It was quite difficult to find the place Tan Xiaoguang made an appointment with. He thought it was on the street, but got out of the car and followed the navigation, only to find that it was in a residential building in the community.The store is on the third floor, and the first and second floors are ground-level garages. There is no elevator in the building, and you can't find the store door when you walk through the unit door.Tang Zhexue and Lin Dong had no choice but to come down, walked around the building, found a metal ladder like a fire escape on the side, and walked up the ladder to see the store door.The anti-theft door is closed tightly, and there are blessing characters and couplets pasted on the door. It looks exactly like a residential house. If it weren't for the words "private small restaurant" pasted on the window, I really can't tell it's a restaurant.

This seems to be operating without a license. Tang Zhexue and Lin Dong looked at each other helplessly, raised their hands and rang the doorbell.Soon, the door opened from the inside.The person who opened the door was an aunt about sixty years old, with a round face and a very lucky appearance.

It was as if the aunt was in contact with a special agent, asking in a low voice, "Mr. Lin and Mr. Tang?"

"Yes, it's us." Asking her to bring it, Lin Dong also lowered his voice like a thief.

The aunt nodded and let the two into the house.Passing through a narrow and long corridor, they were taken to a room with outdated decoration and simple.There was a round table and four chairs. On the chair facing the door sat a man in a black shirt looking down at his phone.Hearing the door knock, the man raised his head and gave them both a polite smile.

This is Tan Xiaoguang, Tang Zhexue nodded.This is the first time he has had face-to-face contact with the other party. He has only seen photos before. To be honest, he feels that the photos are a bit deceiving.It's not about looks, but temperament.In the photo, Tan Xiaoguang is serious and serious, with firm eyes, but the one in front of him... In short, he doesn't look like a good person. Even if he is wearing a police uniform now, he may not be able to wear a sense of justice.As an undercover agent who has been lurking beside drug lords for many years, Tan Xiaoguang and Luo Jianan's feeling of being full of gangsters is not the same. Instead, there is a sense of cruelty in the bones. The black shirt is worn with three buttons open, which is faintly visible A tattoo on the chest.I don't know how those fans who follow his anti-drug science column on the platform will feel when they see the real UP master.

"Sit down, you're welcome, just like coming to your own home," Tan Xiaoguang raised his hand to greet them, and then shouted behind them, "Second Aunt, let's serve, it's just the three of us today, a pot of rice is enough, Zhuang Yu is not free come over."

Lin Dong watched the aunt disappear at the other end of the corridor, sat on the chair that Tang Zhexue had pulled out for him, and asked Tan Xiaoguang, "Is that your real aunt?"

"Ah, yes, my mother is gone, she is just like my own mother, I asked her to open this small shop, so that I can bring people to talk about things, originally there are two reservations for tonight, Zhuang Yu said you want Come on, I'll let her make room for us." While talking, Tan Xiaoguang knocked out the cigarettes for the two of them, lit one himself, put his hands on the table, and looked at Lin Dong and Tang Zhe Swimming back and forth a few times between the students, the corners of his mouth curled into an unpredictable smile, "It's the first time we meet, you two, I won't say much else, you should know what's going on with me, and Zhuang Yu's request is also Having said that, confirm whether the target is the suspect you are looking for, and then extract the whereabouts of another accomplice from him, right?"

Lin Dong admired the other party's straightforwardness very much, and said bluntly: "It is also possible to secretly obtain DNA. If it is right, we will interrogate it."

"You can do it yourself by stealing the DNA, why do you want me?" Tan Xiaoguang smiled casually, but there was no cynicism in his eyes, "Did you bring the file?"

"In the car," Tang Zhexue continued, "I'll bring it to you after dinner."

Tan Xiaoguang showed disappointment: "Huh? You came here by car? Then you don't drink?"

"I drink and I drink, and the team leader can drive later." Before Tang Zhe came here, he was ready to risk his life to accompany the gentleman.He had never worked with him before, and he thought that judging from the influence Tan Xiaoguang received when he was on the job, it should still be the old-school style, where sincerity is seen at the wine table.

