"Not long after you moved into 157, someone saw you move a cardboard box into 157 – not once. Is there such a thing? ”

"Captain Zhao, I remember, there is such a thing, I have moved some cardboard boxes, does this have anything to do with the case you handled?"

"What's in the carton?"

"It's an air conditioner!"

"Is it air conditioning? How can an air conditioner have a large cardboard box and a small cardboard box? ”

"That's right! The air conditioner has a host and an external unit, and the size of the main engine and the external unit are different, and the packing box is of course different. ”

According to Xiuqin's description of the carton, the volume of the carton is really a bit like the packing box of the air conditioner.

"What are you doing with the air conditioner in 157? And not once. ”

"As soon as I say it, you will understand: those air conditioners are the goods I picked up in the Chengnan warehouse, and I asked my friends to help me buy a discount machine for several leaders of the school, and after work, I went to the Chengnan warehouse to pick up the goods, and brought them back to No. 157 first, ready to be transported to the leader's house with the installer the next morning to install."

"Aren't home appliances delivered and installed by merchants?"

"Didn't I just say that? We bought a discount machine, and as soon as the goods arrived, they were picked up, and we wanted to wait for someone to deliver the goods, so we had to wait until the Year of the Monkey. At that time, air conditioners were a sought-after commodity, and they were only considered their own when they were held in their hands. If it's a little slower, you'll become someone else's. ”

Zhao Zimeng and Ling Hu Yunfei looked at each other for a moment, and Zhao Mingtao's narrative seemed reasonable.

Zhao Mingtao stood up: "Captain Zhao, please wait a minute." ”

Zhao Mingtao walked to the door and said outside: "Xiao Liu, come over for a while." ”

After a while, a guy about thirty years old ran over: "Captain Zhao, what do you command?" ”

"Xiao Liu, you see if Principal Ma and Secretary Liu are in the office, whether they are or not, you find them - invite them here - just say that I have something important to invite them over."

"Holo." Xiao Liu ran away in a smoke.

A few minutes later, Xiao Liu led a man in his forties and a woman in his fifties into the office, they were Principal Ma and Secretary Liu.

The words of President Ma and Secretary Liu confirmed Zhao Mingtao's statement.

After Zhao Mingtao saw off Principal Ma and Secretary Liu, the conversation continued.

"Captain Zhao, I'll make you a few cups of tea." Zhao Mingtao's attitude has always been mild.

"No, please sit down, we have one more question."

"Captain Zhao, please speak."

"Not long after you moved into No. 157, someone saw you going to the 'guest frequent' bath with a man in his fifties for a few days, is there such a thing?"

"There is such a thing."

"We want to know, who is that man in his fifties?"

"I can only tell you that the man in his fifties has nothing to do with the case you are investigating."

"The question cannot be ambiguous, you have to make it clear."

"It's about my personal privacy." Zhao Mingtao looked out of the door and said in a low voice, "That's it!" I will bring you to meet him, but I cannot tell you what his name is. Nor can I tell you where he works. As for the matter between me and him, please hold up your noble hand and let us go. ”

"As long as you can explain the situation clearly, we don't want to ask about things that have nothing to do with the case - we don't have that much spare time."

"What do you want me to do?"

"What do you want to do?"

"As long as you don't pierce this layer of window paper in front of him."

"We just need to make sure that the person you're talking about is the man you're bathing with at the 'guest house'. We respect your privacy. ”

Zhao Zimeng had already guessed what was going on between Zhao Mingtao and that man.

"Captain Zhao, do you think this will work?" Zhao Mingtao frowned.

"You say."

"Tonight, I'll ask him to take a bath in the 'Ke Chang Lai' and let the Running Hall identify him - if I'm not mistaken, this situation must have been provided to you by the 'Ke Frequent Come' Running Hall Master."

In addition to Master Cao, who is a frequent visitor, there is also Master Jiang, a shoemaker.

Clearly, so far, Mr. Zhao and the man have maintained that kind of relationship — or at least a connection.

"Okay, tonight, we're waiting for the two of you at 'Guest Often'. What time will you be there? ”

"We'll be there at half past seven."

"What hall are you in?"

"Hall One."

Everyone was only delayed for about 50 minutes at the material school.

Zhao Mingtao sent several people out of the school gate, and he was very grateful to Zhao Zimeng, because Zhao Zimeng accepted his plan, which not only did not break the sand pot to ask to the end, but also saved the face of him and the man in his fifties.

Nothing for a day.

That night, there were two people running in Hall 1, one of whom was Master Cao, who said that the other ran also knew Zhao Mingtao and the man in his fifties.

Zhao Zimeng and his group of five people have taken off their coats and are lying on the chair drinking tea, and next to Zhao Zimeng, there is a familiar face, he is the shoemaker Jiang Crooked - Zhao Zimeng invited him to take a bath, and at the same time identified the two people who were about to appear.

