Daqing Criminal Division

In the middle of the night, because Sima Zhun said for the time being that he would open the city gates for a carpet search tomorrow morning, the three of them had to go back first, and continued to wait for the follow-up of the bombing planned by the group of people from southern Anhui.

But it was said that they should come back first, and then come back to investigate next time. In fact, no one was really relieved.

Judging from the current situation, the difficulty and troublesomeness of this case made some people panic. The truth that will be involved in the follow-up is probably far more than what has been exposed to the water now.

Just the detailed locations of the [-] 'watermelons' that had been altered on the map that was salvaged from the water tank of the Meixiang Inn, Sima Zhun then asked someone to conduct a city-wide field search overnight.

At present, the government can only confirm that there is such a gang that has come to Jiangning disguised as melon sellers many days ago, but they have not yet located their specific location.

Who are they, how many gangs they belong to, and how to divide the work case.

Whether it is related to the pigman case in Shuntian Mansion, no one knows.

Therefore, according to this former Jiangning Prefecture city defense map that was found again, Fuchaerji and Duan Xiao also gave them some reference opinions.

After all, there is still a gap between the meter range and the field, and the method of field marking deliberately chosen by this gang composed of "people from southern Anhui" before committing the crime is also very special.

Because this group of people seems to have their own original marking method when committing crimes.

In the upper right corner of the portrait, it can be seen that a person has marked four directions in a way similar to a compass, and then marked each location with an actual fixed point with a combination of numbers.

For example, the place name of Jiangning Supervision Institute, this person is located by ([-], [-]). The marking method is not clear yet, but for this group of people, these numbers on the map are probably their locked positions key.

In addition, the scenery and buildings on the portrait are slightly different from the city defense of Jiangning Mansion many years later, so after a detailed comparison, the government tonight also roughly obtained such information from the map.

These estimates are all 'watermelons' for the gang to use as ambush explosion points in the future.

Four of them are around Mancheng, which are the entrances of the four city gates of Mancheng. These entrances are usually crowded with people and close to the downtown area.

There are five other places around the Riyue Shengpiao, one is 200 meters from the main intersection facing the street, two are teahouses along the street with excellent views, one of them has been demolished, and the other three are residential buildings. Because the location is hidden in the city, it needs to be searched carefully.

Finally, those three places are the three principals of the Jiangning Chief Secretary, that is, the residence of Zuo Shen, the censor, Su Qizhan, the prefect of Jinling, and the surrounding area of ​​the residence of Mingpeng, the assistant supervisor.

These seemingly disorganized locations, but each of them was confirmed after countless plans, were all marked by the group of "Southern Anhui people" who had previously stolen the map.

Previously, the fake Zhang Santong, that is, Wang Tianxiao had been hiding in the Jiangning mansion for many years, and he actually found out a lot of Jiangning's surroundings under the guise of working as a waiter in the Meixiang Inn.

This group now seems to have secretly planned to hijack Jiang Ning for this attack for a long time.

Coupled with the fact that they already carried a large amount of gunpowder on their bodies, and they had criminal records of making side-fired slow guns and dangerous bombs without permission, combined with the special circumstances of the Riyue Shengpiao in Jiangning Mansion in the past two days, what is the purpose of this criminal gang? It is clear why.

It's just that if they want to commit a crime, the specific hiding place should also be a den that can be easily hidden in Jiangning City. Before Wang Tianxiao died, this group may have internal problems, which delayed the time to commit the crime collectively.

In this way, the safety of the entire Jiangning Mansion may be tied to the follow-up investigation of the next case.

If we don't find a way to capture this group of 'Southern Anhui people' as soon as possible, I'm afraid it will be too late when these explosions hidden in various places in the city happen and cause real casualties of the people.

This night, against the current chaotic and complicated situation and the sleepless night in the Yamen of Jiangning Mansion, it seemed extraordinarily long.

It was dark outside now.

The scorching heat accumulated in the chaotic world, and those who disturbed it were also worried about the safety of the entire ancient city of Jiangning.

In the distance, the water and the sky are in the same color, and several large ships on the canal that transported goods overnight have just passed by.

The torrential rain in Jiangning Mansion in the evening had stopped, and there was such a place right next to the Grand Canal next to the inn where they were staying.

Staring at the roof with open eyes but not feeling sleepy, Fucharzi fell on the bed with a blank expression, thinking about cleaning up his dirty clothes and shoes that fell during the day and forgetting about it.

Because he is not the son of a rich family, he must do the laundry and shoe washing by himself.

When he got up silently, his roommate Zha Keshan just fell asleep.

It's already full of stars and moons outside.

Except for a night owl like himself, everyone must have fallen asleep as soon as they closed their eyes.

Today, everyone in Jiangning Mansion is very tired of investigating the case. They have to continue to collect evidence for the head watermelon case and the location of the suspected bomb, so they have to continue to investigate, which is troublesome to think about.

