The agreed time with Song Pan was ten o'clock in the morning, and it was half past nine after breakfast, and when it was time to check out, Wu Er was also stunned, and sure enough, the voice of the aunt after checking the room came from the walkie-talkie...... It's scratched. ”

“......”

The front desk was stunned, turned his head to look at Wu Er, and replied softly: "Okay, I know." Then hung up the walkie-talkie, the front desk attendant looked at Wu Er, remembering his unusual words and actions last night, and finally said the guess in his heart: "You, are you a policeman?"

Damn! Wu Er almost blurted out in surprise, but he changed his mind to a certain extent, and he calculated it: "Ahem...... This needs to be low-key. ”

Who knew that the waiter was relieved after listening to his words, and said with a smile: "It's really strange that your police stay in a hotel, last time a policeman was like you, and he also destroyed the wall, saying that the case analysis reached a key point and had to restore the situation of the crime scene, and finally really cracked a drug smuggling case, and the prisoner hid the drugs in the wall!"

......Although he didn't say it, Wu Er's heart was already scorched on the outside and tender on the inside, so what the hell could he do......? This helps you to concentrate on thinking and you ...... You understand, right?"

"Yes, I know, I often read some detective novels, in which the great detective does often behave strangely when analyzing the case, but it is because it is different that it is special. ”

Wu Er smiled back embarrassedly, not daring to answer more, the drama of life lies in its fickleness, just like someone raised a fish, died, grieved, did not want to be buried, so he wanted to cremate the fish ashes into the sea to let it return to his mother's arms, and then found that in the process of cremation, the more the fish was roasted, the more fragrant it became, and then, he bought beer, many things, the original intention was not like this......

Fortunately, the final result was that there was no need to pay compensation out of pocket, Wu Er got out of the hotel and strode towards the train station, the time was also just right, Song Pan just got off the train and received a call from Wu Er, and he couldn't catch a few more breaths and was told that the only train to Hilly City departed at half past ten.

"Your uncle, just got off the fucking train, he didn't even breathe, and he was going to catch the next trip again, you kid is bent on making things difficult for your fat grandfather, right?" The fat man held up the phone and didn't care about the number of people around him, so he stood at the exit and scolded loudly.

Wu Er was also quite helpless, after all, in order to save trouble, the ticket was handed over to the hotel to help book: "Uh...... Don't worry, didn't I come over with your favorite black duck to apologize?"

"You're a kid, hurry up! I'll be waiting for you here at the exit. ”

The two met, and it was to get tickets and queue up, almost stepping on the train on the point, not long after they sat down, there were a few people in their early forties who sat down next to them, the philistine atmosphere was very strong, the melon seeds and peanuts with beer in the process of the train were moving, talking and laughing very freely, the neighboring passengers showed a look of disdain, but they just looked up, but they dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, Wu Er and the fat man pressed their temperament, although those people talked in dialect, but the general content Wu Er understood a little, it seems that the destination of their trip is also Sucheng, and mentioned it many timesThe word 'antiquities', the high level of interest, probably also has the meaning of victory in sight, which can't help but remind Wu Er of Qi Lei's words, he mentioned that tomb robbery is rampant in the Sucheng area, is this group of people trying to fish in troubled waters? This possibility is still very great, after all, the state is indeed difficult to supervise the tomb robbery in remote areas, not that the crackdown is not enough, but that the land of China is vast, and the manpower and material resources are limited, so it is inevitable that it will be overstretched.

Song Pan is big-hearted, he can still fall asleep in such a noisy environment, at first Wu Er didn't care, until the group of people talked for two hours before hearing the fat man's slight snoring, he still held a booklet about the introduction of Sucheng in his hand, Wu Er inadvertently glanced at it, and suddenly found that there was a shading pattern that caught his attention, this kind of lotus-like pattern that connects to each other has appeared several times in just half a month.

The ancestral wooden plaque worshiped at home, the unknown box suspected to be the Qili family, and this booklet introducing the city of Sucheng, are they all intrinsically related to the lotus-shaped pattern? Wu Er's brows were tightly locked, and there was an inexplicable thought flooding his heart, as well as the fragment of memory that was lost for unknown reasons yesterday, as if there was an elusive thread pulling it in the dark......

