Although Xu Lang has been away from S City for five years, he still knows a lot about many things in the Lang Ge Detective Agency, after all, he just left S City, and he is not missing and dead, and compared to the state machine like the Second Criminal Investigation Team, the people of the detective agency are Xu Lang's real strength.

A few people sat in the office, except for the initial small talk, and then they talked about some things that happened to the detective agency after Xu Lang left S City.

As before, most of the cases that the detective agency receives and handles every day are trivial matters of some rich people, such as checking whether their husband or wife is raising a mistress behind their backs, or raising a lover, or investigating some private lives between each other, for example, when they are on a business trip, what their husband or wife has done, who they have met and other trivial matters.

There are also some elderly rich people who see their children grow up slowly, but find that the children do not look like themselves, and they have to do a paternity test, and this kind of thing, for these rich and powerful people, go to the hospital to do this kind of thing, it is estimated that they have not yet left the hospital, all kinds of gossip is flying all over the sky, what should they do if they can't do it themselves? Naturally, they invited some people who specialize in these things to do it, and Brother Lang's detective agency is still very famous in S City, and the first thing they think of is naturally this detective agency.

In addition to the family situation of these wealthy people, the firm will also take some orders that do not violate the bottom line and the law, such as investigating the business loopholes of some companies, of course, these secrets are not important secrets, and many people know about them.

Because of Xu Lang and Du Ziqiao, the founders of the detective agency, sometimes, when the police encounter some difficult cases, they will also come here to seek their help, whether it is Liao Yi's computer technology, or Ziche Hexuan's tracking technology, or Dong Yihan's business talent, they are all very outstanding, and the existence of the detective agency, the police have long known, and the two sides sometimes help each other, of course, these are all in the case of not violating discipline.

Compared with the news channels of the police, the news channels of the detective agency are more extensive, after all, they are all people who eat this bowl of rice.

After Xu Lang knew these things, he didn't say anything, but asked, "What's going on with those newcomers outside?" ”

Dong Yihan and Liao Yi glanced at each other, neither of them spoke, but looked at Ziche Hexuan, obviously, the existence of these people has a lot to do with Ziche Hexuan, so Xu Lang also looked at Ziche Hexuan.

Being looked at by everyone like this, Ziche Hexuan was also a little embarrassed, he touched his nose, and said with some embarrassment: "Those people outside are all veterans of the army, Brother Lang, you also know that although the country's welfare for veterans is good now, these veterans can't integrate into this society for a while after being discharged, and jobs are not easy to find, except for being a security guard or engaging in some manual labor, many of the skills they learn in the army can't be used in society, I know all these people, thinking that the firm is short of people anyway, so I found them, Brother Lang, I know, I didn't do it right, I can give up my shares. ”

Hearing Ziche Hexuan say this, Xu Lang shook his head and said, "There is nothing wrong with what you are doing, I just saw that these people are veterans, and I felt a little curious, so I just asked casually, nothing else." ”

Ziche Hexuan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that after Xu Lang came back, the first thing he would do was to fire these people, if Xu Lang wanted to expel these people, Ziche Hexuan couldn't say anything, but his heart must be uncomfortable, after all, people who have been soldiers are still different from ordinary people, those who have been soldiers are comrades-in-arms, and they are the kind of existence that can rest assured that they can give their backs to each other on the battlefield, this kind of feeling and trust is rarely seen in society.

Xu Lang didn't do this, firstly, to take into account Ziche Hexuan's thoughts and feelings, and secondly, Xu Lang still has a lot of respect for this group of veterans, after all, the reason why Huaxia Country can be stable and peaceful has a lot to do with these soldiers who were born and died on the battlefield, without their existence, Huaxia Country would not be as stable as it is now, although there is no war now, but who can say for sure what will happen in the future.

After chatting about this, Dong Yihan looked at Xu Lang and asked, "Brother Lang, why are you back?" Aren't you used to living there? ”

Liao Yi and Ziche Hexuan also looked at Xu Lang suspiciously.

Xu Lang shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's good to live over there, it's just that there are some problems in S City, Ning Yanran went to Zhuxi County to find me, and I had to come back." ”

Dong Yihan and the three of them heard Xu Lang say this, and immediately nodded, Dong Yihan is a very smart woman, she immediately thought of an incident that happened at the end of last year, so she asked: "Is it the accidental death of Lu Ye, the former director of the General Bureau of Public Security?" ”

Xu Lang nodded, and said with a solemn expression: "Yes." ”

For Dong Yihan They knew about Lu Ye's death, Xu Lang didn't feel strange, first, Lu Ye is the former director of the State Bureau of Public Security, although he is retired now, but the death of a former director of the General Bureau of Public Security, although it seems to be a natural death, but there are many doubts, the police are still investigating, which will naturally make people think more about something, and second, what is the relationship between Lu Ye and Xu Lang, the new people in the detective agency don't know, but Dong Yihan They know that they naturally have to pay more attention to this old man.

