The bars on this luxury cruise ship are obviously not as drunk as the bars on land. But the good wine in this bar is something for everyone. The most important thing is to let them choose, and don't worry about not having enough money in your pocket. Of course, this concern is limited to me and Tang Zhenguo.

There weren't too many people in the bar, and the atmosphere was nowhere near as hot as in the Red Bar, and I could see a few well-dressed girls and a few handsome young guys drinking and talking. From time to time, the girls covered their mouths and laughed, and their eyes radiated with joy.

Most of these people are the children of wealthy families who are highly educated, and they may not have played as unrestrained in this kind of public as ordinary ordinary people. But I believe that they are absolutely more bold in private than anyone else, because they will completely release the depression in their hearts in a private environment.

Tang Zhenguo and I still like to sit at the bar counter of the bar, because Tang Zhenguo said that this position is the most convenient place to get wine, and he is indeed a very pragmatic middle-aged man.

As soon as Lu Feiqi entered the bar, he was bumped into by an acquaintance who insisted that he go over for a drink. He wanted to take us with him, but I refused, because I really didn't want to hear him brag about us anymore.

Tang Zhenguo and I asked the bearded bartender for beer, and of course it was the mellow Bitburger beer.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a commotion.

"What's wrong with Lao Tzu playing with women with his own money, what's in the way of you?" It was Lu Feiqi who spoke. He had already stood up, brushed his long hair with his hands, and puffed out his eyes angrily at a suffocating young man on the couch.

The young man pouted vigorously, looked angry, and slowly stood up. I could see that the man had a lot of tattoos on his right arm, but they were very abstract and I couldn't tell what they were depicting. However, these abstract patterns make his right arm become a flower arm, which is very evil.

The man's movements to get up were very slow, but when he stood up straight, the flower arm was like a poisonous snake, quickly lifted the wine bottle on the wine table, and smashed it into Lu Feiqi's head.

Glass splattered, drinks spilled all over the floor, and the women began to scream loudly. It seems that a place like a bar, no matter where you are, is a place of right and wrong.

Lu Feiqi, a young man of literature and art, was stunned by this sudden sudden, he half-squatted and covered his head, and began to get up. It seems that this blow is not light.

The flower-armed young man was still holding the broken wine bottle in his hand, and said fiercely: "You can fucking play, why did you beat Mu Qiushui like that?" Don't you know that the brothers came to this boat just to meet Mu Qiushui for a while, and if you do this, how can we play? Your mother's shit. After speaking, the flower-armed young man smashed the broken wine bottle in his hand to the ground, and in the sound of the music in the bar, he could still hear the sound of glass breaking.

At this time, the three security guards had already rushed up, and the flower-armed youth and Lu Feiqi were separated in a friendly manner, and Tang Zhenguo and I also hurriedly walked to Lu Feiqi's side.

Under the persuasion of the bearded bartender and the crowd, the anger in the heart of the flower-armed young man calmed down slightly. The wound on Lu Feiqi's head seemed to be not shallow, and blood had already seeped out from between his fingers. Tang Zhenguo and I hurriedly walked out of the bar with Lu Feiqi and went straight to the ship's infirmary.

When the female doctor in the infirmary saw me, she gave me a strange look. I knew she must be wondering if she had brought a female patient to her in the afternoon and a male patient in the evening. I hope she doesn't think that I'm a bad star, and everyone around me has to suffer some misfortune or something.

The female doctor examined Lu Feiqi and told us that he only had a skin injury, and it was enough to apply some medicine and bandage it.

Tang Zhenguo and I sent Lu Feiqi back to his room, and he lived next to Tang Zhenguo, in cabin A08.

Entering the cabin of the A08 ship, Lu Feiqi was lying on his messy bed, and I sat next to Lu Feiqi and asked, "Who is that kid who hit you just now?" ”

Lu Feiqi looked at the ceiling and muttered, "It's the only son of Xue Bingguo of Tianke Industrial Group, Xue Bokai." This kid is a typical gangster, a loser, a gentleman, who will only spend his father's money to live happily everywhere. The purpose of his boarding this time was to come to Mu Qiushui. It's fucking filthy. ”

Lu Feiqi scolded and scolded others for being dirty, never thinking that he was actually the same as that gentleman Xue Bokai.

I said: "Now these sons and brothers who are interested in Mu Qiushui seem to know that you injured Mu Qiushui, don't you admit it?" ”

Lu Feiqi looked at me with an aggrieved gaze and said, "Mr. Ouyang, I really didn't hurt her except for sharing the bed with Mu Qiushui, why do you all say that about me, where did she hurt?" ”

Lu Feiqi sat up from the bed at once, probably because he got up too quickly, so it involved the wound, he 'ouch', and quickly covered his head and said: "No, I have to find Mu Qiushui and let her clarify it for me, otherwise everyone will think that I have a habit of beating women." ”

Lu Feiqi stood up from the bed, covered his head, and walked straight out of the door.

