Daqing Criminal Division

Sixth day

falconry

Because of this simple experiment that took place on the roof tonight, a strange puzzle that troubled the entire Luang Yiwei and almost delayed the entire Shuncheon diplomatic visit was solved.

In the darkness, sheets of pale yellow moso bamboo paper covered the entire roof of Feifei.

In this wildly dancing wind, Fu Yu and Duan Xiao climbed back to the roof together neatly in the dark.

The frightened eagle in front of him was on a rampage.

Seeing this, Fu Yu grabbed the handful of bamboo paper that had been blown away with one hand, and then called back the eagle in mid-air.

The eagle that just broke through the bamboo paper above heard the movement below, and tentatively flew back to the two of them at arm's height, but was caught by Duan Xiao backhanded and locked back with a chain.

With the joint efforts of the two, the eagle that almost escaped was caught back.

Fortunately, it was only hit and thrilled, and a few feathers were scratched on one side, but it did not receive substantial damage.

Just at this moment, the northwest wind behind them was also a little weaker. Standing on the top of the roof, facing the direction of the wind, the two stood firmly against the howling wind with one hand against the tiles they were stepping on. , but also clearly see the previous result cards.

"Fu Yu."

Witnessing all of this, Duan Xiao's eyes lit up, and Duan Xiao, who raised his eyes to realize something, clearly expressed his complete understanding after being verified.

"Ah."

"I saw it."

To this, Fu Yu replied, and helped Duan Xiao pin down one foot of the thumping eagle with his hand and locked it back to the chain, then raised his eyes to signal that he saw it.

At that moment, the two of them took a closer look at the condition of the bamboo paper and glanced at each other, but they also roughly understood the ins and outs of this matter from the rupture of the bamboo paper on the two shelves——

Why was the bamboo paper on the side without the light hit by an eagle?

It turned out that in the night sky of Shuntian Mansion in the first three days, there were "spots of light" that were witnessed by Luan Yiwei several times.

It is not for the people on the ground to see at all, but for the birds in the air.

It seems a bit general to say this, but when you look closely at the principle, it actually lies in the flying lantern in front of half a dozen moso bamboo paper, which makes the bird feel dangerous and knows to avoid it.

This suggests that most birds themselves know to avoid lights at night.

If there is no light, and in the general air condition of taking off at night, it is actually very likely that objects in midair and birds will directly collide.

Because the flying speed of the bird is too fast, it is destined to bring a huge relative impact force. In order to avoid destroying the "speeding car" itself under the collision of the two sides, this "spot of light" is the one on the main body of the "speeding car". A light will always exist.

Luan Yiwei's three previous sightings always mistook it as some kind of "spot of light" actively showing people on the ground, but in fact, the existence of this "spot of light" is precisely here.

But this special phenomenon, first solved by the two together, made the mystery of the 'speeding car' over Shuntian Mansion plunged into another vortex.

Therefore, the two questions that Luan Yiwei has not solved before, that is, what is the "spot of light" and what is its function, and the primary and secondary questions of the "spot of light" and the Buddha statue have been answered.

Next, a question that cannot be answered for the time being will follow.

That is, what kind of special method did this undiscovered 'flying car' itself lift into the sky?

And who drove it to appear in Shuntian Mansion?

You know, for such an unusual existence that can fly, it is almost impossible to fly to the Dengshikou near Liulichang again and again with the help of some special power.

As far as the existing conditions are concerned, there are nothing more than two situations.

One, gliding with the help of the wind and the slope of the roof, and two, some kind of heat from the burning candles into the air.

But during the day, when they came from East Chang'an Road, they had already checked the distance from the flagpole in the center as a reference, and all the wind trends in the two places from day to night in the past.

To be honest, even though Liulichang itself has a large number of slope-shaped houses that can be used for certain objects to glide, and this season, the wind direction in Shuntianfu at night is indeed strong enough, but these two points are not enough to make that unknown shape The flying car', without the support of a third unknown force, flies into the sky.

