fool.

The two went all the way to the second floor in silence. After singing the next song downstairs, the band changed its tune as soon as they took a breath. As soon as the small gong hit, the Yangqin, Yuehu, and suona played together. Zhao You listened. It came out, it was time to sing "Mu Guiying in Command", and all the young and old clapped their hands together and shouted "Yes".

The second floor was quiet, the door was closed tightly, and there was no one in sight.

Xiaoman raised his head and quickly glanced at every corner of the ceiling, but he didn't see a single camera.There is no surveillance in this villa.He looked at Zhao You again, but Zhao You didn't speak, just looked at him, and just walked forward, passing the first room upstairs.Zhao You stopped and pushed the door. The door was unlocked, a door gap opened, and bright white sunlight fell on Xiao Man's feet. He turned around and stood against the wall, and took a look inside. No one was there.The room seemed to be a bedroom.Xiaoman took out his mobile phone, turned it to silent, found the notebook application, typed a line, and handed it to Zhao You.

"Too risky, they cloned your phone."

Zhao You took his mobile phone and typed.

"I miss you so much." With a crying face.

Xiaoman grabbed the phone and gave him a hard look.Zhao You hung the corner of his mouth upside down and sniffed pitifully. Xiaoman was helpless. He was worried that they would be found wandering around in the villa, causing a lot of unnecessary troubles, and that people might even see through their relationship, but he also had some Thinking of Zhao You, they finally have time to be alone now, but he still has a lot to ask Zhao You about Yan Mingming's case. On the one hand, he wants to know Zhao You's conjectures and opinions, on the other hand, he is sure He must have obtained some information that he did not know, and he may also have some clues that Zhao You did not grasp. Obviously, time cannot be used to talk to each other. They must exchange information with the fastest efficiency.

Xiaoman typed quickly: "Long story short, I", this sentence was not finished, his mobile phone was taken by Zhao You, and he also typed quickly: "Don't worry, 80.00% of witnesses identify suspects when they testify. , will testify against very suspicious people who fit their own psychological structure, and generally such people will have several obvious physical characteristics..."

Seeing this, Xiaoman grabbed the phone and typed: nonsense.

Zhao You added two words "no" at the beginning.

He pointed to "don't worry," and smiled at him again.He knew that Xiaoman was anxious to find out about Yan Mingming's case so that he could get rid of the many constraints in Yancheng as soon as possible, so that they could leave this strange land of right and wrong as soon as possible.But he really missed Xiaoman very much, and after finally seeing him, he really wanted to tell him this miss as soon as possible.

Xiao Man shook his head, it was all here, even if it was smashed and suspected, it could only be "covered up by soldiers".He looked behind him, but no one followed him for the time being, he and Zhao You were the only ones upstairs, and he typed: "Is there a camera in the house? Is there no surveillance in the villa?

Zhao You shook his head, entered the small bedroom, and said: "You wait for me outside, I'll go to this room to have a look, hey, don't tell the owner, the police handle the case, you know?"

"I know, I know, Comrade Police, you are busy!" Xiao Man responded, took off his shoes, put them in his arms, and quietly followed Zhao You into the house.Half of the room is covered with windows, the curtains are drawn on both sides, and the sun is shining brightly.The two stood avoiding the light, opened the door, and typed to communicate.

"Is this the guest room?"

"It used to be a nursery room, but now Yan Mingming's second uncle Guan Junsheng and aunt Sun Yayun live in it. The furniture is newly added."

Xiaoman touched the shiny silk sheets, pressed the mattress, and his eyes fell on the wardrobe and a velvet easy chair.

"Isn't this furniture cheap? Has Chen Te from Ximeihua helped you deal with it?"

Zhao You shook his head, looked at Xiaoman, and replied, "Miss Bao San from Ximeihua is here."

Xiaoman thought for a while: "Yan Mingming must have a lot of shares in Ximeihua. Once Lao Zhou is convicted, the inheritance will definitely fall to her mother. The Bao family must take action."

