Li Boju endured the pain in his heart and pulled one foot off the pegboard. He bit his lip to keep himself from making a sound, which would distract the master.

Placing his plucked foot on the open space beside him, he quickly glanced at the ground, then immediately withdrew his gaze and continued to remain on guard. The person he wants to arrest is still nearby, and he can't relax a little.

On the ground is a simple pegboard two feet square, about an inch thick. It was densely covered with nails, revealing an inch of edge. His other foot was still embedded in it, and he already felt a little numb at this time.

It's a rudimentary mechanism, but it's cleverly placed. The moment he jumped off the wall, he naturally chose a relatively flat open space to avoid the small but angular rocks around him. In addition, the moonlight was dim and there was no light, so he was so easily tricked.

Without hesitation, Li Boju pulled out his other foot violently. The situation is not serious, and it seems that the person he wants to pursue has a clear purpose, which is to delay his pursuit. Li Boju took a deep breath, the cold air of early winter made his rapidly expanding lungs tighten, and his spirit was also lifted.

"It's not over yet, you can't run. Li Boju staggered and continued to chase forward. The tingling pain from the soles of his feet made his heart also overflow with anxiety. "It's just a very simple case, but how did it evolve into such a situation?"

Li Boju is 35 years old Chinese New Year's Eve and belongs to a new generation of public security officers who are "late bloomers." It is now 1984, and after a period of turmoil of 10 years, it is impossible for Li Boju not to be a "late bloomer." Six months ago, the higher authorities selected outstanding personnel from the city's public security contingent to "pass on the help." He was fortunate to be favored by his master as the only great disciple of the mountain, and he was also a disciple of the closed door.

The master's name is Hao Jinduo, born in 1919. This year it is already fifty-six. A short figure of about 1.6 meters, he is still in good spirits. People give the nickname: "Good Strength". In his early years, Hao Jinduo studied in the West and also traveled to the concession. With his knowledge and experience, he was also well-known in the police circle during the Republic of China. and Jinmen detective "Luo Fengzhang" is collectively known as "nine feet from the sky". Both of them are in their early sixties at one meter, but they are both recognized as tall people in the industry.

After several months of careful teaching, Hao Jinduo decided to let Li Boju quickly accumulate experience from practice. He took his apprentice Sijiu Cheng'er to run, helping in the cases investigated by his brother units, learning and groping. Although Hao Jinduo was pleased with Li Boju's growth, in the face of his apprentice's eager eyes, he still shook his head in disappointment and said: You are so stupid, it is estimated that the day I die, you may not be able to become an apprentice.

Two days ago, the unit specially arranged a small case and asked Hao Jinduo to take his apprentices to practice. The facts of the case are simple: a leader surnamed Sun, who is in charge of logistics and trade union organization at a hospital affiliated to the army, suspects that someone is trying to murder him. This should have been a major case at the time, so why was it a small case?

At first, the leader, surnamed Sun, reported his suspicions to the security department of his unit, which also attracted enough attention. However, after a period of investigation, it was found that the suspicious targets and events listed by the leader Sun were probably just children's pranks. In addition, the character of the leader surnamed Sun was quite criticized in everyone's minds, and there was no similar situation during this period, so he terminated the investigation and closed the case as his suspicious ghost.

But the leader, surnamed Sun, did not give up his doubts. After repeated requests, the unit agreed that the local public security organs should intervene in the investigation. The Beigongmen Police Station, where the hospital is located, then dispatched two experienced police officers to secretly investigate and protect it for a week, but still did not find any suspicious incidents and clues listed by the leader surnamed Sun. Later, due to the tension of the police, he refused the repeated insistence of the leader surnamed Sun and closed the case.

After the leader surnamed Sun insisted on it many times to no avail, he used his personal relationship and entrusted it to the city bureau to get it here after many transfers. The leaders of the city bureau were embarrassed, and secondly, seeing that Hao Jinduo's master and apprentice had been really hard recently, they arranged for the two of them to come over to deal with it, and by the way, they should rest and relax.

The leader surnamed Sun made a joke on the first day of his apprenticeship. But it was precisely because of this "joke" that Hao Jinduo began to really pay attention to this case and decided to stay and continue to observe.

The leader surnamed Sun was named Sun Zexing, who was 51 years old at the time and lived alone. He informed Hao Jinduo of the abnormal situation at home that day. I usually like to listen to opera at home and have a drink or two. When he returned home today, he found two red wine glasses on the dining table, and a bottle of imported red wine that he had treasured for many years had been opened and poured into the glass. The record playing on the record player was also replaced by The Nutcracker.

Red wine was a memento of an important woman in his life, and almost no one knew about his extremely private secret. And the record of "The Nutcracker" is not his, he likes opera, but he does not like "The Nutcracker" opera. The man who wanted to kill himself knew all too much about these secrets.

The red wine bottles and red wine glasses provided by Sun Zexing did not leave any fingerprints, not even Sun Zexing's. It was precisely because there was no trace left that Hao Jinduo felt that Sun Zexing was not lying.

As for whether the hidden person is aiming to kill Sun Zexing, it cannot be judged for the time being, but one thing is certain, this person who knows Sun Zexing's privacy very much hates him very much. Because whether it was imported red wine or vinyl records, it was a luxury item that was not easy to obtain and expensive at that time. The cost of using it for pranks is too high.

