XIII. Remuneration

Helpless month. Lonely and cold hanging in the black sky. It looks so fragile without the stars. As if sick. Wobbly swaying in the wind. It was as if the wind could blow it down if it was a little stronger, but anyway. In the boundless darkness of the night. There was still only a glimmer of light from the weak moon. to light up the world

At this time. Cheng Shuai is on the ruins of a building on the outskirts of the city. Look up and gaze at the night sky. With a rare solemnity on his face. I didn't say anything for a long time. The fruit behind him looked around with a puzzled expression. It seems to have been a former residential building. Why is it so deserted now. Being curious. Inadvertently found silence. Cheng Shuai looked at the sky thoughtfully. There seems to be something to discover. Fruit walked over and was about to ask him what was wrong. But it suddenly stopped. Because of that moment. The faint moonlight shone on Cheng Shuai's face through the mottled shadows of the trees on the outskirts. That face that has never been serious. It's like she's completely changed. Become unusually mature. Handsome. Coupled with Cheng Shuai's contemplative expression at this time, an indescribable charm unconsciously emanated around him. Inadvertently. The fruit was stunned by this idiot detective. Could it be that the face of such a handsome fruit instantly turned crimson. It's like there's a fawn in my heart. Running around and banging. She hid her head shyly. With your hands behind your back. Walked up to him with his mouth pursed:

"What's wrong. The Great Detective. What are you looking at?"

"It's very strange" Cheng Shuai didn't look back. Still looking at the night sky with a solemn face. As if this time. He was really thinking about something.

"(It's really handsome up close)" Fruit's face turned even redder. I couldn't help but smile on my face." What's so strange."

Cheng Shuai closed his eyes. Stretched out comfortably. Turning his head and shrugging his shoulders at the fruit. This series of usually extremely normal movements. Now in the eyes of the fruit. But it became so chic and charming. Unconsciously. The heart of the fruit beats faster. She struggled to control her urge to pounce into his arms. Try to keep yourself on a natural expression on your face but. After that series of "dashing" moves . Then came Cheng Shuai's signature nose picking. And that dumb look:

"I'm wondering how much the author says that the moon tonight is as weak as Alzheimer's. But the moon I saw was no different from usual. The author's ability to cheat the word count has been raised to a higher level. Why are you looking at me with that disappointed, speechless expression? Did I do something that left you speechless?"

"It's fine. The old lady just made a mistake with presbyopia and nymphomaniac."

"Uh" Cheng Shuai was stunned. I touched my hair for some reason." That's right. As for your commission to accompany me to solve the case, I accepted. But I haven't even told you what I want."

The fruit crosses his hands. He replied without looking:

"Say it. What do you want to be paid?"

"One night."

"What."

"I said that the reward is for you to spend the night with me."

looked at Cheng Shuai, who was beaten by himself and foamed at the mouth and fainted on the ground. Once again, the fruit had the idea of rushing up and stepping on a few feet. But this time. She became more and more impulsive to turn this idea into reality. I saw the fruit walking towards Cheng Shuai on the ground with a black face. Then lift the heels:

"Die. To die. Die"

Cheng Shuai, who was trampled on and had a blue nose and swollen face, sat on the ground with his face hot from pain. There was still a smirk on his lips and drooling straight down:

"The hardest to accept the grace of beauty"

"I'm. Play it yourself. I'm not going to wait, old lady." The ashamed and angry fruit turned around angrily and prepared to leave. Looks like she's really angry this time.

"This is it."

Guozi, who was about to leave, heard Cheng Shuai inexplicably popping up such a sentence behind his back. Finally, I couldn't help but stop. Turning his head and looking at him curiously:

"What did you say?"

"Do you remember the wife and children of the fat pig official who was held hostage (Section 5 of this case)?" Cheng Shuai calmed his head. It's hard to see the expression." The place of hostage referred to in the four hints in that bird letter."

The fruit was stunned. Raise your head and look around again. The four hints in the letter that Cheng Shuai said and what happened before suddenly appeared in his mind at the same time. And collude in an instant. Combined into one obvious answer:

"Could it be?"