He also wrote: "Is there any financial movement in the Ge family?" He continued to type: "I know that your actions have been very restricted, and the information you get is also very restricted, maybe it has been filtered."

Zhao You pointed to his trouser pocket helplessly, and wrote: "Not only is there a problem with the mobile phone, there are monitors and bugs installed in the bathroom and bedside lamp in the room."

Xiao Man squeezed his eyes and looked at him: "Bathroom? Are you sure?"

Zhao You nodded, Xiaoman stroked his chin, frowned, and silently typed: "You stare so closely, can't you?"

Zhao You vomited bitterly: "I'm so miserable, I don't have personal freedom at all."

He wrote: "The noodles in the hotel are so unpalatable."

Xiao Man clicked his tongue and pushed his head, wanting to laugh, but held back.Zhao You blinked those dark eyes at him, looking really miserable, Xiao Man felt soft, squeezed his shoulders, stroked his hair, the two walked to the wardrobe at the same time He opened the doors on both sides of the cupboard, poked in and took a look inside.Most of the clothes in the closet were women's clothes, and there was an old suitcase stuffed under the closet.Zhao You looked through the labels of some women's clothing, all of which were famous brands, and the men's jackets hanging were all handmade, and the lining of the suits was all embroidered with the word "Zhou".

There is a toilet with a shower in the house, and there are many beautifully packaged shower gels and shampoos in it.There is a whole set of skin care products on the sink, which are thick in texture and have not been used for a long time.Those towels and bath towels are also very new.

Xiao Man pointed out, Zhao You nodded.The two walked out of this room and went to the study next door.The study room is full of bookshelves, the shelves are full of books, a wooden escalator is leaning against the wall, and there is a desk in front of one of the bookshelves. There are two stacks of books on the desk and a chess scale.

Xiaoman touched the desk, the solid wood desk, some dust accumulated on the desk, the drawers were all unlocked, inside were some brand new unopened notebooks, some chess records, some pure black cardboard bookmarks, and some put away books. black and white pawns.Xiaoman looked up again, only a few spotlights were placed on the bookshelves in the study.

Zhao You told him knowingly: "No desk lamp, no computer."

"Yan Mingming has a laptop in the company, and according to the testimony of her colleagues, she never takes her work home."

"No need for a week?"

Zhao You nodded: "Two months ago, when Zhou was cooking at home, the phone got soaked in water and broke, and I didn't buy a new phone after that."

"He doesn't use a mobile phone?" Xiao Man wondered.Zhao You saw what he meant: "The phone was handed over to the police, and it cannot be repaired."

Xiao Man knew, and Zhao You also felt that this matter was a bit strange, even though Zhou Sichang had no relatives or reason in Yancheng, often went out behind closed doors, and never participated in Yan Mingming's work and social activities, how could modern people not use their mobile phones for two months? of?

Xiao Man thought about it, and typed: "Why is his leg lame?"

Zhao You replied: "One time I went on a mission and fell off a tree."

Xiaoman walked to a row of bookshelves and looked up. The books in this bookshelf covered literature, history and art, photo albums, and even some European, American and Japanese comics.Xiaoman took out a book and flipped through it, and found a black cardboard bookmark on the last page of the book.Several books have this bookmark at the end.

Zhao You typed: "There are some books related to weaving and network programming in a bedroom on the first floor, but there are no bookmarks."

Xiao Man replied: "Yan Mingming's reading habits? Have you visited the room on the first floor? What's the situation?"

Xiaoman was still thinking about typing and asked: "Could it be that Zhou is just reading when he is free at home?"

Zhao You shrugged and spread his hands, and wrote: "The room on the first floor is a servant's room according to the layout. It doesn't look like it. The room has a sense of life, but Tai Lili doesn't live at home, and she doesn't learn to weave or anything like that."

