Xingnian Tea House

"Sister-in-law, I heard that all the houses in your yard are rented out?"

The woman was a little nervous, rubbed her hands subconsciously, and said: "A few years ago, the head of the family died, and I was the only one left to support the family. There are old and young, there are so many mouths waiting, I always have to do something to make a living." , refurbished the yard and rented it out. With the subsidy of this money, the whole family can have a meal."

Qiao Xingnian stretched out his hand towards Lin Nanyue, and Lin Nanyue immediately took out a photo from his notebook and handed it to him.

Qiao Xingnian took the photo, handed it to the woman, and said, "Sister-in-law, do you know this person?"

The woman looked at the photo carefully, thought for a while and said, "This man looks familiar, he seems to have rented a house in my house."

"Do you remember his name?"

The woman shook her head and said, "I forgot what it was called. It was several years ago that he rented a house, but I remember that he should be a student of Hu University."

"Then which room was he renting?"

The woman pointed her finger and said, "It's the one inside the west wall."

Lin Nanyue and Qiao Xingnian looked in the direction the woman pointed. The door of the room was locked, and an electric car was leaning against the north wall.

Qiao Xingnian then asked: "Then do you remember when he checked out?"

The woman thought for a while and said, "He should have rented it for only one year. I still have a rental contract here. Wait a minute, I'll look for it."

Qiao Xingnian's eyes lit up, and he said hastily, "Then I'll trouble you, sister-in-law."

The woman smiled and said, "It should be, you are welcome, comrade."

The woman got up and went to the back room. When she came out, she held a cardboard box in her arms. She put the cardboard box on the ground and opened it to reveal the rental contract inside, as well as a copy of the renter's ID card, which were neatly stacked in the cardboard box.

"I don't have much education. Except for the few acres of land, my family relies on this business to make a living, so I am very careful. I keep every rental contract and certificate every year, just in case something happens."

While searching, the woman said, "He has been renting a house for seven or eight years. This year is 2022, and eight years ago was 8, 2014..."

Qiao Xingnian and Lin Nanyue just watched from the sidelines, and had no intention of helping. After all, he didn't know where these things were placed, and they would only help more and more.

The woman rummaged through and finally found the 14-year contract, and then compared the photos to find Feng Yu's rental contract from that year.

"I found it." The woman handed the contract to Qiao Xingnian and said, "Comrade, check to see if it's him."

Qiao Xingnian took the contract and looked at it. Although the person in the photo didn't wear glasses, he could still tell it was Feng Yu at a glance, and said, "It's him."

Lin Nanyue took over the contract from Qiao Xingnian, which was a very common rental contract, and said, "Did he act strangely during the rental period?"

"Strange behavior?" The woman frowned in confusion.

Seeing this, Qiao Xingnian said aloud, "Did he repair the house himself during the renting period?"

"Yes." The woman nodded, smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "Actually, my memory is not very good. The reason why I still remember him after so long is because of this incident."

Qiao Xingnian and Lin Nanyue looked at each other, and said, "Sister-in-law, tell me in detail."

"When I came back from the field that morning, I heard a sound of "bang bang bang" in the yard. I followed the sound to see what was going on, and I saw this..."

The woman looked at the name on the contract, and then said: "Feng Yu, he was smashing the concrete floor with a sledgehammer. I was anxious at that time and asked him what he wanted to do. He said that the concrete floor was too unsightly. He bought it." Tiles, you have to lay the tiles yourself."

Seeing the woman stop, Qiao Xingnian asked, "What happened next?"

"I saw that he had bought all the tiles, so he didn't stop him. If he wanted to help, he wouldn't let him. Then he was busy in and out, and it took two days to finish it."

"Are there still tiles in that room now?"

The woman nodded and said, "It's sticking. The quality of the tiles is pretty good. After all these years, it's still the same as before."

"Who lives in that room now?"

