"Maybe it's been down**." Ying Xi speculated in a low voice.

Lu Hehuan nodded, "It should be that someone stole out of the car and returned it in those two days." ”

"But since that person stole the car, why didn't he just drive it away?"

"The target of the car is big and it is easy to spot."

Seeing the two whispering, Liu Rushuang couldn't help but interject from the side, "But an elephant is such a behemoth, what can it be used if it is not transported by truck?" You can't drive the elephants, can you? ”

"Maybe now the elephant has been hidden, and the criminals want to wait for the limelight to pass before transporting it away." Ying Xi thought for a moment and replied.

"Whether it was hidden or the mode of transportation was changed, in short, the elephant was transported from the Strange Beast Garden by a truck carrying kerosene, and we followed the trajectory of the truck to check it." Lu Hehuan's tone was resolute.

"How do you check?" Ying asked puzzled.

Lu Hehuan looked at Liu Rushuang, as if looking at a famous detective with great powers, "Miss Liu, you and Bai Yulou are now using the network you have accumulated to inquire about where this truck went and where it stayed on the day the elephant was lost." Inspector Ying and I searched along the kerosene trail on the stone road, and immediately notified each other if there was a clue. ”

Ying Xi saw that Lu Hehuan wanted to ask Liu Rushuang for help again, and casually commanded himself to investigate the case, with a dissatisfied face, "I like to command so much, I think, you have done a good job of this detective." ”

Lu Hehuan knew that Ying Xi was vain, so he hurriedly made a gesture of please, "It's still Inspector Ying to be the commander-in-chief." ”

Ying Xi happily walked in front of Lu Hehuan and the others, stood up straight, cleared his throat, and made a serious gesture, "Let's go!" ”

The surface of the river shimmered brightly in the light of the red sun.

Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi searched all the way along the kerosene tracks, Ying Xi raised his head, patted Lu Hehuan's shoulder, and pointed ahead, "There is a dock ahead." ”

"Could it be that the means of transport for the conversion is a boat?" Lu Hehuan looked at the ships on the river and fell into thought.

Liu Rushuang and Bai Yulou stood on the pier and waved at the two.

"Brother Xi, Brother Xi!"

Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi walked over quickly when they heard the sound.

"Did you find a clue?" Ying Xi asked Liu Rushuang eagerly.

"We inquired that the truck had arrived at the dock in the early hours of this morning, and it seemed that it was unloading something, but we didn't know what the specific cargo was."

Lu Hehuan looked at Liu Rushuang, "Go and check how many boats have gone out from last night to now, where are they going?" ”

"I've already checked, and only a few small fishing boats have been driven out since last night, and the hulls are so small that they can't hold elephants at all."

"I didn't expect Miss Liu to really look like a private detective." Lu Hehuan was once again impressed by Liu Rushuang's reconnaissance ability.

"If you don't shoot the ass, there is a fart for slapping Liu Rushuang's ass." Ying Xi scoffed disdainfully.

Bai Yulou saw that Ying Xi was sarcastic and sarcastic, and couldn't help but stand up, "Sister Shuang is a famous bag in the old gate, and being good friends with Sister Shuang is equivalent to installing informants in all walks of life, and Officer Lu's sycophant is worth it." ”

Ying Xi glared at Bai Yulou and scolded dissatisfiedly, "Your brain is spinning so fast, are you okay?" ”

Bai Yulou realized that he had lost his words and covered his mouth at a loss.

"Since there is no big boat to sail out, the elephant should not have been transported away." Lu Hehuan frowned.

"Just say that you didn't transport a bird away, but you can tell me where the elephant is?" Ying Xi pointed the finger at Lu Hehuan again.

Lu Hehuan didn't take pleasure, looked up, and saw two big ships moored at the dock, one with a deep draft and the other with a shallow draft.

Lu Hehuan pointed to the shallow draft boat, "So that's it!" On that boat! ”

Ying Xi looked at the two boats, not knowing why.

"One of the two ships has a deep draft, and the other has a ......shallow draft," Lu Hehuan explained.