Xiaoman suddenly thought of the foreign woman she met earlier, and gave her business card to Zhao You: "Did you see a foreign woman just now?"

Zhao You nodded and took a look at the business card.

"She seems to know Zhou and Yan very well. She is the wife of Yan's apprentice in an advertising company. Her apprentice later went to work in an auction house and died three years ago."

Zhao You pointed to the three words "three years ago" and typed three words: "How to Island, every three years."

Xiaoman looked at him and took a heavy breath. Could it be that the death of the foreign woman's husband had something to do with Hedao?Zhao You returned the business card to Xiao Man, and the two left the study and walked to the door of the last room on the second floor.Zhao You said with his lips: Master bedroom.

He was just about to bow his head to type on Xiaoman's mobile phone. Xiaoman pulled it up to look at the chat records of the two, tapped the situation of the room on the first floor described by Zhao You, and wrote: "Is Zhou not sleeping on the first floor? Maybe Yan Ye No, Zhou's legs and feet are inconvenient."

Zhao You smiled and nodded.He was just about to share this guess with Xiao Man.Xiao Man wanted to enter, Zhao You said loudly: "Hey, you'd better wait outside the room, I'll take a few photos, don't walk around, don't touch other people's things."

Xiao Man responded: "I understand, I understand."

The two entered the master bedroom together again.Once inside, Xiaoman pointed to the bottom of the bed, and Zhao You nodded.Xiaoman then knew that this was the place where the syringe was found. He squatted down and took a look, groped in, found some dust, stood up, walked into the bathroom, and wrote: "People have stereotypes, look When it comes to the layout of the master bedroom, I think that the host must sleep here, but Zhou gave you a little hint, when facing you and that high team..."

He glanced at Zhao You, and Zhao You wrote: "Takeaway coupons?"

Xiaoman made a posture of biting a candy and typing on the keyboard with one shoulder slanted.Zhao You was overjoyed and gave a thumbs up.Xiaoman tugged him, and raised his eyebrows towards the talisman paper in the bathtub.Zhao You called up the chat records between Chenchen and Baiyun Taoist Temple, and handed them to Xiaoman.Xiaoman frowned, pointed at the word "injustice", and typed on his mobile phone: "It seems that the relationship between Yan and his family is really bad."

He glanced out the window, and saw the sea of ​​white flowers in bloom in the yard downstairs, and then looked at the talisman that sealed the bathtub drain.This is a spell to suppress unjustly killed ghosts.For a moment, Xiaoman felt sad, lowered his head, and let out a sigh.

Funerals are never for the dead. All funerals seem to serve the living, their voyeurism, and their pain.

Zhao You patted Xiaoman beside him, Xiaoman forced a smile, turned around to look at the skin care products on the washstand, these bottles and jars were of the same brand and series as the ones in the bathroom of the small room before, These skin care products also look like they have just been unpacked, and they are all new.Zhao You took a few photos of the bathtub and the sink, and then entered the cloakroom.

As soon as he stepped into the cloakroom, Xiaoman found the video captured by the surveillance camera in the taxi that Yin Miaozai had sent him just now. He paused the video and compared the woman's clothes to search in the cloakroom.He showed Zhao You the paused picture, and Zhao You shook his head.Xiaoman typed: "The clothes are easy to handle, what about the straw hat and leather bag?"

Zhao You didn't answer him, and took pictures of those closets. After a while, he walked to a small closet full of plush dolls.He motioned for Xiaoman to go over.Xiao Man also walked to the cabinet, and Zhao You directly picked out a little bear from these plush toys and handed it to him.At this time, Xiao Man noticed what seemed to be hidden behind these plush toys.He moved them one by one to the nearby chair.Zhao You tugged at him, Xiao Man pointed to the built-in safe, and mouthed to him: "Safe?"