Tang Zhenguo and I didn't stop him, because we had no reason to stop him, and we didn't want to stop him.

Lu Feiqi looked very excited, and went straight to the elevator when he went out, and Tang Zhenguo and I followed behind.

Lu Feiqi made a phone call as he walked, and I heard him say into the phone angrily: "Where are you?" After a pause, he added, "I'm coming for you." "It seems that he has found Mu Qiushui's location.

Entering the elevator, he pressed the button on the first floor. I know that the first floor of the cruise ship is mainly the indoor pool and hot spring sauna of the cruise ship. But I wondered a little in my heart, why did Mu Qiushui go to such a place after suffering a skin injury?

In order to get to know this strange woman, I decided to go with Lu Feiqi to meet her for a while.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, two hot hostesses in bikinis smiled and bowed to us.

Lu Feiqi ignored them, but covered his head and strode towards the pool.

By the pool, I saw Mu Qiushui lying on a beach chair in a one-piece swimsuit, playing with his mobile phone. This also dispelled one of my previous thoughts, if Mu Qiushui was swimming, then how could she receive a call from Lu Feiqi so quickly?

It seems that Mu Qiushui is not really here to swim, but to accompany Mu Qiubai.

Mu Qiubai was playing in the water with the fat woman Chen Chunling at this time. But in my opinion, Chen Chunling's swimming appearance is simply like a sow splashing in the water.

Lu Feiqi walked up to Mu Qiushui angrily and said loudly, "Why do you go around telling people that I beat you? I didn't hit you at all, why are you slandering me? ”

Mu Qiushui was playing with his mobile phone in his hand, and he didn't pay attention to Lu Feiqi's question at all.

Lu Feiqi was so angry that he grabbed Mu Qiushui's mobile phone, threw it into the pool, and then asked loudly: "*, I asked you, did you hear it?" ”

Mu Qiushui raised his eyes and glanced at Lu Feiqi and said, "When did I say that you beat me?" Bored. ”

After speaking, Mu Qiushui draped a white towel over his shoulders, slowly stood up, and said, "You owe me an Apple phone." ”

Lu Feiqi stood there with his head covered, not knowing what to say, seeing that Mu Qiushui was leaving, I hurriedly stepped forward to stop her and asked, "Who caused the scars on your body?" Please tell us honestly. ”

Mu Qiushui glared at me, there was inexplicable hatred and helplessness in her eyes, she shook her head and said, "I don't want to discuss this issue, I'm going back to my room to rest." ”

"Brother Ouyang, did you hear it, my sister is going back to her room to rest." This is Mu Qiubai's voice. He had already come ashore in his swimming trunks, looking at us with his fair, toned muscles. And next to her is Chen Chunling, who is fat.

I didn't want to argue with them on such an occasion, so I didn't stop Mu Qiushui, Mu Qiushui glanced at me and left, her eyes were still so strange, I couldn't describe her eyes in specific words.

Obviously, neither Lu Feiqi nor I got the answers we wanted. Because of the headache, Lu Feiqi had to go back to his room to rest sullenly.

Tang Zhenguo and I still went to the bar to drink, and stayed at the bar until after 12 o'clock in the evening before returning to the room.

When I returned to the room, I looked at the half bottle of red wine on the table, and realized that I had forgotten to give this wine to Zhong Tianyue.

So I picked up the half bottle and rang the doorbell for A03. It's just been pressed for a while, but no one responded, so I guess this old man should still be playing mahjong.

When I went back to my room, I fell asleep in a daze because of the effect of alcohol.

When I woke up, the sunlight was shining through the window into the room, but it wasn't so noticeable because I hadn't turned off the lights when I went to sleep last night, and the room was still brightly lit.

took a shower, walked out of the door, and rang the doorbell of Tang Zhenguo's room. Tang Zhenguo opened the door with sleepy eyes.

I said to him, "Go and have breakfast." ”

Tang Zhenguo yawned and said, "Go ahead, I still want to sleep for a while." ”

I didn't force Tang Zhenguo, so I walked to room A08 and rang the doorbell, I didn't want Lu Feiqi to accompany me to breakfast, I wanted to care about how his injuries were recovering, and whether he was infected?

But I rang the doorbell for a while, but Lu Feiqi didn't come to open the door.

Could it be that he is already out of the house?

With this question in mind, I came to the restaurant. Most of the people in the restaurant are middle-aged or women, and there are very few young people. It was only eight o'clock in the morning, which was too early for those rich kids.

However, I didn't find Lu Feiqi in the restaurant, and I wondered in my heart, where did this kid go early in the morning?

Although I didn't meet Lu Feiqi, I met Zhong Tianyue, who was dining alone.

