sincerity of lies

The yard of the one-story house that was set up as a casino became a temporary questioning place.

Not only the old lady, but also Dayan, Hutou, and Lao Qi and Heitan, who Ji Xun had dealt with just now, were also brought back by Ji Xun when he woke up and went back to the trash can.

Now there are five people in total, standing in a row with drooping heads, winking at each other under the eyes of Ji Xun and Huo Ranyin.

At this time, the courage is still so big.

Ji Xun was not in a hurry, he left these people alone, turned around and entered the casino.

On-site search was mentioned first by him.

He and Huo Ranyin came here, after all, they didn't focus on security management, they wanted to catch all the gamblers' stolen goods.

What they want is to continue to find that little bit of subtle clues in this casino...maybe related to the Chen Jiashu case, but they don't know what the specific clues are yet.

This clue may be on the owner of the casino, or inside the casino.

Of course, it is also possible that Ji Xun went the wrong way, thought the wrong way, and there is nothing here.

When he turned into the casino just now, he had basically checked the surroundings. When he entered again this time, Ji Xun didn't waste any time, went straight to the green leather safe, and started to unlock it.

While Ji Xun was picking the lock, Huo Ranyin took the time to ask those people about the owner of the house.

The few people didn't hide anything, and cooperated exceptionally, pouring things as fast as a rag bag.

"It's called Chen Youqiang. We call him Qiangzi. Qiangzi doesn't usually live in the village. He went to Ningshi to buy a house and settle down. He only comes back on weekends."

"Come back to open a casino?"

Several people laughed.

"Did he run this casino by himself?" Huo Ranyin continued to ask.

"I don't know, what kind of big boss did he say?" The tiger head who was the most arrogant just now is the most well-behaved and talks the most at this time, "but we asked a few more questions, and he interrupted with a smile. Things will definitely not be told to us."

Huo Ranyin asked about the smell again.

They all looked puzzled, not understanding why the police asked such a trivial matter, they just said: "The village is not that clean, the smell of the vegetable market...sometimes the sea also smells...Anyway, it can come from anywhere .”

Huo Ranyin stopped wasting time and went back to the house.

The windows were open, and what was said in the yard could be heard in the house.

But after Huo Ranyin came in, he covered the window so that when he communicated with Ji Xun, the outside couldn't hear him.

Ji Xun snorted softly: "It's so easy to reveal about the casino, this is 100% not their dead spot."

"I guessed it when I came in." Huo Ranyin leaned against the window, and looked at the work in Ji Xun's hands, "Can it be opened? If not, take it back to the police force."

The voice just fell, and there was a click.

The green leather safe was opened.

Ji Xun whistled: "It's not too difficult."

Huo Ranyin smiled but said, "You are indeed extremely talented in this area."

Ji Xun: "There are many places where I have outstanding talent."

He opened the door of the safe, looked inside, and gave a slight snort: "A ship...?"

a ship.

There are safes on the upper and lower floors, with ships on the top and money on the bottom.

The boat is a finely crafted wooden boat with red sails on which are written in gold ink the words "Boat sails smoothly, wind settles, waves calm".

Huo Ranyin's expression changed from relaxed to serious.

"Remember these words?"

"Don't use such a simple question to test my memory." Ji Xun, "There is a boat in the safe of Tang Jinglong's house, and there are strings of hanging money on the boat. These eight characters are engraved on the front and back of the hanging money."

"We found Xu Xinran through Tang Jinglong's line." Huo Ranyin.

"Xu Xinran brought us to this brand-new casino again—but this brand-new casino has something to do with Tang Jinglong—or in other words, Tang Jinglong, Xu Xinran, and this casino were all transported by a wooden boat in front of us. String them together." Ji Xun added, and then wondered, "But this ship, this very religious statement...what exactly does it represent?"

No one can answer this question until we continue to investigate further and find more clues.

Ji Xun had no idea what to do. He came here to find clues about Chen Jiashu's case, but he found this... A vague feeling emerged in Ji Xun's heart.