"No one lives there." The woman sighed, and said, "In the past few years, many communities have been developed around here, and the environment is much better than here. Those college students rent houses over there, and my business here will be weak. In addition, some people always reported that there would be a bad smell in that room when it was rainy, and then it was vacant. Fortunately, the eldest daughter is now grown up and can work and earn money. It's been harder."

"Sister-in-law, please open the door, we have to go in and have a look."

The woman was a little strange, but she didn't ask any more questions. She got up to get the key, and then brought the two of them to the door.

As soon as he opened the door, Qiao Xingnian saw a faint wave of resentment rising from the ground.

Lin Nanyue walked in and looked at the room carefully. The layout inside was very simple, a bed, a cabinet, a table, and a chair. Although simple, these things already filled the small room.

Lin Nanyue saw Qiao Xingnian standing at the door and did not come in, so he asked aloud, "What did you find?"

"Team Lin, if you trust me, call for help."

Lin Nanyue nodded, and called the team without saying a word.

The woman was present, so she naturally heard what Lin Nanyue called, and said with some panic, "Comrade police, what do you mean?"

Qiao Xingnian said truthfully: "Sister-in-law, this Feng Yu is a murderer, and he has been captured now. We suspect that he also killed someone while renting a house here, and buried his body in the ground of this room."

"Murder?" The woman's expression became even more alarmed, and she said, "Is this impossible, comrade policeman, are you making a mistake? If people know that a dead person is buried under my house, who would dare to rent my house?" A house? My family is old and young, but I still live on the rent.”

"Sister-in-law, it's about human life, we must act in accordance with the law."

"Can……"

The woman is an honest person, and she panicked when she encountered such a thing, her eyes were red with anxiety, and she murmured: "How good this is..."

Half an hour later, people from the criminal investigation team arrived, together with the forensic medicine department and the technical investigation department.And Qiao Xingnian had already recovered his soul state before they came.

The commotion was so loud that many people in the village came to watch the excitement. The police who came to help quickly pulled up the cordon to prevent the crowd from destroying the scene.

Lin Nanyue pointed to the room and said, "The body should be buried under the floor tiles. First break the floor tiles and then dig slowly."

Yang Lin and the others responded, first moved all the things out of the room, then found tools and started smashing the floor tiles.

Tang Ran walked up to Lin Nanyue, pulled him aside, and said, "Are you sure there is a dead body here? You don't have a search warrant. If there's nothing here, how can you explain to Bureau Zhang?"

"Feng Yu pretended to be Liu Zhaoqian for so many years and was not found out because Liu Zhaoqian was killed by him very early, and this is the best place to bury his body."

Lin Nanyue looked at the woman at the door of the main room, and said, "During the renting period, Feng Yu offered to paste the concrete floor with tiles, and even smashed the previous floor. Doesn't this behavior explain anything?"

Tang Ran was speechless for a while, and then said, "Then you have to apply for a search warrant before coming here."

"Now that something happened to Feng Yu, and he is still in a coma. I suspect that someone wants to kill someone to silence him. If I don't get ahead of that person, I'm afraid the current evidence will be destroyed." This is what Lin Nanyue is worried about now. .

Tang Ran sighed and said, "I hope your guess is right, otherwise you will suffer."

Yang Lin and the others took turns smashing the floor with a sledgehammer. After more than an hour of tossing, they finally cleaned up all the floor tiles in the room.

Then he took the shovel and began to dig the ground. After digging for more than half an hour, Lei Ming felt something was wrong when he dug with the shovel.

"Wait, I seem to have dug it."

Lei Ming threw away the shovel in his hand, and slowly dug the floating soil aside with a small shovel.

Seeing this, everyone squatted down to help, and soon a white plastic sheet appeared in front of them.

Lei Ming hurriedly raised his voice and shouted: "Captain, Tang Ke, we have dug it!"

Lin Nanyue glanced at Qiao Xingnian's direction, unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, and walked into the room.Tang Ran followed closely behind.