Afterwards, Duan Xiao and Fu Yu's next experimental move explained one point.

When they wanted to fold the bamboo paper on the roof according to their desired shape, and tried to use the current wind to throw it under the falconry where the two of them were standing, the bamboo paper, which was not heavy by itself, was blown up by the wind. It fell after less than three hits.

The shape of this small piece of paper is also very common, that is, a paper dragonfly with two paper wings spread out towards both sides.

It stands to reason that the paper dragonfly made by Tufa can fly in such a strong wind, because when the two paper wings fall from the height of the roof, they will be supported by the wind and float upwards.

But in order to reduce the error, they tried again about several times.

But every time, the dragonfly made of bamboo paper on the roof without the support of both hands would fly up first with a "crash" and the wind would be torn apart quickly, completely unwilling to fly.

Light as bamboo paper is not even enough to fly far forward smoothly under such a night wind.

So, what caused such a 'speeding car' to fly into the sky and complete three unbelievable straight-line flights-has become another problem that needs to be solved in front of their eyes.

And excluding some private methods that ordinary people in this dynasty can master, there are very few people who can achieve this third point. Unless there is another mystery in this case, otherwise this case A case that sounds so incredible cannot be explained in any way.

But at the moment, because of the light that was set up for the mysterious 'speeding car' to disturb the birds.In fact, they still hold an important clue in their hands.

"Since 'Speed ​​Car' knows the harm of birds to itself."

Thinking of this, Fu Yu looked at the wind still blowing above the two of them, and gave a more detailed guess and conclusion.

"Then there is a hidden possibility. There may have been an incident where a bird hit something and made it fall, and even caused some kind of accident that fell to the ground in Shuntianfu, but no one discovered it at the time."

"So, in Shuntian in the past half a year, we will always find traces of the fall according to the weather, time, and location. If we find the place where the bird and some unusual things have fallen together, we may be able to pinpoint the cause. Something is 'flying' in the sky."

It can actually be known from the moso bamboo paper and the qi-death lantern just now.

Under the tendency of two opposite forces colliding, both the bird and the object itself will be damaged to a certain extent. What's more, it has nothing to do with the fragility of the object itself. As long as they collide together, both sides will inevitably cause impact. .

"Well, there are less than ten hours before the King of Tibet and the Living Buddha enter Beijing, and the truth may be getting closer and closer to Shuntian."

"It's not too late. You go back to Haidongqing first, and I'll go back to Nanjunji. Let's find a way to figure out this matter first, and we'll meet again."

Duan Xiao also thought about it and said something to Fu Yu.

This conclusion directly supports the next actions of the two of them, so, for the time being, they are not planning to waste time in pursuing this clue. Fu Yu and Duan Xiao are not trapped, but just go ahead One step left the falconry.

seventh day

That night, accompanied by an intensifying gale in the imperial city, the Eight Banners flags on the flagpoles of the city defense battalion and various landmarks in the inner city were all facing the front side and northwest direction.

The flags on the flagpoles are red, yellow, and blue, with thangka animal pictures painted on them. When they are opened, they look like clusters of flames and make a rustling sound in mid-air, which is very attractive.

During this period, the two people just separated and went back to Nanjunji and Haidongqing respectively.

To find out if there was an unknown accident in which a bird and an unknown object fell to death together in Shuntian Mansion, it has to be said that the entire range is still a bit larger, and therefore, under such a premise, it has to be called out. All the dossiers on such close-to-truth events in the inner and outer cities of Shuntian Prefecture.

From the supervisory department, Luan Yiwei, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the six departments and even other parties in Shuntian Mansion, there may have been a backlog of this little clue that might have been ignored just like that.

This small clue is like a spark that ignites a handful of hay. Usually, a gust of wind can extinguish it, but under special circumstances, it can stir up a raging fire in the entire field.

After all, who would have thought in advance that a bird that might have died somewhere before would affect the crucial overall situation of Shuntian Mansion?