With the deepening of reform and opening up, the money in the people's pockets has gradually increased, and the days are getting better and better, so there are more and more people who come to take a bath.

The results speak for themselves, but Zhao Zimeng had to do it – a procedure that cannot be omitted.

Tonight, it was only a procedure, and Zhao Zimeng and everyone were waiting for Zhao Mingtao's appearance while thinking about the case. On the surface, the case is getting simpler and clearer, but it's not.

It will not be easy to find the man surnamed Ma, and what awaits everyone will be more difficult and harder work. It's a mess, and I finally sorted out a few threads, but they have nothing to do with the case, the mess is still there, and I don't know where the threads are.

Zhao Zimeng and his comrades suddenly fell into an inexplicable confusion and confusion.

At 7:31, the curtain of Hall 1 was lifted, and two people walked into Hall 1 one after the other.

Master Cao greeted him, and the person walking in front was Zhao Mingtao, and the person walking behind was a man in his sixties, who was wearing a beige casual suit, a coffee-colored black woolen coat on his right arm, and a pair of color-changing glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"That's the man." Master Jiang said in a low voice.

Master Cao arranged two people to sit down on two deck chairs, and the other ran to bring two cups of tea.

Master Cao lent Zhao Zimeng and Director Gu the space to add water, and nodded at the two of them.

Zhao Mingtao just lowered his head and undressed, he didn't look at anything - in fact, he had already seen Zhao Zimeng and others. He must play this scene.

The confirmation process is as simple as that.

Zhao Zimeng can draw a rest behind Zhao Mingtao. There is no need for comrades to watch the next drama anymore.

Next, the five of them took a bath for nearly an hour in the "guest often comes", and it is also a wise choice to let the brain and body relax and rest when they have no clue.

At about half past nine, Zhao Zimeng and his entourage walked out of the 'guest often comes'.

This year's winter seems to be a little colder than usual, and the comrades feel a chill on their cheeks.

When he walked to No. 157, Zhao Zimeng suddenly stopped.

"Zimeng, what's wrong with you?" Linghu Yunfei asked.

"Xiang Daimo, you and Xiao Luhan go back to rest, Yunfei, you accompany me for a walk. Xiang Daimo, you give Yunfei the keys to the car. ”

Xiang Daimo took out the key from his pocket and handed it to Linghu Yunfei.

Walking out of the south alley, Zhao Zimeng turned right and headed west. His pace and demeanor don't look like a stroll.

"Zimeng, why are you walking so fast?"

"Let's go to the bureau."

"What are you going to do in the bureau?"

"Go to the medical examiner's office."

"Did you remember something?"

"My mind is empty, I don't think about anything, I'll go and see it first."

At this time, what did Zhao Zimeng go to the forensic department to see? It must have been to see the remains of the deceased.

Zhao Zimeng's head was not empty, otherwise, he would not have had a whim and ran to the forensic office to visit the victim of this case. Linghu Yunfei knows Zhao Zimeng very well, and only when he has new ideas will he suddenly change the original trajectory of life and the direction of movement. He doesn't say what he thinks until he acts.

Linghu Yunfei didn't say anything more, he quickened his pace and kept up with Zhao Zimeng.

Linghu Yunfei didn't speak, but Zhao Zimeng spoke: "Yunfei, the time when the deceased was killed was around May 1986, and Che Huating's father Che Rengui also disappeared at this time, is this a coincidence?" ”

"Do you suspect that the deceased may be Cha Rengui? This is impossible, except for the time and age match, the height and teeth do not match. Even if you think of a hole in the sky, you can't bring these two people together! ”

"When we were investigating this case, Cha Ingui appeared in our field of vision several times. According to the information provided by Che Boss, Cha Rengui may not be as simple as running away from home. ”

Linghu Yunfei had just started the car when he saw a black shadow running over and turned on the car lights, only then did he see clearly that it was Lin Di, who was carrying a black handbag in her hand.

Linghu Yunfei opened the car window: "Lin Di, why are you here?" ”

"Captain, I have something to tell you."

"Get in the car and talk as you go." Zhao Zimeng opened the car door.

After Lin Di sat down, Zhao Zimeng asked, "Lin Di, what do you want to say?" ”

"You go to the 'guest often come' to take a bath, I have nothing to do, so I casually flipped through all the information."

"What did you find?" Linghu Yunfei said.

"Captain, should we ask Elder Xiao?"

"What do you ask Elder Xiao for?" Lin Di's words were rather abrupt, and Zhao Zimeng didn't turn the corner for a while.

"Look at this autopsy report." Lin Di took out a conversation notebook from his handbag and opened the conversation notebook, which contained an autopsy report and more than a dozen photos. Lin Di unfolded the autopsy report and handed it to Zhao Zimeng along with the photo.