After coming out and wandering along the way, Fucharzi, who was carrying his shoes and saponins in his hands, walked to the river bank in front of the inn.

When he sat down, he rolled his trouser legs, and then he squatted on a stone dam and cleaned his only pair of shoes with a brush.

The sound of the water was not loud.

Fucharzi, who was bent over and squatting by the river, soaked through the water with one hand, picked up some cold river water with the other, and then the cloth shoes in his hand, which he had worn for many years, were soaked in water.

At this moment, half of his face was more indifferent than usual on the slightly rippling river water.

He usually looks lazy and unmotivated, but if he really doesn't want to talk, he can still bluff people.

In terms of age, he is actually still young, but he has been outside for many years without knowing it.

The pair of black eyes that used to be full of vigor no longer show their sharpness from time to time. Instead, they pretend to be crazy and foolishly not to care about others more often.

Ordinarily, he shouldn't have bought into his previous temper.

But after living for a long time, everything feels indifferent.

When the shoe that was thrown in the water was fished out of the river by him, he shook it twice vigorously. Seeing that there were two patches on the side of the sole that were just like that, he picked it up and took a look at it. Chaerzi also thought about going back to the inn to make up for himself later.

It would be strange for ordinary people to say that such a pair of worthless worn-out shoes had to be mended even after throwing them away.

But who made Fucharzi such a person.

It was also when he washed his shoes by himself and squatted here thinking about his own affairs.

Fucharzi, who had cleaned his rag shoes that he was reluctant to throw away, was just about to roll up his trouser legs and throw them into the river to wash them together, when he heard such a sudden sound from the side. Sound and movement.

"Boom-"

This time, the surrounding area of ​​the river bank was still very quiet, but it was broken just like that.

Fucharzi, who was squatting alone on the other side of the dam, thought at first that he had heard something wrong, but when he looked up and looked under the dam on the other side not far away, he saw the figure of another person .

"..."

At first glance, the figure seemed to be washing his own shoes and socks with his trousers rolled up like him.

But compared to Fucharzi, who was used to rough work, this man's incomparably unfamiliar posture made it obvious that he had never done any work before.

It's just that with the eyes of a half-blind man like Fucharzi, he really couldn't tell who the other party was at a glance.

But who made this person and him always bump into each other strangely under such circumstances.

In the middle of the night, a small stone fell into the middle of the river with a 'boom' sound, which caused the two people who were doing their own things, and suddenly looked up to meet each other.

One of them stayed upstream and the other downstream.

At this moment, they seemed to raise their heads tacitly and looked at each other again.

At that moment, the stars and moonlight fell between each other's eyes, and they also met the eyes of that person, so Fuchaerji could see clearly who it was.

These eyes are very familiar.

So are people.

——It’s Duan Owl.

Tonight, because it rained all over Jiangning in the evening, Duan Xiao's shoes and socks must have been dirty when he came back from the Yamen.

With his habit of being particular about everything, it's not surprising that he appears here in the middle of the night, especially now that the case is still here, it's quite normal to not be able to sleep.

But I don't know why, but Fucharzi always feels that Duan Xiao is a little different today.

It seems that there is something wrong.

But the other party's expression at the moment seems to be not particularly happy or angry. It's difficult for others to see it based on his usual behavior. He just tried to 'do it himself' in the middle of the night like Fucharzi.

But for a person like him, he is usually a very smart person when he does other things.

If you really do this, you will have the same stink problem as the son of a family, just say that his hands haven't gotten much water, and he is still there with the soiled shoes as if he was too dirty Deadlocked.

This is something new for Fucharzi.

Because in the past, he also thought that a person like Duan Xiao would be hard to come by in the world.

After all, being erudite, knowledgeable, proud, courageous and resourceful, such words that are very rare to put on others, can be attached to everything in this person.

But such a person also has his own 'difficulties', which seems quite special.

Seeing that this was the first time he had encountered some kind of 'trouble', Fucharzi, who was in a normal mood and didn't want to talk to anyone, felt a little relieved for some reason, and stood up again with his feet dripping in the water Casually said,

"What are you doing there?"

These words are obviously a joke.

The two usually don't get along, and they can't sleep in the middle of the night and they "meet each other on a narrow road". When Duan Xiao first saw this, he also thought this person, and he was afraid that he would take the opportunity to find something unpleasant to ridicule him.

He's been here for quite a while now.

At first he didn't realize that Fuchaerzi's people were also on the river bank not far away, and Duan Xiao just wanted to find a place to be quiet and think about some things about himself.

But who made such a move, this time the two of them bumped into each other by chance again in the middle of the night.

At this moment, Duan Xiao, who was sitting on a cold stone on the bank of the Qinhuai River, didn't really want to talk to him.

Everything that happened during the day related to the case, the current crisis in Jiangning Mansion, and the things related to his own past are still involved in his heart, which made him face this kind of "things" that he was not very good at just now. Annoyed.

But there is one person who doesn't think it's annoying to take the initiative to interfere.

