In the dark of night, the wind swept up the dust, and the raindrops like golden beans snapped down the jade plate, pressing down the dust, and then it poured down like a Yao Pond.

Li Mi, under the leadership of the homeless children such as Qingque'er and Jiu Bucket, wore a hat and a robe, and walked in the torrential rain.

Lu Chongning is a talented man who stretches out his hand to eat and open his mouth, where can he suffer such hardships, but fortunately, a few young and strong people are escorting him step by step, so he can barely move.

To the west of the city Tsing Yi Fang, the rain is a little less, this Tsing Yi Fang is the most marginal residential area in Suzhou City, after this Tsing Yi Fang, there will be no one around the outside, and then go out is the wilderness.

"Wronged boss, if the thief wants to hide, this is the best place to go, after this Tsing Yi Fang, there is only one place to go to the Mountain Soul Temple..."

Li Mi glanced ahead, in the misty night and rain, the dwellings were like rolling hills, dark everywhere, if you wanted to look for them from house to house, I was afraid that the thieves would have fled long ago.

There are no less than 100 residents in Tsing Yi Fang, and it is really difficult to find out one person in the middle of the night.

Moreover, the thief is familiar with the way, he is a habitual offender, he must know how to hide and hide, Li Mi only Qingque'er has met with her here, if she changes her clothes at will, who can find her out?

Lu Chongning was a man in his thirties, so he naturally thought of Li Mi's difficulties, and couldn't help but ask worriedly at this time: "Mr. Li, how is this good?" ”

Li Mi fell into a short period of contemplation, and Jiu Bucket suggested: "The people who live in Tsing Yi Fang are all engaged in trading, and they can't afford to be early if they are not profitable, but I am afraid that no one will dare to take in this thief..."

"Jiu Bucket is right, we investigated earlier, this thief found a boat to go to sea in Yaxing earlier, which means that she has no roots in Suzhou City, if someone answers, there is no need to turn to Yaxing and other places like eating people and not spitting out bones..."

Qingque'er also agreed with the speculation of the nine buckets, and then suggested to Li Mi: "It is raining heavily, she has injuries on her body, even if she hides, she only stays temporarily, but I am afraid that the greatest possibility is that she is still hiding in the Mountain Soul Temple... Since Tsing Yi Fang can't be searched, let's go directly to the Mountain Soul Temple..."

Lu Chongning also echoed on the side: "What this kid said is true, we are not official after all, we don't dare to search door to door..."

When Li Mi heard this, he finally came back to his senses from his contemplation and glanced around, but he saw a hillside leading to the Mountain Soul Temple in the distance, and a pavilion fell on the slope for pedestrians to rest, so he immediately had an idea.

"In this way, I and Qingque'er went to the pavilion to guard, and you scattered into the streets, shouting and screaming recklessly, only warning that there are thieves, and the more you move, the better!"

As soon as Li Mi said this, Lu Chongning couldn't help frowning: "Mr. Li, you said earlier that when the tolerance team goes to the east, it is to startle the snake and let this thief relax his vigilance, so that we can take her, but now that we are making a big fuss, do we have to scare her away?" ”

Qingque'er thought about it for a while, and said to Lu Chongning: "I think Mr. didn't mean to scare the snake, but to fight the grass to drive the snake!" ”

"If the thief is in the Tsing Yi Fang, she will definitely escape, she can't run back, she can only escape to the Mountain Soul Temple, my husband and I are guarding the key points in the pavilion, just come to wait for the rabbit!"

"Sir, am I right?" Qingque'er deserves to be a smart child, but Li Mi just smiled, threw an encouraging look at Qingque'er, and then spoke.

"Yes, what you said makes sense, but we can't find her out, so we can only let her show herself, as long as everyone makes noise, she will be alert, but she will not escape immediately, but try her best to hide, hoping to hide from the world, because she will be caught as soon as she emerges, and it is impossible for her to take risks..."

"Why is the gentleman getting more and more confused..."Lu Chongning couldn't help but be confused, and then said: "If she hides it seriously, won't it be counterproductive for us?" ”

Li Mi shook his head and smiled, stared at Qingque'er meaningfully, and asked him, "Qingque'er, have you figured it out?" ”

Qingque'er knew that Li Mi was testing him, and she became serious at this time, and after thinking about it seriously, her eyes couldn't help but light up, and there was a light of admiration in her eyes when she looked at Li Mi.

"I see! If we warn, then these residents will be agitated and light up the lamps one after another, but the thief has to try her best to hide, so she does not dare to light the lamp, and the gentleman is in the pavilion, which can overlook the entire Tsing Yi Fang, which is black, it means that the thief is hiding inside! ”

Li Mi smiled, gave a thumbs up to Qingque'er, and praised: "Clever! ”

Lu Chongning, Jiu Bucket and others also suddenly realized, and they had to admire Li Mi's wit, but at the same time, they were also surprised by Qingque'er's wisdom.

"Without further ado, let's get started!"

Li Mi gave this order, and everyone dispersed into the Tsing Yi Fang, and Li Mi took Qingque'er to the pavilion on the hillside.