"That's right." Cheng Shuai slowly stood up. I patted the dirt on my body casually. Suddenly raised his head and stared wide-eyed. Slammed his fist into the ground. The fruit was stunned. I was about to step forward and ask something. Suddenly, I heard a "boom" in my ears. Then the feet are empty. The lower body is weightless for a while. When the body slid down, the fruit came to his senses, and he realized that he was in a cellar of about ten square meters. She was taken aback and hurriedly sorted out her emotions. Struggled to stand up as soon as possible. Looking at Cheng Shuai, who was half-squatting less than a meter in front of him and still posing, he became angry namelessly. Just as I was about to step forward and kick him hard. Stunned to find that in the corner of the cellar there was a luxuriously dressed. But the middle-aged woman and the teenager who were tied together were looking at them with a mixture of horror and joy. The middle-aged woman and the teenager had duct tape around their mouths. Desperately shaking his head to say something. And at this time. Cheng Shuai completely ignored them. Pose for yourself. Pretend to have a handsome low voice." A huge ruin. It's only as thin as that piece of dust. Obviously cleaned up. There is a lot of dirt around that is regularly renovated. At first glance, you can tell that it has been excavated according to a certain proportion. Combined with the surrounding disappearing footprints. Everything became clear to the hostages mentioned in the bird's letter. and they were locked up in this cellar."

XIV. Blood Debt and Blood Payment

"That" fruit couldn't help but step forward. Watching Cheng Shuai open his mouth and want to say something.

"How." Cheng Shuai turned his head and threw a flattering glance at the fruit. The body still maintains that half-squatting posture." Am I handsome?"

"I don't know if it's handsome or not. But I know your hands are bleeding."

"Blood." Cheng Shuai was stunned for a moment. That's when I noticed my bleeding hands." Ah. Pain. Pain. Pain. Damn it. It's painful for Lao Tzu to die. Help me. Pain. Pain. Painful"

"That idiot is not saved," the fruit glanced at the cellar switch not far away. sighed. While shaking his head, he walked over to help the mother and son tied in the corner to untie them. I'm thinking about how to tell them about the fat official's murder later." That one. I have bad news for you. I hope you guys can cheer up."

Suddenly. A slap in the face of the fruit. The fruit was stunned. Doubts replace the anger of being humiliated. Then I only heard the middle-aged woman's incessant scolding ringing in my ears:

"There's no mistake. How to come now. Do you know who I am? If something happens to me and my son, will you be able to afford it? What are you eating? Would you like to slow down a little more?"

"Mom. You put out the fire first. This is wearing a mask but has a good figure. I don't know which department. Maybe we were sent by my dad to save us just after the masquerade. People work hard enough. It's right to have mercy on the jade. It's still early anyway. Would you like this young lady to come and sit down at my house?"

A wave of anger suddenly rose from the bottom of the fruit's heart. She was about to do something with a black face. Suddenly, there was a terrible laugh from the cellar. It's creepy:

"Hehehehehe"

And then. It's like it's just a passing breeze. The horrible laughter suddenly disappeared again. It was as if it had never been here, but the horrible laughter remained in the hearts of everyone present. Lingering

"Soon. Halloween is just around the corner." Suddenly, Cheng Shuai's voice pretended to be yin and yang. Those bastards who have done bad things. But be careful."

"Less nonsense. What a bad thing. Which department are you. Dare to speak to us with this attitude. I don't blame you for procrastinating until now. You dare to talk to us in this tone. Don't look at what you are."

A slap made the chattering middle-aged woman finally close her mouth. The second generation of officials next to him symbolically waved the "Mother Protector's Fist" to Cheng Shuai was also tightly grasped by Cheng Shuai. and was caught "wow, wow" and called Cheng Shuai tilted his head. stared at the mother and daughter without saying a word. After a long time, he spoke:

"A garbage official used his power to buy a plot of land in the neighborhood at a low price and sell it at a high price. Helplessly, the residents in the most central area said that they would not sell anything. That garbage official used a lot of dirty means. Finally pushed the resident to a hurry. Maybe God has eyes. I don't know where he found some evidence of corruption on that garbage official. But he never dreamed of it. These were the pieces of evidence that he thought he could use to protect himself. but became the bane of his family of three. Because of those evidences. That garbage official turned out to be murderous not long after. The garbage officer bribed the relevant staff around the local area of the resident. Also bought off a neighbor who spread rumors of some garbage ghost stories after the fact. Because there are such rumors of 'accidents' that are not likely to be investigated. The truth of the matter will only become more and more obscured as the rumors spread. That's what happened here. The 'weird' fire three months ago, the blood debt was paid for by the blood, and the garbage official was burned to death, so he deserved it. Damn it. For the first time, Lao Tzu actually began to admire the shadow of the bird called the 'Hemorrhoid Angel'."