"Hey, that's good. I've been stuck in the room all day, and Zhuang Yu is busy. No one has been drinking with me for a long time." Tan Xiaoguang picked up the wine bottle beside the chair, and there was a "boom" On the table, "It's agreed, if you don't get drunk, you won't go home."

Tang Zhexue looked at the bottle of sorghum wine that weighed two ounces a catty, and heaved a sigh of relief—I don’t know how Tan Xiaoguang can drink, but if it was Luo Jianan’s level, Lin Dong would have to throw me on the sofa to sleep again today.

After drinking, he realized that his alcohol intake should not be sufficient.Tan Xiaoguang drank like drinking water. When he touched the cup, he raised his head and saw the bottom.The last time Tang Zhexue saw someone drinking like this was when Lin Dong and Lin Dong went to Inner Mongolia to hand over fugitives.That time, he was really drunk under the table, and a day and a night had passed since he opened his eyes again. Lin Dong said that a local colleague carried him back to the hotel.

While drinking, Tang Zhexue discovered that Tan Xiaoguang's way of drinking is not because of his bold personality. Although he looks like a happy person on the surface, in fact, what he swallows is not only the wine, but also some things that he wants to say but can't say. out of grievances and pain.At a certain point before he finished a sentence, a trace of helplessness suddenly appeared in his smiling eyes, and at the same time he picked up the cup and poured the spicy liquid back into his heart with the words that he almost blurted out.Just like when he mentioned that he was in prison, but his mother died but could not go home for the funeral, he swallowed the "I am not filial" and replaced it with the alcohol-smelling, painless "Prison, there is no way." things".

There are some things he can't say, Tang Zhexue can feel that in those days when he had to pretend to be another face, this person has become accustomed to hiding his true thoughts, supporting himself with a steely will, not to be Anyone see through.Suddenly, he understood Zhuang Yu's stubbornness and rigidity. As the only person Tan Xiaoguang could trust, Zhuang Yu had to be tougher and more indestructible than this man who worked hard in the dark, so that he could have a strong heart. Eliminate the negative emotions of double servings.

According to Tan Xiaoguang's drinking method, the paste in Tang Zhexue's mind became thicker and thicker, and he could only support his face with his hands and gleefully at Lin Dong.Seeing that Tang Zhexue's eyes were getting blurred, Tan Xiaoguang stopped pouring.He was quite satisfied with Tang Zhexue's frankness. He picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for the other party to sober up, then turned his face to Lin Dong: "How about Team Lin, my second aunt is good at work, right?"

Lin Dong lowered his head and wrapped the fried crab shells in his mouth with tissue paper, and praised sincerely: "It's very good, it tastes like home."

"Come here often after I like to eat, and support my second aunt." Tan Xiaoguang smiled, his expression gradually becoming dignified, "Captain Lin, I should help you investigate the case, that's what I should, although I'm not in the bureau now Yes, but I wear a police uniform for one day, and I'll be a policeman all my life."

Lin Dong stared intently at those eyes that were reddened by alcohol.He had a hunch that Tan Xiaoguang's words were not only to show his loyalty to the police badge, but also to say something later.

Sure enough, the next thing came——Tan Xiaoguang rubbed his blushing face and sniffed: "But there is a specialization in this art, and I'm not proficient in everything when I work in anti-drugs. Listen to Zhuang Xiao—ah no—" He coughed, "I heard from Zhuang Yu that your cold case team is good at finding people, so I won't be polite to you, Team Lin, do me a favor and find someone."

"..."

Lin Dong didn't answer immediately, but raised his eyebrows slightly and gave the other party a "you continue" expression.According to past experience, there is a high probability that the other party's request in this situation cannot be refused.But if even Zhuang Yu couldn't help find someone, why should he answer?

When the eyes met, Tan Xiaoguang saw his hesitation, and sneered: "Do you think my request will make you violate the rules? Not so Team Lin, it's just this person, I can't let Zhuang Yu look for it."

