The next morning, Hexi's sunshine sprinkled on the mottled road, and the green ground was exceptionally clean after being washed by the rain, but due to yesterday's murder, the cordon was pulled up early, separating the onlookers, Director Xu Anguo is a thin, white-bearded middle-aged man, at this time his face was solemn, and asked his assistant Jiang Xingyue beside him: "What do you think about this case?" ”

This assistant is a fledgling guy, about 20 years old, but there is no young man to advance, on the contrary, very calm, he lined for a while, analyzed: "The deceased Wang, male, 35 years old, is the director of Hengmao Group, there is no thymosin surge, excluding the possibility of sudden myocardial death, he is more likely to kill, from the wound, it is a blind tube stab wound, did not completely penetrate the chest, the cross-section of the sternum is broken, like, the shape of the human hand, but how can the strength of the human hand penetrate the hard sternum?" ”

Xu Anguo asked: "Could it be that a blunt object first pierced the chest, and then the heart was taken out with the hand?" According to the intuition of handling the case, there is no problem with such an idea, but Jiang Xingyue denied him: "If it is a blunt force penetration, after entering the body, accompanied by the victim's struggle, it will cause a lot of bruises due to the rupture of blood vessels, even if there is a sharp object on the fingernails, but you see the victim, there is very little bruising, the wound is smooth, as if it was a surprise in an instant, which does not rule out the possibility of drug narcotics, acquaintances to commit crimes." ”

He paused and continued: "Wang's relatives and friends all had alibi certificates at the time of the crime, but through testing, it was found that there was a substance called ecstasy on his body, which is a hallucinogen that only exists on butterflies. ”

Xu Anguo seemed to be enlightened: "According to Wang's friend in the nightclub that day, a woman left with him that night, and said: "Zhuang Zhou dreams of butterflies, and it is difficult to leave the soul." "It seems to be related to this substance, so we just need to find this woman now, see if we can find the ecstasy, and compare the fingerprints with the remnants on the sternum, if they are all consistent, then it will be eight or nine ten, Xiao Jiang, how long is the time of the crime and the time when she appeared?"

Jiang Xingyue sorted out the following thoughts: "The earshell, fingertips, and nose tips of the deceased have cooled, while the limbs, torso, and armpits still have residual warmth, and the corpse is cold at more than 20 degrees. The reasoning seemed to be seamless and flawless, Xu Anguo was overjoyed, and immediately announced: "Issue a wanted warrant for Zhuang Mengli, and make every effort to investigate in major night clubs, and be sure to catch the suspect!" ”

At night, the earth is covered with silver frost, hitting the rows of houses one by one, compared with the liveliness of the day, a trace of glitz has faded, Jiang Xingyue walked on the path of the birch forest, the shadows of the trees occasionally light through, and he was still combing the clues of the case: "The deceased and the suspect have no disputes, why do you want to kill people, what kind of motive is there?" But he didn't expect that today because he was late to deal with the case, he just happened to collide with Zhuang Mengli, looking at her graceful figure and simple and elegant cheongsam, it coincided with the description of the eyewitnesses and the figure on the video, and immediately pulled out the gun, tore his throat and shouted: "Miss, please turn around and follow me back to the bureau to cooperate with the investigation." ”

She turned around slightly, smiled, and was charming: "Catch up with me, the person is yours." Then he walked forward by himself, Jiang Xingyue stepped to chase, but there was an insurmountable distance, but Zhuang Mengli was still walking indifferently, as hazy as the person in the painting, but from a distance and not blasphemous, the homeless man sitting on the side of the path curled up seemed to be enchanted, grabbed his feet, rolled his eyes and said: "She is the wind, you can't catch up." ”

Jiang Xingyue kicked the homeless man away: "Go and go, don't delay the police to handle the case." It was just a prank, and shouted at her back: "Don't move, or I'll shoot!" She ignored it and disappeared into the night.

In 1937, Shanghai Tang, the moonlight was half in the dark clouds, the red candle shadow was shaking in the pear orchard, and the water sleeves on the stage staged scenes of human sorrow and joy. I heard the ending again: "Collapse the grave and tie the knot, feel the sky, cry the gods, and Yingtai pounces into the grave." ”

The tune was very sad, like the autumn wind passing through his ears, Zhuang Mengli listened to the sentimentality, and muttered: "Bingyan, you said, will there be a day when we will be separated forever like them." Ye Bingyan only felt that she was sentimental, which only increased her troubles, and laughed: "This is just a play, and reality are two different things, you have to distinguish clearly." ”

Through the skylight, she saw that the moon was covered by shadowy dark clouds, like a dramatic face, thinking of the Japanese army's successive victories and the national army's retreat, she felt faintly uneasy: "If the reality is more cruel than the play, then," I heard the stage sing softly: "On the blue sky, the rainbow is now, and everyone envy a happy marriage." The original turmoil returned to calm: "That's it, the worst result is to die in the same hole, and I can be with the person I love, and I have no regrets in this life." ”

