1. The early years of the Republic of China.

The sky is slightly bright, and the morning of early spring is still cool, but the North Bund Wharf in Shanghai is already a hot scene, carrying live, unloading, waiting for people, and so on.

Ying Xi, the inspector of the Jiuzha Police Station in the Shanghai Public Concession, was also waiting for him, he was about 20 years old, with high eyebrow bones, deep eye sockets, short hair that was slightly messy, and a beard next to his face, sloppy with handsomeness and wildness.

Ying Xi sat on the back seat of the bicycle in a police uniform, a pair of leather shoes were pulled on her feet, the buttons of the police uniform were not fastened, and the gun at her waist was looming. His face was facing the river, and a pair of deep eyes looked into the distance.

He had been waiting for a long time, and seemed to be too bored, so he took out a brown paper bag and began to entertain himself, throwing up the peanuts in the paper bag as if juggling, and then catching them with his mouth.

Suddenly, there was a long, deep whistle of a steamer in the distance, and the people who were waiting rushed to the scene as if they had been awakened by the sight of food. Ying Xi jumped up and wanted to rush forward, but he was choked by peanuts, coughed a few times, and when he raised his head, there were already layers of human walls in front of him.

"Get out of the way! If you don't want to upset Inspector Ben, get out of the way! ”

Ying Xi took out his baton, drove away the crowd, and squeezed forward, and finally squeezed to the front and tidied up his police uniform.

A ship from Great Britain to Shanghai was about to dock, and a young man in his early twenties, standing at the bow of the ship without saying a word, carrying a suitcase, his eyebrows were like ink paintings, his figure was slender, and a pair of phoenix eyes stared at the photo in his hand, thoughtful. But I saw that he was wearing a slim-fitting linen trench coat, a delicate bow tie on the collar of a white shirt, a tube of neat trousers, and carved brogue leather shoes. He is none other than Lu Hehuan, the son of Lu Xiang, deputy director of the Jiuzha Police Station in the Shanghai Public Concession, and the immature men and women in the photo are none other than him and his lover Ling Yan when he was a student.

"Ling Yan, are you okay......"

Lu Hehuan muttered to himself, but unfortunately all he answered was a gust of wind.

The river breeze blew on his face, blowing Lu Hehuan's unmessy hair slightly, he looked at the mountains and rivers in Shanghai, returned to his hometown, and was full of emotion......

Three years ago, Lu Hehuan and his family sat around the table to eat. This was the Lu family's ordinary lunch. The small living room, though not magnificent, is also unique. In Lu Hehuan's memory, his mother Lin Zhi loved to wear a purple cheongsam, combed her hair in a bun, and wore a jade bracelet on her hand, while her father Lu Xiang looked serious and old-fashioned, wearing a dark gown, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and a mustache on his lips.

"Lu Hehuan, let me say it one last time, don't think about you and Ling Yan anymore!" Lu Xiang blew his beard and glared at his son.

"Why? Dad, Ling Yan and I are childhood sweethearts, you can't oppose our affairs just because Ling Yan's family is poor. And I said it one last time, I'm going to marry her. ”

Lu Xiang saw that his son was disobedient to discipline, and he was angry, "It's against you!" Believe it or not, I discount your legs! ”

"It's useless, Ling Yan won't dislike me for being a cripple." Lu Hehuan was determined.

Lu Xiang was so angry that he put the dishes and chopsticks on the table and pointed at Lu He Huan, "Say it again!" ”

Without waiting for Lu Hehuan to answer, Lin Zhi, who had always loved her son, couldn't sit still, and she immediately put the dishes and chopsticks on the table and reprimanded her husband, "Eat!" ”

Lu Xiang glanced at Lin Zhi, Lin Zhi glared, Lu Xiang saw this, the tiger instantly turned into a sick cat, and obediently picked up the dishes and chopsticks.

The three of them were quiet again, and on the dining table, there was only the sound of bowls, chopsticks, cups and plates unintentionally colliding.

"It's okay to marry Ling Yan if you want to, unless you promise me to go to Great Britain to stay abroad, and I'll let you marry Ling Yan when you come back." Lu Xiang once again broke the calm dinner, but this time his attitude was quite gentle.