The eyeballs were slightly wrong, and after a little association, Lin Dong probed: "Your first love?"

His expression froze for a moment, and when Tan Xiaoguang realized that Lin Dong had seen through the relationship between him and Zhuang Yu, the redness on his face deepened slightly, and he quickly waved his hands: "No, no, I have been in love from the beginning to the end of my life." One, no one else, really no one else."

——How loyal are you to me?

Lin Dong was complaining silently, when he suddenly heard a "gudong" - Tang Zhe fell asleep on the table.

Stretching out his hand and pushing Tang Zhexue's shoulder, Tan Xiaoguang muttered, "It's okay, I'll carry him to the car later", and then took out a cigarette and Lin Dong, and said seriously: "That's it, Team Lin, Zhuang Yuna People, in terms of work, sometimes they are too dogmatic, if I find this person, I will lose him if I fall into his hands, can you understand?"

In view of his understanding of Zhuang Yu, Lin Dong deeply agreed, lit a cigarette with the lighter that popped off, and said quietly: "This person is your informant, and if he does something that will drag you into the water, but this matter Only you and him know."

Snapped!Tan Xiaoguang patted his thigh, showing admiration: "Or you, Lin Dong, can be the leader of the criminal investigation team at a young age. Your reputation is well-deserved. You have seen it, you have seen it."

Lin Dong once heard calluses in his ears for similar compliments, but he just nodded politely and asked, "Then why are you looking for him now?"

"Hey, I've been looking for him for so many years," Tan Xiaoguang sighed, and shook his head helplessly, "I arranged for him to run away after he committed a crime, but I haven't contacted him since then, so I just want you to help me find him. See if he lives or dies."

Thinking about it, Lin Dong pointed out Tan Xiaoguang's ambiguity: "If he was arrested at that time, you would have to take off your police uniform, right?"

Tan Xiaoguang twitched the corner of his mouth in embarrassment: "Ah, I will be young at that time, I can do some things... Hey, I am eager for quick success, and you know my temper, why don't I go to jail?"

The establishment of a relationship of trust between law enforcement officers and informants is often based on whether one party can handle things for the other, and almost all of them have to bear certain professional moral risks.Lin Dong has been in the police force for many years, and he has also managed his own informant, so he is well versed in this set of unspoken rules.It's just that there is a limit to everything. If you pass it, it will be a crime. If it is light, you will lose your police uniform, and if it is serious, you will be sent to prison.He couldn't count with two hands how many seniors were dragged into the water by his own informants.Just like what Tan Xiaoguang said just now, if the investigators are eager for quick success and promises to the informant exceed their controllable range, not to mention [-]% accidents will happen, and [-]% of them will be too much to go around.

He wouldn't ask Tan Xiaoguang what kind of mess he had made in the first place, and he would definitely not tell the other party if he asked.So it was really impossible to find Zhuang Yu to investigate. It wasn't that the man would not be good, but that Tan Xiaoguang couldn't afford to lose this man in front of Zhuang Yu.With Zhuang Yu's character of enshrining rules and regulations as a staple food, Tan Xiaoguang would never have the face to admit that he had made a big hole for the informant and messed up the matter.

"Send me this person's photo, identity information and background information, as well as all the details of the escape you arranged for him." Then, Lin Dong changed the topic, "I'll give you an answer after reading it. "

Tan Xiaoguang nodded in response, and said, "The photo was taken 20 years ago."

"It's okay, as long as you have it."

"That's it for now, let's go back to rest early, Xiaotang is asleep." Tan Xiaoguang got up to drag Tang Zhexue, who was unconscious and drunk, and lifted his armpit vigorously, raising his brows flickeringly: "Hehe , This kid can train his muscles well, and the weight is quite overwhelming."

Lin Dong smiled but said nothing, and said that our family's Erji's tendon meat is worthy of every bite of protein/powder, unlike Zhuang Yu, who eats five people's meals by himself and still doesn't grow meat.Fortunately, there is a cafeteria in the bureau, otherwise the family would not be able to support it without mines.

TBC

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