He seemed to see silk thread around his body, a crystal clear silk thread, weaving into a spider web, treating him as a prey, and sticking to it.

I found a casino and opened the safe, but I didn't achieve my goal, but it led to more doubts.

This journey inevitably seemed a bit futile, but there was no way around it. After all, the process of handling a case was not always smooth sailing.

The two were about to leave the village.

Before leaving, Huo Ranyin reprimanded the four people who were following him and the old lady, telling them not to do anything that would misunderstand the police, and most importantly, not to break the law.

The five stood side by side, nodding repeatedly, without refuting a word, as obedient as a quail that just got on the cutting board.

Then they watched Ji Xun and Huo Ranyin get into the car, and then watched the eye-catching car drive out of the village...

Heitan: "Really gone?"

Dayan picked up the phone and called the people at the vegetable market. The vegetable market is at the entrance of the village. The people at the entrance of the village can see clearly whether the car has left.

After a while she hung up the phone and replied: "I'm really gone. Ah Ying saw it with her own eyes. The cars have all gone into the mountains."

Hutou looked rejoicing: "I just said, this is Qiangzi's business, we don't care what he is doing, give him a report, let him pay attention to the police and hide quickly, and don't treat him wrongly if he is arrested." As long as you say what you say, you will be an iron buddy!"

"That being said," Lao Qi, who hadn't said anything, was still cautious, "It's still a bit strange, did he just leave like this? You don't even care about the casino?"

"What's the use of catching an empty shell? We still need to catch Qiangzi. Qiangzi is not here now. What are you catching?" Dayan retorted her husband, "Okay, the police are gone, and we can relax. We all go to my house for a drink. Ask Lao Qi to buy you two appetizers..."

The bright sky gradually dimmed with the passage of time.

Clouds like fish scales first appeared in the sky, and behind the clouds was the sky dyed red by the setting sun, like a koi, jumping from the sea to the sky, swimming freely in the sea of ​​clouds in the sky.

When the koi completely swam into the clouds, night fell.

The village, which was still a little noisy during the day, became quiet under the magic of night at this time. Looking around, the few bright lights in the large dark village were purely like falling stars from the sky; listen to it , the sound of sea breeze blowing waves and waves beating on the beach is like Chopin's symphony.

In the symphony, there was a murmur.

Two sudden black silhouettes appeared by the beach, they came without warning, as if they emerged from the sea out of thin air, or turned out of the cliff.

"When you visited this village, what was your deepest impression of the village?"

"Repulsion to the outside world?"

"This is really eye-catching, but, hum, the deepest impression I have on this village is that it is an unfinished construction site near the sea." The first voice said.

"Construction site?" the second whispered.

The small murmur produced by the conversation of the two shadows was completely buried under the sound of the wind and waves, just like the whispers of ghosts, until the moonlight pierced the clouds and illuminated the beach including them.

Ji Xun and Huo Ranyin's faces were revealed from the darkness.

They were supposed to leave during the day, but they returned to the village at night!

"Are you curious about what secrets are hidden in this village?" Ji Xun said.

"Of course I'm curious." Huo Ranyin raised his eyebrows. "I'm even more curious about how you solved the mystery—without asking the villagers or conducting an in-depth investigation."

"Only rely on a little trivial observation skills." Ji Xun said modestly, "Hey, we are here."

The destination in Ji Xun's mouth is just ahead, not far from the beach, the unfinished construction site that just appeared in his mouth.

This construction site was originally intended to be used as a seaside villa, but for some reason, only a ground was dug and a foundation was laid, and there was no follow-up. When I drove by during the day, I saw half of the reinforced soil and half of the grass. There are still grains of yellow sand ahead, giving people a desolate and lonely impression.

These are the impressions of the day.

In the dark night, there are no lights around, only the dim light of the stars and the moon, reflecting the ruggedness of the abandoned construction site, like an abyss cracking a prison.

They arrived at this abandoned construction site.

