Xu Jingnan's originally depressed mood has become inexplicably excited these days, and he decided to go around the institute to see if he can find something, there is a small market not far from the institute, although the place is not big, it can also meet the needs of life, especially the needs of the people's stomach.

At this moment, the time is not yet 7 o'clock in the morning, he has just come back from a morning run and passed here, wearing sportswear and a slight coolness, his heart is moving and he sits slowly at a small breakfast stall to eat soup powder, the taste is very good, there is actually free delicious sauerkraut, it is the faint smell floating over the stall mouth makes him a little puzzled, so he looked over, and couldn't help laughing.

It turned out that there were a few large and small cattle on the edge of this stall looking for food, and there were a few chickens scattered next to it, and the scene looked like a family going out early in the morning to forage for food, slow and a little warm.

Xu Jingnan shook his head helplessly, but he didn't think much about it, how good can the hygiene of the village market be, but for the sake of the good taste of the soup powder, he has to sit for a while.

There is a steamed bun shop next to the soup powder shop, and the fragrance of meat and cabbage buns comes to the nose. Shortbread, the owner of the steamed bun shop has a fat head and big ears, his face is full of sweat, but he is full of energy; opposite a girl wearing a gauze is selling freshly ground soybean milk, the hum of the electric machine is endless, and after a while, a faint mist rises, the little girl has not said a word from beginning to end, but her hands and feet are nimble, and the stall is also full of young people and a large group of elementary school students, it seems that business is quite good; diagonally opposite is a small supermarket, there are not many things, mainly retail daily necessities and small snacks, and cigarettes and betel nuts are placed in front of the refrigerator for drinks, obviously this is the most selling commodity, a middle-aged woman sits at the door of the small shop with a blank faceIn front of the supermarket, a couple is shouting and selling Northeast ham stall cakes, the oily face is full of business but average, but it is the aunt wearing a white hat next door, wrapped in a dirty apron, I don't see how she shouts The business is obviously much better, she sells GD rice rolls, the fat rice rolls take a half-sized spoon and pour a circle of secret soy sauce, and then mix some golden garlic oil, and they can't help but move their fingers from a distance; and then opposite is a dazzling fruit stall, the proprietress is bored with a fan to catch flies.

Since ancient times, people have taken food as the sky, and the market gate is always such a busy and chaotic scene, and the aroma of various ingredients is the happiness that ordinary people can feel the most every morning.

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Xu Jingnan was waiting for someone.

It's not so much waiting, it's better to watch, because this person obviously came earlier than him, at this time, with his back to him and was immersed in tasting the fragrant GD rice rolls, and he didn't lift his head for more than ten minutes, until the last bit of soup finally fell into his stomach, he was satisfied with his lips, looking for the common rolling paper to wipe his mouth, but for some reason he didn't find it for a long time.

A piece of paper was gently handed over.

Zhou Wengang was stunned for a moment, but immediately said embarrassedly: "Officer Xu, morning." He took the napkin and hurriedly wiped his oily lips.

Xu Jingnan didn't speak, he just took another napkin and wiped the dirty small board table unhurriedly, and swept the used disposable chopsticks to the ground.

He wants to sit here for a while, it is too dirty and uncomfortable.

Zhou Wengang obviously saw his intentions, so he didn't rush to speak, but took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, handed one to Xu Jingnan and lit a fire, the two of them are actually the same age, but due to different occupations, at this time Zhou Wengang looks like a hairy guy who has just graduated, while Xu Jingnan is like a much older brother next door.

"Looking for me?" After a while, Zhou Wengang spoke first.

Xu Jingnan nodded, gestured with his hand to his lips to indicate that the voice was not too loud, and then said slowly in a low voice: "There are still some small questions for you to talk about in detail." ”

Zhou Wengang said with some doubts: "I said a lot when I made the transcript, and I have already said everything I know." ”

Xu Jingnan said that he understood, he raised his eyes and looked around, and said in a low voice: "I don't need to repeat what I said today, you can introduce me to the specific situation of Meng Biao." ”

Zhou Wengang was a little puzzled.

Xu Jingnan prompted: "The usual work situation, life preferences, what kind of friends you like to make, whether you have any hobbies and so on, you can do it." ”

Zhou Wengang said: "Do these things have anything to do with the case?

Xu Jingnan laughed, he also felt happy for Zhou Wengang's ignorance of the world, he was just a student who had just graduated, but the boring and monotonous work, the pain of being confused in reality, had already grown in the process of repeatedly questioning himself, just like a bamboo knot growing crunchyly, and this peer would never grow up in an isolated world.