He actually rushed over with his wet and worn-out shoes, and sat down half an inch beside Duan Xiao with a carefree attitude, and looked at his 'difficulty' before suddenly spreading his hands.

"What are you doing?"

Sitting on the bank of the river where the wind is a little cold at night, I have never touched this kind of work in my life, and even Duan Yuanbao takes care of himself, so it is really rare for Duan Xiaowen who is a little helpless in front of all this.

"bring here."

"I'll wash it for you."

With a calm face, as if it was normal for him to do so, he still kept one hand outstretched, and pointed to Fucharzi at his feet and said casually.

"You took the wrong medicine?"

I don't think this is what he would say, Duan Xiao said again.

"Well, just think I've taken the wrong medicine and bring it here."

No matter what you hear, it feels like a weasel giving a new year greeting to a chicken.

Facing Duan Xiao who was sitting with him in front of him, he wrote these words on his naked face.

Fucha Erji, who was in a good mood tonight and didn't bother with him, replied casually, saying that he just threw his worn-out shoes aside, took Duan Xiao's pair and just washed them for him. .

"The water is very cold at night, sit on it and drink it by yourself, don't let the river flood your feet."

After he finished admonishing this sentence, he bent down and brushed his shoes with his hands and head down, and he didn't say anything else, inexplicably seeming to care about people.

Fucharzi has always been a free-spirited person who can do whatever he wants, but he always has his own very unique way of getting along with everyone around him.

At this moment, Duan Xiao, who had never understood this person before, was sitting beside him, and such a sudden and strange thought came to his mind.

For a while, neither of them spoke.

But the atmosphere didn't seem to be bad, Duan Xiao only felt that some things that he thought about when he stayed here alone before had been diluted a little because of this person's appearance.

In the distance, the stars in the night are very faint.

In the empty world, everything is very deserted.

It was as if they were the only two people left in this world.

It was also at this time that Fuchaerzi, who was standing half a step down the bank in the river, washed Duan Xiao's shoes and socks, and then came up, and put the clean pair of shoes next to Duan Xiao.

"It's wet, it needs to be aired, do you want to chat for a while?"

Fucharzi, who came up step by step with his feet on the water, squatted in front of him, put his hands on his knees and gave a suggestion.

"What are you talking about?"

"Ah, you can talk about whatever you want, just talk about something that makes you happy now."

"..."

"Be free, as long as you feel happy."

Someone who doesn't care what he does all day is starting to look casual again.

Duan Xiao didn't say anything for a while.

In the night, the guy's face could not be seen clearly.

But those eyes, one yin and one yang, leaned over like a ruffian and blinked quickly at him after speaking, were inexplicably attractive.

— Attractive.

This seems to be the second time Duan Xiao thinks so.

He seemed to have really been depressed for too long because of those things in the past.

So much so that once you meet this person, it's like the other person has touched your own weakness. In the past, no one may be able to see through his mind, but this person always shows up in time and tells him to do so, which seems to be no problem.

"Why don't you ever buy yourself a new pair of shoes?"

As if thinking of something, Duan Xiao, who glanced at the pair of rag shoes beside him, suddenly asked him such a question.

"Why buy a new one, it's not broken."

As he spoke, he leaned aside, and Fucharzi, who was looking at the moon with his arms on the bank of the river, replied without raising his head.

"Besides, this is what my mother-in-law once made for me. She's gone, and I haven't been home for many years. With these things, I still remember who I am."

This seemed to be the first time Duan Xiao had heard him mention his own affairs, but Fucharzi, who obviously mentioned it casually, let it go and stopped talking.

"Then why don't you ever say anything about the fact that you used to work elsewhere in Yanzhou?"

Fucharzi asked Duan Xiao back.

"There is nothing to say. Not only is it meaningless, but it is also something that makes people feel upset after hearing it."

He mentioned something casually, and Duan Xiao, who seemed to know that he didn't want to say anything further, also answered in the same way.

After knowing each other for so long, this was the first time they talked about this.

The two talked about something else afterward.

Some of the things in this case are also private. The two of them are about the same age and have many similarities in personality. If they don't deliberately find fault with each other, they can always find something to talk about.

At the third watch of the first month, the two of them just dried their shoes by the river and let the cool breeze blow.

Except for themselves, no one knew that the two of them ran out like this last night, and then stayed until midnight before leaving together.

But in the end, the person who had already wobbled and walked to the end with his back on his back waved his hand without looking back and said this to him.

"Duan Owl."

"..."

"The previous competition between the two of us counted, right?"

"..."

"This time, you don't need to win for others first, but for yourself."

That night.

Qinhuai River.

Duan Xiao, who returned to the dark inn alone, was lying on the cold bed but looking up silently.

In the depths of his pupils, the spider that existed in his illusion reappeared in the chaotic night, but this time, he also clearly heard the sound of the spider that turned into himself.

"What I want is not defeat."

"What I want is to win."

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