Lu Hehuan was surprised, he didn't expect his father to change his mind, for fear that he would change his mind temporarily, so he nodded again and again.

"It's a deal!"

Lin Zhi was not happy to change this time, and she began to reprimand her husband again, "You want to die!" Why are you sending your son so far away......"

In fact, she is not the only one who does not want Lu Hehuan to travel abroad to study.

The North Bund Pier is like a clock that forgets to turn off the alarm clock, and it seems to never stop, welcoming passers-by from all over the world. In Lu Hehuan's last memory, Ling Yan came to the dock to see him off, she wore a braid, wearing an elegant coarse cloth cheongsam, and she looked delicate and lovely. Lu Hehuan grabbed her little hand, and the tide was as if she had soaked in the river water. If Ling Yan's eyes were filled with autumn water, then Lu Hehuan's eyes were filled with a hard rock.

"Ling Yan, wait for me to come back and marry you."

Lu Hehuan's promise was drowned in the hustle and bustle, but Ling Yan heard it so earnestly, she smiled and nodded, until Lu Hehuan turned around and got on the passenger ferry, she looked at the back in the distance, still smiling. The breeze blew on her face, ruffling the hair on her forehead, and her smile gradually mixed with a hint of bitterness and helplessness.

Lu Hehuan on the passenger ship looked at Ling Yan who was standing motionless in the wind and looked at him, and desperately waved his hand to Ling Yan and shouted.

"Ling Yan, wait for me to come back......"

Ling Yan nodded desperately, already bursting into tears.

I didn't expect this to be three years.

The sound of the pier pulled Lu Hehuan on the bow of the boat back to reality, he put the photo back close to his chest, looked at the slowly approaching dock, and muttered to himself.

"Ling Yan, I'm back."

The steamer landed on the shore and lowered the escalator, and Lu Hehuan disembarked with the flow of people. The fishy smell of the river, the musty smell of the luggage, and the sweat of the workers were mixed together, Lu Hehuan carried the luggage in one hand, covered his nose with the other, and looked around, hoping to find Ling Yan's trace in the crowd.

At the same time, Ying Xi took out a folded photo of Lu Hehuan from his pocket and looked at it, and began to scan the crowd. The two of them were like a lonely boat on the river, fluctuating, and finally Ying Xi's searching eyes were fixed on Lu Hehuan.

Lu Hehuan was looking for Ling Yan, and was unexpectedly hugged by the emotional Ying Xi, he saw Ying Xi's messy hair, quickly pinched his nose, and poked Ying Xi's forehead with his index finger to push him away.

"Stinky boy! Dare to poke me with your fingers? Ying Xi also poked Lu Hehuan's forehead.

Lu Hehuan frowned and looked at the visitor, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, beard, and wildness all over his body. When I found out that I didn't know him, I was disgusted.

“Who a

e you？ ”

"What oil?" Ying Xi frowned.

Lu Hehuan knew that this was in China.

"Who are you?" Lu Hehuan asked.

Ying Xi pretended to raise his chin arrogantly, "Inspector Ying Xi of the Old Gate Police Station, you are Lu Hehuan, right?" Deputy Commissioner Lu has something to do, so I will be sent to pick you up and take you back to the police station for your job. ”

Lu Hehuan nodded and pondered for a moment. His father is the deputy commissioner of the old gate police station, and he has been familiar with the situation of the police station since he was a child.

"Ying Xi? Why haven't I heard of you? ”

Ying Xi thought that Lu Hehuan was disrespectful to him, and clenched his fist to beat Lu Hehuan, thought about it, and suppressed the fire again.

"After you left Liuyang, I was transferred to the Jiuzha Police Station, what, no?"

"I don't pay attention to personal hygiene when I come to pick people up, and I don't wash my hair...... Look, not even shoes are on. Lu Hehuan said while looking at Ying Xi.

Ying Xi saw that Lu Hehuan disliked him for being sloppy, and he was displeased, "You let Lao Tzu wait for so long, Lao Tzu hasn't lost his temper yet, you still dislike the West...... If it weren't for the fact that your father is the deputy director, Lao Tzu would have cleaned you up a long time ago! ”

Lu Hehuan pursed his lips and stubbornly stared at Ying Xi's foot stepping on the upper.