After watching the performance, the two walked out of the theater talking and laughing, but saw a group of people in suits and top hats surrounding them, holding knives, guns and sticks in their hands. The leader was Gu Jiatang, one of the "Four King Kongs" of the Green Gang, who was holding a pipe, playing with a bright machete, and staring at Ye Bingyan with an unbeatable eye: "Good boy, the woman who is brave enough to dare to move the boss is impatient." ”

Ye Bingyan took out a Mauser gun, pointed the muzzle of the black hole at him, and said angrily: "Dare to move the government officer, I think you are looking for death." Zhuang Mengli hugged him tightly, as if only the temperature of his chest could drive away the cold: "I have already cut off relations with Du Yuesheng, don't come to us again." ”

Gu Jiatang was unmoved, and instructed his subordinates to do it, and the black and oppressive gangs swarmed up, like a ferocious jackal pounced on them, Ye Bingyan told her, who had no master of the six gods: "Hold my hand tight, don't let go." Pulling the trigger like lightning, the bullet pierced through the sky like a sharp sword, directly through the head of a man, and the red blood spots were printed on the center of his eyebrows, and he fired several more shots, knocking down several people one after another, and the rain and blood merged into a stream, overflowing all around, and flowing into the filthy sewers.

Although Ye Bingyan resisted with all his might, after all, there were many people on the other side, and there were not enough bullets, so he made a quick decision, knocked down a row of shop tables, blocked the road, and pulled her to hide in the staggered rain alley, and the people of the Green Gang also followed, and the machete hit the wall to make a terrible sound.

Jiang Xingyue chased Zhuang Mengli all the way to the alley, her lilac-like fragrance was still wafting, the cold wind blew on her face, like a knife cut, through thick clothes, until the bone marrow, the sky was also inexplicably pouring rain, the rain mixed with the cold wind was even colder, a group of people in suits in the last century held knives and sticks, falling from the corners of the street, Zhuang Mengli hid in the shadow of the eaves to watch this familiar scene, snickering secretly.

Looking at the menacing villain, Jiang Xingyue couldn't care less, and shot at the leg of the comer, only to hear a miserable scream, and then looked closely, but it was an ordinary flat-headed person, who was falling to the ground and wailing, he suddenly came back to his senses: "It's a delusion, is this all an illusion?" ”

He hurriedly picked up the civilian, called the hospital, and then looked up at the alley, only a light rain was still falling, ticking on the bluestone slab, as for the villains in suits and leather shoes before, there was no trace, only some scattered passers-by holding umbrellas.

In the police station, Jiang Xingyue lowered her head in shame: "I'm sorry, Director, I accidentally injured a passerby and caused a catastrophe." Just waiting for the next stinky criticism of splitting his head and covering his face, he didn't expect Xu Anguo to be very magnanimous: "It's not your fault, it's all the reason why the suspect used illusions." His eyebrows furrowed, and his face darkened to announce to everyone: "This case is confusing, and the enemy we face may not be mortal. ”

As soon as these words came out, like thunder on the ground, everyone looked at each other, Xu Anguo put his hands between his hips, and said loudly: "The fingerprints collected at the scene show that there is no such person in the database. "If this is the only one, it is not surprising that it may be a smuggling black household, and the next slideshow makes everyone's back chill, because the faces captured by the camera are exactly the same as the faces of the old black and white photos, and which old photos show 1937.

"Why, what, it's not going to get old." Everyone exploded the pot, they couldn't believe all this, more than 80 years of spring and autumn, the vicissitudes of life, enough to boil the girl in her years into a pale old woman, and she is still moving, such as Lan Zhi, such as Qinglian, gentle as ever in the torrent of years.

Jiang Xingyue thought: "People will get old, so there are regrets, if they are not old, there will be no regrets, if this is really the case, how good it would be!" The face showed a look of admiration, but I don't know that "the sky is also loved, and the sky is old", as long as people are contaminated with the word "love", they will inevitably be urged to get old, for a long time, even if the face is not old, the heart is also old.

"This may not be something we can solve, let me call for backup." Xu Anguo calmed the emotional police officer, returned to the office and dialed the phone: "Hey, Maoshan hotline?" I'm going to catch demons and monsters. ”

Which end of the phone answered in an orderly manner: "Sanqing Shangsheng, the heavens are noble, benefiting all sentient beings, and the blessing of longevity is extended, hello, welcome to call the Maoshan hotline, I Maoshan has been a spiritual master since ancient times, and there are heavenly masters of various realms to choose from, including the foundation building realm, the opening light realm, the Jindan realm, the Yuanying realm, and the high-level scattered immortals." Xu Anguo's head was big when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "This demon is very powerful, the higher the realm, the better." ”

The phone replied: "Then match you with scattered immortals, the cost is about fifty thousand." Xu Anguo intuitively felt shy, and said slowly: "Is there any cheapness, and there is still Taoism?" ”

"System matching results, Miaohui real person Hu Zonghui, please pay attention to receive calls from real people later, thank you for calling the Maoshan hotline, we will serve you wholeheartedly." Xu Anguo hung up the phone impatiently, waiting for the ringtone.