"What." Hear here. The middle-aged woman let out a pig-killing scream." You said Lao Xu was dead."

"Hmph." Cheng Shuai spat disdainfully to the side. Raise your head and look at the woman with disdain." So to speak. You admit that the garbage official in the story who cares about human life is your dead ghost husband."

"Ahh This. This"

"Hehehehehe" at this time. The horrible laughter rang out again. This creepy sound seems to pierce a person's soul and reverberates throughout the cellar. With nowhere to hide, the woman was already so frightened that she fainted directly. The second generation of the official was so frightened that he peed his pants. I looked stunned and stunned. At last. Cheng Shuai went up to "help" him. A punch knocked him unconscious

Guozi walked over with a dark face and pressed the switch of the small tape recorder in Cheng Shuai's arms. The horrible laughter suddenly stopped, and the fruit looked up at him for a long time. Finally sighed:

"I'm convinced of you"

"But," Cheng Shuai smiled a little awkwardly. He looked around the dark cellar with a solemn expression. That laugh for the first time. It's not coming from my radio."

The fruit trembled. Cheng Shuai said that his back was cold:

"What do you mean?"

Cheng Shuai grabbed his hair. shrugged his shoulders disappreciatively:

"Lao Tzu is a detective though. But for ghosts and ghosts this kind of thing. Nor can it be hastily concluded that it does not exist."

"I said don't say goosebumps like this at this time, okay?" The fruit looked around in fear. Cold sweat suddenly broke out on his face.

Just when the fruit was uncomfortable by Cheng Shuai's words. Cheng Shuai inadvertently saw that there seemed to be a newspaper pressed with a small stone at the place where the mother and son were bound. He walked over curiously to take a look. It was found that a large line of slogans was prominently written in the center of the folded newspaper: "Zhang Wenyu, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, disappeared inexplicably". Cheng Shuai found that there was a small piece of paper next to him that was also pressed with a small stone. It seems that something else is written on it. With curiosity. Cheng Shuai picked up the piece of paper. Strangely enough, he struggled a little while picking up pieces of paper. At the end, it seems to have torn off some kind of string tied to the end of the piece of paper. But Cheng Shuai didn't care too much. Take the piece of paper to the bright spot and take a look. I saw that it read:

"Congratulations. It's amazing. So. The hints for the next game are: '1.The direction of the sun at its most beautiful time.2.The majestic white stones.3.Another place for the shining stones in the sky.4.After three days.' Then. Die."

Suddenly. Cheng Shuai felt that something was wrong. Suddenly, I saw that the oil lamp used for lighting in the corner of the cellar was knocked over to the ground at some point. The embers on the ground are like fiery snakes winding forward. It's slowly spreading along with something. Cheng Shuai suddenly realized the abnormality when he picked up the piece of paper just now. Meantime. He immediately noticed that the cellar was surrounded by cobwebs that shouldn't have appeared. That moment. It was as if an electric current flashed overhead. Cheng Shuai immediately grabbed the nearest fruit beside him. Too late to explain. Picked her up, used light skills (Cheng Shuai has studied martial arts for five years) and jumped onto the ground more than three meters below the bottom of the cellar. The moment his feet stepped on the ground. It was as if the entire cellar had suddenly been swallowed by fire demons. Blazing. Terrible tongues of fire licked every corner of the cellar. In the midst of the flames. There was the mournful screams of the pair of officials' wives that Cheng Shuai didn't have time to rescue. It makes people shudder, and Cheng Shuai suddenly thought. The family of three of the residents who were innocently burned to death three months ago. Was it the same at that time?

Helpless month. Lonely and cold hanging in the black sky. It looks so fragile without the stars. As if sick. Wobbly swaying in the wind. It was as if the wind could blow it down