"Captain Zhao, I lost my goal." Section Chief Wen looked annoyed and blamed himself.

"Section Chief Wen, don't blame yourself, this is a common thing. I also want to thank you for overcoming our shortcomings. Zhao Zimeng comforted.

"This guy is so cunning, I obviously saw him go into the bathroom, but he didn't come out, and he disappeared somehow. Now I finally realize that your work is not easy, it is really like a mountain! Section Chief Wen was very ashamed.

Zhao Zimeng said with a smile: "We often lose our targets, mainly because our opponents are too slippery. Section Chief Wen, you didn't make a mistake when you stared at Huo Wangting. ”

"I'm ashamed—I'm ashamed, I didn't complete the task, Captain Zhao, don't be ashamed of me. Captain Zhao, who did Huo Wangting go to see just now? Section Chief Wen shook his head and smiled with relief.

"This Boss Huo saw Teng Jianye, the one who was the cat at the Louis King Hotel. They finally couldn't hold their breath anymore. Section Chief Wen, Ma Jianping will come over to replace me in a while. ”

"It's him, one of the two collectors from the south."

"It's him, this kid can't sit still. Section Chief Wen, Xiao Luhan found traces of No. 1 in Qiyunguan in Yanzi Mountain, Xicheng District, and a mysterious person with disguise also appeared there. ”

"Great." This good news somewhat diluted some of the emotions of self-blame that were shrouded in the heart of Section Chief Wen.

About half an hour, Ma Jianping walked into the duty room in the first area of the antique market.

After Zhao Zimeng explained a few words to Section Chief Wen and Ma Jianping, he walked out of the duty room and went to the parking lot.

At the foot of Swallow Mountain, after Xiao Luhan hung up the phone, the three of them continued to move forward.

A few minutes later, they saw the old fisherman, who was still sitting motionless on the bank of the river.

The three of them did not disturb him, and as they passed behind the fisherman, they heard the commotion of the old man's fishing basket.

It is estimated that after they left just now, this old man must have made some gains.

This also illustrates a very simple truth, no matter what you do, as long as you can endure and persevere, you will definitely have gains.

The three of them got on the stone arch bridge and crossed Swallow Alley.

Xiao Luhan was the first to walk out of Swallow Lane, and as soon as he walked out of the alley, Xiao Luhan saw Chai Tingdong standing outside the counter of a store, and he was looking this way.

The three of them hurried over.

"It's this smoke hotel." Chai Tingdong said.

Xiao Luhan looked up, this small shop is called Ping An Tobacco Hotel.

There was a middle-aged man and woman standing inside the counter, about the same age, this should be a mom-and-pop shop, and there was a customer buying cigarettes standing outside the counter.

A few people said hello to the shopkeeper and his wife.

Xiao Luhan visually inspected it, and the Ping'an Smoke Hotel was only thirty or forty steps away from the mouth of Swallow Lane.

The person with the pseudonym Ni Guangfu must have inspected this route when he chose Qiyun Temple. This is the most ideal line to reduce contact between No. 1 and the outside world.

No. 1 has a special appearance, no matter who he is, as long as he sees his face, he will definitely never forget it. Therefore, Ni Guangfu hopes that the fewer people who see him, the better.

"Number One doesn't come here often to buy cigarettes, and every time he comes, he buys two cigarettes. He bought it from the boss, and he bought it from the boss's wife. Chai Tingdong said.

"Boss, do you remember what kind of clothes this person was wearing?" Xiao Luhan asked.

"Gray clothes, suits. It's either a dark gray suit, a light gray, or a silver-gray. The man said.

"We won't be mistaken, this is the only person who comes to my store to buy Chinese cigarettes." The proprietress standing at the counter said, "This kind of cigarette is expensive, and ordinary people can't afford to smoke it." It's mostly for happy events, and people come to buy it. Before this person came, our store couldn't sell one in a month, and he bought two of them, which is really broad. ”

"Can you describe what this man looks like?" Xiao Luhan said.

"A man with long hair and a big bucktooth is missing a piece of his front tooth. It looks weird and scary. The woman said.

"Yes! We have opened a cigarette hotel here for more than ten years, and there are no people who buy two soft-shell Chinese at a time. As long as this person comes, he must buy two soft-shell Chinese. The man said.

"However, in the summer, especially during the rainy season, he only buys one cigarette." The woman corrected.

"What's this person's accent?"

He didn't speak, he put the money on the counter as soon as he came, and then pointed to the soft-shell China inside the counter and raised two fingers. The man said.

"Age, height, we have asked, and it is exactly the same as the No. 1 characteristics." Chai Tingdong said.

"When does he come to buy cigarettes?" Xiao Luhan looked at the couple and said.

"It's all at nine or ten o'clock in the evening — we close at ten o'clock sharp."

At nine or ten o'clock in the evening, there are few pedestrians on the streets of Jingxi City.

"Are there many people walking General Alley?"

"Not much, most people don't walk this alley." The man said.

"Why is that?"

"This alley is not clean." The woman god babbled.

"Why isn't it clean?"