Everyone dug out the entire plastic sheet, and the Forensic Medicine Department and the Technical Investigation Department quickly took over and carefully opened the plastic sheet, revealing the corpse with only bones left.

Tang Ran raised his head to look at Lin Nanyue, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, then lowered his head, carefully examined the corpse and collected evidence.

The woman came over when she heard the voice, and saw the bones inside through the window, her expression changed immediately, and she said in panic, "Sin! This one who kills a thousand swords kills a man, and if he hurts others, it's really bad." Damn it!"

Qiao Xingnian looked at the woman. He could understand her current mood. After all, once this matter got out, it would definitely affect her renting a house again.

Although rent is no longer the main source of income for their family, if it is lost, life will become difficult.

Qiao Xingnian sighed, thinking about Liu Zhaoqian on the hospital bed, that is, Feng Yu, he not only stole Liu Zhaoqian's identity, but also trapped his soul in the jar, used him to kill people, and cut off his chance of reincarnation. The most important thing is to achieve the goal by any means!Feng Yu deserved what he did today.

After the on-site investigation was completed, the body was transported back to the criminal investigation team. Lin Nanyue did not return to the team, but sent Qiao Xingnian back to the tea house first.

Qiao Xingnian turned into a real body in the car, opened the door and got out of the car, and Lin Nanyue followed.

Qiao Xingnian was a little surprised, and said, "Is there something else for Team Lin?"

"I heard that you have a lot of good tea here, I want to buy some back."

Qiao Xingnian was startled, and then remembered the thugs who were arrested that day. Lin Nanyue must have heard about it from them.

"I do have quite a lot of good tea here. Does Team Lin want to keep it for himself, or give it away?"

Lin Nanyue thought for a while and said, "My parents like to drink tea, and I plan to buy some for them, which can be considered a bit of filial piety."

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "Team Lin follow me into the store."

Lin Nanyue nodded and followed Qiao Xingnian into the tea house.

There happened to be a few customers in the shop, and Hu Jing was making tea, when she saw him coming in, she quickly greeted him and said, "The boss is here."

Qiao Xingnian nodded, brought Lin Nanyue to the counter, and said, "Captain Lin, what kind of tea do uncles and aunts like to drink?"

Without even thinking about it, Lin Nanyue said, "Don't you have a lot of Ming Dynasty uniforms here, just give me some."

"It turns out that Team Lin has a clear goal."

Qiao Xingnian turned around and took a red-brown jar from the display cabinet at the back. The jar was very special, with intricate patterns engraved on the surface, and the small button on the lid was in the shape of a snake's head.He lifted the lid, picked up some tea leaves with tweezers, put them in a white tea bowl, and said, "Team Lin, take a look at the fineness of the tea leaves."

"I don't know much about tea. If you say it's good, it must be good."

Qiao Xingnian was stunned, and then said, "It's okay if you don't understand, I'll brew a pot for you and taste it, and you can tell whether it's good or not."

"The team is still busy. I'm afraid I don't have time today. When the case is over, I'll come over and have a drink. You can pack ten catties for me, and I'll send someone to come and get it later."

"Ten catties?" Qiao Xingnian looked at Lin Nanyue in surprise, and said, "Captain Lin, do you know how long ten catties of tea can last?"

"My dad has a lot of tea friends. He must like such good tea. Ten catties is not enough for him to give as a gift. I wanted to buy more, but I was afraid that you would not have enough stock."

"The Lin team didn't hear that I had [-] catties in stock, so they helped me deal with the stock, right?"

Lin Nanyue's eyes flickered, he looked at his watch in a concealed manner, and said, "I have to hurry back to the team, I'll transfer the money to you later, you wrap the tea, and someone will come and get it."

"Team Lin..."

"It's too late, I'm leaving first."

Lin Nanyue didn't give Qiao Xingnian a chance to speak, so he turned around and left the tea house.

