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The newcomer only showed his eyes.

However, his temples are graying, which shows that he is not young.

Sun Wenju had barely finished asking a question when a flash of white light appeared, and a knife had already pierced his chest.

"Ah... what are you doing!"

He was so frightened that he turned around and ran away.

The room is cramped, where can I run to?

Just as he jumped onto the bed, the person caught up with him, stabbed him in the leg, and then collapsed onto the bed.

The man lunged at him, pinned him down, and started stabbing him.

While poking him, he spoke in a low voice:

"Brother, don't blame me. I have no grudge against you. I was forced into this situation!"

Sun Wenju was so frightened that his legs went weak and his feet ached, and he couldn't even shout.

He was stabbed more than a dozen times by this person.

Finally, he collapsed and lay motionless in a pool of blood.

The person wiped the knife handle with gloves and then threw the knife on the ground.

He found the small tape recorder under the bed and then turned to leave.

……

Lu Yao took out three hundred yuan.

Get in the car and leave.

Send money to Yuan Tianshu.

Yuan Tianshu was repairing shoes at a shoe repair stall in front of the state-run No. 3 Restaurant at the corner of this street.

The two came together, but Yuan Tianchu did not show up.

The shoes were repaired by then, and Lu Yao's car arrived.

Yuan Tianshu took the money and smiled:

"Xiao Lu, I was right about you. You're really efficient."

Lu Yao smiled and said, "It was nothing. Grandpa, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

"Don't go yet. I ordered two dishes at the state-run No. 3 restaurant. Have a bite with me before you leave."

Lu Yao was indeed hungry.

Without refusing, he went into the restaurant with Yuan Tianshu.

Once the food and drinks were served, the two of them began to eat.

Yuan Tianshu likes to talk about the war years and stories of anti-Japanese heroes.

Lu Yao and he got along very well.

Just then, a police car drove by with its siren blaring.

Neither of them paid any attention and continued drinking.

I overheard the conversation of the guests who came in from outside. They said there had been a murder on the other side of the street, someone had called the police, and the police had cordoned off the scene.

Just then, a waiter from the restaurant came over.

He handed Yuan Tianshu a small cloth bag:

"Old man, someone asked me to give this to you."

Yuan Tianchu was taken aback:

"Who is it?"

"He's gone. He was a man."

Yuan Tianshu opened it and took a look.

Inside was a cassette tape.

Radios weren't common back then, and ordinary people had no access to tape recorders.

Most people don't even recognize cassette tapes.

Lu Yao certainly knew him.

One can't help but ask, "Who would bring you a cassette tape?"

"have no idea."

Yuan Tianshu opened the envelope inside and took out a slip of paper with writing on it.

They watched it together.

Go back and listen to this tape; it's extremely important.

Yuan Tianchu looked up at Lu Yao, and Lu Yao looked back at him:

"I don't have a tape recorder."

"I have it, come to my house."

"it is good."

Lu Yao was also puzzled; who would send a cassette tape?

What's here?

After a quick meal with Yuan Tianshu, we went out, got into the car, and went back to Yuan Tianshu's residence.

As the car passed Sun Wenju's house, a police car was parked in front of the door.

Police officers who arrived on bicycles have already sealed off the small courtyard.

As Lu Yao's car passed by, someone carried out a stretcher. The person on the stretcher was covered with a white sheet, so it looked like a corpse.

Yuan Tianchu couldn't help but look at Lu Yao:

"You...killed Sun Wenju?"

"No. I just hit him a few times."

Both of them were full of doubts.

Lu Yao recognized one of the policemen; it was Liu Yongcai.

He even attended the wedding banquet.

So I stopped the car, rolled down the window, and called out.

Upon seeing that it was Lu Yao, Liu Yongcai jogged over:

"The groom isn't home, so why is he in the city again?"

Now that Liu Yongcai and Lu Yao are familiar with each other, they don't need to be so polite anymore.

When Lu Yao asked him, he said that someone had called the police saying that a murder had occurred here.

The police responded to the call.

The owner of this courtyard was murdered; he was stabbed more than a dozen times.

At that moment, a gust of wind blew by, the white sheet slipped down, and the corpse inside was revealed.

