Well of Mystery

"Last night? What adventure?"

Based on the idea of ​​"a whip and a lump of candy", Bai Xiuqi took the initiative to ask.

Li Kun's voice suddenly sounded triumphant: "I know you are out of touch with this society. In the morning, Weibo, TV, and TV are all uproarious. No, I just came out of the hospital..."

"What, you are in the hospital?! What's going on!"

Bai Xiuqi raised his voice suddenly, causing Jiang Chenglu, who was sitting by the side to wrap the copper coins on the rope, to raise his head in shock.

But Li Kun's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone: "Auyou, good brother, you are so worried about me, I am so touched. But I am really fine, I just fell a few times when I was running and scratched my body. A bit skinny. I was blocked in the hospital by media reporters, and I just ran out now!"

Hearing what he said, Bai Xiuqi finally managed to calm down: "Run away? Is your family bankrupt?"

"Bah, bah, bah." The sound of Li Kun knocking on the table came from the other end of the phone.

The thing, seriously, actually happened last night.

Last night Li Kun went to participate in the TV station's "First Seven Special Program".Because he is a well-known rich second generation in this city, in order to hug his thigh, after the production of the show, the producer and host invited him, and a group of people who had nothing to do for a while surrounded him to the nightclub to connect with each other.

As one of the guests and also Li Kun's introducer, Yu Ji Jiang Chao naturally accompanied him all the way.

As the saying goes, "a thousand cups of wine is less than a bosom friend", these like-minded people made three stalls in a row, and the mighty team of a dozen or so people drank until only four or five were left.Li Kun thought he could drink well, so he stood at the end and supported Jiang Chao, who was drunk into a puddle, to make a call for the driver.

Twenty or ten minutes later, the person from the valet driving company arrived, took the keys of Li Kun's luxury car and sat in the driver's seat.Li Kun rejoiced that he was not driving a sports car, and helped Jiang Chaowo to the back seat.

The vehicle started smoothly, passed through the night city, and drove westward all the way.When Li Kun realized that he hadn't reported his address to the driver at all, the vehicle had already left the urban area, bypassed the toll booth and entered the wilderness.

Jiang Chao fell asleep like a normal person.Li Kun's alcoholism has already woken up by half.Trembling, he took out his mobile phone and wanted to call for help, but the driver might have been watching him through the rearview mirror, and immediately whispered: "Don't call, I won't trouble you. Otherwise... even you die!"

It was precisely because of this warning that Li Kun quickly understood his situation.

"That guy is going after Lao Jiang."

Finally, Li Kun's voice was no longer full of excitement: "Lao Jiang must have offended too many people, it's not that he didn't report it, the time has not come yet!"

That driver... No, it should be called a "kidnapper" now and finally parked the car beside a stinky ditch, then opened the car door and snatched Li Kun's cell phone, telling him to get out of here.

For this god-given opportunity to escape.Where is there any reason for Li Kun not to accept it?So he ran away after rolling, crawling and stumbling.There was no time to take care of Jiang Chao who was still sleeping soundly in the back seat. (Of course. Regarding this passage, Li Kun has beautified it when describing it to the police and the media)

About half an hour later, Li Kun arrived at a toll booth safe and sound with an extremely embarrassed expression and posture.The police found the luxury car abandoned by the stinking ditch nearly an hour later.

Only the kidnapper had disappeared.Of course Jiang Chao also disappeared together.

Li Kun was sent to the hospital for examination and cooperated with the investigation.Although the police once suspected that he was also suspected of committing the crime, but soon, the surveillance video on the road proved that what he said was true.

The most famous entertainment reporter in the city, and even the country, has been kidnapped—the news quickly caused a sensation.However, since most of the media received the news at three o'clock in the morning in the middle of the night, the newspapers and periodicals had already been published, and the TV programs were also in garbage time, so Li Kun did not receive much harassment in the next few hours.Even got a good night's sleep in a separate ward in the hospital.

Then came a morning like a battlefield.

"Now I have finally tasted what it's like to be a celebrity!" Li Kun smiled bitterly through the phone: "Don't tell me, it's really annoying."

"...I'd better come and see you." After speaking, Bai Xiuqi had already put away his laptop, and got up to make preparations to go out.

"Hey, no need, no need. Really no need." Li Kun on the other end of the phone resolutely refused: "Don't forget, I'm a celebrity on the cusp of the storm, isn't it just a trap for you to come to me? Don't think that Jiang When Chao is gone, the world will be peaceful, and there are so many reporters waiting to eat your meat and skin your skin."

"..."

After his reminder, Bai Xiuqi's mind finally turned around, and she couldn't help sighing: "...It's so rare that you still think about others?"

"Don't talk like I'm heartless!" Li Kun protested on the other end of the phone: "I'll come back to you after the matter is over, you have to treat me to a good meal!"

