The flames dissipated, leaving ashes all over the street.

No one dared to go out to watch the excitement, and no one dared to come out to ask what happened. The bold ones only dared to hide at home and open the corner of the curtains to see what happened outside.

The Conservation Association is taking stock of everything. After a technical appraisal, Luo Jingyuan is reporting the situation to a tall, thin middle-aged man in front of the burned house.

In the severe winter, men wear very thin coats and uniforms with their collars buttoned up to the highest point, locking their necks tightly.

"President, they have a secretary on the second floor. The door is made of special materials, and ordinary weapons can't be destroyed. According to the monitoring that came back from the rescue, 23 people from the association entered the secret room one after another, and then the door was locked from the inside."

"Locked?"

"We guess that Mu Wan built this secret room for himself. Apart from collecting his paintings, he should also think that if he is discovered one day, he can hide in it."

He Jin glanced at Luo Jingyuan, and said with a smile: "If you are really discovered, what's the use of hiding inside? Is there enough time to commit suicide?"

Luo Jingyuan lowered his head. Although the fire was extinguished, his back seemed to be still burning in the fire, and the face facing He Jin seemed to be in the cold wind, one hot and one cold, making him sweat all over his body .

"President, what instructions do you have for the next step?" Luo Jingyuan asked.

He Jin silently looked at the scene left by the fire for a while. His face was a typical Chinese character face. Because of years of work, his skin was rough like that of a middle-aged man, but he did not lack the spirit of killing at all.

He Jin: "The staff of the association unfortunately encountered a fire while performing official duties, and they should be designated as martyrs according to national standards. However, in view of their failure to complete their tasks outstandingly, we dare not ask the country for this honor. Let the association compensate itself. "

Luo Jingyuan said yes.

He Jin's tone of speech was actually not fast, and could even be called slow: "This time the lesson was painful, and you have to learn from it. You must be more vigilant on such issues in the future, you know?"

Luo Jingyuan broke out in cold sweat from his forehead: "I see, President!"

After He Jin left, Luo Jingyuan was in charge of cleaning up the scene. As someone who had been here several times, he might be the most familiar with this studio among those present.

The beams inside have been burned down, and sparks and smoke still come out from time to time.

Luo Jingyuan walked through the hall and found the paintings collected by the idiots of the association at that time. Although only the scrolls were left after burning, he still picked them up and looked at them before throwing them away.

"Go, go to the secret room."

It can be seen that Mu Wan put a lot of thought into building the secret room, so that more than 20 people did not escape at that time.Luo Jingyuan and his party went in through the crack in the wall of the burning path, and the others hurriedly began to collect the corpses all over the ground.

There is a faint smell of meat in the air, or the smell of meat.

This kind of clean-up work is really thankless. After doing it, it may be a nightmare to go home for a month. Everyone present is holding their noses and looking miserable, but Luo Jingyuan didn't even wear a mask, so he rummaged around.

One person received half of it, and ran to him and asked, "Inspector Luo, it's impossible to distinguish the body of apprentice Mu Wan in this state, do you want to take it away together?"

Luo Jingyuan hummed casually: "What if we don't take it away? Let our martyrs lie here and continue to burn the meeting?"

He was walking around the room. In fact, according to Luo Jingyuan's thinking, he didn't quite believe that all of Mu Wan's paintings were gone. As his only disciple of Mu Wan, would Lu Ming be willing to destroy his master's works?

But he couldn't see anything, and there were many burned scrolls on the ground.

Luo Jingyuan couldn't figure it out, why would a humble Lu Ming have such guts?This boldness?He also couldn't figure out why Mu Wan committed suicide. Could it be that people who engage in art are so noble?

Luo Jingyuan stood in the secret room for a while, and sent someone to search Lu Ming's residence, but they still found nothing.

That is to say, apart from the five works sold earlier, Mu Wan's paintings were really burned in the fire.

Luo Jingyuan still felt a little regretful in his heart, not because he missed something, but because of a strange melancholy.He suddenly wondered, if someone were writing art history now, would his name be on the pillar of shame?

This question was not suitable for thinking about, Luo Jingyuan quickly pulled away from his thoughts, returned to the association to write a report after finishing the clean-up work, and did not return home until 2 o'clock in the morning.

It had been three days and three nights since he last slept.

On the first day, he arrested Mu Wan.

The next day, Mu Wan committed suicide and the studio burned down.

On the third day, he wrote the report all night.

Too many things happened in a short period of time, Luo Jingyuan didn't even have time to think about what role he played in it. He thought that he would have to go to work on time tomorrow, and now his only thought was to sleep clean, and he didn't need to take a shower.

But when he got home, there was always something that made him unhappy.

He saw at the gate of the house, the auntie was holding Luo Jingcheng's hand, repeatedly telling his brother something.

This posture looked like he was going to run away. Luo Jingyuan felt that as the eldest brother, he already had a toothache. After a hard day's work, his younger brother would stab him and cause trouble!

Luo Jingyuan was dressed in uniform in the darkness and walked over like a ghost, making no sound at all in the night.

