Xingnian Tea House

At night, Qiao Xingnian was sorting out the inventory when he suddenly felt a chill. He looked up and saw Liu Meng standing not far from him.

"I'm back, how's it going, did you find anything?"

Liu Meng looked at Qiao Xingnian with scarlet eyes and said, "I found that basement."

Qiao Xingnian was taken aback, then stopped what he was doing, looked up, and said, "You found it? In Grandpa Yan Feng's villa?"

Liu Meng shook her head and said, "It's not the villa where Grandpa Yanfeng lives now, but the one next door."

"The one next door? Who lives in that villa?"

Lin Nanyue has investigated the real estate under Yan Feng's name, and except for an apartment in the urban area, there is no other real estate under his name.

Liu Meng replied, "No one lives there."

"No one lives there?" Qiao Xingnian frowned and guessed, "You mean Yan Feng dug a basement under an unoccupied villa for him to commit crimes?"

Liu Meng nodded, confirmed Qiao Xingnian's guess, and said, "You're right."

"Yan Feng was arrested and is now locked in the detention center. How did you find that basement?" Qiao Xingnian asked with doubts in his heart.

"last night……"

Liu Meng pondered for a while, and truthfully told Qiao Xingnian what happened last night.

Last night, Qiao Xingnian asked Liu Meng to go to Yan Huai's villa to check the situation. Liu Meng took a shuttle bus passing by the villa area, sat wobbly for nearly an hour, and finally arrived at the destination.

She got out of the car, went around according to the route in memory, and it took a long time to find the villa where Yan Huai lived.

She went straight through the door, searched up and down the villa, but couldn't find the basement where she used to stay.

At the same time, she also found that there was no one else in the villa except a nanny.

She couldn't find the basement, and she didn't have the shuttle bus. Now she's a ghost again, and she can't take a taxi. She can only go back by floating. At her current speed, if she floats back, it will take two hours anyway.

Although she is a ghost, she doesn't feel tired, but she is afraid of ghosts, if she encounters a ghost, then she can only be treated as a snack.

Just as she was hesitating, a car drove over and drove directly into the villa.It must be the Yan family who could directly enter the villa in the middle of the night, and she floated out directly through the glass door.

The car drove into the garage and turned off the ignition, then the door was opened, Yan Huai got out of the car, then opened the back seat door, and took out a box from inside.

The box is made of sandalwood, in the shape of a cuboid, with strange patterns engraved on it, about 80 centimeters in height.Seeing that Yan Huai was struggling, the things inside should be heavy.

Yan Huai went straight into the villa with the box in his arms, turned on the light in the living room, and carefully placed the box on the table.

He moved his arms, took off the lock on the box, opened the box, and revealed what was inside, which was a golden Buddha statue.

As soon as the golden Buddha statue came out, a golden light flashed and hit Liu Meng directly. The pain came, and she couldn't help but screamed and escaped from the villa.

Seeing Liu Meng stop, Qiao Xingnian said aloud: "Two days ago, Team Lin said that Yan Huai went to Jiaocheng. I guess he went to Guang'en Temple to solve the problem of the spell. He succeeded. What you saw should be a Buddha statue consecrated by an eminent monk, which is usually used to guard houses, and ghosts and evil spirits can't get close to it."

"You mean that he invited this to prevent us from getting close to Yan Feng. Could it be that he still wants to send the Buddha statue to the detention center?"

"Let's not talk about this first. Since you escaped from the villa, how did you find the basement?"

"I escaped from the villa and wanted to find a place to stay for the night, so I walked aimlessly in the villa area, and then I heard footsteps behind me. I turned around and saw that it was Yan Feng's grandfather. He walked It was very fast, and I looked around from time to time, I felt strange and followed, and then I saw him open the door of another villa and walked in."

Qiao Xingnian frowned and said, "You mean he has the key to that villa?"

"Yes, I watched him open the door and enter the villa. I followed him all the way into the villa, and he went straight to the back of the house. There should be a glass greenhouse. He opened the door of the greenhouse and walked in. There is a cabinet for things inside. After you move it, it's the door to the basement."

"What is he doing there in the middle of the night?"

"He wanted to fill that basement, and it's pretty much done."

"You mean he wants the basement to disappear and everything to go back to normal?"

Liu Meng nodded and said, "Yes."

Qiao Xingnian pondered for a while, then said with a wry smile: "It seems that Yan Huai is aware of Yan Feng's actions, but I was mistaken."

