Zhong Yong took the black leaf-like thing from my hand and looked at it in front of him.

"It must have been an ordinary leaf, probably stuck to the deceased's hair before her accident. ”

The forensic old man next to him said disapprehantly.

Zhong Yong didn't say anything, put the leaf in a sealed bag and took me away.

Inside the car, he took out the sealing bag and said, "You're right, there's something wrong with that circus." ”

"What do you say?

I asked curiously.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is a fragment of a poppy leaf. ”

Zhong Yong said this to me, and the poppy leaves sounded a little familiar, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "Isn't that damn it?"

"You are wrong to say this, but it can also be understood that the poppy can only be made after it has been refined, but the cultivation of this plant itself is illegal, and the poppy leaves are inherently psychedelic in nature. This woman should have been addicted to drugs before she died, and this kind of thing appeared inside their circus, which is probably not clean. ”

"So where are you going now?

I asked curiously.

"Then it will only startle the snake, first find out the specific situation with our intelligence officers. This case is not big, and it has been several days since it was handed over to them for investigation, and the results should be known. ”

Zhong Yong started the engine as he spoke, and the car moved slowly under the drifting light rain.

Speaking of which, Zhong Yong's organization is indeed mysterious, it seems to be very powerful, and it seems to have something to do with the top, and many departments and agencies have given them the green light.

There were three intelligence officers we met, all much older than me, and we met under the eaves of a small shop, inconspicuous. It looks like you're sheltering from the rain.

"Brother Yong, the matter is basically investigated. ”

The man in the lead was about thirty years old, with long narrow eyes and two mustaches, and he looked quite shrewd.

"Tell me. ”

Zhong Yong smoked a cigarette and didn't talk much nonsense.

"The head of this circus is called Qi Dong, a native of Shanxi, who was an acrobat in the early years, but later retired because of an injury, and with the help of friends, he worshipped several theater practitioners as masters, and then learned Western magic, performed in various venues, and saved some money. I borrowed it from a friend and opened the circus. The business is not bad, and the money was paid back in the first few years, and now it is basically a sure profit. There are about 30 people in the circus, and the performance team is basically fixed. He himself would always appear last to perform magic tricks and take a curtain call at the same time. The woman who died was his best friend, and the two were not officially married, but they have always maintained a close cohabitation relationship. At the same time, he also acts as his partner when performing. ”

The superficial things are basically explained.

"In the past few days, we have investigated and secretly visited, and found that Qi Dong is addicted to drugs, and he has a record of being detained for drug abuse in the early years, and he also has two relatively unsuccessful drug use histories. When our people visited secretly at night, they found that Qi Dong would grow poppies by himself, and although he did not know the technique of refining them, he would simply let the poppy leaves boil in water to enjoy a slight psychedelic feeling. Moreover, the deceased also had a history of drug abuse with him. ”

This seems to explain why poppy leaf fragments were found in a woman's hair.

"What about the cause of death?"

Zhong Yong still asked without nonsense.

"It is rumored that about half a year ago, Qi Dong met with a few friends and discussed selling the circus to save a sum of money to go to the sea to do business. However, most of the members of the circus do not agree, and most of the members of the circus are not accepted and tolerated by the outside world, so they hope that the circus will continue to operate. For this reason, there have been serious conflicts and contradictions within the circus. Among them, the female animal trainer of the circus, a woman named Yan Ying, took the lead in opposing Qi Dong's sale of the circus, and repeatedly made threatening remarks against Qi Dong in front of everyone. And threatened that if Qi Dong sold the circus, it would pay the price. According to the autopsy report, the deceased died of suffocation, and we found obvious marks on the inner wall of the magic box after examining it, similar to the marks left by a relatively thick snake after crawling. A few of us felt that Yan Ying wanted to take revenge on Qi Dong, so we wanted to give him a look. So he commanded his snake to get into the magic box, and strangled Qi Dong's female partner while performing in the magic box. Of course, this is not speculation, judging by the extent of the shattered bones in the entity's neck and face, as well as the traces of struggle in the magic box, the deceased was indeed attacked inside, but never made a sound. And when everyone panicked when they found the dead man, the snake was entrenched in the magic box, was sent backstage, and took the opportunity to slip away. ”

The investigation is very detailed, and the methods are almost the same from the murder attempt. I've seen how animal trainers watch over snakes, and they're almost as smart as humans, and it's not difficult to kill people when they're told to do so.

"How sure are you?"

Zhong Yong asked again.

"At least seven points, you shouldn't be wrong. We've compiled a report that you can report upwards at any time. ”

The man nodded in reply.

"That's good, it's still the old rule, let's do it first, and you submit the report at the same time. Finish this case as quickly as possible......"

After speaking, he snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, beckoned, and motioned for me to get into the car. I didn't react a little, and when I was about to leave, the man behind me suddenly laughed: "It's you?"

I was stunned, looked back at him strangely and asked, "Me?"

"Ba Xiaoshan, get in the car, let's go. ”

Zhong Yong opened the door of the small pickup truck and shouted at me, I nodded, and hurriedly sat in the car without bothering to speak, and drove forward.

"Brother Yong, these are your intelligence officers, how do they look like police comrades? By the way, they are so polite when they see you. ”

I said with a smile.

"The division of labor at the bottom of our organization is basically two types of people, one is investigation, and the other is execution, and we are executing. And the basic execution is the last to rush to the front line to catch people and do dirty work, so it's not because I'm old that they are polite to me. Even if you have the opportunity to be my colleague in the future, they will be very polite to you at such a young age. ”

Zhong Yong didn't say much along the way, as if he didn't want to reveal more about their organization to me, the car drove all the way to the vicinity of the circus, Zhong Yong got out of the car and touched his pocket, frowned and said, "I'll buy a pack of cigarettes, you wait for me." ”

He walked out, and I leaned against the side of the car, looking around boredly. I didn't expect to see a beautiful silver sedan drive in front of me. Although I am not very familiar with cars, there are some famous car logos that I still recognize, such as Mercedes-Benz.

"Three needles, one circle, this is Mercedes-Benz......"

The way I memorize the car logo is still taught by the fat man, and this silver sedan looks longer and wider than our small pickup truck, revealing a sense of wealth. It's definitely worth the old nose money, but I'm also a person who has seen the world, and I've seen a lot of good cars, so I'm not surprised.

The car stopped a short distance in front of me, and I glanced at the building that I had stopped, and it was still a little familiar. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was Shen Mengtian downstairs at her house! The last time I came to see the circus performance, I seemed to have heard the fat man say something.

The door of the sedan opened, and I saw a handsome man, not very tall, but with broad shoulders, and medium-length hair, which was fashionable among young people at that time, but with wax and hair all combed back. The face is white and clean, and it has a bit of a creamy feeling. He wore a white suit and shirt with a tie, but perhaps because he was thinner, the suit was a little loose.

It should be a rich son, anyway, after the reform and opening up, there are many rich people among young people. After he got out of the car, he walked to the co-pilot and opened the door, probably his girlfriend or the girl he was courting.

When the car door opened, the first thing I saw was a back, a graceful back, wearing a plain skirt. It was a little familiar, I frowned slightly, the woman's long hair flicked slightly, and half of her face turned sideways, I saw it like this, and I actually recognized it.

The person who got out of the car was clearly Shen Mengtian! No wonder she looked familiar, it was really her!

I was slightly stunned, and the man in the suit reached out with a smile on his face and gently grabbed her hand. “