Twenty-one apprentices

(Two days later) the morning sun slowly rose, the soft sunlight through the window gently sprinkled on Tang Peng's face, he slowly opened his eyes, looking at the rising sun is red to meet him, unconsciously smiled slightly, stood up and relaxed his muscles, turned around and was a little surprised to find that everyone had gotten up, but they were silent and did not speak, the most conspicuous was Wan Li, he sat on the sofa and sighed tiredly, a very lost look.

"You're finally awake? I have something to ask you: we have been looking for two days, but we still haven't found any clues...... Is it that we are going in the wrong direction again this time? Wu Wenfei stretched his waist, raised his eyes and looked at Tang Peng and said.

Tang Peng looked at the lost Wan Li, walked over and sat next to him, patted him on the shoulder like a teacher comforting a student, and said:

"It doesn't matter, the casino is so big, maybe we ignored something, so we'll use this last day to find out."

Wan Li looked up at Tang Peng, and his respect for this young detective was a little more.

"However, in case the code message is not here in the casino, then Li Han's younger brother ......" Chang Jing looked at Tang Peng anxiously, not daring to say any more.

Tang Peng was about to answer, but Sui Binxi snatched the words and replied:

"Sister Chang Jing, don't worry, we will definitely be able to find Li Han!"

"But ......"

"It's nothing, Sister Chang Jing, look at the rising sun, how beautiful, how spectacular, watch it selflessly spread sunshine and warmth on the earth, let people feel the beauty and magic of the world, as if to tell us that everything in the world is full of colors and dreams! Looking at it, it's as if each of us is bathed in colorful happiness...... (deep breathing) Ah! It's pleasant! Therefore, we should believe that there is hope in life! Sui Binxi looked up at the sun outside the window with a determined gaze.

“...... What is this guy saying inexplicably? Wu Wenfei sweated.

"It must be because his life is safe as soon as the day is over, and his heart is excited—he's just talking nonsense, ignore him." Tang Peng lowered his head and sighed, turned his head and looked at Chang Jing who was still worried about Li Han, "Don't worry, Jing, I promise you, I will never let any of you have an accident!" ”

"Yes!" Chang Jing looked at Tang Peng trustingly, and the two looked at each other quietly.

"Ahem, ahem!" Wu Wenfei interrupted the two on the side, "It doesn't seem to be the time to act in Qiong Yao's drama...... Tang Peng, are you hiding something from us-I always feel like you already know where Li Han is? ”

Wan Li's body trembled, he looked up at Tang Peng with a complicated expression, Chang Jing also looked at Tang Peng suspiciously, only Sui Binxi didn't seem to hear it, still looking at the morning sun outside the window, sighing alone, Tang Peng smiled slightly, turned his head and looked at the sun, and said mysteriously:

"Wait until tonight, I will tell you all the mysteries, but for now, please carefully look for Li Han's traces in the casino - Wan Li, a detective should have confidence in his reasoning, you have done a good job, I believe you will become an excellent detective."

Wan Li looked at Tang Peng, Tang Peng, who was standing in the bright light of the morning sun, looked extremely fascinating, at this moment Wan Li had made up his mind in his heart, and suddenly got up and knelt down in front of Tang Peng:

"Mr. Tang Peng, after this case is over, I want to worship you as a teacher...... Please promise me! ”

Everyone in the room was stunned, looking at this usually arrogant and uninhibited teenager incredibly, Tang Peng seemed to be taken aback, scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, and was about to answer, Sui Binxi heard the word 'apprenticeship', and also turned around, and saw that he was kneeling in his direction reverently, and suddenly let out a burst of laughter:

"Hahahaha! You've finally figured out to worship me as a teacher! Hahahaha - get up, I promise! In the future, you follow me, I promise you that you have unlimited scenery - hahahaha! ”

“...... (This idiot)" everyone bowed their heads and sighed.

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Twenty-two riddles

Chang Jing blinked her eyelids tiredly, looked down at her watch, and screamed, so anxious that she was about to cry:

"It's already ten o'clock in the evening, and there are still two hours left - Li Han's younger brother ......"

