"Pull me up."

I stood in the knee-deep, icy water of the well, looking up at the blue sky from the mouth of the well, which should be the perspective of the frog at the bottom of the well. However, in my heart, I do not have the narrowness of the frog at the bottom of the well, but there is a kind of openness that rushes out of the mouth of the well and runs into the boundless blue sky.

"Quick, quick, pull him up." I heard the voice of a stout man at the mouth of the well, which was clearly the voice of Lao Lu. Then the hemp rope tied around my waist had a strong pull that pulled me towards the wellhead.

"Ouyang, what did you find?" Lao Lu and another police comrade helped me out of the well, and asked me eagerly.

I jumped out of the well, shook my soaked legs, and said, "Nothing." ”

This answer seemed to make Lao Lu's face suddenly a little gloomy, so I immediately said: "Old classmate, if you don't find it, it's the biggest discovery." ”

Lao Lu frowned, wrapped his thick field uniform, looked at my soaked trouser leg, and said, "Okay, the car said that I will send you back to change your pants first." ”

I smiled and nodded, and got headlong into the police car.

The mountain road is rugged, and sitting in the back seat of a police car is slightly bumpy. Lao Lu sat on my left, rolled the window open a gap, lit a cigarette, and said, "Let's talk about it, what you don't find is what you find." ”

I coughed dryly twice and said, "Your suspicions are true, the dead little girl did not fall into the well and drown, but was thrown into the well, because there was no trace of struggle at the bottom of the well." The child's death was consistent with the symptoms of drowning, apparently by shifting the place of death after drowning elsewhere, deliberately faking the accident. And can a child less than three years old climb over the edge of the well, which is nearly a meter high? ”

Lao Lu nodded, didn't say anything, and took a puff of cigarette, showing his usual calmness and silence after confirming the facts of the case.

I didn't ask about this case in detail, because I knew that Lao Lu actually had a bottom in his heart, maybe he hoped that this case was just an accident. And the purpose of his calling me here is completely different from the previous cases, he just wants me to prove that this is an accident, not a deliberate murder, and it seems that it has backfired.

I turned my head to look at Lao Lu, the cigarette he spit out was swirling and quickly inhaling through the gap in the window, and Lao Lu was already full of sadness.

I glimpsed through the car window that the mountains in the depths of winter were still green, but behind this greenery, there was a lot of ignorance and ignorance hidden, and the crimes caused by these ignorance and ignorance were even unimaginable, even shocking.

The police car sent me to the intersection not far from home, and I said goodbye to the still silent old Lu and got out of the police car. The police officer who was driving the car also got out of the car under the pretext of buying cigarettes, came to my side and asked, "Brother Ouyang, you just said that the little girl who died was murdered, but what is the motive?" It was her family who reported the crime, and they all unanimously said that the child drowned accidentally, could it be that the child's family killed her? As the saying goes, tigers don't eat their children, and I can't believe that in that simple mountain, someone would murder a child who is not yet three years old. ”

I looked at the officer's sunny face, a positive, righteous face, as if the evil in this world had never invaded his heart. I can believe that such a person will make a good police officer. However, after becoming an excellent policeman, his face may become like Lao Lu.

I pointed to the cigarette stand in front of me and said, "You go there and buy cigarettes." Then he said: "It is true that the tiger is poisonous and does not eat the seed, but in some specific circumstances, this 'seed' may force the tiger to eat it." When the child's autopsy report comes out, it will be clear, and you and I don't have to guess about other things, Lao Lu will figure out this case. ”

The police officer hummed, bought a pack of Longfeng Chengxiang in front of the cigarette stall, and said, "Specific situation? Could it be that he prefers sons over daughters, killing his daughter first and having a son? It can't be, now that the second child has been opened, it's not established! ”

"Don't guess, Lao Lu is still waiting for you!" I shook my numb legs, waved my hand, and walked home.

I scrambled home, took a comfy hot shower, and as I put on my thick lounge clothes and was wiping my hair, the doorbell rang.

When I opened the door, a burly man with a flat head, a dark face, and bright eyes, standing in front of me. I'd never seen this person before, but I wasn't the slightest surprised, and I wiped my hair and said, "Come in and say." ”

The man nodded, but when he entered the house, he looked surprised. He would have been surprised to see that there were three metal beds in the living room, and of course most people didn't know that they were actually morgues. Because I use the bed as a table, most people would think that it was three tables, but the table was messy with some chemical utensils, microscopes, books, and leftover food from me. And, of course, Ruth, a specimen of a human skull. Ruth was looking affectionately at Jack in the corner at this time, Jack was a one-to-one statue of the human meridians.

I put the handkerchief in my hand on the corner of the table and said, "Don't be surprised, this is my workshop, so it's messy, and your room is in it." ”

"Hmm!" The man's answer was crisp and calm, but his eyes stayed on the wooden stake in the center of the living room.

"This wooden stake is very chic." The man said with great interest, and then asked, "Do you know kung fu?" ”

I also looked at the wooden stake and replied, "Practice casually and keep fit." If you like it, we can talk to each other when you have time. ”

"Huh?" The man looked at me, as if he had a question, but he stopped talking.