"They destroyed the basement, and we have no evidence. What about Yan Feng?"

Seeing the grievances in Liu Meng's body surging, Qiao Xingnian comforted him: "Don't worry, he can't escape, we have basically locked down your murderer."

Liu Meng was startled, and said with some surprise: "The murderer has been locked, who is it?"

"Hu Jiaxu, a surgeon from the Municipal Hospital."

"City hospital surgeon? Hu Jiaxu?" Liu Meng repeated Qiao Xingnian's words, and said, "I don't know him at all. Why did he kill us?"

Qiao Xingnian sighed and said, "Because you have something he likes in you."

Liu Meng looked down at the amputated feet, and murmured, "Aren't doctors supposed to save lives and heal the wounded? Why are there such demons?"

"Human nature has two sides, good and evil. The difference lies in who has the upper hand. It has nothing to do with occupation."

The two were talking, when Liu Man walked in, looked at Liu Meng, and said, "Mengmeng, where did you go last night?"

Liu Meng was suddenly called out by Qiao Xingnian, and she didn't come back until just now. Liu Man asked her where she was going, but she didn't say anything, just asked where Qiao Xingnian was.Liu Man couldn't help being curious and followed.

Seeing that Liu Meng didn't speak, Qiao Xingnian said, "I sent her to Yan Huai's villa last night."

"What are you going to Yan Huai's villa for?" Liu Man asked in a daze for a moment, then said, "The boss suspects what Yan Huai knows?"

Liu Meng looked at Liu Man with complicated eyes, and said, "Sister Man, I found the basement."

Liu Man was startled again, contacted them for a conversation, and said in disbelief, "You mean that the basement is under Yan Huai's villa?"

"Although it's not under his villa, Yan Huai knows about our affairs. He has almost filled up that basement."

After recovering for a while, Liu Man said angrily: "That old guy looks like a dog, but he actually allowed his grandson to do such a thing. He is a scumbag! Boss, we were mistaken."

"It's really wrong." Qiao Xingnian looked at the two of them and said, "Okay, don't think too much, Liu Man will go back to the front desk, and Liu Meng will stay and help me sort out the inventory. We still have a lot of work to do."

Liu Man glanced at Liu Meng and said, "Boss, why don't I stay and help you sort out the inventory and let Mengmeng go to the front desk?"

Lin Nanzhou was outside, and Liu Man wanted to give Liu Meng and Lin Nanzhou a chance to get along.

How could Qiao Xingnian not know what Liu Man meant, he turned to look at Liu Meng and said, "What do you mean?"

Complicated emotions flashed in Liu Meng's eyes, and finally he sighed and said: "When I was alive, I had no relationship with him. Now that I am dead, it is even more impossible. If we continue to entangle, it will be nothing to both of us." The benefit is just to increase the annoyance."

Qiao Xingnian looked at Liu Meng in surprise. When she first met her, she was still by Lin Nanzhou's side.

Unexpectedly, in just a few days, she actually let go, which had to surprise him.Could it be the effect of the Soul Rescue Bell again?

Qiao Xingnian touched the Soul Requiem bell around her neck, and smiled in relief. No matter what the reason was, it was a good thing for her that Liu Meng could let go of her obsession.

"It's good if you think so." Qiao Xingnian looked at Liu Man and said, "Go out, let Liu Meng help me here."

"Okay, then I'll go out first."

Qiao Xingnian recited the incantation silently, pinched his fingers, and tapped Liu Meng's eyebrows to make her into reality, and said, "Take a count of the number of Duyun's hair tips."

Liu Meng stretched out her hand and couldn't help touching her face. The cold touch came from her fingertips, and she actually touched it.Scarlet eyes lit up, and she said excitedly, "I...can I touch it?"

"It's only temporary, you are still a ghost, so if you put it down, let it go completely, and don't try to pick it up again."

Liu Meng was startled, looked at Qiao Xingnian, and said with a wry smile: "Boss, you are so smart! People say that people who are too smart are too cold, like a lukewarm rock."

Qiao Xingnian looked at her amusedly, and said, "Are you calling me cold-blooded?"

Liu Meng shook her head and said, "No. I'm just saying that it's hard to be emotional for a person like you, and you may miss a lot of things."

"I believe in destiny. Especially after I became a spirit crosser, I have seen too many idiots complaining about women, and too many separations and reunions.