The two people who were talking at the door didn't notice Luo Jingyuan's movement. Luo Jingyuan walked up to them and suddenly kicked Luo Jingcheng hard.

The violence of working for three days in a row was all vented on Luo Jingcheng. Luo Jingcheng didn't have an armed background like his brother. He had eaten for three days and was directly kicked to the ground. He looked at his brother in disbelief.

Luo Jingyuan was not interested in talking nonsense, and bent down to drag his younger brother upstairs. Luo Jingcheng realized his intention, and hid back a few times in horror, and was kicked twice by Luo Jingyuan impatiently.

Luo Jingcheng protected his head.

Luo Jingyuan kicked impatiently, and his irritability had reached the extreme: "Fuck, can you calm down? Are you still a three-year-old child, and you will cause trouble for the family if you grow up like this! You know that I will clean up for you since you were young. How much mess has it been?!"

Luo Jingcheng sat on the ground, held his head and said nothing.

Luo Jingyuan looked at him coldly: "Follow me!"

Only then did Luo Jingcheng look at his brother. He also had unrested dark circles under his eyes, his whole face was strangely pale, and his voice was even hoarse: "Brother, let me go out."

"Why are you out?" Luo Jingyuan sneered.

"I want to bring the teacher's body back. If I can't bring it back, I will die with him."

"Die together? Do you think you can join the association whenever you want? That He Jin is a lunatic! It doesn't matter if you want to die, where is your father? Where is your eldest brother? We will all die together with you?!"

Luo Jingcheng didn't shed tears, it was strange that in this embarrassing situation, he appeared extraordinarily calm, at least calmer than the hysterical Luo Jingyuan.

Luo Jingcheng stared at Luo Jingyuan and said, "So for these, you can kill the teacher?"

Luo Jingyuan raised his voice, his eyes were red: "What nonsense are you talking about? Your teacher is an Omega, and he should have been handed over to the association for unified management. Besides, did I let him commit suicide? He is guilty of his own guilt, fear, and death. Come with me." It doesn't matter!"

Luo Jingcheng still looked at his elder brother, his eyes were black and blue, and his tone was almost cold: "It has nothing to do with you?"

"Of course it doesn't matter," Luo Jingyuan said. "In your mind, your brother is just that bad. Will I force a person to death? I don't even think about it!"

Luo Jingcheng stopped talking, got up from the ground, and walked upstairs with his back bent.

Luo Jingyuan also calmed down at this time, and said to his aunt in a disturbed state: "You get him some wound medicine, and no one is allowed to tell what happened today, you understand?"

The aunt let out a sigh, and obediently agreed.

Luo Jingyuan thought that this was the end of the matter. He went back to his room and slept on the bed in his uniform without even taking off his shoes. But for some reason tonight, he was obviously exhausted, but his energy was still high, and his brain It's all about what happened in the past three days.

He doesn't want to think about every link, but every link will come to him by himself.

He arrested Mu Wan, the studio was burned, and 24 people died in just three days.

The smell of grilled human flesh in the secret room seemed to permeate the tip of his nose, like unwashed clothes. Luo Jingyuan suddenly felt sick, but he didn't want to get up, so he could only force himself to take off his uniform.

Suddenly, a short voice came from above his head.

"elder brother."

Luo Jingyuan was startled, he immediately sat up from the bed, but there was nothing in the dark room, let alone Luo Jingcheng who was beaten up by him today.

He must be thinking too much, Luo Jingyuan thought.

How he fell asleep after this sleep, Luo Jingyuan didn't know anymore, anyway, he got up at six o'clock the next morning, took a shower, went to the locker room and changed into the association's overcoat and uniform.

When he put on his uniform, he suddenly didn't understand why he wanted to do this job, and thought about the consequences of resigning, he hesitated in his heart.

Luo Jingyuan didn't go to see Luo Jingcheng, he guessed that with Luo Jingcheng's temperament, he must be sleeping lazily on the bed in the winter morning.

The sky was still gloomy. Although it was still the Chinese New Year, the Luo family didn't have any atmosphere of Chinese New Year.Aunt has already made breakfast for him, simple porridge and side dishes, and an egg pancake.

Because he had been in the armed forces for a few years, Luo Jingyuan ate very fast, and everything was settled in less than 3 minutes. He called his aunt over again, and told her in a surprisingly gentle voice to wake Luo Jingcheng up at nine o'clock and give him some liquid food. , By the way, ask the doctor to look at his injury.

Auntie hasn't slept well these days, and her face is very haggard, but she is very relieved to see that Luo Jingyuan has returned to normal, and the relationship between the two brothers will probably improve.

Luo Jingyuan went out.

He was brought back by the association bus last night, and his own car was parked at the association, and now he had to drive Luo Jingcheng's car to go out.

In the early morning, there is still water vapor unique to winter, and there is a little psychedelic fog.Luo Jingyuan was wearing a heavy black uniform and walked towards the garage. When he got closer, he finally saw that he fell in the garden and was covered in blood...

the body of his brother.

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