Temporary partner

When Ji Yan woke up the next morning, he found that Zu Tianyang had long since disappeared. He stretched his waist and crawled out of the bed shivering. The coldest time had passed, and he still felt uncomfortable. After getting dressed, I saw Zu Tianyang entering the room with a thermos.

Zu Tianyang was wrapped in the cold wind, his eyes were bruised and purple, Ji Yan nodded at him: "I got up very early."

Zu Tianyang rubbed his face, and said painfully: "I didn't sleep at all. You know that there are rats in your room, and you have been tossing all night."

Ji Yan looked at his dark circles, and smiled embarrassedly: "This is a rat, and it didn't help after spraying it a few times."

Zu Tianyang said seriously: "This is too dangerous! Why don't you think of a way to deal with it?"

Ji Yan looked Zu Tianyang up and down, pursed his lips and said nothing.

Zu Tianyang coughed: "It's not that I'm afraid of mice, it's mainly because the mice in your house are on the roof. It's the same as a murderer lurking on it."

Ji Yan raised his eyebrows: "Same as a murderer?"

Zu Tianyang said solemnly: "I solved a case before, the couple was sleeping, and the woman opened her eyes in the morning and saw the old man dead on the bed. No, the forensic autopsy did not find out what was wrong with him, only that it was suffocation. At that time, the case pointed out that it was his wife who did it, but the relationship between the two people is very good, no matter what happens, they can't sleep in the same bed after being suffocated. Ah! Then I found a small hole in the roof of their paper shed. Finally, guess what? After the autopsy, I found a wood beetle in the man's throat. Wood beetle is a kind of bug, and it also likes the roof. That thing Just like rats, they like to knock on things, knocked the roof of the shed, and caught up with the bad luck of that man. When he was sleeping at night, he opened his mouth, and the soil turtle fell from the top and fell into his mouth, choking the man to death."

Ji Yan thought about the possibility of a mouse falling from the roof, and asked Zu Tianyang, "Can't you react even if a bug falls into your mouth?"

Zu Tianyang poured hot water into the basin, washed his face and said, "Most people can react, but it's hard for a person like you who slept so motionless last night. But mice are bigger than wood turtles. Even if it falls in, it can crawl out of your mouth, unless it’s a little mouse. It’s a pity you don’t grind your teeth, otherwise you might be able to eat it after chewing.”

Ji Yan put the towel on his shoulders, shook his head and said: "It's okay, it will be fine when spring comes and the wild cats outside start to cry, just bear with it."

Zu Tianyang suddenly realized that Ji Yan used the fact that he meowed like a cat last night to shame him, and threw a splash of water on Ji Yan's face. Ji Yan quickly dodged it, and after holding it for a long time, he said again: "That You used the basin you used to wash your feet last night."

After breakfast, the second group gathered in the office. Ji Yanzu sorted out his own information, and said to several people in the group: "From today, Zu Tianyang officially joins the task force and will be my partner. Task assignment, Today, Zu Tianyang and I went to Yufa Village to understand the basic situation, Ding Dong, you and Tianming continue to stay, and Li Mao, you follow up the case files. Do you understand?"

Everyone nodded: "Understood."

Zu Tianyang looked at the face of Team Leader Ji, still blunt and rigid, but there was a sense of righteousness between his brows, and he was wrapped in a green uniform. The big round cap covered his forehead, but it was difficult to block those shining eyes. Such a handsome young man, with a heart full of jealousy and passion, why does he always have a sullen face all day long?

After receiving the task, everyone split up. Ji Yan took Zu Tianyang to drive the broken red flag car with paint peeling off. Ding Dong and the others only got a big wheel, not even a roof. It was cold in winter and hot in summer. , but fortunately, the speed is still fast.Ji Yan gave a few instructions and drove away.

