The young man was twenty-five or sixteen years old, wearing a plaid polo with a khaki jacket over his head, a pair of light-blue straight-leg jeans that were somewhat frayed off, and a pair of mismatched leather shoes on his feet. has an inch head, only 1.75 meters tall, thin and strong, I don't know if it was sunburned, and his face is a little red and black. looks very pleasing to the eye, frowning, and there seems to be an unsolvable sorrow between his eyebrows.

Yu Shan blinked and said, "Liar? ”

"Yes, liar! I've been staying here for two days, and I haven't even seen a ghost. The young man was depressed, and pulled out half a crumpled pack of cigarettes from his jacket pocket. Yu Shan took a look and found that it was an auspicious celebration of three yuan. The young man took out a stick and handed it to Yu Shan: "If you have nothing to do, I'll tell you about it, and you should be relieved." ”

Yu Shan took two steps over, took the cigarette and put it to his mouth, and sat down next to the young man.

In the young man's expression mixed with strong anger, Yu Shan roughly understood what had happened. The young man in front of him had a career two months ago and has been idle. Last week, I saw a job advertisement in the morning newspaper, saying that it was a private detective, and the young people came to try it out in a hurry. The young man had a good conversation with the owner of this private detective agency, signed the contract on the spot, paid the deposit, and waited for the phone call to go to work.

As a result, there was no news on the first day, no news on the second day, and on the third day, the young man couldn't sit still, and arrived here by bus, only to find that the building was empty. He didn't give up yet, so he came and waited early this morning. Then a kind aunt told him that the detective agency had moved out three days ago.

"Don't let me touch that kid, I'm going to kill him if I touch him!" The young man was furious, and he was almost out of anger. After venting, the young man looked at Yu Shan, estimated his age, and opened his mouth to say, "Big brother, what are you looking for a private detective for?" ”

"Oh, I'd like to find someone to find out something." Yu Shan replied casually.

The young man popped the cigarette butt out with his fingers, and suddenly said, "Then big brother, do you think I can do it?" ”

"You?" Yu Shan looked at the young man, and there was a hundred disbelief in his heart...... You can't even pass the level of a liar, can you be a detective? Isn't that a joke?

"Huh? Big brother, don't look at people through the cracks in the door. It's not blowing, if I were a private detective, there would really be few people in this industry who could be better than me. ”

"So confident?"

"Don't believe me? Yes! The young man moved his neck and said energetically, "Then I'll tell you." ”

Then, the young man began a twenty-minute self-promotion. The young man's name is Yang Rui, twenty-six this year, his hometown is in the countryside of Binjiang suburb County, he joined the army at the age of eighteen, worked in the army for six years, changed jobs, and was assigned to the Binjiang City Criminal Police Brigade, and worked as a criminal police officer for more than a year. According to the young man's own account, he was a scout in the army, and he was especially good at grappling. Every year in the military region, Yang Rui is either the first or the second.

Later, the elderly in the family were sick, and Yang Rui, who was filial, made a professional report without saying a word. For this reason, the political commissar looked for him several times and did a lot of work, but what Yang Rui decided was that he couldn't pull eight cows. The political commissar couldn't resist it, so he had to approve his change of career.

The army felt sorry for him, a good seedling, and in order to settle Yang Rui, the political commissar used a lot of connections, so he was placed in the Binjiang Criminal Police Brigade. As a result, he had just changed jobs on the front foot, and his father died of a critical illness on the back foot. After holding a funeral for his father, Yang Rui took a short bus to Binjiang.

The captain of the criminal police team is an old comrade-in-arms of the political commissar and takes good care of Yang Rui. Yang Rui is also very competitive, and his business level has risen sharply in the past few months. The suspect in the Xiangfang shooting case in '97 was arrested by Yang Rui. At the beginning of the year, Binjiang launched a special crackdown on "pornography", "gambling" and "drugs", and when a nightclub was investigated, a prostitute jumped out of the window and ran away. In the 80s, this matter may have been repaid, and the fine had to be detained, but in 98 it was not so serious, and if you were caught, you would be fined. The reason why the prostitute jumped out of the window and ran away was probably more because he was afraid of losing face.

Yang Rui is a stunned young man who has been in change for less than two years, and when he saw someone running away, he jumped down and kicked people over with one kick. As a result, something happened with this kick, and the person directly kicked it into a kidney injury.

At this moment, the man's family quit, and he went to the criminal police team twice in three days to make trouble, and later went to court. The case dragged on for more than a month, and in the end, the captain of the criminal police team did not protect Yang Rui, and could only watch Yang Rui be removed from the police team.

When he first lost his job, Yang Rui was discouraged, and he stayed in the rental house when he saw the sky, and he didn't go out except when he was hungry. He was a twenty-five or six-year-old boy who didn't know how to save money. The salary of the criminal police team was basically thrown on the wine table, and the restored money was directly given to the mother.

The landlady was very nice, and she knew that Yang Rui had no money in her pocket and didn't urge her, but Yang Rui wanted face, and he was forced to be helpless, so he began to look for a job in the newspaper. As a result, there is such a thing as it is now, so if people are unlucky, they will stuff their teeth when they drink cold water.

Yang Rui's mouth was dry, he licked his lips, took out a cigarette and handed it to Yu Shan.