But I have to say that all the current contradictions are indeed focused on the search for the place where the bird crashed and died. To really find such a bird that may have been hit to death by something from the sky is equivalent to finding Shuntian Mansion. The mysterious 'speeding car' exists above the head.

Since neither of them can rest, neither can the others.

This matter is related to everyone's safety in the entire Shuntian.

Therefore, Hai Dongqing, who always appears and disappears every time, and only those with missions will gather, although he did not show up this time, but they are all in every corner of the capital, so they just followed the busy night in the capital.

This time, Costin itself participated in assisting the scope of the ground search.

The main reason is that the entire Shuncheon area divided from the outer city defenses, if it is said that it can survive in Costin, it must still have real skills, so it does not say anything when it works.

And in this process, what they have to do is to look for witnesses further under the clue that the front of the flying car is a main body composed of a lamp and a Buddha statue.

Only new people who had witnessed the suspected 'speeding car' appeared.

Only then can the case itself have a greater progress. As for the other end, Duan Xiao also worked silently all night.

As a result, it is rare for a group of able-bodied people in Beijing, who used to be quite low-key and mysterious, and were still too busy, to investigate together all night for such a strange case that cannot be put on the bright side.

But no matter how secretive this clue was hidden in the past.

As long as that 'speeding car' is not a real bird, flying through the sky and disappearing without leaving a trace, then it is destined to reveal its true identity in this investigation.

Accompanied by this process, the time in their hands, like the shadows walking on the black and white curtain of Shuntian Mansion, is also passing by little by little.

That night, the sky outside was getting grayer and grayer.

The sky above the head, like the incarnation of Thunder, is carrying the strong wind, and the sound of the wind blowing from the top of the head is "crashing, clattering". The inside and outside of the imperial city is a kind of low pressure that is dark and heavy. It is winter in Shuntian Prefecture. There were not many birds, but the sky outside the city was still crowded with a few very eye-catching pigeons.

After three or four hours of searching, Duan Xiao and Fu Yu stayed up all night at the two ends to complete a round of ground investigation, and the sky outside was bright.

……

Maoshi, in the city of Beijing.

The wind did not stop, and it was already dawn.

For one night, neither of them had time to close their eyes.

Duan Xiao, who stayed in the files all night thinking about the case, realized that it was dawn outside, and was leaning on the back of the chair behind him with his arms pillowed on his head. Put it on the public case.

Seeing this, Duan Xiaoren sat up a little bit, wrapped one arm around one leg and knee, but still maintained a sitting posture with a straight back.

At the moment, he lowered his eyes without emotion, a long braid hung down his shoulders, and a thin, bloodless finger rested on the desk case, knocking down and down.

Duan Xiao was thinking.

Think about what went wrong this time.

heat source.

wind direction.

In addition to the flight structure that is conducive to gliding, what is the last secret of Shuntianfu's "flying car" that is really capable of flying.

During this process, he was even thinking that there was a saying in the past that during the period of Emperor Yuan Shun, a painter surnamed Wang also recorded the manufacture of a speeding car.

According to records, this kind of flying car has wings on both sides, with wheels inside, and it can move up and down freely when it rotates. There is a bag on it, which can be opened and sucked according to the direction of the wind, so that the wind will flow from the back to the front, and the wings are like sails. , as light as a flying swallow, can travel four hundred miles at a time, the higher the speed, the faster.

Could it be that such incredible things really exist?No, it's impossible, such an existence doesn't have a complete theory to support the flight. The one in Shuntian Mansion, must, must have a different method to realize this flight.

It is suspected that there has been a fallen bird corpse, and an unidentified crash object that once fell in Shuntianfu along with the bird corpse.

And besides slope and wind direction, what is the third thing that makes the 'flying car' a reality?

What period of time in the past did this event record that has not yet been found, and where and under what circumstances it happened, which has become a crucial clue to solve this case now.

