This sudden sound did not frighten Yang Zi, who was squatting on the ground and working hard, he just calmly turned his head to look at the person who made the sound, and then said with a smile: "I'm working." ”

It turned out that it was a little girl who looked to be only four or five years old, with curly hair, a pair of round eyes on her round face, and black and white eyes staring at Yang Zi without blinking, with a curious look on her face.

Faced with such an innocent and pure little angel, who was taking great pains to learn the tone of an adult and interrogate himself, Yang Zi's face was full of smiles, and he said softly: "Little friend, what is your name?" ”

This cute little girl is quite vigilant, hearing Yang Zi ask herself, she did not advance but retreated a small step, stared at Yang Zi with wide eyes, and thought for a long time before saying in a milky voice: "I don't know you, my mother said don't talk to strangers." ”

Yang Zi stood up and couldn't help laughing, he took off a glove while laughing, took out his police ID card from his pocket, bowed down half-jokingly and half-seriously, bent down and showed the document in front of the little girl's eyes: "Report, this is my ID, I am a policeman, don't be afraid, children." ”

The little girl took Yang Zi's documents seriously and looked at them for a long time, and she didn't know if she understood them, but she obviously had a sense of trust in Yang Zi, took two steps to him, looked at him with a pair of big eyes, and then tilted her head to talk to him: "Uncle policeman, my name is Yaoyao." Is it work for you to look for something on the ground? Mom said the ground is dirty, why are you still looking for things on the ground? ”

Yang Zi has already taken off his hat and mask, and packed up the tools, before the little girl came, the traces in front of the door had been almost taken, and now that this little guy came, he also just finished work.

It was a little dark in the corridor, Yang Zi put the tool kit on his back, reached out and held the little girl, he said to the girl with great interest: "Yaoyao, you are so cute." Uncle is looking for clues on the ground that are useful for solving the case, and uncle is not afraid of getting dirty. Yaoyao, what floor do you live on? Let Uncle take you home. ”

"Uncle, I live on the first floor." The little girl led Yang Zi and hurriedly walked towards the staircase, answering his questions at the same time.

"The first floor? Then how could Yaoyao run upstairs alone? Yang Zi was a little surprised, it stands to reason that with such a small child, parents should not leave their children outside alone, and her family lives on the first floor, although Li Yan's house is on the second floor of her house, but she is so small, she can't just let her go upstairs.

Yang Zi was a little angry, thinking that the parents were too careless, and when they were about to send Yaoyao home, they saw that the adults of her family persuaded them to pay attention in the future, and not to let the children run around by themselves.

"Uncle, because there was also an uncle upstairs the day before yesterday, and I saw it." Yaoyao innocently replied to Yang Zi.

Her words fell on Yang Zi's ears, which made Yang Zi stunned suddenly, the day before yesterday? And an uncle? He suddenly stopped, squatted down in front of Yaoyao, gently held her little shoulders, looked at her little eyes, and asked eagerly: "Yaoyao, tell your uncle, is there another uncle who is also here the day before yesterday?" What was he doing? ”

Yang Zi remembered that there was a photo of Li Ermao in the toolbag he was carrying, he let go of Yaoyao, leaned down and looked for it in the toolbag, and after a while, pulled out a piece of paper for Yaoyao to see.

"Uncle uncle, the day before yesterday, it was this uncle who was upstairs, and also in front of the door of that house, he didn't look for anything on the ground like you, he kept knocking on the door, and then he knocked on the door next to him, but my mother said that no one lived in those houses for a long time." Yaoyao pointed to Li Ermao's photo and said to Yang Zi.

"Li Ermao really came!" Yang Zi was happy in his heart, his judgment was right, Li Ermao should know Li Yan's address, he would definitely come here to look for Li Yan, and now he doesn't know that Li Yan is dead, so he will continue to look for Li Yan's whereabouts.

Thinking of this, Yang Zi put away Li Ermao's photo, he patted Yaoyao's head gently, took her hand and continued to walk downstairs, and praised her at the same time: "Yaoyao is so good, I told my uncle a very useful news, wait for my uncle to praise Yaoyao's mother for Yaoyao." ”

While talking, the two of them had already come to the first floor, standing in front of Yaoyao's house, Yang Zi saw that the door of her house was open, and with Yaoyao's crisp shout, Yaoyao's grandmother came out and was startled when she saw Yang Zi. After Yang Zi's explanation, Yaoyao's grandmother understood what had happened.

Hearing Yang Zi ask if she had seen Li Ermao coming, Yaoyao's grandmother thought seriously for a long time before saying, "I seem to have seen this person, not in the community, but somewhere else." ”

"Huh? Somewhere else? Yang Zi was once again surprised, Grandma Yaoyao's words made him feel that Li Ermao seemed to be active in this area, and it seemed that he would be able to arrest him soon.