Hao Jinduo's master and apprentice also learned about Sun Zexing's interpersonal relationships, and found that Sun Zexing had no other evils except for a little indiscretion in his life style. There was another reason why Hao Jinduo decided to stay, his intuition. He felt that the man who was hiding in the shadows was about to act.

Hao Jinduo and his apprentice Li Boju stared at Sun Zexing around the clock. That night, Sun Zexing went out to take a bath in the internal bath south of the dormitory area. The inside of the hospital is a small world of its own, with canteens, shops, clubs, and more. The baths are at the foot of the hill on the south side of the hospital, side by side with the boiler room for central heating on the west side. There is a long staircase in front of you to slow down the steep slope, so you can take a shower on foot.

There is also a flat but steeper trail on each side of the slope, which is an arena for children to play with their homemade roller gadgets. The only road that can be passed through vehicles is a dirt road on the west side of the boiler room. It is mainly used to transport coal, and there is a lot of dust when coming and going, so there are basically no people in normal times.

After the master and apprentice circled around the bath, they found a secluded corner at the door and waited, without informing Sun Zexing. After waiting for a long time, Sun Zexing didn't come out, and Hao Jinduo didn't find Sun Zexing after entering the steaming bath. Just as he was about to go out to inform Li Boju to go around to the back of the bath to check, Hao Jinduo suddenly heard a few women's exclamations from the window behind the bath.

Hao Jinduo turned around again and ran back through the bath towards the back door, behind the bath was a small courtyard, only a small pile of coal was placed against the back wall, and the rest of the place was unobstructed. The small gate of the courtyard was open. The exclamation came from the women's bathroom next to it, and someone had already run out to check at this time, and it turned out that someone had smashed the back window of the women's bathroom with a stone.

Hao Jinduo's first reaction was that something was wrong, but he didn't think of it for a while. At this moment, Li Boju's cry came from outside the open courtyard gate, and Hao Jinduo ran out to see it and was surprised.

After leaving the courtyard gate, there was a curved path to the left, and Sun Zexing was prostrate forward on his knees, with a wooden stick sticking on his back. Li Boju was leaning over to check, and when he saw the master coming, he immediately said, "I'm dead, and I've just choked my breath." The javelin, which was thrown from behind, with great force, pierced the ribcage. I heard the sound and ran from the east side of the path, but I didn't see anyone in the process. He glanced at his watch, "It took three minutes." ”

Hao Jinduo took a cursory look at Sun Zexing's body, got up again and observed the surrounding environment, and then slapped his thigh violently, "Fooled, that person ran from the bath." As I walked through the bath, I met a tightly wrapped person who looked like he was about to go out after taking a shower. But his forehead was not flushed or moistened by the heat. Quick, I'll chase back from the original road, you climb over the wall and take the boiler room to take a shortcut to block. After that person goes out, he can only take the west path, and I will chase you to block it. ”

Li Boju nodded and quickly came to the courtyard wall of the boiler room. There is a small door here that has been locked, which I have confirmed when I was familiar with the environment with the master just now. There is a large wooden box next to the small door, which allows people to climb the high courtyard wall with little difficulty. Li Boju suddenly thought that this wooden box was probably also reserved by the murderer. It seems that he has arranged more than one escape path for himself.

Li Boju climbed the courtyard wall and was about to jump off when he looked back and saw that the master was still watching him and did not chase the murderer. Yes, the master is already very old, and even if he catches up with the murderer in old age and frailty, what can he do?

Then Li Boju jumped off the high wall, and then he was hit. He gritted his teeth and endured it, firstly for fear that the master would be distracted, and secondly for fear that the murderer would change his escape route when he heard the sound. Li Boju quickened his pace, analyzing the murderer's possible escape route and speed according to his impressions of his surroundings, so as to distract himself from the perception of pain.

Li Boju slanted west through the courtyard of the boiler room and went straight to the west wall, where there is also a corner gate, which is a small door for employees to enter and exit. Out of the small door was a steep path beside the stairs, which should be able to block him. As soon as he opened the small door, Li Boju heard two consecutive sounds, one was the crisp sound of metal smashing, and the other was the dull sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

When Li Boju ran to the place where the sound came from, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. It also made him regret and painful for the rest of his life.

The master was lying in a pool of blood, his hands trying to plug the wound on his neck to prolong his consciousness. A bicycle fell a few meters in front of the master, and the wheels were still turning. A thin wire that is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye lies between the master and the bicycle, and at this moment it is the boundary between life and death.

The wire is fastened to the trees on both sides of the path, and the height should be just above the chest of an adult. The murderer's purpose was to slow down the pursuer, and if it was a person of normal height, he would probably be taken on a heel or injured, but the master's height was not as high as that of an adult, and he was wrapped around the neck.

The master opened his mouth several times and couldn't make a sound. Just lying on the ground and looking at Li Boju so fixedly, as if all the meaning was contained in it. Li Boju knelt beside his master without a call sign, he knew that the master hated this kind of wanton cathartic expression.

Li Boju leaned over and approached the master, he wanted to know what else the master had to explain to him? The master's eyes were already a little sloppy, and he struggled to raise his hand to gesture to something, but he never succeeded. In the end, the master gave up his efforts and looked at Li Boju and smiled. There are regrets, gratifications, and satisfactions when laughing.

The master died, so suddenly, so easily. Li Boju's mind seemed to be blank, and it seemed that thousands of thoughts flashed back to him for a while.

In the end, he only remembered one thing,

That's him Li Boju,

He has already been outdone.