"If you say so, the elephant should be in the boat with the deep draft!" Ying Xi interrupted Lu Hehuan anxiously.

Lu Hehuan shook his head, "The lost elephant weighed five thousand pounds, and before the boat left the dock, for the sake of safety, the criminals would definitely take measures to reduce the weight of the elephant......"

"You mean the criminals took advantage of the hot air balloon principle you mentioned earlier?" Liu Rushuang seemed to understand something, and couldn't help asking.

Lu Hehuan looked at Liu Rushuang and gave a thumbs up, "Miss Liu Bingxue is smart, the criminal should have used the hot air balloon to reduce the weight of the elephant." ”

Liu Rushuang looked at Ying Xi happily, "Brother Xi, do you think I'm smart?" ”

Ying Xi folded his arms disdainfully and pouted, "I think you guys are ridiculous, it's nonsense that balloons can pull elephants." ”

"I also think it's impossible, Brother Xi, I support you." Liu Rushuang immediately changed her face and echoed Ying Xi.

"Didn't Miss Liu ...... just now" Lu Hehuan couldn't cry or laugh, but he didn't expect Liu Rushuang to turn her face faster than turning a book.

"I'm just looking at how ridiculous you really are, balloons pull elephants, it's the funniest joke I've ever heard." Liu Rushuang laughed coldly at Lu Hehuan.

"Lu Hehuan, the elephant must be in the boat with a deep draft, don't waste time, go search now." Ying Xi, who was in a hurry to solve the case, urged.

Lu Hehuan saw that Ying Xi didn't believe it, so he helplessly proposed, "Inspector Ying, do you dare to bet with me again?" ”

"Okay, bet on what?" Ying Xi looked at Lu Hehuan with interest, arrogant.

"If the elephant is in the boat with a shallow draft, I don't have to wash your socks again, and if the elephant is in the boat with a deep draft, I'll wash your socks for an extra month."

"No, the chips are too small, if the elephant is in a boat with a deep draft, you will wash my socks for a year."

"Inspector Ying, you're too open-mouthed, aren't you?"

Just as the two were arguing over the bet, black smoke suddenly billowed from the shallow draft of the boat.

Bai Yulou pointed to the boat with a shallow draft and shouted in panic, "It's on fire, that boat is on fire!" ”

When everyone heard the sound, they looked over and were immediately stunned.

"Check it out!"

Lu Hehuan rushed to the boat first, Ying Xi, Liu Rushuang and Bai Yulou reacted and hurriedly followed.

Lu Hehuan and his entourage quickly rushed into the cabin of the shallow water boat and found that the elephant was indeed in the shallow boat, and a burning hot air balloon was hanging the elephant.

"Such a big balloon? No wonder it can pull an elephant. Ying Xi sighed in disbelief.

The crowd looked closely and saw a suspicious man with charred hair, beard, and clothes standing next to the elephant.

When the man saw that he was discovered, he immediately rushed to the window and tried to jump off the boat and escape.

Lu Hehuan quickly pulled out a gun and shot the floor in front of the man, but the man didn't dare to move again. Ying Xi took advantage of the situation to control the man and tore off the man's fake beard and hood. The man showed his true face when he landed, but when he saw that he was fair-skinned and handsome, he was the tourist next to the owner of the Strange Beast Garden that day.

"'Nightshade'?" Ying Xi stared at the man in surprise.

Lu Hehuan looked at Ying Xi, "Do you know him?" ”

Ying Xi sneered, "Hmph, he is the famous thief 'Night Fragrance' in the old gate, I didn't expect to steal an elephant so outrageous this time." ”

It turned out that the one who stole the elephant in the Strange Beast Garden was the "night incense" that the people of the old gate hated. "Night Primrose" was originally the grandson of Zhou Tiancheng, the famous "flour king" in Shanghai, and later the family fell into the middle of the road, and "Night Primrose" started to steal. Because he was accustomed to committing crimes at night, and was good at using incense, he could succeed without knowing it, so the people of the old gate gave him the name "Night Incense".