Zhao You still picked up the bear and stuffed it to him, asking him to see it.Xiaoman pinched Xiong Yuangun's belly and head, but found nothing unusual. Just when he wanted to ask Zhao You what was so strange about this bear, he looked at the bear's right eye and tentatively picked its right eye. eyeball.The eyeballs were pulled out by him.Shocked, Xiaoman turned to look at Zhao You.Zhao You has already typed on his mobile phone: "Camera."

"Did the police find it?"

Zhao You shook his head, Xiaoman wrote: "Still doubt? No conclusive evidence?"

Zhao You pointed to the ceiling.Xiao Man stuffed the eyeball back into Xiong's right eye socket, put the dolls back one by one, and followed Zhao You out.At the door of the master bedroom, Zhao You said, "Let's go."

Xiao Man put on his shoes and followed him up to the third floor, Zhao You said again: "Don't look around, wait here, I'll go over there and have a look!"

Xiao Man took off his shoes and tiptoedly followed Zhao You in the corridor on the third floor.There is only one room on the third floor, Zhao You told him: "The guest room is the room of Uncle Guan Fangsheng."

Xiaoman went in to check, the room was tidy, there was only a very old suitcase and some brand-name clothes and shoes in the closet, and there were more brand-name trousers in Guan Fangsheng's closet.After he came out of the guest room, Zhao You led him to the tatami-style tea room that occupied most of the space on the third floor.Zhao You took off his shoes and stepped on them carefully. He avoided some muddy footprints on the tatami and stopped at the edge of a square mat in the middle with a low wooden table with a tea set on it.He moved the low wooden table and groped along the square joints.Sitting aside, Xiaoman saw Zhao You lifted the square mat, and a wooden door was exposed. Xiaoman stretched out his hand to remove the door, and saw some tea canisters stored underneath.These tea tins are filled with matcha powder.

Zhao You took out these tea canisters and felt around inside, but there were no traps or hidden compartments.He and Xiaoman looked at each other, because of the light problem, the wooden box was really dark, so Xiaoman turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone and took a picture inside. In this photo, he and Zhao You stretched their hands to a corner at the same time .

At the same time, they touched the small piece of paper stuck in the wood gap.

The piece of paper was very small, like a corner of some kind of paper.Zhao You handed the paper to Xiaoman, Xiaoman put it away, turned around and looked in the direction of the stairs, Zhao You nodded, Xiaoman stood up, Zhao You put the phone into the wooden box, and said : "Hey, please don't look around! Let's go, let's go to the attic!"

The two restored the arrangement of the tea table and walked back to the stairs. Xiao Man put on his shoes and they went to the attic.

Went up to the attic, entered a storage room, closed the door, Xiao Man immediately said: "Long story short, I heard their interrogation of you and your first conversation with Zhou Sichang, Lao Xing went to the scene in Yu County, Xiao Jing lives in your 614, and Xiao Yin obtained the camera in the car of the taxi driver who picked up Yan Mingming back here from Provence that day."

The storage room hadn't been cleaned for a long time, as soon as people came in, with a slight movement, dust would rise up, Xiaoman coughed after finishing speaking, and his eyes were a little dazed.He coughed, rubbed his eyes and opened WeChat.After Yin Miaozai sent him the video, he sent several more messages, reporting the driver's itinerary before and after picking up Yan Mingming that day.Xiao Man and Zhao You watched together.

According to the driver and the video he showed, a man got into his car at around ten o'clock that day in the city center and said he was going to a Provence restaurant. Gave six hundred.The driver agreed.Yin Miaozai also got this video.It can be clearly seen that the video captures a man wearing a peaked cap, sunglasses, and short-sleeved shorts. He looks like a tourist, but his face cannot be seen clearly.The man's voice was hoarse.When the driver took the man to the intersection near the Provence Restaurant, the time was 58:2. The driver stopped the car and told the man how to get there. The man added another [-] cash, saying that it was too hot, and asked the driver to take him to At the gate, the driver took the money and sent him to the gate of the restaurant. The man got out of the car at [-]:[-]. Two minutes later, the driver was still counting the money. Yan Mingming got into the car, and she was sobbing when she got in the car Say: "Times Garden."