But at present, they have investigated all the cases of falling birds and falling objects in Beijing in and out of the city, but they have no clue, and even searched over and over again, but there is no result.

The search for the bird carcass in the outer circle continues.

But in the central circle, they didn't seem to find the result they expected. This situation, I have to say, is quite difficult.

And the 'speeding car' may come and go at any time, but no one can predict what this thing will do to Shuntian Mansion, and what its flight trajectory will be.

An intangible and weird pressure that no one can bear such a major responsibility lingers in everyone's mind.

Because once the deduction is wrong, this whole game of chess, Duan Xiao may be ruined this time.

But there is no way, since the ground investigation of this case has been locked here, it means that there may be clues and omissions that they haven't found themselves.

And if this makes them not believe that they and each other will be in the "speeding car" and the judgment of the bird's death, there will be no problem, but at this moment, if they can't feel it The mystery of this crisis is also false.

So the two guys who really said that they wanted to find out the Shuntian Mansion's "light spot" case, and now they really need some way to decompress, simply made an appointment to wander out again.

It's just that when they came out this time, the two of them simply wanted to find a place to rest for a while to slow down their minds.

This slowing down was limited to a very short moment in a hurry, and after the news of the search from the other end came, they had to continue to investigate the case separately.

After all, what they lack most now is time.

But the current search is fruitless and considering the situation, it is really bad. Without the relevant record results of bird corpses and unidentified falling objects, there is no way to locate the trace of this 'speeding car' in the next step.

Early in the morning, he came from the other side to look for Duan Xiao. The Haidongqing uniform worn by someone had already been approved by Duan Xiao. The two of them were sitting on the threshold of the House of Internal Affairs to eat breakfast.

The folk breakfast in Shuntian Prefecture, especially the street food, is actually very rough.

Because there are no more polished rice than the southern water towns, although Beijing is an imperial city, it is the officials and lords in the inner city who eat fine food. Ordinary people, there is nothing more than a bowl of sesame sauce noodle tea and two biscuits in their hands. .

In the past, Duan Xiao actually seldom had an appetite to eat. In fact, most of the time, he was the kind of person who was under too much mental stress and had difficulty eating. But since this year, although he never said it, his heart disease It has indeed improved a lot, like now.

Although he can't feel that he is hungry or not.

But he felt no difficulty in eating. The pressure he felt because of foreign objects did not come from eating itself. On the contrary, his brain already knew that if he didn't eat, he would lack the strength to do things.

This, he was completely unable to do.

Now it seems that it can really take this step.

So he and Fu Yu bowed their heads and ate breakfast without chattering, just like this, the two of them each held a big porcelain bowl to eat their own.

Because they are all men, and investigating the case itself takes a lot of energy, Duan Xiao eats more crisply than Fu Yu.

Seeing that he had a good appetite, Fu Yu gave Duan Xiao his piece of sesame seed cake.

Seeing this, Duan Xiao took it with his hands, and turned the bowl to drink a big mouthful of noodle tea. The two of them had almost the same appetite. After eating this early morning meal happily, they immediately felt the mental headache of not sleeping all night yesterday. came back.

There are two porcelain bowls from the opposite tea stall at his feet. Fu Yu is hanging out at the moment. His long hair is tied up behind his head, and he is hiding in the alley in a double-breasted jacket. If Fu Heng's brother runs home, he will deliberately If you don't come back, now it's going to be like this, it's probably dark before your eyes, and it's also at this time that Fu Yu said this to Duan Xiao.

"Duan Xiaoer."

"Ah."

"How about we go somewhere?"

"where to."

"Walk around and move around, clear your mind, and don't just sit here and wait for news, come with me for a while."

After hearing Fu Yu's words, Duan Xiao stood up together.

But after the two left together, Duan Xiao didn't know what the activity he said was for later, because the other party led him directly to a place.

And this large piece of ground behind the fence of the falconry farm has been weeded and has traces of horse training. There are no people around, on the contrary, both sides are empty and wrapped with iron sheets.