Ji Xun took out his mobile phone, turned on the light, and pressed down the light beam to ensure that it would not disturb the village behind, before looking at the location of the light source.

A yellow crane in an unfinished construction site.

"What's wrong with this car?" Huo Ranyin seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be asking Ji Xun.

The two got closer, and the lights followed Ji Xun's wishes, moving back and forth on the crane's wheels, body, and boom.

Huo Ranyin looked at it for a moment, then suddenly frowned: "This crane...has traces of being used."

On the construction site that has been abandoned for a long time, there is a crane with traces of use parked.

"Sand." Ji Xun said, the lighting hit the crawler of the crane first, and it was obvious that the gaps in the crawler were filled with sand.

"Traces of rust." Ji Xun added that the lighting was then cast on the side wall of the crane, and at a place below the carriage above the wheels, obvious brown rust stains and small black holes could be seen, typical results of seawater corrosion.

"Oil." Ji Xun said again, the lighting hit the mailbox of the crane, and there were black oil stains on it.

Without further details.

"A crane that goes back and forth between the abandoned construction site and the seaside. The construction site has not been constructed for a long time, but the crane can be seen to be in use and frequently used until it is splashed by sea water and rusted. In addition, the strange attitude of the villagers in this coastal village, and We walked all the way just now, and in this coastal area, we saw neither lights nor surveillance..."

Ji Xun snapped his fingers.

"Do you need to discuss the answer? Smuggling—it's that simple."

The sea breeze blew his hair, and the smile on his lips was like the magic of stars shining in the night.

Huo Ran stared at Ji Xun's face, and didn't look away for a long time. His frown gradually relaxed, and his calm pupils were like the waves in front of him, with dark tides surging.

That is the expectation of truth, the worship of wisdom.

"Okay." Ji Xun sneezed after finishing the puzzle. He shrunk his neck and pulled up his collar. The seaside was still quite cold in March and April. It’s better to go to Haiphong and let the people from Haiphong arrange people to watch over it, it’s better than the two of us working alone...Now we can really go back and continue to investigate the case of Chen Jiashu..."

"Don't worry." Huo Ranyin suddenly said.

"Huh?" Ji Xun was taken aback, "Is there anything else that hasn't been done yet?"

"A group of thieves were lucky enough to hide their hideout under the noses of the patrolmen. What was the first reaction?" Huo Ranyin said.

"Of course I'm lucky, and then—" Ji Xun reacted, "Ha, maybe someone will come to this key smuggling place to inspect tonight, so I can rest my heart!"

"It's all here, it doesn't matter if you wait any longer." Huo Ranyin said, "Maybe there will be unexpected joy."

"Listen to you."

As soon as Ji Xun finished speaking, Huo Ranyin had already grabbed his shoulders and jumped into a groove in a nearby foundation.

The field of vision dimmed instantly.

The two seemed to have fallen into a black box in an instant.

Then Ji Xun felt Huo Ranyin's chest, and the warm chest of the other party just blocked the cold wind of the night. He heard the "pounding" heartbeat in the heat, both his and Huo Ranyin's , the two heart sounds were amplified in a small space, jumping out of undulating curves, chasing each other.

A very safe, dormant waiting place.

The past experience has indeed left too many traces on Huo Ranyin.

He has insight into people's hearts, dormant and forbearing, like a lynx lurking in the dark, if it doesn't come out, it will hit it.

After another two, three, ten minutes, Huo Ranyin's ears suddenly moved, and after a while, Ji Xun also heard someone else's voice, mixed with the sea breeze and blown over.

Huo Ranyin guessed right, someone really came over!

"The two notes are gone..."

"I know them! . . . They did it!"

Ji Xun felt that one of the voices sounded familiar, so he stood up straight and looked out together with Huo Ranyin.

I saw two black shadows approaching from a distance.

When the two shadows got close enough, under the light of the moon, the two of them were surprised to find that one of them had yellow hair and a big mole on his face, and it was actually the Chen family they had been following. and!