Tang Peng stopped Chang Jing, also looked at his watch, and suddenly raised his head and said solemnly to everyone:

"Okay, it's almost time now—Sui Binxi, borrow your car—everyone, get in the car!"

Everyone was taken aback, but they didn't say anything, they all quickly got into the car as instructed, Li Kai was napping, and was startled by Tang Peng and others who suddenly squeezed into the car:

"Huh? It's so late, where are you going? And it's all out - Mr. Tang Peng, my name is Li Kai, do you remember my name? I'm your super detective fan, and I was listening to the review and tracking of the two cases you solved by Double Dragons just now - the thought of you being in my car makes me ...... excited."

"...... 'Jinxi Tobacco Factory', please drive faster, thank you!" Tang Peng replied lightly with his eyelids. "'Jinxi Tobacco Factory'? It's all gone! Alas—there are very few people who know about this kind of cigarette now, and it is said that few people liked this kind of cigarette with a strange smell at that time, but my father liked it very much, and I only knew about this cigarette factory because he smoked this kind of cigarette all the time—what was Mr. Tang Peng doing there late at night? Could it be another mystery? Wait, don't tell me yet, let me reason and reason, ...... Are you going to go there and catch some prisoners? No? Kindness...... Is that ......" Li Kai began to gush endlessly, and the rest of the people covered their ears.

"How did you put up with your driver?" Wu Wenfei asked Sui Binxi in a low voice.

"Huh? What did you say? Sui Binxi took out a ball of cotton from his ear and looked at Wu Wenfei curiously.

“...... It's okay, I kind of got it......"

Chang Jing interrupted Li Kai's gushing speech, looked at Tang Peng with his eyes and asked anxiously:

"Brother Tang Peng, what are we going to do there? Is Li Han's younger brother there? ”

"Yes!" Tang Peng nodded, Wu Wenfei and Wan Li were stunned at the same time, curiously waiting for an explanation, Tang Peng helped his glasses, and said seriously: "Actually, Wan Li's reasoning is very reasonable, but he found the wrong direction - he only paid attention to the pattern on the wrapping paper, but in fact, the hint given to us by the ghost ghost was the wrapping paper itself...... The pattern on the wrapping paper is incomplete, the paper itself is torn very irregularly, almost everything remains, but the upper row and part of the bottom corner are torn off, you take a closer look...... At first glance, I knew that there was something missing from the paper of the wrapping paper - the brand name, which cleverly tore off the brand name printed on the wrapping paper, so I guessed that the torn part was the real hint - 'Jinxi brand cigarettes'! And the site of its former cigarette factory is near the casino! ”

"However, I don't understand - since it was torn off, how do you know that it is this brand of cigarette, this cigarette has long been discontinued, and very few people know about it (I am one of them)." Wu Wenfei asked.

“...... Because Teacher Jiqing used to like this brand of cigarettes the most......" Tang Peng's eyes became sad, he stopped talking, and thought about his thoughts alone......

(inside Jinxi Tobacco Factory) Li Han was in a coma and fell in the corner of the dilapidated wall, with a rope tied to his body, and a strip of cloth was stuffed in his mouth, Chang Jing hurriedly ran over to untie the rope on Li Han's body and took off the strip of cloth for him, but Li Han did not react, he fell asleep, Chang Jing looked at Tang Peng worriedly, Tang Peng squatted down and carefully examined Li Han, and said with a sigh of relief:

"Don't worry, he's fine, just unconscious......"

"Hey, hey, hey...... Tang Peng, you're finally here...... It's really timely......." Suddenly, a gloomy voice came from nowhere, Sui Binxi was so frightened that he hurriedly leaned towards Tang Peng's side, Wu Wenfei held down the pistol vigilantly, his eyes searched around the building, Chang Jing grabbed Tang Peng's arm tightly and didn't dare to speak.

Tang Peng didn't have any surprise, and continued to rescue Li Han in his hand, and said without raising his head:

"It's the microphone and this pretending to be a mysterious appearance - ghosts and ghosts, can you change the mode of appearance next time?"