If it is not the half of destiny, no matter how hard you try, it will be useless, and you will only hurt others and yourself in the end.If it is the destined person, even if you are separated by thousands of miles, you will meet each other eventually. "

"Destined?" Liu Meng lowered her eyes, with a wry smile on the corner of her mouth, and said, "I will never meet the destined person in this life. I hope we can meet him sooner in the next life."

"Yes." Qiao Xingnian changed the subject and said, "Okay, don't be lazy, take inventory quickly."

Liu Meng nodded, bent down and began to count the quantity.

Half an hour later, they finished checking and left the warehouse together. When they arrived at the entrance of the front hall, Liu Meng stopped in his tracks.

Qiao Xingnian looked back at her and said, "Since you've let go, don't be afraid to face it. Don't worry, you are no longer what you used to be. He won't recognize you as Liu Meng."

Liu Meng was relieved when he heard the words, and smiled gratefully at Qiao Xingnian, then took a deep breath, suppressed the tension in his heart, and walked out under Qiao Xingnian's encouraging eyes.

Seeing Liu Meng come out, Liu Man smiled and said, "Mengmeng, come quickly and try the tea I made."

The deception is only for ordinary people. In the eyes of ghosts, they are still the same.

Lin Nanzhou followed Liu Man's gaze and saw a girl walking out of the warehouse. He couldn't help being startled. He walked towards Qiao Xingnian and whispered, "Brother Xingnian, when did this girl enter the warehouse? Why didn't I see it?"

Qiao Xingnian looked at him and said, "Then I have to ask you, you didn't see such a big living person enter the warehouse, and if a thief came in, you wouldn't even know if they stole all the warehouse. "

Lin Nanzhou blushed in embarrassment, and said, "I will definitely pay attention next time, and I promise that such a thing will not happen again."

Qiao Xingnian patted his head, smiled and said, "Just kidding, when she came in, you were busy, so it's normal that you didn't see it."

"That doesn't work either. Just like what brother Xingnian said, what if you get into a thief? Brother Xingnian gave me a salary, so I have to be worthy of the salary."

Qiao Xingnian wanted to make a little joke with Lin Nanzhou, but he didn't expect the little guy to take it seriously, so he couldn't help laughing, and changed the subject: "This is Mengmeng, and she came to the tea house to help."

Lin Nanzhou smiled and said, "Mengmeng, my name is Lin Nanzhou, you can call me Nanzhou."

Seeing Lin Nanzhou's extremely complicated mood, Liu Meng took a deep breath and said, "Hello, Nanzhou."

"Okay, now that there is no one around, Liu Man will teach Mengmeng how to recognize tea."

Liu Man is worthy of being a top student. In just a few days, he has recognized all the teas and kept in mind the price of each tea.

Qiao Xingnian looked at Lin Nanzhou and said, "Nanzhou, it's already eight o'clock, you should go back to school early."

Lin Nanzhou looked up at the time and said, "Well, I'll make an appointment for a car. I have class tomorrow morning, so I really have to go back early today."

"It's been more than twelve hours since morning, are you tired?"

Lin Nanzhou stretched his waist and said, "I'm really tired, but I'm happy."

"Come back next weekend, either in the morning or in the afternoon, it's really tiring to stare at one day."

"No, I like the atmosphere of the tea house."

"Then be an employee for half a day, and a guest for half a day. You can read books or play games here as you like."

"Okay, listen to Brother Xingnian."

After a while, the online car-hailing car arrived. Qiao Xingnian sent Lin Nanzhou into the car, silently wrote down the license plate number, and told him to send a message to report that he was safe after returning to school. After Lin Nanzhou responded, the car slowly started and drove out slowly. his sight.

As soon as Lin Nanzhou was sent away, Lin Nanyue arrived, and when he entered the door, he saw Liu Man and Liu Meng in front of the counter.Because of blindfolding, Lin Nanyue didn't recognize them, walked up to Qiao Xingnian, and asked in a low voice, "Are they your new recruits?"

"Team Lin didn't recognize us?" Liu Man looked at Lin Nanyue with a smile.

Lin Nanyue was startled, and recognized Liu Man's voice, and said, "Are you Liu Man and Liu Meng?"

"That's right, I owe my boss a debt, so I have to work to pay back the money."

Liu Meng smiled at Lin Nanyue and said, "Hello, Team Lin."

"Hello." This was the first time Lin Nanyue spoke to Liu Meng.