Nine buckets and others also love to mess around, this kind of play-like thing, they are the best at it, breaking cans and falling, knocking on doors, walking water, and being thieves, all kinds of screams, the world has been stirred, the whole Tsing Yi Fang people have lit the lamp, opened the crack of the door to check, and inevitably scolded and scolded in their mouths.

Li Mi and Qingque'er looked down at the pavilion, and saw that the lights were lit up like starlight, but many of them were really turned off.

"Sir, this Tsing Yi Fang is the residence of merchants, these profiteers are not poor, they shouldn't be able to light the lamp, why are there so many of them?"

Li Mi glanced at it and said to Qingque'er: "It's not that these people can't light the lamp, they just feel that if they don't light the lamp, they are safe... In my hometown, I have seen a great bird called the ostrich, which, when in danger, buries its head in the sand, thinking that it will avoid disaster, but it shows its back and allows the hunters to easily catch it..."

"The more people run away, the easier it is to achieve nothing... Qingque'er, do you really want to hide in the slums for the rest of your life? ”

Qingque'er was slightly stunned, and then her eyes erupted with grief and indignation, clenching her fists tightly, and after a long time, she looked at Li Mi's eyes and said to him: "No, my Qingque'er is going to soar into the sky after all!" ”

Li Mi nodded with satisfaction and encouraged him: "Okay, very good!" ”

Qingque'er's chest rose and fell, as if she had strengthened some kind of belief in her heart, and she had a different view of Li Mi.

At this time, there was more and more commotion in the Tsing Yi Fang, and they had already begun to check the homes of those people who were blind in the dark lights.

After half an hour like this, the entire Tsing Yi Fang was turned over, but Jiu Bucket and the others gathered in one place, came to the pavilion, and shook their heads at Li Mi.

"That thief seems to have hid in the Mountain Soul Temple..."Lu Chongning said so, glancing at the mountain, unable to hide the jealousy in his eyes.

Li Mi thought about it, and then said to him: "Lu Maocai and two people stay here, the mountain road is difficult, your body and bones can't bear it, besides, we must also leave someone to block her life." ”

Li Mi said this, Lu Chongning couldn't help but be grateful for his thoughtfulness, and gave him enough face, so he agreed immediately.

Li Mi didn't stay long, took the other two family members, and these seven or eight children, and walked to the mountain.

Although the rain is not small, and the lanterns can't be lit, Qingque'er and Jiu Bucket and others often go up the mountain to hunt, and they don't need to worry too much, and they don't need to worry too much, and they come to the front of the Mountain Soul Temple in a short time.

In ancient times, there were a lot of obscene shrines in wild temples, temples that sacrificed to various gods were everywhere, and the gods were enshrined in this mountain soul temple, and the common people were not very clear about the origin, the temple had withered, and there was no temple blessing or the like, which was completely deserted.

When the children were hunting, they often stopped in the temple, but they were more familiar than others, and they quietly walked into the temple with Li Mi.

This dilapidated temple is not big, and everyone is afraid that the thief will take office, and they dare not disperse, after all, most of them are children, and if there is a mistake, Li Mi will not be able to do it.

But after so careful searching, there was no trace of the thief, and when the second search was made, an unkempt beggar was caught behind the temple.

The beggar was boiling jade and white jade soup in the back, Qingque'er and others had also seen it, so they asked a few words, but the beggar said that no one went up the mountain to enter the temple, so that Li Mi's arrest operation full of confidence at the beginning ended in failure!

Li Mi kept thinking about each link, what went wrong, and finally came to a conclusion, this thief is only afraid that there is still a responder, otherwise it is impossible to disappear like this!

As for the inference of Qingque'er and others, there are quite a few flaws, in their opinion, because the thief went to Yaxing to find a ship to go to sea, so it proves that she has no foundation in the city, but what if her Neiying wants to hide her identity and act in a low-key manner?

In any case, not being able to catch this thief made Li Mi feel very discouraged, and after coming down from the Mountain Soul Temple, he returned to Lu Chongning's house.

Xing Zhutou and those few catchers returned to the Lu family early, although they were empty-handed, they still pretended to be hard, and Lu Chongning had to send them some broken silver, and these tolerances left satisfied.

The people of the Lu family were extremely vigilant against Qingque'er and other homeless children, and Qingque'er had backbone, so they didn't even ask for Lu Chongning's reward, and went back with Jiu Bucket and others.

Li Mi sat alone in the room, but he couldn't sleep.

From those signs, he had vaguely deduced that the Zhang family was involved in at least a dozen major cases, and he still needed to go to the county government torture room tomorrow to confirm it, but Li Mi had actually confirmed it in his heart.

After finding out this key information by himself, someone will immediately do something to him, wanting to kill him, but I am afraid that there is a bigger and deeper inside story involved here!

Originally, Zhang's case was confusing enough, but now there are so many big cases and insider stories involved, Li Mi is distressed at the same time, but also feels very excited and excited, because this is the rhythm of a detective's career!