Therefore, when they heard that Xu Lang came back because of Lu Ye's matter, they didn't feel confused and strange.

Since Lu Ye was mentioned, Xu Lang simply asked: "Lu Ye's death, you all know about it, let's talk about it, what clues and discoveries do you have." ”

Dong Yihan thought for a while and said: "Lu Ye retired five years ago, after retiring, he has been living in S City, nothing is just raising flowers at home, planting grass, and yo-yo birds, Lu Ye has no children, he only has one wife, and the two of them are living a good life, three years ago, Lu Ye's wife died suddenly, Lu Ye was hit hard after his wife left, but whether it is physical or mental, it seems to be good overall. ”

Dong Yihan said these things, Xu Lang knew that when Lu Ye's wife died three years ago, Xu Lang came back once, but he didn't stay long before leaving, Dong Yihan and they didn't know.

"How did Lu Ye die?" Xu Lang asked.

"According to the police investigation and autopsy results, Lu Ye died of cardiac arrest without external injuries, and the preliminary judgment was that he died of natural causes." Dong Yihan said.

"Natural death?" Xu Lang frowned and said.

Dong Yihan knew what Xu Lang was wondering about, so she explained: "The problem is cardiac arrest. ”

"How?"

"Lu Ye's health has always been very good, although he was injured when he was a policeman before, but the problem is not very big, the old man has no heart disease, and there are no other diseases that can cause sudden death instantly, but he died suddenly because of cardiac arrest, which is a big suspicion in itself."

Hearing Dong Yihan say this, Xu Lang heard the voice outside the words, and asked: "So, is there any other doubt about Lu Ye's death?" ”

Dong Yihan nodded and said: "We don't know what suspicions the Public Security Bureau has found, but, according to our private investigation, Lu Ye has been going deep into Jane since the beginning of last year's lunar month, before, Lu Ye's life was very regular, he got up at half past five in the morning, played a set of Tai Chi in the yard, and then went out to a nearby breakfast restaurant to have a breakfast, and then went home to take care of the flowers and plants he raised, at noon, he would go to buy vegetables and cook, and after eating, he would take a two-hour lunch break, After the lunch break, he will go to the nearby streets, chat with the old people nearby, play chess, and until the evening, go home to make dinner, and the day has passed, but since last year, Lu Ye has rarely gone out, often at home alone, and rarely deals with outsiders. ”

Xu Lang frowned and asked, "Could it be that something happened to the old man?" ”

Dong Yihan also shook his head with a puzzled face, and said, "We don't know about this, but, according to our investigation, the old man shouldn't have encountered any problems." ”

Speaking of this, Dong Yihan suddenly remembered something and said: "Oh, by the way, I remember that at the end of last winter, there was a strange man who went to find the old man, and he stayed at the old man's house for three whole days, I don't know what they talked about. ”

"Strange man? Could it be someone from the public security system? Xu Lang asked.

Dong Yihan shook his head and said: "No, we all know most of the people in the public security system, whether it is the police in S City or the police in H Province, we basically know each other, and we have never seen this man." ”

"Not from the public security system? Who could that be? Xu Lang muttered to himself.

Dong Yihan looked at Xu Lang and shook his head.

After being silent for a while, Xu Lang asked, "Is there a picture of a man?" ”

Liao Yi nodded and said, "Yes, yes, but there is only one side face." ”

Xu Lang's brows furrowed more and more, he looked at Liao Yi and said, "Show me the photo." ”

Liao Yi got up and left the office, and after a while, he came back, and when he came back, he had a few more photos in his hand, and after he sat down again, he handed the photos to Xu Lang.

Xu Lang took a look and found that Liao Yi was right, there were a total of five photos, all of which only captured one side face of the other party, and these photos were not taken by the camera, but screenshots from the surveillance screen, and the picture quality was not high.

This is a man in his thirties, well-proportioned, about 1.75 meters tall, because it is winter, the man is wearing a black thick down jacket, the man is wearing a pair of sunglasses, and a hat on his head, the hat is very large, almost covering most of the man's face, so that people can't see each other's appearance clearly at once, not to mention, who is this man, just from this dress can be seen that the other party must have a problem.

Among the five photos, the clearest photo Xu Lang saw was taken by the man standing on the street in front of Lu Ye's house, the man showed most of his face, this face, Xu Lang was very unfamiliar, Xu Lang was sure that this man, Xu Lang had definitely not seen it before, and what caught Xu Lang's attention was the other party's nose.

Although the other party was wearing a hat and glasses, Xu Lang still found that the man seemed to have a scar on the bridge of his nose, and it looked very deep, I don't know if it was because of the shooting angle, or the effect of the other party's makeup, in short, the appearance of this scar made Xu Lang squint.