The distance from the Criminal Police Team to Yufa Village is not too short. In addition, there is a big mountain in the middle, and the winding way around, Yufa Village is U-shaped. The east side is wide and stable because of the mining road, and the west side can be Not so lucky, but the stop of the bus from the town to Yufa Village is in the west, so Ji Yan took Zu Tianyang along the route of the bus, and Zu Tianyang looked at the surrounding scenery: "That Shandong Where does the road on the other side lead to?"

Ji Yan said: "That road can directly lead to the provincial highway, but because of the opening of the mountain, many places have been sealed off. When the station was built, safety issues were also taken into consideration, so the station is here."

Zu Tianyang nodded: "If we take a detour later, can we turn back to the criminal police team?"

Ji Yan said: "No, the two sides are not connected. If you want to take the provincial road from the road here, you have to drive around the village."

After coming down from the mountain, there is still a section of dirt road to go. There are some crops on both sides of the road. It is late autumn and early winter. The fields on both sides have been abandoned. Some of the soil is scorched yellow and some are black. A few tomb circles appeared, towering out, on which there were some plates of offerings that were eaten by people, or a few white flags. It rained a few days ago, and it was frozen last night. Frozen, as if an ice pick was poking straight on the grave, Zu Tianyang squinted at it, and there was no expression on his face.

But it shouldn't be like this three months ago. According to the season at that time, the corn stalks that have been cut and burned should be as tall as a person, and there are very few pedestrians on the road. If something happens, the chance of being seen is very low. will be big.

The car walked on the road for a while, turned to a dirt road paved with coal ash, and started winding the mountain road. Zu Tianyang immediately understood why the red flag in the group could be worn out like this.Fortunately, it is freezing cold here now, and the muddy loess has been frozen hard. If it catches up with the rainy days in summer, it must be difficult to enter the village.

Ji Yan was driving the car, the car was ventilated, sitting in the car was colder than walking outside, Zu Tianyang still didn't change his nature in this poor mountain ditch, only wearing a thick jacket, it was cold now With a pale face and dark eye sockets, he looked like a vampire who had just emerged from the ground.Ji Yan glanced at him, pointed to the trunk: "There is a cotton jacket inside, let's put one on."

Zu Tianyang huddled into a ball, and smiled at Ji Yan: "It's okay."

Team leader Ji shrugged, enjoying the warmth in the thick cotton coat.

The car bumped all the way, and walked towards the village with many turns and turns. The mountain road was already steep, and they were in a hurry. Zu Tianyang bumped his butt from the car and left the seat several times.When Ji Yan first came here, the seniors often used this trick to frighten them, and the little faces of the children turned blue from being frightened one by one.After all the good words, I begged the driver to drive the car more steadily, who knew that Zu Tianyang's face didn't change at all, he looked calmer than Ji Yan, as if he was used to this kind of journey.

After bypassing nine bends and eighteen bends, we finally arrived at Yufa Village. It was not as dilapidated as Zu Tianyang thought. Most of the places were paved with crushed cinders. Although it was not as good as the asphalt road, it was still easy to walk. At least, Zu Tianyang squinted his eyes and looked forward, the black cinder road was really endless at a glance.He turned his face and asked Ji Yan: "When was this road built?"

Ji Yan said: "I don't know, it was like this before I came here, it seems that the village head led the villagers to repair it."

Zu Tianyang nodded: "If you say that, the village head is quite popular. Of the two girls lost, one of them is the village head's child, right? Is there a car from this village to the town?"

Ji Yan said: "There is a bus, but it is still some distance from the entrance of the village. It leaves twice a day. Most people go to the town in the morning and come back in the afternoon."

Zu Tianyang squinted his eyes: "Look at the other side of the road, that piece of crop land, if you cross it, can you walk to the county seat?"

Ji Yan looked in his direction: "Generally speaking, no, crop land cannot be stepped on."

Zu Tianyang asked again: "Those two girls also went to the market by car?"

Ji Yan turned around and said, "Yes." He stopped the car: "The house with the red roof over there is Ma Yufen's house."

Zu Tianyang narrowed his eyes: "Let's go and have a look."