"Of course, any clue may be of great help to the case, do you want to know the truth?" he unconsciously used some means, hoping to arouse Zhou Wengang's curiosity.

Zhou Wengang really became excited, the light in his eyes expressed a strong sense of mission and responsibility in his heart, and he opened his mouth and said loudly: "Know everything!"

Xu Jingnan hurriedly made a shushing gesture and spread his hands to say please speak.

Zhou Wengang finally calmed down, and he quickly began his own disordered description: "Meng Biao is a big fat man, he came in five or six years earlier than me, the reason why he is called Xiaobiao is because everyone in the whole unit calls him Xiao Meng - you know, everyone in the public institution calls Xiao Meng means that this person has no status, and I call him Xiao Biao to mean that I am friends with him, at least enough to respect him." He saw that Xu Jingnan nodded knowingly, and then continued.

"Xiaobiao is introverted, but the technology is very good, so Mr. Liu asked him to participate in the research of core technology, although the person who buries himself in doing things and does not speak is not pleasing himself, but the leader is inseparable from such an old scalper, anyway, he does not fight or grab, and he thinks he has made a big mistake by criticizing two sentences, this kind of person is easy to use. ”

"Xiaobiao likes to smoke alone, and other hobbies are not touched, anyway, every day I have no interest in playing poker except to watch him bury his head in smoking is buried in the code program, and I am not interested in playing poker, saying that my friend may be just me - you say that such a person will suddenly leave his job, and I don't believe it if he is killed!" he suddenly made such a comment.

Xu Jingnan hurriedly waved his hand, saying that he should not express his opinion lightly: "Don't worry, don't jump to conclusions too early, haven't you heard of some good people who are called good people on weekdays, but there are dozens of murders in their hands? ”

Zhou Wengang swallowed his saliva and smiled awkwardly.

Although Mr. Liu values him, he will definitely not reuse him, let alone let him serve as a manager, which even a fool can see, but he himself does not think so, and he has to take out the 100,000 savings he has saved hard to run the back door, just for the position of a project manager, at that time I was stunned when I heard his thoughts, why is this so painful? can not discourage his enthusiasm, but also to find a way to break his idea, it is really a problem that makes me scratch my head. ”

So I first asked him what he really thought, he usually told me anything, this time is no exception, it turned out that some time ago when I went back to my hometown was a little stimulated, some friends from elementary school, junior high school and college asked this high-achieving student is now high, he couldn't answer for a long time, and finally said that he was the project manager of the research institute, how much to save some face, and after coming back, he couldn't help but think carefully - forgot to tell you that Xiaobiao is a doctoral student of QH. ”

Xu Jingnan interrupted him in surprise: "Dr. QH?

This time Zhou Wengang smiled, he said: "I am also a graduate student of a famous university of science and technology, I am not a clerk in the office until now, my main job is to serve tea and water." ”

Xu Jingnan inexplicably became weak-hearted, what is he, the little forensic doctor trained by the academy who can't even be named, suddenly walked into the pile of scholars and pointed fingers, what kind of reputation is this, and now it is a private investigation, and the name is not right, once these high-IQ people see the clues, won't it damage the reputation of the police station. He forcibly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and was silent for a long time before he found his thoughts: he was a people's policeman, and the people who needed help sitting opposite him were witnesses or suspects.

After the disrupted thinking was clearer, Xu Jingnan cautiously said, "What level are you Liu Zong?"

Zhou Wengang's eyes showed an admiring look: "Academician ZKY." ”

Xu Jingnan was finally surprised, he nodded and said: "GJ-level positions, no wonder there are so many masters and capable people under his hands, doctors do ordinary staff, and graduate students do miscellaneous work." ”

Zhou Wengang did not grasp his humor, but said worriedly: "What we study is very important, and high technology may not necessarily work." ”

Xu Jingnan asked curiously, "What are you studying?"

"Then I can't tell. Zhou Wengang was cautious, he thought about it for fear that Xu Jingnan would misunderstand, and added: "Besides, I am not qualified to know." ”

Xu Jingnan didn't ask, he nodded and said, "That's okay, these confidential matters have little to do with the case, let's continue to talk about Meng Biao's affairs......"

Suddenly-

He suddenly noticed that Zhou Wengang's expression was a little abnormal.

Zhou Wengang's excited gaze just now was instantly dull, his mouth and nose were wide open, and his pupils were dilated several times, as if he saw something terrible in broad daylight, and he almost foamed at the mouth and rolled over and fell to the ground.

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Xu Jingnan didn't think of finding Zhou Wengang on a whim.