The first time someone hands you a cigarette, you take it with respect; The second time I take it, it's a bit of an advantage. Aren't the Chinese just paying attention to courtesy? Seeing this, Yu Shan took out his cigarette first: "Smoke mine." ”

Yang Rui took a look, and his eyes lit up: "Yo, Yuxi!" It's a smoke. ”

He took the cigarette, first leaned under his nose and sniffed it, lit it on his mouth, took a hard puff and immediately showed an intoxicated look: "A good cigarette is a good cigarette, and the taste is different." ”

Yu Shanle was happy and didn't answer. The heart said that Yuxi was still a good cigarette in this year, and after a year or five, if you took this cigarette out of the wine table, you would be embarrassed to hand it to others. This is also the characteristic of Northeast people, good face! No matter what cigarettes you usually smoke at home, when you encounter important occasions, you will always take out good cigarettes.

Yang Rui took a few more puffs, and finally shifted his attention back to self-promotion: "Big brother, after talking about it for a long time, you probably know the situation." Do you think I can do it? ”

Yu Shan pondered and said, "Yes, yes, but there are a few problems. Yu Shan figured it out, unless he went to a big city like the capital or the magic capital, he didn't expect to find a rare profession like a private detective. The young man in front of him turned into a soldier and worked as a criminal policeman for a period of time, so he can't judge what his brain is for the time being, but his skills are definitely good. The two strokes when chatting just now are definitely tricks used in actual combat.

Yang Rui was excited when he heard it: "What's the problem?" Big brother, tell me about it. ”

"First question, what I want to do is in Qibei."

"No problem, we'll go wherever you tell me to go."

"Second, a private detective is different from a criminal policeman, you can only collect evidence from the side."

"Hey, what was I doing. We criminal police are like this, we have to grasp the evidence before arresting people. ”

Yu Shan looked at the young man and said, "The last one, do you have professional equipment?" Like cameras, tape recorders, and whatever. Oh, you've got to have a transport. ”

Yang Rui blinked, took a puff of cigarette, and lowered his head with a wry smile: "Forget it, big brother, you just didn't say it to me." ”

Yu Shan groaned and sat beside Yang Rui, and the two of them smoked one cigarette after another. After a while, Yu Shan said, "If I really invite you, how are you going to charge?" ”

Yang Rui shook his head: "I don't know...... At least enough for me to eat and drink, right? ”

"Then it's troublesome." Yu Shan touched his head and said, "I don't know how much to charge for hiring a private detective." ”

Yang Rui was silent for two seconds, then reacted suddenly, threw away the cigarette butt and suddenly got up: "Big brother, what do I mean when I hear you say that you are planning to hire me?" ”

"Yes, there is this idea."

Yang Rui was happy, rubbed his hands and was about to say something, but suddenly remembered something, pulled down his face and said, "Big brother, let's talk about it first, I won't do anything illegal." ”

Yu Shan was amused by him and waved his hand: "Don't worry, what I'm trying to investigate is not a good person, not only does he not break the law, but he may also contribute to society." After a pause, Yu Shan said: "In this way, you write down my mobile phone number, you go back and prepare, and call me directly when you arrive in Qibei." Yu Shan reported his mobile phone number

Yang Rui has a good memory, and he remembered it once.

After explaining, Yu Shan stood up and was about to leave.

"Huh? Big brother, what's that...... Can you ...... Can I prepay for it? Yang Rui embarrassedly stopped Yu Shan.

Yu Shan pondered for a while, took out his wallet and counted out five hundred-yuan bills: "You're right, I have to give you an advance payment." ”

"It's not ......" Yang Rui said shyly: "...... I have more than 20 left in my pocket, and I still owe the landlord rent that I haven't paid. ”

Yu Shan looked at the upright Yang Rui in front of him and didn't know what to say. There are only more than 20 yuan left in his pocket, and this young man is really miserable, no wonder he doesn't share the sky with the liar.

After taking the money, Yang Rui hurriedly said, "Otherwise, don't be in a hurry to leave, big brother." I'll go back and pack up, and I'll go directly to Qibei with you tomorrow morning." ”

"Don't be so troublesome," he patted Yang Rui's shoulder: "I can trust you." With more than 30 years of experience, Yu Shan is confident that he is not wrong.

After saying goodbye to Yang Rui, Yang Rui went straight to the train station, bought a ticket and got on the train back to Qibei. When I got off the bus, it was four o'clock in the afternoon. Yu Shan went back to the rented house, and after eating, he had nothing to do, lying on the sofa and watching TV. The two days combined for twelve hours of the green train tossed him enough, and he didn't know when he fell asleep.

In the fog, he was woken up by his mobile phone. As soon as I answered the phone, a voice came from the receiver: "Big brother, I'm in Qibei, where can I find you?" Well, if the road is far away, no, I'll endure it at the train station for the night. ”

Yu Shan reacted for a long time before he heard that it was Yang Rui on the other end of the phone. He looked at the clock in the living room and gasped: "Yang Rui? Why did you get here in the middle of the night? ”

Yang Rui smiled: "I'm not afraid that you will be in a hurry." ”

When Yu Shan heard this, he only felt a warm current flowing through his heart, and he really didn't see the wrong person.