It was the two of them who pushed open the two small wooden doors one after the other and came in. Fu Yu and Duan Xiao stood to the side of the two compartments that were separated like a manger, and on the partition in front of them was a pair of familiar flintlocks. He fired the gun, and at the end there were two similar archers. Only then did he understand what this place was.

This should be a training ground that used to be used as an archery range for the city defense battalion. If it is said that in the whole capital, only Fu Yu can find such a strange place.

Duan Xiao hadn't tried this method of exercising his muscles or relieving stress before, but it really seemed like a method that Fu Yu could think of, and it was inexplicably suitable for people like the two of them.

Duan Xiao even felt that he fell in love with this way a little bit at once.

Just like Fu Yu, every special point in Duan Xiao's heart that he didn't tell others can just be poked by this person at once, and then he will be completely trapped.

Because in the face of the exact same puzzles in front of them, these two people will always have the same sense of strength and struggle, just like two beasts whose instincts can only be stimulated by blood, they always need the most primitive things to stimulate their brains to be able to fight. Make these two people find exactly the same search for the truth.

Therefore, at the moment, the two of them didn't need to explain anything to each other, they just picked a flintlock gun like picking a bow and arrow like they did when they got out of trouble in Taiping Mansion last time, and raised it over their chests to put it in the crook of their arms. .

Their posture is very standard.

One black and one white, concentrated on the two 'targets' at the same place.

Those two 'goals' were like their common enemy, prompting the two's eyes, spirit, body, limbs and heartbeat to be completely mobilized by this method.

Duan Ou's eyes focused on the two haystacks of bows and arrows side by side in the distance, like a dark puzzle shrouded in spider webs that the two faced together, and was pointed at by two flintlock guns, and then, Fu Yu, who had plugged his ears with one hand, turned sideways and asked in a businesslike tone.

"Why do you think the bird carcass and the place where it fell have not been found so far?"

"I'm thinking there could be three reasons, but I'm not sure which one we're dealing with at the moment."

Duan Xiao replied.

"Which three."

Fu Yu asked again.

"One, it is the omission of pure ground search, that is, whether there have been such abnormal phenomena and bird corpses falling around any residential street corner along the way from Liulichang to Dengshikou."

"Second, there may be unidentified bird corpses accumulated in the roofs of the high-rise buildings in this central circular area, the gaps between the tiles, and the side drains of the restaurant, because the corpses may not fall to the ground during the mid-air fall. , and the layout of the buildings in the capital is relatively dense, so it is more likely to fall on the roof."

"Third, it is the inner city lake and river near the central circle. During the falling process, the wind caused the bird carcasses and falling objects to fall to the inner city river and the like, and sank to the bottom, so that no one realized it from the beginning to the end. unusual in this case."

Duan Xiao gave these three answers about the need for time to wait for the search area.

It has to be said that they are all based on the actual situation of the current case, which can indeed shorten the scope of their search in the shortest possible time. Besides, what he still wants to find is the secret of the source of the 'speeding car' lift-off.

"Time is tight now, but in this process, we can only wait patiently."

"Because the prediction result of the two of us cannot be wrong."

"Even other people in Quanshun Tianfu don't believe it, but I believe in the result of the two of us this time, because our decision this time will not be wrong, what do you think?"

"I don't think there's anything wrong with it."

This is a bit arrogant.

But these two people seem to be born with the same arrogance and absolute trust in each other, so after saying this, the two of them don't need to say much, but they also rushed out with the sound of gun cracks and shot directly. The wooden sign opposite the haystack.

The two 'touch' shots hit the ground in one hit, and the straw stack tied above the wood was blasted to the ground, but the two shots did not give way to each other, but they made up their minds to continue together Wait and see how this game turns out.

And just an hour later.

With the time left for Shuntian Mansion, or for Fu Yu and Duan Xiao to investigate the truth of the "speeding car" of the light spot, only the last six hours, a brand new clue appeared.

Because, a new witness has finally been found.

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