Just one night a few days ago, Xu Jingnan finally received a long-awaited letter.

The letter reads as follows:

Hello!

Officer Xu Jingnan, thank you very much for your letter, and thank you for your trust and love, I am Li Yiting, although we used to be colleagues, but now I have resigned and gone into hiding, no longer ask about those serious cases, only care about the daily livelihood of some people, looking for chickens in the east of the village and looking for dogs in the west of the village, although trivial and boring, but also at ease.

After a closer look at the case you described, on the surface, it looks like an ordinary missing person case, so it is close to my professional handling of losing chickens and dogs, so I will briefly express some personal opinions, I dare not say whether it is helpful to you, just for reference.

But there are several characteristics of the disappearance:

First, it is impossible to disappear out of thin air, there will be witnesses or traces of location, simply put, that is, the chicken may drill and run and hide, will lay eggs and flutter its wings, but will never fly, even if it happens that the chicken can really fly, then it is difficult to take off and land vertically on the earth;

Second, there are always some reasons for disappearances, at least there must be enough evidence to support them, such as whether the chicken quarreled with the dog today, or had a relationship with another hen, or whether his own eggs were taken away by the dog, and at the worst he was hungry and went out to forage for food;

Third, life and death may be missing, and then for example, a chicken, life can see how far it can go by physical strength, death can see how thick its flies and maggots are, and it is unlikely that there are no bones;

Fourth, in the era of such advanced communications, I think it is quite difficult to go missing, just like the mahjong table, it is no longer a secret;

Fifth, invisibility is the highest level of disappearance, I don't know if you have read Gu Long's novels, Gong Jiu's stealth technique, you might as well study it, maybe it will be inspiring.

I can only say that I appreciate your way of thinking, and I think you will reveal it to me after careful consideration, so I still appreciate it.

We talked so much about the first communication, and I can't remember anything else for the time being, after all, we are thousands of miles apart, and I haven't set foot in the first scene, so it's useless to say more.

Ideologically speaking, people are very different from chickens and dogs, but if only in terms of certain behavioral characteristics, there is not much difference between humans and chickens and dogs.

If he has similar questions to discuss in the future, I will be happy to accompany him.

The old criminal policeman: Li Yiting

Late at night on January 24, 2117

Xu Jingnan looked at this letter and was both excited and puzzled, excited that the idol he worshiped actually received the letter and wrote a reply, wondering whether this letter was a hint that he wanted to continue to investigate? After reading it several times, he finally determined this.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that he had suddenly become taller, and his powerful spiritual power had actually reacted violently through such a thin piece of letter paper in such a distant time and space.

He thought, since the teacher mentioned it, let's start with the chicken's partner, this is the most sure direction of investigation at present, so he had the idea of waiting for the rabbit in the market this time, he didn't expect that the harvest would be so amazing.

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At this time, he looked at Zhou Wengang's stunned expression, not knowing what was going on.

For a long time -

Zhou Wengang's eyes finally moved, and he exclaimed in a low voice: "Meng Biao!"

Xu Jingnan suddenly felt a cool breath penetrating into his backbone out of nowhere, is this a test of a policeman's courage, he looked at Zhou Wengang's gaze with some trembling in his heart.

A big fat man with a bloated figure walked slowly from the entrance of the market, ordered a bowl of rice noodles from the rice noodles stall under their noses, and then walked to the fruit stall opposite without squinting, he didn't seem to see Zhou Wengang, even if Zhou Wengang stared at him directly; if this person was really Meng Biao, then how much like a ghost going out in broad daylight, the two of them became air.

Xu Jingnan forcibly suppressed the horror, at this time, the big fat man who was not very flexible had already walked to the position full of mangoes and stood down, picking out the large and small fruits in the box casually, bargaining with the boss slowly and methodically, and finally bought two big bags after a quarter of an hour, and prepared to walk out of the market door with both hands, Zhou Wengang couldn't sit still.

He stood up and shouted, "Little Biao, wait!"

No one answered.

The big fat man didn't even react at all, and walked straight away without changing his face, leaving Zhou Wengang with a complicated expression to stand in place.

Xu Jingnan nudged him lightly and said in a low voice, "Are you sure this person is Meng Biao?"

Zhou Wengang said calmly: "It won't be wrong. ”

Xu Jingnan said strangely: "There are many similar people in this world, and it is not necessary for you to admit that you are wrong." ”

Zhou Wengang shook his head: "People's figures, appearances, actions, and speeches can be similar, but there is one thing that is absolutely impossible to be the same." ”

"What is it?" Xu Jingnan was curious.

"Didn't you notice he had three eyes?"