Seeing this, Xiao Man hurriedly dragged the progress bar to 1 minute before the man got off the car.He pressed pause, and Zhao You immediately pointed to a figure in a floral skirt and a red straw hat that appeared outside the taxi window in the video, and said, "She's so conspicuous."

The woman seemed to look down at her phone, then walked towards the taxi.Xiao Man said: "It's a popular scenic spot. I finally saw a car approaching. Although there are people inside, I want to try my luck to see if anyone wants to get off. It makes sense."

Zhao You said: "It is also possible that she has discussed with others. At this time, there will definitely be a taxi coming. When she sees the car, she walks towards it."

Zhao You also said: "By the way, look up this brand, Hong Kong's custom-made suit brand, which makes women's clothing, I'm not sure if it still has men's clothing, it's called Splendid Suit, Jinxiu Future's Jinxiu, if possible , it’s best to get a list of customers and check around 98 to see if there was a customer named Xu Xiufen.”

"how to write?"

"Look up all the homonyms."

Xiao Man agreed, and he looked at Zhao You: "The body was found in the cave, right?"

"The year of Hangfeng has passed. The body will be shipped back for an autopsy. The local forensic doctor preliminarily judged that he died for two days, which is what happened on the 12th."

"The cave is wet, it's best to extract the microorganisms in the cave."

Zhao You said: "There are many piers in Yancheng."

The two wanted to go together, Xiaoman said: "I also think the possibility of a waterway is very high." He asked Zhao You: "Does Zhou Sichang know that Yan Mingming's body has been found?" Zhao You, Zhao You understood what he meant, and said, "Indeed, I also think that he wanted me to find someone at first. When he saw me, he thought Yan Mingming was not dead."

Xiaoman said: "It may not be Yan Mingming who took the taxi. She seems to have made a lot of noise in the restaurant. I think it's a bit suspicious."

Zhao You said: "I thought that Yan Mingming might not have left the training class. The training class was on an island, and her mobile phone would be confiscated and there would be no signal. But now her body was found in Yu County..."

Xiao Man pondered for a moment, and said: "I've been thinking about a possibility before. Zhou Sichang and Yan Mingming planned to escape with 'death' and use you to attract the attention of the police or someone else."

Zhao You went on to say: "There is another possibility. He and Yan Mingming planned to escape by 'death', but the two agreed to communicate regularly to ensure the smooth progress of the plan and the safety of Yan Mingming. This method of contact may He can do it in the detention center, maybe not, but suddenly he can’t find Yan Mingming, he can’t contact anyone, he needs my help to attract other people’s attention, or he needs me to help him find someone.”

Xiaoman smiled: "You mentioned at least six possibilities here, right?"

Zhao You stroked his hair and said, "I went to see him at the detention center just now."

Xiao Man said, "What's his reaction?"

"Yan Mingming's death was a surprise to him."

Xiaoman sat on the ground, touched his trouser legs, and said, "What makes Yan Mingming feel that he can no longer stay in Yancheng, or even in this world, and must die to disappear?"

He lowered his voice and touched the thread on his trousers: "Could it be that her death was actually an accident? There are many bandits in the mountains of Yu County, but her hometown is there, so she doesn't know the danger there, right?" ?”

Xiaoman took a breath, sneezed, shook her head and continued: "The caves in Yu County are dangerous, but other places are more dangerous to her than there... She thought, she haunted there since she was a child, she thought, then The place is so hidden, she may have often played there when she was a child, and she knew some very hidden hiding places, so she wanted to find that hidden hiding place and hide. When is she going to hide? Zhou Sichang will find it Her? Hiding until she felt she was safe, but..."