I sat down at Zhong Tianyue's table, Zhong Tianyue was eating a bite of eggs, and when he saw me, he hurriedly said, "Brother Ouyang, where is my wine?" ”

I smiled and said, "You're still thinking about that half bottle of wine, why don't you have breakfast and let's go to the bar for another drink?" ”

Zhong Tianyue shook his head helplessly and said, "No, I have a meeting at ten o'clock, and my daughter Zhong Meiling has already greeted the captain and the bartender at the bar, and she is not allowed to provide me with any more wine." I've been an alcoholic all my life, but I didn't expect that when I was not yet 60 years old, I was given a ban on alcohol, and I had much less fun for the rest of my days. ”

I frowned and said, "Are you not in good health and can't drink anymore?" ”

Zhong Tianyue raised his eyebrows and said, "Guess." ”

He really has the shadow of an old urchin.

After finishing the meal, seeing that it was still early, Zhong Tianyue pulled me to my room. He saw half a bottle of red wine on the table at a glance, and his eyes lit up as excited as if a miner had found a diamond.

He unscrewed the wine cork, didn't need a glass, held the wine bottle and drank a few big sips, and then said to me with a satisfied face: "Brother Ouyang, you saved my life!" ”

When he said this, I was conflicted. Because his daughter repeatedly insisted that he could not drink anymore, and at this moment, he drank again because of my help. I'm not sure if I'm hurting him or saving him.

Zhong Tianyue took the half bottle of wine to his room like a treasure.

I rang Lu Feiqi's doorbell again, but there was still no response. At this time, Zhong Tianyue, who had hidden the wine in his room, walked out again, and he said in front of the door: "Lu Feiqi went out last night, and when we came back from playing mahjong, we met him at the elevator. ”

I asked, "When was it last night?" ”

Zhong Tianyue thought for a while and said: "We ended playing mahjong tiles at two o'clock, which is probably a few points after two o'clock." ”

I thought to myself, Lu Feiqi was injured in the head, and it stands to reason that he should have a good rest, so why did he go out at two o'clock in the morning?

With this question, I always felt that something was going to happen.

knocked on Tang Zhenguo's door, and I said, "Lu Feiqi may be missing, you can go with me to find out." ”

Tang Zhenguo let out an 'um' sound.

Of course, the first step is to confirm whether Lu Feiqi is in the room.

We found the captain of the ship, Liu Hangyuan, and I said to Liu Hangyuan: "Lu Feiqi suffered a head injury and bled because of an argument with someone last night. I was worried about his injury, so I planned to take him to the infirmary early this morning for another check-up, but no matter how I rang the doorbell, he wouldn't open the door. And yesterday someone saw him go out at two o'clock in the morning, and I don't know if he has returned to his room now. For safety reasons, I would like to open Lu Feiqi's room for inspection. ”

Liu Hangyuan looked at me, then at his watch, frowned and said, "It's only nine o'clock in the morning at this time, what if Liu Hangyuan just fell asleep?" What if there is still his confidante who sleeps with him? I'm sorry, Mr. Ouyang, I can't agree to your request. ”

From Liu Hangyuan's point of view, there is nothing wrong with him doing this. He was afraid of my face, so he rejected me for two casual reasons. If he's tough, he can tell me bluntly that I don't have that power.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the cooperation conference of four well-known enterprises was held in the conference room on the second floor of the "Yangtze River Shenlong", and the participants were not only the chairmen of the four companies, but also the senior personnel of the four companies. It seems that this cooperation meeting is of great significance to these four companies.

Until four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Feiqi still did not appear.

I found the captain Liu Hangyuan again and explained the situation to him.

At this time, Liu Hangyuan finally paid attention, and he first dialed Lu Feiqi's phone, but the phone could not be connected. So he got the spare room card for A08, and personally took me and Tang Zhenguo to open Lu Feiqi's room.

It's just that Lu Feiqi's room is empty.

I checked the room and found that there were five cigarette butts in the ashtray in the room, but these five cigarette butts were not smoked by one person, but by three people. Three of the cigarettes were smoked by one person, while the remaining two cigarettes were smoked by two different people.

The judgment is based on the bite marks on the cigarette butt filter, the sucking marks, whether there is a habit of extinguishing the cigarette butt and the strength of the cigarette butt.

I clearly remember that when I sent Lu Feiqi back to the room yesterday, the ashtray was empty, why did there be five more cigarette butts smoked by three people for no reason? Among these three people, is there one of them Lu Feiqi, and the rest of them have anything to do with Lu Feiqi's disappearance?

Later, the surveillance video of the 'Yangtze River Shenlong' was retrieved, and in the surveillance video, only one clue was found, that is, Lu Feiqi did leave the door at 2 o'clock in the morning and never returned. However, no one else was found to have entered or left Lu Feiqi's room.