After finishing the call, Bai Xiuqi put the phone back into his pocket, turned his head and met Jiang Chenglu's gossiping eyes.

"What happened?"

"I'm afraid that the world will not be chaotic."

Although he was disgusted like this, Bai Xiuqi recounted what he had heard just now. After the popularization of science, he also arranged an in-class quiz: "First Wang Ti, Zhou Yiliang, and then Jiang Chao. Three major events happened in seven days , two of the three celebrities died and one disappeared... Do you think there should be some causal connection behind this?"

Jiang Chenglu held his chin and pretended to be lost in thought.

"Didn't Jiang Chao have a lot of enemies? Even if his kidnapping has nothing to do with Zhou Yiliang's murder, but he has recently been dancing on TV in such a high-profile way, it is a sure thing to attract hatred. Listen to your description, The people from the TV station suggested going out for a drink last night, so the person who kidnapped Jiang Chao was either in the same group as the people from the TV station, or they just followed Jiang Chao all the time."

"It makes sense." Bai Xiuqi thought about it carefully, and felt that Jiang Chenglu's analysis was logical: "I'll call Li Kun and ask him to report it to the police comrades..."

"Don't!" Jiang Chenglu smiled and pressed his shoulders: "Please, do you think the police are just like those in the movies, they are useless? Stop messing around, and wait for the news to be serious."

"Then, there is one more thing. I don't think the police know about it yet." Bai Xiuqi looked into Jiang Chenglu's eyes seriously: "That man who looks a lot like Su Xue—Gong Ping. Was his sudden disappearance yesterday because of me? Is it because he wants to kidnap Jiang Chao?"

"...Well, it's really hard to say."

Jiang Chenglu scratched his hair, and his next wording seemed a bit cautious: "Actually, I think the reason why you think of Gongping is because in the incident between Zhou Yiliang and Wang Ti, Gongping was the only one you knew, and he was the only one you knew. People who are alive. Therefore, when you try to prove that Jiang Chao's disappearance is related to Zhou Yiliang's murder, it is natural to focus on Gongping. Grass may not be poisonous, and even if it is poisonous, it may not be the one that poisoned Jiang Chao to death."

Because of Jiang Chenglu's objection, Bai Xiuqi still didn't tell Li Kun about Gongping.However, Jiang Chenglu said that he would consider informing Tao Chuan, and then Tao Chuan would decide whether and when to inform the criminal police in charge of the case.

After two days, there was no news from Jiang Chao.Bai Xiuqi waited and waited, but only waited for the Huangmei rainy season at the end of summer.

The rainy season in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River may be the most annoying season of the year. The long and narrow rain belt rotates on this already wet land, bringing abundant precipitation that can't stop 24 hours a day. .

The gloomy and cold old houses of the Republic of China, of course, became the hardest hit area of ​​Meiyu.Water drops kept hanging from the walls, snails and gnats crawled around, and one day Bai Xiuqi even saw a long-lost leech in the bathroom ditch.

The Taobao shop downstairs is temporarily closed.Taking advantage of the occasional few hours of cloudy days, Boss Daxiong and Le Yaochun, who rarely got out of the cave, moved out the paper people from the Taobao store one by one, and burned them in the middle of the yard.After the burning, the ashes were collected carefully and placed in small jars.

As for the binding work of the new paper figurines, it needs to be carried out in Boss Shang's Hutian, which is at least much drier than the current Xuanjing apartment.

Jiang Chenglu was also very busy, busy checking the rain leakage on the top floor of the house, and the corrosion of the outer wall by rainwater.He said that as an old building in the period of the Republic of China, the structure and materials of Xuanjing Apartment are solid and reliable, but the damage caused by acid rain in recent years cannot be ignored. Sometimes a small crack is enough to be destroyed by those dangerous " Residents" are used.

On the day someone came to install the elevator, Bai Xiuqi followed Jiang Chenglu to the top floor.There is also a pass at the stairway from the fifth floor to the sixth floor, but the iron gate has been upgraded to a peach wood steel sandwich door that has been seen in the basement.

There were stains on the door, whether it was tide or blood, it was impossible to tell.

Unlike the open structure of the lower floors, the top floor of the East Building is semi-enclosed.Thin plywood boards are erected between the pillars in the corridor, and there are many mirrors, large and small, hanging on the side of the boards facing the room.

Without turning around, Bai Xiuqi can see the situation in the room in the mirror.All the doors were completely locked, and apricot-yellow charms were plastered on both the windows and the cracks in the door panels.

Not only that, there are also thin ropes tied with copper bells on the doors and windows, which obviously serve as a simple alarm.

Looking up again, the ceiling of the corridor and the floor under the feet are also covered with spells and magic circles drawn with red paint, which is simply a net of heaven and earth.

Even so, Bai Xiuqi still saw something remarkable.