The sunlight came in from the window in the attic, but it didn't reach Xiaoman. He was sitting in the dusty shadow, what exactly was Yan Mingming hiding from?

Her greedy relatives?Then she doesn't have to go back to her hometown...

Business competitor?She has been in the mall for so many years, and the troublesome things she has dealt with, there must be more than one or two troublesome people, and she is also someone who has seen big storms. She has passed through more than 20 years safely. This time, what kind of competitor can do it? Made her feel her life was threatened?

Zhao You suddenly patted the back of Xiaoman's hand, and at some point he sat opposite Xiaoman, his eyes met, Zhao You's eyes were sincere, and he said, "I miss you very much."

Xiao Man wiped his face, there was no ventilation in the attic, it was really hot, he was sweating all over.He looked at Zhao You and asked him, "Are you tanned?"

Zhao You grabbed his fingers loosely, but didn't answer.Xiaoman said: "Otherwise, let's go and go back to Qingshi..."

In the final analysis, what does this case have to do with Zhao You?Zhou Sichang was just one of the many teachers who taught Zhao You when he was in college. They never saw Zhao You after graduation. Besides, it was not Zhao You who was suspected of murder. He checked everything and found nothing.Yancheng is too hot, and the sun is too poisonous. If you take a few steps outside, you will be peeled off by the sun. You don’t eat well. You sleep and your mobile phone is also monitored. There is no freedom in life. Word.Zhao Youda can leave Yancheng on the grounds that he still has his job.

Xiao Man said: "Zhou Sichang may just want to use you to attract some attention, you don't need to stay here and take care of this."

Zhao You rubbed his fingers, nodded and said, "Then let's go, let's go now, they didn't pay me a salary, I even asked for leave, and I will be scolded by Teacher Bian when I go back."

He agreed without hesitation, with good reasons, and his eyes were still so sincere, not as if he was perfunctory or joking.But Xiaoman hesitated, is this really okay?Zhou Sichang must have his reasons for looking for Zhao Youlai. The case of Yan Mingming may be very important, and it may require an outsider to find out.Although Zhao You is not a policeman in Yancheng, although he has transferred to a civilian job, he is still a policeman, and a policeman has the responsibility of a policeman. Is it appropriate for him to just let go and walk away?Would it be too irresponsible?

Xiaoman lowered her head and said, "I don't know, I just... don't know what happened, and I feel panicked."

Zhao You said, "It's not because you mentioned me that I want to leave." He said, "I'm also thinking, I don't really need to stay here. This case seems interesting, but it's not particularly interesting."

Xiao Man couldn't help laughing, raised his head to look at Zhao You, and shook his head.Zhao You said: "I know that someone died. This is a big matter, involving many people and many things." He touched Xiaoman's wrist: "But she is dead, and the truth will not comfort her." her soul."

Xiaoman raised his eyebrows: "You don't believe that there will be a spirit in heaven after death, do you?"

Zhao You scratched his cheeks and looked around: "Well..." His eyes returned to Xiaoman: "I believe that I think about it every day and dream at night. Do you know that I dreamed that we met in this attic when I slept last night?" , you hugged me without saying a word, I'm so touched."

Xiao Man propped his forehead and laughed, ignored Zhao You, got up and asked him, "What do you want me to move?"

Zhao You didn't make a sound, Xiaoman looked at him, he was still sitting, and was still looking at him eagerly.Xiao Man lost his mind, bent down a little, and hugged him with open arms.Zhao You embraced him, and whispered in his ear: "It's fine if you worry about me a little bit. I'm very happy that you worry about me, but don't worry too much, Xiao Man, you should eat well and sleep well. I'll be fine, we'll be back in Qingshi soon."

Xiao Man rubbed his hair, and asked angrily: "Don't say such nonsense, do you know what happens to people who say such things in TV and movies?"

Zhao You leaned against his neck and smiled: "That's because none of them are the protagonists!"