Qiao Xingnian looked at his fleeing back, couldn't help laughing and crying, and whispered, "This man is really..."

Hu Jing came over and said, "Boss, was that your friend just now?"

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "Yes. Is Duyun Maojian sold today?"

"Sister Lin Lan came to take two catties earlier, saying it was a gift."

Just as Qiao Xingnian was about to speak, the mobile phone in his pocket vibrated. He took out the mobile phone and saw that it was a transfer message, which was 1 yuan.

Qiao Xingnian smiled helplessly, and said, "Go and pack ten catties of hair evenly before tomorrow. One package per catty, we want the best."

"Okay." Hu Jing responded quickly, turned around and went upstairs to the warehouse.

The individual customer sitting in front of the window suddenly got up and walked over, saying, "Can I have a look at the Mingqian Duyun Maojian in your store?"

Qiao Xingnian sized him up. The other party was an old man with gray hair, dressed in a Chinese-style waiter dressed in cotton and linen, with a kind smile on his mouth.

"of course can."

Qiao Xingnian pushed the tea leaves he took out just now in front of the old man, and said, "Please, old man."

The old man picked up the tea bowl and carefully looked at the tea leaves inside, saying: "Every tea is of the highest quality, it really is the authentic Mingqian Duyun Maojian."

"The tea in this store is genuine, the old man can buy it with confidence." Qiao Xingnian said this with confidence.

"Boss, can you make a pot yourself and let me taste it."

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "Of course. But wait a minute, old man, I'm going to wash my hands and change my clothes."

"Okay, I'll wait for the boss."

Seeing that the old man was a knowledgeable person, Qiao Xingnian couldn't help but pay attention to it. He put away the tea leaves, turned around and went upstairs.Today's suit was green chrysanthemum. Qiao Xingnian was smart and elegant after putting it on. After cleaning his hands carefully, he turned and went downstairs.

"Sir, please sit down."

Qiao Xingnian took out the tea leaves again, and brewed the tea with a solemn expression, his movements were graceful, smooth and flowing, and the fragrance of the tea was overflowing.The tea was [-]% full, Qiao Xingnian pushed the teacup in front of the old man and said, "Please."

Picking up the teacup, the old man first looked at the color of the tea, then smelled the aroma of the tea, and then took a shallow sip. The aroma of the tea in his mouth filled his mouth, and he couldn't help but feel refreshed.

The old man couldn't help but took another sip, looked at Qiao Xingnian with more loving eyes, and said: "The boss is worthy of being the boss, the tea brewed can even stimulate the aroma of the tea, which makes people have endless aftertaste!"

"Thank you for your compliment, old man." Qiao Xingnian is very useful to be praised by experts.

The old man smiled and said, "How do you sell this tea?"

"1200 yuan a catty."

"For tea of ​​this quality, 1200 is considered a conscientious price. Please boss give me ten catties."

"Ten catties?" Qiao Xingnian asked with a strange expression, "Are you sure?"

"Sure." The old man nodded and said, "There is only so much tea in stock for such a good tea a year. Of course, you have to buy more. Whether you drink it yourself or give it away, it's not too much."

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "Old man, drink tea first, and I'll pack it for you later."

The old man took out a dozen cash from his bag and said, "This is 1 yuan, and I will transfer the remaining [-] yuan to you."

Qiao Xingnian looked at the cash on the table. Nowadays, people seldom bring cash, and they basically pay by mobile phone. What's more, they bring so much cash at once, which makes him a little strange.

"Aside from buying tea, does the old man do anything else?"

The old man seemed a little surprised that Qiao Xingnian would ask such a question, and said, "Why did the boss say that?"

Qiao Xingnian looked at the tea the old man drank before, and said, "You must have been here for a long time, but the tea you drank was not Maojian, but Longjing tea, and as soon as I came, you came over to strike up a conversation, and you prepared so many teas at once. The cash should be waiting for me specially."