“...... You seem to be very proud...... Do you think you've won? ”

"Isn't it? Li Han has been found by me, and the deadline for you to kill Sui Binxi has also passed-you have lost! ”

"Hey, hey, hey...... No wonder you waited until now to save that child...... So you're stalling for time......"

"Procrastinating for time? So to speak. Tang Peng lifted his glasses, his eyes suddenly became cold, "I want to wait for my commission to be successfully completed, and I can settle old accounts with you without a shadow in my own identity!" ”

"Old Accounts...... Hey, hey, hey...... Your watch seems to be a few minutes faster...... It's two minutes until twelve...... Hey, hey, hey...... It's not just the God of Gambling, you haven't been able to protect anyone...... Instead, you and your friends are led to death...... Hey, hey, hey, hey......" The yin laughter lingered in all corners and echoed in everyone's ears for a long time, making people shudder.

But Tang Peng calmly lifted his glasses and said calmly:

"Led to death? Do you mean that ragdoll bomb in the corner? ”

The laughter stopped suddenly, obviously the ghost was taken aback, Tang Peng naturally walked to the corner and picked up an inconspicuous rag doll toy, and threw it out, and after a while, he heard a loud noise, and the rest of the people were unconscious in a cold sweat, Tang Peng patted the dust on his body:

"How could there be a rag doll in the old site of the cigarette factory, I knew there was something wrong at a glance, and now it's my turn - ghost ghost, you forgot one thing, the echo and the sound coming from the microphone are always a little slower than the sound made by your body, and the first place where the laughter just stopped was the beam above!"

Everyone looked at the beam that Tang Peng pointed to, and sure enough, there was a black figure, Wu Wenfei wanted to pull out a gun, Tang Peng gently pressed him:

"This is my personal vendetta with 'Shadowless', please don't interfere - ghosts, ghosts, now that twelve o'clock has passed, what other tricks do you have?"

The black shadow was stunned for a moment, and then let out a sinister laugh:

"Hey, hey, hey...... You really deserve to be our opponent...... This time the boss told me not to kill you, and next time it won't be so lucky...... There will be a meeting later...... Hey, hey, hey, hey......"

After speaking, the black shadow flashed to the skylight, and immediately there was no trace, Tang Peng's face became a little angry, and he was about to chase it out, when he suddenly trembled violently, because he found that Li Han had a miniature bomb hidden in his hair! Tang Peng hurriedly rushed to Li Han and took out the bomb: There is still one second left in the time above! Tang Peng was stunned, completely at a loss of what to do...... But after a long time, the bomb exploded...... Tang Peng looked at the bomb carefully, his face suddenly became solemn, and he gritted his teeth tremblingly:

"This bastard...... From the very beginning until now, they didn't want to kill anyone at all, they just came to say 'hello' to me - to play like someone was waiting for me...... Bastard ......"

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(The next night) said goodbye to Tang Peng and others in the morning, Sui Binxi was walking alone in a dark and uninhabited alley, and suddenly a figure quietly appeared behind him and slowly raised his hand......

"Ghosts, don't make trouble!" Sui Binxi stopped and said indifferently without looking back.

The black shadow immediately stopped his hand and laughed a few times:

"Hey, hey, hey...... Worthy of the Thousand Faces...... What are your thoughts on the few days you spent with Tang Peng? Does he have what it takes to be our opponent? ”

"Absolutely!" Sui Binxi's eyes suddenly became serious, "If I hadn't played myself this time, I wouldn't have been discovered by him a long time ago!" ”

"My childhood playmate actually became a rival with me...... Hey, hey, hey...... What do you think......

"Thoughts?" Sui Binxi's eyes suddenly showed murderous aura, and he said slowly, "If there is, there is only incomparable excitement......

......

"Really? Okay, we got it! Tang Peng hung up the phone and looked at Chang Jing and Li Han who were resting on the sofa with a somewhat complicated expression.

"Who called?" Li Han asked.

"It's a girl named Guozi, she said that Cheng Shuai suddenly fainted on the plane back, and after getting off the plane, he was sent to the hospital by Chen Weiwei, alas, the medical expenses ......"

“......”

(Stay tuned for the next case: Hospital Spirits)