When Liu Rushuang heard that she had caught the "night fragrance", she hurriedly leaned forward and looked the "night fragrance" up and down, "Two years ago, he stole my father's cloth village. ”

Bai Yulou saw that the attention of the three of them was on "Night Primrose", and the hot air balloon next to him had already burned, Bai Yulou timidly covered his nose, "Shall we put out the fire first?" ”

Only then did the three discover that the hot air balloon had burned.

"Quick, put out the fire!" Ying Xi panicked.

Lu Hehuan, Liu Rushuang, and Bai Yulou hurriedly used fishing nets and wooden sticks in the cabin to extinguish the fire, but it didn't work.

"No, is there any water?" Liu Rushuang saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and she was anxious.

"Is it okay to saliva?" Bai Yulou spat awkwardly at the hot air balloon.

"Disgusting!" Liu Rushuang angrily took a wooden stick and was about to beat Bai Yulou.

Lu Hehuan saw a wooden basin in the corner of the cabin, and quickly picked up the basin and rushed out, and after a while, he carried a basin of water and splashed it on the hot air balloon.

The fire was extinguished, and the crowd breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Hehuan walked to the side of "Night Primrose" and searched his body, and soon found a piece of paper, he opened it to look at it, and found that the paper was full of Japanese.

"Power of attorney from a Japanese businessman, that's your motive for stealing elephants, right?" Lu Hehuan took the power of attorney and questioned "Night Fragrance".

"Night Primrose" lowered her head stupidly and didn't say a word.

Ying Xi looked at "Night Primrose" in confusion, and then looked at Lu Hehuan, "Lu Hehuan, what the hell is going on?" ”

Lu Hehuan didn't take pleasure, and stared at "Night Primrose" with sharp eyes, "It's a Japanese businessman who entrusted you to steal elephants, right?" ”

"Night Primrose" shook her body, and then regained her composure.

Lu Hehuan pondered for a moment and continued to stare at "Night Primrose", "If I'm not mistaken, you only have the overall plan to see the secret door in the elephant cage first." You first entrust Zheng Qiu and Zhang Chuan to act according to your line book, and then steal the money and line book back. Then, you stun the owner of the kerosene factory and sneak away the big truck at night, you park the truck at the back gate of the elephant park in advance, and prepare a hot air balloon. Then you taught Zheng Qiu and Zhang Chuan to use the knowledge of Western physics - the refraction of light to 'turn into an elephant', and take advantage of the panic to transport the elephant with a truck stolen in advance, and you put a hot air balloon on the roof of the truck to reduce the weight of the truck, just so that the elephant will not leave traces on the stone road when pulling away the elephant. In order to reduce the draught of the boat so as not to arouse suspicion, you do the same, light the hot air balloon in the cabin, and after the elephant is placed, you quietly return the truck to the kerosene factory, and then return to the ship without knowing it. ”

"Nightshade" remained silent, thinking back to what had happened. It was a few days ago, under the cover of night, he quietly came to a Japanese-style room. He didn't come to steal anything, but years of habit kept him from making a noise.

A tall, good-looking Japanese man was kneeling at a table drinking tea. The door was pulled open and Nightshade walked in. The Japanese man motioned for him to sit across from him and poured a cup of tea for the "evening primrose".

"I've heard the name of 'Night Primrose' for a long time, and I've heard that there's nothing you can't get, right?" Japanese men speak Chinese that is not fluent.

"Night Primrose" smiled and raised her chin proudly, "That's right, as long as I want, there is nothing in the whole old gate and even Shanghai Beach that I can't reach." ”

The Japanese man nodded appreciatively, "What I want this time is a bit special, I don't know if you dare to take this order?" ”

"I don't dare, only whether it's worth it, I want to see the price."

The Japanese man smiled and showed two fingers, "Two gold bars." ”

"What do you want?" "Night Primrose" was slightly stunned and excited.

"Elephants."

The two finally made a deal, and "Night Prime" set out to develop the "Elephant Stealing Plan".