The old man looked at Qiao Xingnian appreciatively, and said, "It's not easy to have such insight at such a young age!"

Qiao Xingnian smiled faintly, and said, "If you have something to say, old man, you might as well speak up."

"My surname is Yan, and I also own a tea house, which is in the west of the city."

"Are you Yan Feng's grandfather?" Qiao Xingnian understood the old man's intention as soon as he heard it.

Yan Huai nodded and said, "I'm here today to apologize. Although I don't know what Yan Feng did, as his parent, I have an unshirkable responsibility."

"There is no need to apologize, I believe the law will give me a fair explanation."

Qiao Xingnian's meaning is very simple, everything should be done according to the law.

Yan Huai naturally understood Qiao Xingnian's meaning, smiled and said: "I didn't mean to beg for mercy, I just came to apologize. Yan Feng was spoiled since he was a child, and I knew that something would happen to him sooner or later, so being caught this time is also a gift to him." A lesson."

Qiao Xingnian didn't speak, but refilled his cup of tea.

Hu Jing came down from upstairs, carrying a few gift boxes, put them behind the counter, and said, "Boss, it's all ready."

"This old gentleman also wants ten catties to even out the tip of his hair before tomorrow, so you can go and pack it."

Hu Jing looked at Yan Huai and said, "Okay, I'll go right away."

Yan Huai took a sip from the teacup and said, "Don't worry, Boss Qiao, no one from the Yan family will trouble you again."

"Mr., although I am young, I am not a person who is afraid of trouble. But businessmen, all want to value peace. Since the old man said so, then I also make a statement. If I am not attacked, I will not be offended; If someone offends me, I will offend him."

Yan Huai admired Qiao Xingnian more and more, and said, "If it wasn't for that kid Yan Feng, maybe we would become friends who forget the year."

"The old gentleman is showing love."

"Boss Joe, there is something I want to ask."

"Please tell me, sir."

"Before Yan Feng was arrested, he was in a daze. He always said he saw a ghost. He also said that Boss Qiao had said before that he would have a bloody disaster. I don't know what happened?" Yan Huai stared at Qiao Xingnian.

"If the old man saw Yan Feng's appearance at that time, he should understand why I said that. Anyone who has a bad temper will be killed on the spot. As for the hell..." Qiao Xingnian poured a glass with a calm expression Tea for myself, said: "As the saying goes, "Don't do anything wrong, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking at the door." Yan Feng sees a ghost, it's nothing more than a ghost in his heart, the old man should ask him, not me. "

Yan Huai was speechless, wanted to drink tea, but found that the teacup was empty.

"What Boss Qiao said is that if you do something wrong, you have to bear the consequences. This is understandable, but he is not guilty of death. Does Boss Qiao think what I said is right?"

"What the old man said is that because of Yan Feng's grievances with me, he is indeed not guilty of death. I believe the law will give him a fair sentence." Qiao Xingnian said everything.

Yan Huai looked at Qiao Xingnian, he didn't expect this young man to be so impeccable when facing him, which shows that he is really not simple.

With the breeze blowing, Qiao Xingnian looked up at the door, and a man in a suit came in, came to the counter, looked at Qiao Xingnian and Yan Huai, and said, "Which of you is the boss?"

Qiao Xingnian replied, "I am."

"Hello, my name is Zhang Yan. Mr. Lin asked me to pick up the goods. He bought ten catties of Duyun Maojian from your store."

"Mr. Zhang, wait a moment, I will confirm with Mr. Lin."

Zhang Yan nodded and said, "It should."

Qiao Xingnian called Lin Nanyue, checked the name of the person who took the goods, and then handed over the wrapped tea leaves.

And at this moment, Hu Jing went downstairs with the wrapped tea leaves again.

Qiao Xingnian asked Hu Jing to put the wrapped tea leaves beside Yan Huai, and said, "Mr., the tea leaves you want have been wrapped. If necessary, you can take a pack and check it."

