temple, which is used for worshiping heaven and praying for gods.The person in charge of this ancestral hall is surnamed Shen, and the person who commissioned the reasoning agency is also the property owner of this ancestral hall, Mr. Shen.The two missing persons originally worked part-time in the ancestral hall, and the person who witnessed someone almost being dragged in by the wall was Mr. Shen's daughter, Shen Xiaoyue.

Yang Yuanyi and Wang Xiaohong arrived at Shenzhuang and stayed in Tiangong Temple.

Mr. Shen was ill at the time, dragged his sick body out to meet them and personally arranged rooms for them.As soon as Yang Yuan observed Mr. Shen's appearance, he was thin, his eyes were black and blue, his face was tired and sad, and his brows were deeply furrowed, as if he was troubled by something.

Mr. Shen had a quick meeting with them and then left, while the rest were led by part-timers to the room they stayed in.When passing by a courtyard, I heard a shrill cry from inside: "She's looking at me! She's inside the wall—help me!!"

Tiangong Temple is an open tourist destination, so many people come in to watch it on weekdays.So at that time, several people gathered around the door to look in, and whispered to each other from time to time.

Yang Yuanyi heard the key word in it: crack girl.

"Have you... heard of the crack girl?"

The author has something to say:

Wei Yanqing: There is always an illusion of wearing a cuckold on your own flattery.