Grandma Yaoyao didn't speak, she kept recalling, and she hesitated for a long time before she said: "I'm not sure if it's him, but it's really very similar, yesterday I came back from buying vegetables from the supermarket opposite the community, and on the sidewalk at the door, I saw this person pulling with Director Wang of the property management, because it was the property management, so I took a second look." ”

"Director Wang?" Yang Zi couldn't help laughing in his heart again, why are they all acquaintances? This Director Wang must be the one Yang Zi and the others met in the last time they came to investigate Li Yan's case, and he can be regarded as having a friendship, so he will have to trouble him later.

"Yes, I stopped there to take a look, and I heard what they were saying that no one had lived for a long time, and I was worried that Yaoyao would have something to do at home alone, so I came back in a hurry." Grandma Yaoyao told Yang Zi everything she saw.

Yang Zi nodded and asked again: "Old man, what time did you see them pulling?" ”

"Ten o'clock in the morning, five o'clock in the morning." This time, the old man no longer hesitated, and answered in one bite.

"Great, thank you for supporting our work, farewell." Yang Zi said as he planned to go to the property management office, and forgot what he had just said that he wanted to criticize Yaoyao's parents and let her run out of the house alone.

He came to the property management office familiarly, this time, no one in the office was playing cards noisily, only two staff members were sitting, checking the documents in their hands, I heard that Yang Zi was looking for Director Wang, one of the staff told Yang Zi that Director Wang is not here now, during this time the community is replacing the natural gas meter of the house, it is estimated that he is accompanying the staff of the natural gas company, busy in Unit 5.

When he went out, Yang Zi was looking at which side the staircase of Unit 5 was opening, and before he took two steps, he saw a person walking in front of him with a notebook in his hand, it was Director Wang, he hurriedly greeted him, and greeted Director Wang from a distance.

Director Wang can still remember him, and when he saw Yang Zi, he shouted: "Captain Yang, what wind blew you here?" Or do you criticize and guide my work again? ”

didn't have time to be polite to him, Yang Zi had already put Li Ermao's photo on Director Wang's eyelids, and asked straight to the point: "Director Wang, I heard that you had some disputes with this guy at the gate of the community at ten o'clock and five o'clock yesterday morning?" ”

Looking at the familiar face on the photo, Director Wang carefully identified it, raised his head to look at Yang Zi, and said with certainty: "Yes, that's right, it's this person." ”

"Great! Director Wang, tell me about the specific situation. Hearing that it was indeed Li Ermao who appeared here, Yang Zi couldn't help but get excited, as long as he mastered the law of Li Ermao's actions, I believe that it would not be difficult to catch him.

Director Wang knew that Yang Zi had nothing to do in the Three Treasures Palace, and he still brought photos at this time, so he must have come for the case in hand, and he didn't talk to him about it, so he told Yang Zi about the scene that happened at the gate of the community early yesterday morning.

Because the municipal government recently required the city's residents to use natural gas instead of gas for daily use as an energy source, starting early yesterday morning, it was the turn to replace the new natural gas meter for the residents of this community for free.

Yesterday morning, he was preparing to go door-to-door to replace it with a few construction masters, and when he heard someone arguing at the entrance of the community, he walked over to see what was going on, and when he walked to the gate of the community, he saw that the man in the photo was arguing with a person who often picks up junks in the area.

Director Wang separated the crowd and listened for a while before he heard clearly, the man in the photo came to this area to find someone, but the person who picked up the rags gave him an inaccurate message and asked him for 30 yuan, and the man in the photo didn't find the person he was looking for, so he wanted to get the money back, but the man in the photo refused to pay it back, and the two of them quarreled.

Before Director Wang could speak, he had already found Director Wang, and as if he was particularly afraid of Director Wang, he took out a few crumpled banknotes from his pocket and stuffed them into the man in the photo, and quickly separated the crowd and fled.

The man stood sullenly with the banknote in his hand for a while, and the people around him who were watching the excitement saw that the people who picked up the rags were gone, and there was no excitement to see, so they dispersed, leaving only the man and Director Wang standing there.

Out of kindness, Director Wang kindly asked the man in the photo: "Young man, who are you looking for here?" ”

Unexpectedly, the young man seemed to be a little nervous, he looked at Director Wang nervously, and hesitated for a long time before telling him an address, which was the residential area managed by Director Wang, which used to belong to Li Yan, but had been uninhabited for a long time.

Director Wang couldn't help but tell him that it had been uninhabited for a long time, but the young man didn't believe it, and shouted to Director Wang uncontrollably: "You are lying, my sister said that the house she bought, she doesn't live here, where will she go?" ”