Lu Yao's expression changed; it was none other than Sun Wenju, the very person he had just beaten.

Someone greeted Liu Yongcai, and Liu Yongcai said hello to Lu Yao and then went over.

Lu Yao also drove forward.

Yuan Tianshu comforted him:

"It's okay, as long as you didn't kill him, nothing will happen. Let's go back and listen to this tape first."

Lu Yao had no choice but to drive Yuan Tianshu home.

This compound is a residential area for retired cadres and their families.

Yuan Tianchu lived in a secluded courtyard.

Yuan Tianshu took out the key and opened the door.

The two walked inside, where there was an envelope on the ground.

It looks like it was slipped in through the crack in the door.

Yuan Tianshu picked it up and threw it on the table, then went to the bedside table and took out a small tape recorder.

Lu Yao recognized it as an imported miniature recorder.

Domestically produced Philips EL3302 from the Netherlands.

It is only a dozen centimeters long and 4 centimeters thick.

At that time, domestically produced cassette recorders had not yet been invented.

Yuan Tianshu inserted the tape.

Press the play button.

The sounds from inside came through clearly.

"Who are you, and what do you want?"

This is Sun Wenju's voice.

Lu Yao's voice then rang out:

"I am Yuan Tianshu's friend. My name is Lu Yao."

What are you doing here?

"I'm here on behalf of Chairman Yuan to collect his debt of three hundred dollars, right?"

"Damn it, I took three hundred yuan from Chairman Yuan, what's it to you? Get out!"

"Don't try to cheat me, or you'll regret it. I owe someone a favor, so I'm determined to get his money back today. You'd better not try anything funny."

"Are you trying to scare me? Get out of here right now, or I won't be so polite!"

Then came the sound of a slap.

"Are you fucking refusing to listen to reason? Give me the money right now, or I won't be polite!"

"Hey, you dare hit me?"

All that was left were the sounds of fighting.

Later, he defeated Sun Wenju, who then gave money to Lu Yao.

After a while, the sounds of fighting suddenly resumed.

The fighting stopped, and the recording abruptly ended.

Yuan Tianchu couldn't help but look up at Lu Yao:

"Who... could have recorded this? This is bad news for both of us!"

Lu Yao also looked surprised:

"There's no one else around, unless this kid recorded it himself... Then, the person who delivered the tape to us might be the one who killed him; this is a frame-up!"

Seeing that Lu Yao was a little agitated, Yuan Tianshu quickly comforted him:

"Don't worry, by the way, take another look at this letter. There's no stamp and no writing. What could it be?"

Yuan Tianshu picked it up, opened it, and spread it on the table to read with Lu Yao.

[Yuan Tianshu, Lu Yao, after listening to the tape, you know what to do, right? Do me a favor, and this copy of the tape will disappear forever; otherwise, it'll end up on the police station's desk.]

These two short sentences are as chilling as a poisoned dagger.

Yuan Tianshu and Lu Yao looked at each other in bewilderment.

Lu Yao asked in alarm:

"Who could this be?"

Yuan Tianchu saw unease in Lu Yao's eyes and couldn't help but feel secretly pleased:

"I don't know either. But... this tape proves you hit Sun Wenju, and this evidence is very bad for you. Plus, you mentioned me in it, which also affects me. Xiao Lu, what do you think we should do?"

Lu Yao sat down and lit a cigarette.

His hands were trembling slightly as he said to Yuan Tianchu:

"Sir, I just got married and don't want to cause trouble. We must find this person!"

Yuan Tianshu nodded:

"Yes, that's for sure. But it's easier said than done. This person is elusive and never shows up, so it's probably not that easy to figure him out."

Lu Yao took a deep drag on his cigarette:

"What should we do then?"

Yuan Tianchu also took a cigarette and lit it:

"Wait and see. He said he wants us to do something for him, so we'll see when he shows up again. If we can catch him, we will; if not... we'll see what he wants us to do."

"That's all we can do."

Lu Yao looked somewhat dejected and stood up, saying:

"Sir, I'll take my leave now. Also, we can't just agree to do anything illegal or disorderly."

"Of course!"

Lu Yao said goodbye and left.

His car drove away, and a shadowy figure emerged from the darkness.

They knocked on Yuan Tianshu's door.

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