Twelve hours of train arrived in Ruobei City, out of the station has been more than 11 o'clock in the evening, the two contacted a tour group before, said that it is a tour group, in fact, it is just a private people who like to take risks spontaneously organized, regular tour groups are almost reluctant to go to Sucheng, considering the safety issues, Sucheng is remote, can be hiked into the mountain road to catch up with the sunny day is good, if you are unlucky to encounter a rainy day, then it is basically difficult to move an inch.

The group is a tall and thin man, named Mo Yuxuan, the name is good, a simple conversation can be seen to be a sunny and straightforward person, he is responsible for the introduction of the group into the mountain, most of the people in the same company take this train, standing in the cold cold near the early hours of the morning waiting for everyone, and then transfer to the bus, a car of more than a dozen people quickly tired and fell asleep on the seat, and wait until the tour guide woke everyone up, it was already seven o'clock in the morning of the second day.

From getting on the train to really stepping into the boundary of Sucheng, it took twenty-one hours on the way, but when the light mist cleared in the early morning, and the ancient buildings of Sucheng were revealed in Wu Er's eyes, he knew that all the bumps were worth it......

Bluestone alleys, wooden pavilion long eaves, courtyard flying flowers, spring water dingdong, like a picture scroll unfolded by the outline of heaven and earth, the mystery of the so-called Suzhou city is hidden in such a beautiful and leisurely ancient city, newcomers are stunned by such a beautiful scenery, until Mo Yuxuan urged everyone to enter the city, everyone realized that after a long journey, they were already hungry, especially the fat man, who complained along the way, Wu Er also complained with him, after all, compared with him, the fat man did suffer a lot of sins on this graduation trip, the city is far quieter than the reinforced concrete city, the bus goes, people have an illusion of isolation, the rhythm of life in the ancient city is not hurriedThe appearance of sunrise and sunset is particularly vivid here, although there are also large and small shops extending in the streets and alleys, but the commercial atmosphere is not strong, the residents of the ancient city are commonplace to the arrival of outsiders, and the reception is the most direct and simple enthusiasm, which makes people feel more cordial.

The first place where the group settled was the Lingyun inn in the east of the city, the boss was a woman in her early thirties, busy receiving guests who arrived early in the morning, and the prepared breakfast was quickly served, Wu Er and Song Pan found a table by the window, and then sat down A cat meow sounded from the window, startling the two of them, and then looked, but it was just a pitch-black cat jumping up from the corner of the wall, probably disturbed by their approaching footsteps, the fat man no longer paid attention, but Wu Er's face was slightly stiff, the black cat just walked a few steps and suddenly turned his head and stared at him with brown pupils, and finally licked his paws and walked away lazily。

This scene did not escape the eyes of the proprietress, she walked to Wu Er's side, and asked with a smile: "Excuse me, my name is Ru Xian, and my friends call me Sister Xian, take the liberty to ask, where did the two distinguished guests come from?"

The fat man had already grabbed two buns in his hand, and replied to her while eating: "We came from Donglin City, and I heard that there are many mysterious things in your place, so we went to explore and explore, hehe." ”

"Yo~!Then you have found the right place, Ciyun Mountain in the south of Sucheng, Konglian Mountain in the north, there are many legends handed down hundreds of years ago, especially in recent years, there is an endless stream of tourists, and they are used to living in the metropolis, and now people are beginning to like to run in the mountains, satisfy curiosity, see novelties, and it is also a way of life. The proprietress briefly introduced the two of them to the places around Sucheng, and her eyes fell on Wu Er again: "What do you call the little brother?"

"My name is Wu Er, and his name is Song Pan. ”

"Oh......" Ru Xian's face flashed with surprise after hearing their names, but then he smiled and nodded: "You can use breakfast slowly, I won't bother, it's not enough, just ask the kitchen to get it, these side dishes are also pickled at home, I think it's delicious, you can also bring some back to relatives and friends, and the price is also very affordable." ”

The fat man looked like he was gobbling up, just like the stupid son of the landlord's family, Wu Er couldn't help but slap him: "Can you have a little bit of luck and hurry up to eat and get on the road?"

"Damn, do you think I'm a skinny monkey like you, the tonnage is here, don't eat more, how can I have the strength to play?" The fat man hiccuped and stopped chopsticks, saw Wu Er looking around, and asked, "What are you looking for?"