"There is a horizontal log at the mouth of the south alley of this alley, there were two iron hooks on it, and the iron hook used to hang a human head, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the head was killed to show the public, that is, the head was hung on the two iron hooks on the horizontal wood at the south alley mouth of the general alley." The man said.

"General Alley used to be called Ghost Alley. In the past, there used to be a general living in the house on the east side of the alley, and the people Tujili changed the name of Little Ghost Alley to General Alley. The woman said.

"After it was changed to General Alley, there were still very few people walking, and some people walked during the day, but they were all bold, and no one walked at night."

After bidding farewell to the boss and the boss's wife, Xiao Luhan and his entourage of four walked through General Lane and went up to Hongwu Street.

As they walked through the alley, they didn't touch a single person. It turns out that there are really few people walking this alley.

When he walked out of General Alley, Xiao Luhan looked up at the top of the alley, and the black crossbar in the mouth of the cigarette hotel owner was still there.

But the horizontal wood has decayed, and in some places it has weathered and fallen off, and the years have left traces of mottled vicissitudes on it.

Xiao Luhan has been thinking about a question all the way from Qiyunguan:

No. 1 is a foreigner, with a special occupation, and he came to western Beijing to steal graves and dig graves, since he can live in the remote place of Qiyunguan, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, that Ni Guangfu disguised himself for the same purpose.

Being able to avoid contact with people as much as possible and show their heads is what they want. In this case, what is the reason why No. 1 will not land for half a year to report to Mengrongtang?

If it is a habit, it can be endured in this special period.

Unless he can't bear it.

What kind of situation will make him unbearable?

Xiao Luhan could only think of one situation, that is, No. 1 might be suffering from some kind of skin condition that urgently needed to be relieved by bathing.

Speaking, several people walked forward to Mengrong Hall.

Qiu Yizhong was already waiting in front of the gate.

The group entered the hall of Mengrong Hall, Director Bao asked Huang Yan to buy five bath chips and five back rubbing chips, and then led everyone into Hall 1, there are not many people in Hall 1 today.

The two running hall masters recognized Xiao Luhan, and a few bathers recognized Director Bao and Huang Yan.

Master Ran greeted him.

Huang Yan handed the bath chip and back rubbing chip to Xiao Liu's hand.

Xiao Liu arranged the five people in several empty seats, and Xiao Li made five cups of tea and put them on the coffee table.

Xiao Luhan asked Master Ran:

"Master Ran, as far as you can see, who are the people who come here to take a bath every day?"

Since the last time Master Ran experienced the inquiries of the comrades of the criminal investigation team, now in the face of their inquiries, he has also become more experienced, and he can grasp the essence of the problem: "One is a person who has leisure time, good economic conditions and can enjoy it. Another kind is people who have the habit of bathing. The other is people with skin diseases - such as psoriasis, this kind of person will be more comfortable when they bubble in the hot pool. ”

It seems that Xiao Luhan is thinking in the right direction.

"Master Ran, do you remember the person on the portrait that you were asked to identify last time? When you gave this person a pedicure, did you find that he had a skin disease? ”

"Remember, it's only been a few days, and my memory isn't that bad. Last time, you didn't ask, I didn't say — I didn't think about that at the time. Xiao Li, you call Master Yao and Master Xiang over. ”

"Holo." Xiao Li Fei ran out of Hall 1.

After a while, Xiao Li led the two masters into the hall door.

Master Yao and Master Xiang rubbed and massaged No. 1, whether No. 1 had any skin diseases, and the two of them had the most right to speak.

"Two masters, do you remember the person on the portrait that you asked you to identify a few days ago?"

The two masters nodded.

"Please recall, does this person have any skin diseases?" Xiao Luhan said.

"Yes." The two masters spoke in unison.

"What are the symptoms?"

"It's psoriasis. My second brother also has this disease, and I know it. The person has a lot of erythema of various sizes on the back and the outside of the limbs, and the erythema has scaly flakes on the surface. Master Yao said.

Master Xiang continued: "Every time he comes, before rubbing his back, he has to go to the hottest pool to scald for a long time, and he thinks that the water in the ordinary pool is not hot enough. He has a lot of moss on his body, soaked in water and scalded, red and red, sometimes, I don't dare to rub his back, but he said that the harder he rubs, the more comfortable he is. ”

"Isn't it! He also brought his own ointment, and after the massage, I asked him to apply the ointment from his neck to the instep of his feet. Master Yao said.

"I remembered that after he got his feet trimmed, he would go to the hot pool to soak in the bath several times, soak thoroughly, and apply the ointment before he fell asleep." Master Ran said.

"I've seen a lot of people with psoriasis, and he should be very serious, I guess it's very itchy. A bubble bath would be a little better. Xiang said to the master.

As if to support the statements of several masters and Xiao Luhan's judgment, a bather took off the bath towel tied to his waist, threw it on the chaise longue, and walked towards the hall door of the bath.

"Uncle Ma, how many bubbles have you been soaking in?" Xiao Li accosted.

"Even this time, four times." The bather held up four fingers.

"Look you're all burned, don't burn it."

"It's okay, I always have to burn it five or six times a day to be comfortable."

Xiao Luhan noticed: There are many red spots on this master Ma's body, and some places have been scratched.