Qiao Xingnian said with a smile: "If I knew you were coming, I would have asked Nanzhou to go back a little later. It would be safer for you to send him off."

"It's still early, nothing will happen."

"Go and sit over there."

Qiao Xingnian and Lin Nanyue sat down in front of the glass window. Qiao Xingnian poured him a cup of tea and said, "Team Lin, have you watched the surveillance video?"

"Look." Lin Nanyue let out a long breath and said, "It's very depressing to watch."

Seeing that Liu Man and Liu Meng's attention was also on this side, Qiao Xingnian said helplessly: "If you want to listen, come and listen, after all, it's about your business."

Hearing this, Liu Man put down the tea in his hand, and said with a smile, "Okay, the boss is still reasonable."

Liu Man pulled Liu Meng over to the two of them, and each sat down.

"Team Lin, tell me, what was recorded in those videos?"

"The surveillance video started a year and a half ago, that is, after Luo Yao was pregnant. During the few months of Luo Yao's pregnancy, everything was normal, but it can be seen that Luo Yao was very indifferent to Hu Jiaxu. The two of them came home from work and had little communication. , even if there is, it is Hu Jiaxu talking alone, Luo Yao rarely responds."

"Luo Yao and Hu Jiaxu's relationship is not good?" Qiao Xingnian frowned, and said, "But my brother said that the relationship between the two of them has always been very good. Could it be that they are all pretending?"

Liu Man interjected, "It's not surprising that many couples love each other outside and live their own lives when they get home."

"Hu Jiaxu treats Luo Yao very well. When he gets home, he basically cooks, cleans up the dishes, asks about his health, and takes care of everything. It's just that Luo Yao doesn't seem to have feelings for him. During her pregnancy, they slept in separate rooms, and Hu Jiaxu slept in a separate room. In the master bedroom, Luo Yao sleeps in the children's room."

"And then, why did Luo Yao have a miscarriage?"

"Luo Yao had a miscarriage because of Dr. Jiang."

"Because of my brother?" Qiao Xingnian opened his eyes wide in surprise, and said, "Why haven't I heard my brother mention it?"

"On February 2 last year, which was Valentine's Day, after Hu Jiaxu got off work, he carefully prepared dinner and furnished the room, waiting for Luo Yao to come home and give her a surprise.

But Luo Yao came back very late that day, and it was your brother who sent her back. Hu Jiaxu was very calm on the surface, and told your brother to drive carefully when he went back.But when the door was closed, he changed his face and asked if Luo Yao went out on a date with your brother.

Luo Yao denied it, saying that there was an emergency in the hospital, and she picked it up, and she was busy until nine o'clock in the evening. Your brother was worried that it would be unsafe for her to go home alone, so he sent her home.It's just that Hu Jiaxu didn't believe it, and insisted that Luo Yao had something to do with your brother, and the two quarreled.

During the quarrel, Hu Jiaxu and Luo Yao fought and knocked Luo Yao to the ground. Luo Yao had a miscarriage because of this. "

"So the cause of this matter is my brother, but my brother didn't know about it."

"Yes." Lin Nanyue nodded.

Liu Man frowned and said, "Why do I hear that Luo Yao doesn't seem to like Hu Jiaxu, so why did they get married?"

"My brother said that the three of them used to be very good friends. He felt that Luo Yao was closer to him, and he also had a good impression of Luo Yao, but just when he made up his mind to confess his love to Luo Yao, he happened to bump into Hu Jiaxu and Luo Yao. Kissing, and then he walks away sad."

Liu Man frowned slightly, and couldn't help complaining: "This is too coincidental, why does it sound like a bloody plot in an idol drama? Doesn't this Hu Jiaxu know that Dr. Jiang is going to confess his love to Luo Yao, so he deliberately made it up? A coincidence."

"But it didn't take long for them to announce that they were together. My brother was still sad for a long time because of this." At first, Qiao Xingnian and Liu Man thought the same thing, thinking that this incident was too coincidental, but later heard Jiang Mohan say that the two asked him out After going out and announcing in person that they were together, the idea was dismissed.

"Maybe something happened during this, so Luo Yao had to agree to Hu Jiaxu and be with him." Liu Meng, who had been silent all this time, said aloud.

"Yes, yes, it may be that Luo Yao has something that fell into Hu Jiaxu's hands." Liu Man's eyes lit up suddenly, and said, "Maybe Hu Jiaxu used drugs to have sex with Luo Yao, and then took her indecent video Or photos, Hu Jiaxu threatened Luo Yao with these videos and photos, Luo Yao had to stay with Hu Jiaxu."