"No, I can trust Boss Joe."

Yan Huai took out his mobile phone to transfer the money to Qiao Xingnian, then bent down to pick up the tea.

Qiao Xingnian walked out of the counter and came to help him, saying, "I'll take the old man out."

Yan Huai didn't refuse either, allowing Qiao Xingnian to follow him out of the tea house.In front of a black business car, a young man got out of the car, took the things in Yan Huai's hand, and opened the trunk.

Seeing this, Qiao Xingnian put the gift box in and said, "Thank you for your patronage, old man."

Yan Huai pondered for a while, and said: "Boss Qiao, people of my age have to believe in many things, especially the awe of ghosts and gods. Yan Feng is not up to date, but I don't want him to die in an unclear way. "

"Since the old man is in awe of ghosts and gods, he should know that ghosts will not haunt a person for nothing. You should find a chance to ask Yan Feng if he has killed someone. If he tells the truth, he may still get a fair trial."

Qiao Xingnian was implying Yan Huai that Yan Feng was not just playing tricks as he knew.

"Thank you, Boss Qiao, for your guidance." Yan Huai asked tentatively: "The power of ghosts and gods cannot be understood by ordinary people. I am afraid that Yan Feng will die before he has time to tell the truth."

How could Qiao Xingnian fail to understand Yan Huai's meaning, and said, "If he really killed people, only one would die in the end, why should the old man bother with this?"

"Boss Joe is right. It is only right and proper to kill people with their lives. If he really killed someone, he should pay for his life. But he is my grandson after all. I don't want him to die so dishonorably. If Boss Joe has a way to help him , then Boss Qiao will be the guest of my Yan family from now on, and I, Yan Huai, will keep my word."

Qiao Xingnian looked at Yan Huai. Although the old man had gray temples, his back was straight and his brows were kind and friendly. He looked like a kind and decent person.It's just that Qiao Xingnian was a little puzzled, how could such a person have a grandson like Yan Feng.

"Old man, I have a spell here, which can keep him safe for three days. If he truthfully confesses the mistakes he made before, the old man can come to me again."

"Thank you, Boss Joe!"

"Old man, don't be in a hurry to thank me. My talisman is not free, 1 yuan a piece."

"Okay." Without further ado, Yan Huai took out another wad of money from his bag and said, "This is 1 yuan. Boss Qiao can count it."

"No need." Qiao Xingnian took the money and said, "Old man, wait a moment, I'll come as soon as I go."

Qiao Xingnian returned to the tea house with the money, went to the dressing room upstairs, drew a ghost-exorcism amulet, took it and went downstairs.He handed the folded talisman to Yan Huai and said, "This talisman is only valid for three days."

"Thank you, Boss Qiao." Yan Huai took the charm carefully and said, "It's not too late, I won't bother Boss Qiao, goodbye."

"Go slowly, old man."

After seeing off Yan Huai, Qiao Xingnian went back to the tea house, looked up at the clock on the wall, and said, "It's two o'clock, go buy something to eat."

"Okay, what does the boss want to eat?"

Qiao Xingnian usually comes to take over as normal, and the two of them have never had dinner together, so Hu Jing can't help but look forward to it.

"Spicy crayfish covered with noodles, order what you want, today I will treat you."

"Okay, thank you boss."

Hu Jing went out with her mobile phone, and the individual customers in the store got up and left one after another.

After Qiao Xingnian walked to the counter, he carefully cleaned the tea set he had just used, wiped it dry and put it back in place.There were no guests around, and there was nothing to do, so Qiao Xingnian took out the "Book of Changes" and read it.

More than ten minutes later, Hu Jing came back from buying food, put the food on the table by the window, set it up, went to the counter, and said, "Boss, the food is here."

Qiao Xingnian put down his book, got up and went upstairs to wash his hands, and when he came down, he found that Hu Jing was nowhere to be seen downstairs.