"Alright, stinky boy, is that okay?" Ying Xi impatiently put on his shoes.

Lu Hehuan glanced at Ying Xi with disgust again, and Ying Xi was about to hit Lu Hehuan, "You kid dare to look at Lao Tzu with that kind of look again, Lao Tzu is really going to do it!" ”

Lu Hehuan glared at Ying Xi, turned around and was about to leave. Suddenly, there was a commotion on a passenger boat by the dock, and a man's frightened shouts were heard.

"Murder! Kill! ”

Lu Hehuan's expression was grim, and he walked quickly following the voice, and Ying Xi also followed.

Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi got on the passenger ship one after the other, and the passengers on the passenger ship saw Ying Xi wearing police uniforms and gave way one after another.

"Where did you kill someone?" Ying Xi had a domineering attitude and asked everyone proudly.

The passenger pointed to the cabin, and Lu Hehuan walked towards the cabin by himself, completely ignoring Ying Xi behind him, waving a baton and shouting at the people around him.

"I'm Inspector Ying Xi of the Old Gate Police Station! Now everyone on the ship is a suspect, no one is allowed to get off the boat, and you can only leave if Inspector Ben catches the murderer! ”

When the passengers heard this, they whispered but did not dare to resist.

Lu Hehuan and Ying Xi came to the cabin, and the boatman who had just shouted murder stood in the cabin like chaff, pointing to a female corpse lying on the ground.

Ying Xi rushed over to check the corpse first, and saw that the woman lying on the ground was wearing a coarse cloth cheongsam, the clothes on her chest were a little messy, the collar was torn, and her neck was a little red.

"Handprints?" Ying Xi carefully identified the marks on the neck of the corpse.

Lu Hehuan looked around at the passengers and picked a girl who looked relatively clean in a light blue school uniform.

"Girl, excuse me, don't let the boxes touch the board, there are bacteria. Tha

k You。 Lu Hehuan carefully handed the suitcase in his hand to the girl like a lonely.

The girl looked at the handsome Lu Hehuan and nodded nymphomaniac. Lu Hehuan leaned down and began to examine the female corpse.

"Who is the ship's owner?" Ying Xi looked up and asked the people around him.

"I am." A man in his forties stepped forward.

"Who was in the cabin with this woman when the boat was on board?"

"Back to this inspector, my boat is a short distance, and the passengers are all outside, only this girl said that she can't blow the wind because of the wind and cold, and stays in the cabin."

"Who found the body first?"

The boatman took a step forward, "Yes, it's me, I put two boxes of cargo in the cabin when I got on board, and just now I saw that the ship was about to dock, so I came in and got the boxes, and who knew that she was lying on the ground and dead." The boatman's voice trembled, as if he had fallen into a carefully set trap.

Ying Xi looked around and saw that there were only a few small windows in the cabin that were breathable.

"The windows are so small...... The murderer couldn't get out at all. This is a typical case of attempted rape and murder, and the murderer is you! Ying Xi pointed to the boatman.

"Detective, wronged!" The boatman was shocked and shouted injustice.

Ying Xi turned a deaf ear to this, and found Lu Hehuan examining the corpse with a side face.

"Lu Hehuan, what are you doing! I've solved the case, come and bring the murderer back to the police station with me! ”

Lu Hehuan turned a deaf ear and continued to carefully inspect the female corpse.

"Wronged, wronged......" The boatman continued to beg Ying Xi for mercy.

Ying Xi was still staring at Lu Hehuan, he wanted to close the case earlier, and when he saw Lu Hehuan concentrating on checking the female corpse, he couldn't help but be irritable.

"Lu Hehuan, are you deaf? The case has been solved, what are you still messing around? Can you let the dead rest in peace? ”

Lu Hehuan didn't even look at Ying Xi, "Don't make any noise." ”

"Hey, you're looking for a fight, isn't it ......?"

Ying Xi hurriedly walked towards Lu Hehuan, but was stopped by the boatman.

"Detective, I'm wronged......"