Wu Er glanced at him, took a few sips of warm soy milk and said, "I don't know why...... I always feel that there is a strange feeling from the beginning of getting off the bus, but I can't say what is strange. ”

"Are you sick?" the fat man stuffed a piece of gum into his mouth and made a gesture to probe his forehead, "It was your idea that we came all the way here, but now it's good, the ass is not hot and starts chattering, how can you make it like your grandmother!"

“......”

Half an hour passed, and the group leader Mo Yuxuan saw that everyone had almost eaten breakfast, stood up and clapped his hands and announced: "Everyone! Everyone's guest rooms are on the second floor, you can go to Sister Xian to get the keys to their respective rooms later, I believe we are still a little tired after sitting in the car for so long, we will not arrange activities today, we can put things and go to the ancient city by yourself, just rush back to eat, of course, if you want to try other snacks in the ancient city and don't come back to eat, send me a message in advance, finally, I wish you all a happy trip!"

Although it is a group of more than a dozen people, but in the final analysis, they are still strangers to each other, Wu Er has also observed other people in the group, I am afraid that only he and the fat man are purely here for travel, the others are silent along the way, and rarely take the initiative to talk, the passengers in the whole group seem to be polarized, one is that they have no understanding of the city, and they choose fate; This can't help but remind him of the group of 'Tufuzi' on the train, which is also strange, as if they have completely lost their trace when they arrive in Sucheng, is it because of the misinterpretation of the information revealed in their dialect?

"Ahh In the silence, the fat man suddenly pushed Wu Er with his elbow, signaling him to look at a middle-aged man in a jacket at the door, I don't know why, the man hesitated at the empty gate, picking his ears and scratching his cheeks was very funny, and raised his feet to the void several times and put it down.

"Poof...... He doesn't look like a person with intellectual problems, what is he doing? No physical performance?" The fat man couldn't help laughing, but Wu Er realized another detail, there was indeed no obstruction in front of the man's eyes, only where he was standing There was a circle of water that had just been accidentally splashed out of the bucket by the waiter walking by, was he afraid of water? Although this groundless speculation was ridiculous, Wu Er still stared at him tightly, and finally, when he was undecided, someone reached out and forcibly pulled him, like a companion in the same company, wearing glasses, burly figure, and the lines of thick arms could still be seen through the white shirt, at this moment he turned his head to look at Wu Er's table, the fat man's smile instantly froze on his face, Wu Er saw clearly, it was a handsome young man, his eyes were deep, and his eyes only paused on Wu Er's body and walked to the second floor with the man.

"It's really the size of the world. The fat man got up and went to the proprietress to get the room key, and then beckoned Wu Er to go upstairs to put things, in fact, Song Pan was sleeping most of the time along the way, and now he was full of food, but he was interested, and pulled Wu Er to wander around in the ancient city, and the strange store turned around, and finally stopped in an alley in the depths of the ancient city, it turned out that there was a pavilion at the end of the sight, and the branches of the ancient trees that did not see the whole picture covered the top of the pavilion, and what really made the two stop and be silent was that behind the pavilion stood a woman in white clothes, leaning on a wooden pillar of an ancient building, with a delicate and elegant face。

"I'll see it first, and I'll go first when I talk to you. The fat man looked stunned, and hooked up with Wu Erqiang to move forward calmly.

"Hey~ Look at you like that, the weasel is almost salivating when he sees a chicken, as for it?"

As soon as the words came out, the fat man's face sank, and he tightened his grip on Wu Er's shoulder: "Hey, I said, do you describe it like this?

"Poofha......" was caught by the fat man to the point of his words, and Wu Er himself couldn't help laughing, but when the two of them turned their eyes back to the pavilion, they found that the woman in white was gone.

"Damn! Why don't you blink an eye?" The fat man was annoyed, the two of them quickened their pace out of the alley, and found that they were facing an old street, there was a small river and the street running parallel to the distance, and the pavilion was located on the dividing line between the river and the street, but both of them felt a little strange, as if they had just passed the alley, completely to another place, the alley was noisy, there was so silence here, there were only old brick and wood houses with closed doors and windows on the left and right, and the sunlight that cut obliquely into the middle of the street seemed very lonely, and occasionally there were figures, but they passed by in a hurry, and then left here immediately。

"Fatty, let's go back quickly!"