When Liao Yi saw Xu Lang's eyes staring at the bridge of the man's nose in the photo, Liao Yi said: "This is not a problem of shooting angle, nor is it a problem of the ambient light of the scene, he already has this scar on his face, according to my judgment, the bridge of the other party's nose should have been cut with a sharp weapon, and the bridge of his nose is broken." ”

"Can you find information about this man in the archives?" Xu Lang asked.

Liao Yi shook his head and said: "I have checked, there is no information about this man, I once asked Lu Xing, the deputy captain of the second criminal investigation team, to help investigate in the public security system, but I still didn't find any similar person." ”

Hearing Liao Yi say this, Xu Lang fell into deep thought, and he began to recall the prisoners he had come into contact with before.

Xu Lang only stayed in the second criminal investigation team for three years, and later, as a criminal investigation consultant, he stayed in the Public Security Bureau for more than a year, although the time was not very long, but Xu Lang still had a lot of contact with prisoners, and the prisoners he knew and were familiar with, both with himself and with Lu Ye, in fact, there were not many, after all, at that time, Lu Ye was the director of the Public Security Bureau, in Xu Lang's impression, there was no man with a scar on the bridge of his nose, since Xu Lang did not have it in his memory, then, it was likely to be someone Lu Ye knew before.

However, Xu Lang felt that it was a little impossible, judging from the photos, the other party was only in his thirties, not much different from his own age, at most a few years older than himself, if the other party was really a person with a bad record, then, the other party committed a crime more than ten years ago, and more than ten years ago, Lu Ye was already the director of the Public Security Bureau, and there were not many prisoners he had personal contact, and there were no similar prisoners in Xu Lang's memory, which made Xu Lang puzzled.

"When did the other party go to the old man's house?" Xu Lang asked.

"It was nine o'clock in the evening on December 28 last year." Liao Yi said.

"December 28th." Xu Lang muttered to himself.

"It's the last day of the lunar winter month." Xiao Yueyue reminded in a milky voice on the side at this time.

"Tell me about the specific situation at that time." Xu Lang said.

At nine o'clock in the evening of December 28 last year, there was no one on the street outside, a man wearing a thick down jacket, a hat and sunglasses, came to the door of Lu Ye's house, he knocked on the door of Lu Ye's house, it was Lu Ye who opened the door, and after the two of them said a few words at the door, Lu Ye let the man enter the room.

Since the next three days, the man has not left Lu Ye's house, and Lu Ye has rarely gone out since then.

In the evening three days later, the man opened the door of Lu Ye's house again and left alone, after the man left Lu Ye's house, he walked to a place without surveillance and shooting, and disappeared since then, I don't know where he went, where he was, after that, the man never appeared again, and more than half a month later, that is, on January 18 this year, Lu Ye suddenly died.

And that's how it happened.

After listening to Liao Yi's story, the doubts in Xu Lang's heart became more and more.

First, who is this strange man who suddenly visited Lu Ye's house?

Second, what is this man looking for Lu Ye to do?

Third, does Lu Ye's death have anything to do with this man? If so, what is the relationship? If not, how did Lu Ye die?

And Xu Lang's questions, the detective agency can't answer them, although Dong Yihan and they know a lot of things, but some things, such as the photos of Lu Ye's death scene, and some specific details, they can't know, and now they know these things, or Liao Yi It took them a long time to investigate, so if Xu Lang wants to know the answer, he has to go to the public security bureau.

Therefore, after Xu Lang talked to them about Lu Ye's case next, Liao Yi and the others didn't know very well, so Xu Lang didn't ask anything more.

When a few people finished renewing the old and chatting about the case, it was time to get off work, Xu Lang thought for a while and said, "Don't go back tonight, I'll invite everyone to dinner." ”

For Xu Lang's arrangement, Liao Yi and they naturally had no problem, so they went out and began to arrange, while Dong Yihan began to set a place to eat, and Xu Lang took Xiao Yueyue to take a walk around the detective office.

At dinner in the evening, everyone from the detective agency arrived, Xu Lang's return brought a different joyful atmosphere to the detective agency, everyone ate very happily and drank more, especially Ziche Hexuan and Liao Yi, who were completely fighting with Xu Lang, and the result of the final fight was naturally that these two people were lying under the table, and Xu Lang was helpless about it.

After dinner, most people drank too much, Xu Lang had to book a room in the hotel and arrange them to stay in the hotel, while Xu Lang took Xiao Yueyue home.

After going home, Xu Lang first asked Xiao Yueyue to wash, and Xu Lang began to prepare everything for Xiao Yueyue to go to school tomorrow, in fact, there are not too many things to prepare, mainly some learning utensils, and these things have been prepared for Xiao Yueyue by Xu Lang and Ning Yanran long ago.

When all this was done, Xu Lang asked Xiao Yueyue to go to sleep, and Xu Lang went to the study.