Ying Xi coldly shook off the boatman and viciously refuted the other party, "The evidence is conclusive, what kind of injustice is shouting?" This cabin is a confined space, the murderer can only go out through the door, there is no third person who has been to the scene of the crime except you and the deceased on the way, and the deceased has messy clothes on his chest and a handprint on his neck...... So, you must have been tempted to do something wrong to this girl when you came in to get the box, and when she resisted, you killed her! ”

The boatman still didn't give up, "Wronged, Inspector, she was dead when I came in......"

"You don't have to quibble, the evidence is all in front of you, do you think the inspector is blind and only listens to your side of the story?" Ying Xi began to get impatient.

The two had a fierce argument, Lu Hehuan seemed to be completely out of the way, he squatted in front of the woman, opened the woman's eyelids, and touched her pulse. Suddenly, he noticed that there was half a piece of steamed bread on the ground not far away, and he realized something. Suddenly, he remembered something, quickly picked up the woman, wrapped his hands around the woman's chest and abdomen, and repeatedly tightened his arms to squeeze.

Seeing this, everyone looked at Lu Hehuan in amazement.

"Lu Hehuan, what are you nervous about? Do you want to rape corpses! Ying Xi's attention was attracted, and it was obvious that he was also shocked by Lu Hehuan's actions, and his eyebrows were scuffled together.

Suddenly, something unexpected happened, and with Lu Hehuan's squeezing, the woman spit out a piece of steamed bread from her mouth. Lu Hehuan hurriedly gave the woman cardiopulmonary resuscitation again, and after a while, the woman breathed a sigh of relief and moved.

"Corpse!"

Ying Xi exclaimed, and everyone panicked.

"Don't argue, she's not dead!"

Lu Hehuan comforted everyone, and everyone immediately quieted down.

"She just ate steamed buns and accidentally blocked her airway, but it's hard to say a little later." Lu Hehuan was still surprised when he saw everyone, and explained the reason.

When the boatman heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. Unexpectedly, Ying Xi still did not give up on the boatman.

"So you're just attempting rape, not killing."

"I don't, Inspector." The boatman looked aggrieved.

Ying Xi came up with a violent temper, took out a baton and slammed the boatman, and scolded, "I let you lie!" And said no! Let you say no! You've ripped that girl's clothes open! ”

The boatmen were beaten and rolled all over the ground, crying bitterly.

Lu Hehuan saw that Ying Xi was trying to beat the boatman, his face was disdainful, and he took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands while questioning Ying Xi.

"Is the old gate police station relying on torture to solve cases?"

"What did you say?" Ying Xi heard Lu Hehuan's ridicule and was stunned for a while.

"This girl's clothes were clearly torn by herself."

Ying Xi pouted, "Nonsense! What about the handprints on the neck? Could it be that she also pinched it herself? ”

"Finally fooled by you once."

"What?" Ying Xi didn't know why for a while.

Lu Hehuan patiently explained, "If I guessed correctly, this girl should have been eating steamed buns at the time, and when she saw the boat docking, she was in a hurry, and she choked on the steamed buns, and the open collar and the claw marks on her neck were all grabbed by herself when she was suffocated," Lu Hehuan looked at the woman who came to her senses, "Am I right?" ”

The woman nodded, remembering the shocking scene just now, and her heart palpitated, "Thank you." ”

Everyone figured out the ins and outs of the matter, and when they saw Lu Hehuan rescuing the woman from Huangquan Road, they applauded and praised her.

"This gentleman is really a miracle doctor, the dead can heal ......"

"Correct, I'm not a doctor, I'm a police officer."

Lu Hehuan showed his identity seriously, which can't blame him, after all, he has dreamed of becoming a policeman since he was a child, able to uphold justice and eliminate harm for the people.

"That's even more amazing......"

Everyone was full of praise, but Ying Xi was very disdainful, his credit was snatched away by this fledgling boy, and his heart couldn't help but roll with jealousy, "Isn't it just that the blind cat bumped into a dead mouse, what's the big deal." ”

Lu Hehuan shook his head helplessly, knowing that Ying Xi was jealous and ignored it.

Lu Hehuan took the suitcase from the girl next to him, said "thank you", and then turned to leave. Ying Xi hurriedly caught up.