"What are you doing? I've just come here, and I'm finally in a quiet place. ”

Who knew that Wu Er's face turned slightly pale, and he spoke: "Actually, when we walked into the alley just now, there was a wooden sign reminding that tourists refused to enter the alley, and the consequences were at their own risk! I didn't care, now looking at the situation here, it is indeed a little weird, let's go back first." ”

"Now that I've come over, I still say that these have a fart, but remind tourists not to enter the alley, and I haven't found anything special here, one is not limited in construction, and the other is not infested with vicious dogs, and the mystery of a hammer?"

"Hey!" Wu Er couldn't stop him, so he had to follow him, "It's not unreasonable that few people have come to this ancient city for so many years, maybe there is something that can't be explained, don't be reckless." ”

"Thanks to the forensic science you are still studying, can you have some basic professional qualities? You can also say this kind of nonsense?" The fat man found that the ancient tree next to the pavilion also blocked a small wooden bridge, and lifted the hanging branches, and the fat man's face was happy: "Yo! No wonder there is no one in the blink of an eye, it turns out that there is a tavern in the back." ”

"Crush on Peach Blossom Spring?" Wu Er glanced at the name of the tavern, if it weren't for the fact that the surroundings were too cold, the environment of this tavern was really impeccable, and the name of the tavern was also a pun, hiding the meaning of such a deep paradise, as for the peach blossoms, there must always be a gimmick of encounters in places like taverns.

"The door is open, the beautiful woman must have gone in just now, hurry up!" the fat man pretended to be decent, and strode onto the bridge.

"Your uncle!" Wu Er scolded secretly, although Song Pan weighed one hundred and eighty pounds, his movements were really fast. When the two of them entered the gate, the light was much darker, and a fragrance wafted in the air, and they were immediately refreshed.

"It's written at the door of the tavern that it is open at night, are you a pig brain when you come here during the day?" Wu Er looked at the empty tavern and wanted to pull the fat man away.

"Don't interrupt! there's a beautiful woman coming!" The fat man pulled Wu Er back to the bar, and when he looked at it again, it was really the woman in white Yingying walking slowly, with a classical and elegant temperament, and an unpredictable smile on her face.

"Shrink your stomach again! I gave you a fart last time. Perhaps it was because of the woman's laughter that Wu Er didn't feel it, and he reminded the fat man in a low voice very calmly at the moment.

"Damn, don't open any pot and mention which pot, watch the fat man's performance with peace of mind. The fat man looked at the woman with a smile on his face, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly and replied to Wu Er.

"Are the two of you new guests to Sucheng?" The woman's white dress was embroidered with dark flower shading, similar to a cheongsam, and when she got closer, she could smell the fragrance coming from her.

"Aha...... We walked around here and came in to see the tavern open and have a look. ”

"That's welcome, because there aren't many people here. ”

"Is your tavern open at night?" The woman in front of her had an indescribable feeling for Wu Er, if she wanted to describe it, it seemed to be a thorny rose-like existence, and it was beautiful to look at.

In fact, at the beginning, the woman's eyes fell on Wu Er, intentionally or unintentionally, and when she heard him ask a question at this moment, she replied with a smile: "A place like a tavern pays attention to an atmosphere, so guests prefer to come at night." ”

"Sister Mei!"

Just between the three of them talking, a deep voice suddenly sounded from outside the door, Wu Er and Song Pan turned their heads together, and saw that the person who came was stunned, it turned out to be a person in the tour group who was paying attention to them and had strange behaviors, but listening to him call the woman like this, it seems that they are friends who know each other.

"Yo, it's you, I'm glad to be lucky!" The man with broad shoulders and round waist was very polite, Wu Er and Song Pan smiled back awkwardly, and then saw the middle-aged man with a simple face standing behind him, who seemed to be not good at words, and nodded expressionlessly at the two of them as a greeting.

"I almost forgot to introduce myself, my name is You Kemei, I am the owner of this tavern, and my friends call me Sister Mei, what do you need to drink?"

The fat man glanced at the list on the table and said, "Let's have two bundles of green plum wine and a few braised vegetables." ”

"Okay, please wait a moment. Sister Mei turned around and went into the back kitchen of the tavern after confirming the order, while the two who had just come in followed.