I led the man to a bedroom and said, "This is it, if you are satisfied, you can bring in the suitcase outside the door!" ”

The man was looking at this bedroom with satisfaction, which was ten times cleaner and tidy than the living room, and after listening to my words, he turned his head and frowned and asked, "Do you know me?" ”

I shook my head and said, "I don't know, but I know you're going to rent this bedroom, and you're the best person I've ever waited for." ”

"Huh?" The man looked at me for two seconds and asked, "Are you really that sure?" Do you know me? ”

I wiped the beard on my lips and said, "Your name is Tang Zhenguo, you were a knife player in the Red Sun Circus a year ago, and I don't have to say anything about it after that, the news of that year was reported for several days. ”

Tang Zhenguo's face was still a little ruddy just now, but it was already pale at this time, it seems that I hit his pain point. But that's exactly what I want, I'd like to see how this once legendary knifeman reacts when someone pokes his sore spot and his scars are revealed.

He exhaled a long breath from his nose, pursed his lips vigorously and nodded, "Okay, I'll rent." ”

This reaction was a bit surprising to me, but I can feel that he must have learned a rare and valuable mental nature in this year, and that is forbearance. However, in my later contact with him, I realized that I had made a mistake, and that his forbearance was never learned in the year after the accident, which seemed to be his innate ability.

Then he simply turned around, but before he had taken two steps, he turned around again and asked, "How do you know I have luggage?" Well...... You also seem to know that I can do some punching and kicking? ”

I laughed and said, "Your right hand is obviously more ruddy than your left, and this can happen in this winter, obviously because you have just carried a heavy object with your right hand, so it looks more bloody than your left hand." In addition, when you entered the house, you subconsciously glanced at the door where I couldn't see it, and I guessed that there must be something of yours there. What heavy things would a dusty tenant bring? I think luggage is the most reasonable explanation. As for I know you know kung fu, it's pretty simple. The metacarpal joints on the back of your hands are thick and flat, with calluses and freshly healed scars, as well as freshly healed scars on your brow bone. These wounds were obviously not caused by a fight, but rather a more professional combat scar. Did you turn careers to become a boxer this year? ”

Tang Zhenguo showed a surprised expression on his face and said, "Your observation ability is very strong. But to disappoint you, I didn't change my career to become a boxer, but in order to make a living, I fought underground black boxing on the China-Myanmar border for a year. ”

I was really a little surprised this time, and said, "It seems that your boxing skills are very good, and you only suffered some minor skin injuries in the black boxing." ”

"Hmm!" Tang Zhenguo's answer returned to crispness and composure, and it seemed that he was very confident in his boxing skills.

He brought his luggage in, a large black suitcase with a few mud marks on its surface. Because my living room was too cluttered, and he was probably worried that his huge suitcase would break my things, he simply lifted it over his head and walked through the living room. I could see that the suitcase was anything but light, but he lifted it with ease, and had to turn sideways to avoid the messy objects in the living room, and I admired him for his powers.

After he put my luggage in the bedroom, he gave me a year's rent, which was already stated in the rental advertisement I posted outside, so we also saved ourselves the trouble of haggling over the rent.

I have always had no concept of money, and when Tang Zhenguo handed over the rent to me, I put it in the pocket of my home clothes.

"You don't count?" Tang Zhenguo asked.

I said solemnly, "Oh, as soon as I take this money, I can feel the amount of money by its weight, this is the number, yes." ”

I could see the surprise on Tang Zhenguo's face escalating, maybe he must have known that such words were ridicule and jokes, but at this time, Tang Zhenguo seemed to think that I had this ability.

Tang Zhenguo asked suspiciously: "Do you really have this ability?" ”

I grinned and said, "Just kidding." ”

Tang Zhenguo's surprised face suddenly turned into a look of disappointment, he actually showed a disappointed look, he didn't expect this big man of 1.8 meters to have such a childlike heart, he would actually think that my ability to mess around is really good, interesting!

Tang Zhenguo looked at me for another two seconds and said: "You are a very interesting person, I think it is a little strange from your rental advertisement, the advertisement does not leave the landlord's name and contact information, but the address and rent are very detailed." Why are you posting such an advertisement? I feel like it's hard to rent out your room with such an advertisement. ”

I smiled and said, "Is it hard?" Aren't you already renting it now? I think it's nice to save yourself from answering phone calls from tenants and the hassle of interviewing rent. ”

Tang Zhenguo shook his head and said, "If it weren't for me seeing such a rental advertisement, I guess no one else would have come to rent your house." 2046B North Hill Road, as far as this address is concerned, it seems to be a joke. ”

"But that's exactly the address here."

"You put three morgues in the living room as a table, do you think other people will rent your house when they see such a scene?"

"Oh? You can see it, ordinary people can't see it, I didn't expect it. But I didn't expect you to see that you still rented it, it seems that I didn't rent the wrong person. ”

"You know I'm still willing to rent my room in the past, and it seems that I didn't find the wrong landlord either. What do you call it? ”

I feel more and more that this man in front of me is interesting, although he is not the same kind of person as me, but I am particularly compatible with this kind of person, I have never felt that anyone has been so compatible with me in the forty years of my life, so I said heartily: "My name is Ouyang Jie." ”

Tang Zhenguo nodded with a smile, turned around and walked into the bedroom that already belonged to him.