Lu Hehuan walked up to the dock, Ying Xi caught up, raised his right hand and hugged Lu Hehuan's shoulder.

"A little police officer is so showy before he reports for duty, do you kid want to rob Inspector Ben's job?" Ying Xi has not yet let go.

Lu Hehuan pinched Ying Xi's cuffs with two fingers in disgust and took Ying Xi's hand.

"You've just lifted your shoes with this hand, it's time to wash them." Lu Hehuan said and continued to walk forward quickly.

"Don't think you're the son of the deputy commissioner, and tell you, your straight-up personality of carrying wood in an alley won't work at the Old Gate Police Station." Ying Xi said while chasing Lu He Huan.

Lu Hehuan didn't take it seriously and squeezed into the crowd.

Ying Xi trotted to catch up, "Officer Lu, Inspector Ben orders you to recount what just happened, including what you did to that woman. ”

"I'm not a police officer yet, and I'm not a police officer yet."

"But you're on your way to the job! I ask you, how did you bring that woman to life? You probably didn't learn some kind of Qimen Dunjia art in Great Britain, right? ”

Lu Hehuan saw that he couldn't get rid of Ying Xi, and reluctantly clarified the principle, "This is a first-aid method. If the air valve is blocked by a foreign body, you can pinch and squeeze the balloon by hand, and the air in the balloon will move upwards under the pressure of the balloon, so as to flush out the foreign body blocking the air valve. ”

Ying Xi rubbed his beard, as if he understood or not, "It's really different to stay in the ocean, it's a little useful...... Hey, you teach me a few more tricks, and when I use these tricks to get promoted and make a fortune, I will definitely bring you! ”

"Vulgar!" Lu Hehuan was disdainful, ignored Ying Xi anymore, and hurriedly squeezed into the crowd.

Ying Xi caught up and grabbed Lu Hehuan's hand, "This hand has never lifted shoes...... There are a lot of people here, and it is easy to be squeezed up if you don't pull it, and Deputy Director Lu is still waiting. ”

"I'm not going back to the police station yet......"

Lu Hehuan couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly broke free of Ying Xi's hand.

"You tell my father, I'm going to find Ling Yan." Lu Hehuan said and left quickly.

"Hey......" Ying Xi was stunned for a moment, and watched Lu Hehuan disappear into the crowd in astonishment.

Lu He happily ran to Ling Yan's residence and found that the door was unlocked, the couplet on the door was unrecognizable, and there was a layer of cobwebs on the door frame. His smile froze on his face, and he hurriedly pushed open the door, and the peeled wooden door made a "squeak" sound, only to find that it was no different from the outside of the door, and the room was lifeless, looking like it had been abandoned for a long time.

Lu Hehuan didn't know why, so he hurriedly ran out and knocked on the door of his neighbor Feng Po. After a while, the voice of Feng Po's old man came from inside the door.

"Who's coming......"

Lu Hehuan was restless, "Feng Po, it's me, He Huan, where did Ling Yan go?" ”

Feng Po opened the door, squinted at a pair of presbyopia, and carefully identified it for a while, "He Huan?" You're coming back? ”

Lu Hehuan nodded, "Feng Po, what about Ling Yan?" ”

Feng Po looked at Lu Hehuan in front of her and sighed, "It was said that Ling Yan killed someone and escaped, and she has been missing for a long time." ”

"What?" Lu Hehuan's body shook, he almost fell, and hurriedly held on to the door frame, "What about Mrs. Ling?" He didn't give up and continued to ask.

"As soon as Ling Yan left, Mrs. Ling died of illness not long after......"

Feng Po's words were like a scoop of cold water, which made Lu Hehuan tremble, and he felt that the weather in Shanghai in early spring was so cold for the first time.

"No wonder you haven't heard from you for three years...... Impossible, absolutely impossible, you usually see an ant will take a detour, how can you kill someone...... No, I must find out and return your innocence! He took out a group photo again, looked at Ling Yan and muttered to himself.

Lu Hehuan put the photo back on his chest and hurried to the Jiuzha Police Station, where he wanted to check Ling Yan's file.