"It is indeed possible." Qiao Xingnian nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Team Lin, go ahead and tell me, what happened to Luo Yao after she had a miscarriage?"

Lin Nanyue pondered for a while, and then said: "Not long after Luo Yao had a miscarriage, she resigned. At first she was able to move around freely, but then the water pipe at home broke down, so Luo Yao called for a maintenance worker.

Because of the water on the ground, Luo Yao accidentally slipped and fell, the maintenance worker kindly helped her up, and happened to be seen by Hu Jiaxu who was returning home.After the maintenance worker left, the two quarreled again, and Hu Jiaxu hit Luo Yao again.

From that day on, Hu Jiaxu changed the door lock and took away Luo Yao's cell phone, making Luo Yao completely lose contact with the outside world. "

Liu Meng asked with concern: "Then what happened later, did Luo Yao escape, or was she killed?"

"Later, Luo Yao decided to run away, and she took the initiative to show her favor to Hu Jiaxu, telling him to relax his vigilance, and then knocked him unconscious with an ornament on the table.

It's just that Luo Yao didn't find the key to the door from him, so she had no choice but to call for help on her mobile phone, but there was a signal jammer installed in the room, so the call couldn't be made at all.

But at this moment, there was a voice outside the door, and Luo Yao wanted to call for help, but Hu Jiaxu, who woke up, covered her mouth and dragged her into the bedroom. Luo Yao never appeared again. "

"Hasn't it appeared? He also installed a pinhole camera in his bedroom."

Lin Nanyue explained: "The date of the video shot by the pinhole camera started on July 7 last year, that is, one month after Luo Yao escaped and was arrested."

Liu Man frowned when he heard this, and said with emotion: "This kind of man is really terrible, no wonder he can do such a perverted thing as splicing corpses."

Qiao Xingnian asked, "Captain Lin, did Hu Jiaxu behave unusually after Luo Yao escaped and was arrested?"

Lin Nanyue understood what Qiao Xingnian meant, and continued: "On the night of June 6th last year, Hu Jiaxu dragged out a large suitcase from the bedroom, then went out, and didn't come back until three o'clock in the morning. When he came back, the luggage The box is gone."

Liu Man guessed: "That suitcase might be Luo Yao's body."

"Team Lin, I suspect that there are also Luo Yao's body parts on the spliced ​​corpse, and it may be the lower body."

Lin Nanyue was startled, and then asked: "Why do you say that, did you find something?"

"I found a statue in Hu Jiaxu's bedroom. It is a bust of a woman. The surface of the statue is a bit rough, and it also has a sweet fragrance, very similar to the bone fragrance I told you about."

Lin Nanyue frowned and said, "You mean that the material of the statue is made of bone incense?"

"Not only is it mixed with bone incense, I suspect that the main raw material of that statue is the powder made from human bones."

"How big is that statue?"

"The bust of a normal woman."

"How much bone meal would be used to make it, it's unlikely."

"If you're just applying the outer layer, it won't take much."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I suspect that the upper body of Luo Yao's corpse is wrapped in that statue."

Liu Man looked at Qiao Xingnian in shock, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and said, "Make the corpse into a statue and put it in the bedroom, this..."

Liu Meng also felt unbelievable, and even felt a chill.

Lin Nanyue also hadn't recovered from it for a long time. He had handled many cases over the years, and he had never seen anything like this.

"Team Lin, have you contacted Luo Yao's parents?"

Lin Nanyue nodded and said, "I've already contacted them. They said that Luo Yao hasn't been home for a long time."

"Luo Yao hasn't come home for so long, can his family not be suspicious? Could it be that Luo Yao has a bad relationship with his family?"

"Luo Yao is not from Hucheng, her hometown is in Wucheng, and she is a workaholic. She only goes home once a year during the Spring Festival. She usually communicates with her mobile phone. As long as Hu Jiaxu sends messages to her parents every once in a while to report her safety, basically Will not be suspicious."

"When does Team Lin plan to summon Hu Jiaxu?"

"Tomorrow. Luo Yao's parents have already called the police, and we can summon him in accordance with the law."

"Did Team Lin send someone to watch him?"

"We've been watching him 24/[-] since we listed him as a suspect, rest assured he can't get away!"

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "Captain Lin, call the detention center and ask them if Yan Huai has visited Yan Feng in the past two days."