This is strange, I am sure that my judgment is not wrong, after Lu Feiqi returned to the room, there must have been other people who went to his room and smoked, but how did they get in? The surveillance did not show it at all, and I even suspect that the surveillance footage has been tampered with.

Let's put aside whether anyone has entered Lu Feiqi's room first, and now the most important thing is to find Lu Feiqi.

Following the surveillance video of the elevator, I found that Lu Feiqi came to the pool on the first floor and entered the men's bathroom.

Liu Hangyuan took a few strong sailors, and together with Tang Zhenguo and me, ran to the men's bathroom in a hurry.

I found that the bathrooms were large, and they were all enclosed single rooms, and there were still a few people using the bathrooms at this time.

So we checked the bathrooms one by one, and then I found that there was no one in the corner bathroom, but the bathroom door was locked. I've checked the doors of other bathrooms, and they can only be locked with a latch from the inside, is there anyone inside?

After obtaining the consent of Captain Liu Hangyuan, Tang Zhenguo kicked open the door of this bathroom.

The lights are on in the bathroom, and the exhaust fan is humming. There was no one in the bathroom, but in the center of the bathroom, there was a large white industrial plastic bucket, which was tightly closed with a lid.

I slowly walked to the plastic bucket and found that it was an industrial bucket made of PTFE material. The barrel made of this material has the characteristics of acid resistance, alkali resistance, and resistance to various organic solvents, and is almost insoluble in all solvents.

My heart chuckled.

Because I know that this kind of plastic barrel is generally used to transport strong corrosive liquids, such as aqua regia, concentrated sulfuric acid and the like.

I didn't think about it anymore because what I was thinking was horrific and I didn't want what I was guessing to come true.

I told everyone to leave the bathroom, got a handkerchief in the bathroom, drenched it, and tied it tightly to my mouth and nose.

Slowly unscrewing the lid of the plastic bucket, I could hear my heart beating during this time.

I finally opened the lid of the plastic bucket, and I could still smell a pungent smell through the wet handkerchief, and the violent irritating gas made it difficult for my eyes to open.

I squinted, glanced inside the plastic bucket, and immediately closed the lid again.

Rushing out of the bathroom, I gasped for air, and the people around me obviously smelled the pungent smell as well, and they all covered their mouths and stepped back.

Because the exhaust fan was always on, it didn't take long for the smell to dilute and dissipate.

Liu Hangyuan looked surprised and anxious, and hurriedly asked me, "Mr. Ouyang, what's in the bucket?" ”

Looking at Liu Hangyuan's anxious appearance, I said, "Can you take a step to speak?" ”

Liu Hangyuan understood what I meant, so he instructed his subordinates to keep an eye on this place, not to allow anyone to approach, and not to allow anyone to open the lid of the barrel. Then he took me to the captain's quarters.

The captain's cabin is chic, and there is a long silver harpoon hanging from the wall.

After Liu Hangyuan closed the hatch of the captain's cabin, he took a box of Chinese cigarettes from his desk. He opened the cigarette case, pulled out two cigarettes and handed them to us.

Lighting a cigarette, Tang Zhenguo and I sat on the soft brown leather sofa. And Liu Hangyuan didn't sit down, he leaned against the desk, and it could be seen from his face that he was upset at this time.

He took a puff of his cigarette and said while exhaling the residual smoke: "Mr. Ouyang, tell me, what did you see?" ”

I exhaled heavily and said, "Inside that plastic bucket, there's a highly corroded corpse. ”

Liu Hangyuan's Adam's apple squirmed up and down, and the hand holding the cigarette butt hung over his mouth, but it didn't reach his mouth, and his wide eyes showed horror. With a trembling mouth, he said two words: "Is it ......?"

I snapped my mouth and said, "The corpse was very corroded by the chemicals in the plastic bucket. The potion was orange-red, smoky, and had an extremely strong pungent smell, and if it was correct, it should be Aqua Regale. The use of Lefort aqua regia to dissolve the corpse is difficult to prove who the deceased is without professional autopsy technology. ”

Liu Hangyuan shook his head in despair and said, "No matter who it is, it's a human life." ”

I nodded, took a puff of my cigarette and said, "Yes, and this man must have been murdered and dumped in King Lefort's bucket." ”

Liu Hangyuan was very puzzled and asked, "But what method did the murderer use to lock the bathroom door and still be able to escape?" The kind of bathroom doesn't have windows or vents to climb out of. ”

I said: "Actually, the method is very simple, because the bathroom door is locked from the latch inside, so the murderer can use a very thin rope to fix the latch rod, then leave the bathroom, close the bathroom door, and then pull the thin rope to lock the latch rod into the bolt hole." Of course, this technique is easy to say, but it is very difficult to do, and I guess the murderer must have been carefully rehearsed before committing the crime, or he is a professional killer. ”