"Night Primrose" sneaks into the elephant cage in a nightcoat and discovers a secret door inside. He took out his tools and opened the secret door, and found that outside was the street leading to the outside of the Strange Beast Garden. "Night Primrose" looked at the empty streets, thoughtful.

On the corner of the street, "Night Fragrance", disguised as an ordinary tourist, stood opposite Zheng Qiu and Zhang Chuan, deliberately lowering his voice, "Have I memorized your line books?" ”

Zheng Qiu nodded, "I've memorized it." ”

Zhang Chuan nodded, "I also memorized it." ”

"Night Primrose" showed a satisfied look and handed over fifty yuan of ocean to the two of them, "Act according to the original line, don't make mistakes, after the matter is completed, I will pay you another fifty yuan." ”

Zheng Qiu and Zhang Chuan nodded happily and turned to leave.

"Night Primrose" smiled sinisterly, showing the fifty pieces of ocean and the line book in his hand. It turned out that in order to prevent trouble, he took the opportunity to steal physical evidence, and once the two were arrested by the police station, he could deny it.

That night, "Night Primrose" sneaked into the kerosene factory, and he came to a window, through which he saw the owner of the kerosene factory sitting in bed due to insomnia. "Nightshade" took out a bamboo pipe and blew a puff of smoke into the window. In a moment, the owner of the kerosene factory in the house yawned and lay down to sleep.

"Night Primrose" ran to the truck, took a wire to open the truck door, got in the car and drove away.

Everything was ready, "Night Primrose" was dressed as a tourist on the opening day of the Strange Beast Garden, he drove the truck to the back gate of the Elephant Garden, pulled over the car, and there was a hot air balloon on the back seat of the truck.

When Zheng Qiu and Zhang Chuan blocked the elephant cage with a tall curtain as instructed, the night primrose opened the secret door, drove the elephant into the truck, and then drove away. As the pressure was relieved by the hot air balloon, the wheels pressed against the stone pavement, and the slate was not damaged in the slightest.

Nightshade drove the elephant into the cabin, where an unlit hot air balloon was placed in the corner. He tied the balloon to the elephant and set it on fire, and the balloon slowly grew larger and rose while the boat's draft became shallower. Subsequently, "Night Primrose" drove into the kerosene factory in a truck, parked the car in its original position, and got out of the car and ran away secretly.

Lu Hehuan cast an inquiring gaze at "Night Fragrance", "'Night Fragrance', am I right?" ”

"Nightshade" gritted her teeth and still didn't speak.

"As for why it caught fire, it must be because the cabin was closed, and the hot air balloon became smaller because the oxygen was about to run out, so you opened the window, and who knew that the river was windy, so it accidentally caught fire." Lu Hehuan was not convinced when he saw "Night Primrose" and added.

The matter has come to this point, "Night Fragrance" has no way out, he snorted coldly, and looked at Lu Hehuan angrily, "Count you amazing!" This time, Lao Tzu admitted! ”

Lu Hehuan looked at Ying Xi and smiled proudly, "Inspector Ying, this time the case can be closed." ”

Ying Xi didn't expect that this time he would not only be able to solve the case, but also catch the thief who had been wanted by the police station for many years, so he couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "We are happy that the detective is really invincible, and he will not solve the case!" ”

"Congratulations, Brother Xi!" Liu Rushuang patted her ass flatteringly.

"It's not our sister Shuang's credit." Bai Yulou muttered dissatisfiedly.

Ying Xi saw Bai Yulou's lips close one by one, and immediately straightened his face and glared at Bai Yulou angrily, "Bai Yulou, what are you muttering?" ”

"Oops, I don't want to live anymore, let me die!" Bai Yulou was stunned and hurriedly covered up.

"I'm sick again." Ying Xi punched Bai Yulou in the head.

Ying Xi's punch was really steady and ruthless, and Bai Yulou fell to the ground in response. Lu Hehuan opened his mouth and looked at Bai Yulou who fell to the ground with a sympathetic expression.