There are two flowers, one on each branch.

This morning, Zhang Kailong and I went to the scene of the murder on the boat in the river, when Chen Laosan was still asleep, before going out, I explained to the little assistant police and the doorman on duty, so that they can be free, who will take Chen Laosan to the canteen to eat something, it is estimated that this old boy did not care about a serious meal these days.

At this time, another group of people was interrogating Antique Li, although he was not a murder suspect, but the current evidence pointed to him as an accomplice, at least he did not report it and deliberately concealed it.

When we returned to the bureau from the hospital, it was noon.

As soon as I walked into the courtyard gate of the Public Security Bureau, I felt a wave of anxiety rushing towards me, and the originally quiet and solemn courtyard of the Public Security Bureau also became like a grocery market, and the police officers who came and went seemed to be extremely busy, almost trotting forward.

Xiao Zhang saw that Zhang Kailong was back, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Team Zhang, you're here, the police calls in our bureau are about to be blown up, and there are 200 people reporting the case in half a day!"

Zhang Kailong was also shocked when he heard this number, it couldn't be bin Laden calling, right?

As we ran to the conference room, we listened to Xiao Zhang's introduction to the case.

Of the more than 200 cases, about one-third were injured by people around them who suddenly went crazy, and some even bit off their ears and scratched their little cocks; A third of the casualties were reported, and the causes of death and injury were varied, such as an elderly man who called the police to say that his son had punctured his stomach with chopsticks; About a third of the other cases were even more bizarre.

There is a family that says that their cat has become a monster, and they bite people when they see them, and they don't recognize their relatives.

Another household, on the contrary, called the police to say that a group of rats ran out of the house, not only were they not afraid of cats, but they chased after the cats and bit people......

In fact, some of these police calls should be reported to the hospital, but when the people are panicked, they are at a loss.

The conference room was already full of special police officers from the task force, and I was familiar with them, and they all politely called me "Master Chen" before. It's just that the atmosphere in the room is very dull now, and they are not in the mood to greet me, and the room is full of smoke, which shows that everyone has been here for a long time.

Zhang Kailong listened to a few colleagues add some facts of the case, and they briefly made an analysis.

"Calm down, everyone, I think these cases happened this morning, and it must have something to do with what we did before!"

Zhang Kailong's words are categorical.

Almost all of the people present participated in yesterday's sortie, so they naturally knew what Zhang Kailong meant by "yesterday's incident".

After thinking about it, he shouted, "Xiao Zhang, get a map of the estuary area!" ”

Xiao Zhang Yingsheng quickly brought a traffic map of the estuary area and spread it on the table.

Zhang Kailong asked several police officers who were in charge of receiving the case to mark the location of the case he received with a marker.

A few people quickly finished marking and stepped aside.

Zhang Kailong glanced at the map on the table, his face changed, and then he picked it up and held it up for everyone to see.

"If you look at these places where the black circles are drawn, what do they have in common?"

Zhang Kailong asked everyone with a blushing face.

In less than ten seconds, the middle-aged policeman Lao Guo shouted: "This ...... It's all on both sides of the Yellow River! It can't be a coincidence, right? ”

Zhang Kailong replied: "How can there be such a coincidence, this thing must be related to the Yellow River and the collapse of the cave yesterday." ”

In fact, no one who experienced yesterday's events doubted Zhang Kailong's judgment.

The top priority is to report to the higher authorities as soon as possible, and remind the residents to stay away from the Yellow River as much as possible before the matter is clarified, let alone eat the fish and shrimp in the river.

The application was quickly approved and spread to the sub-districts and village branches.

After Zhang Kailong finished assigning the task, he asked the policeman who went to the murder boat in the morning if he had tested the pot of fish soup.

A tall young policeman replied: "The test results are out, and the fish contains an unknown element, like some kind of heavy metal but not like metal, which is probably the cause of the family's madness and delirium." ”

On that day, almost all the police officers were sent to solve the case, and Zhang Kailong reminded that in addition to the case in hand, it is also necessary to pay close attention to the situation on both sides of the river.

After assigning the task, Zhang Kailong sighed and said: "It's really a wave of unsettled waves, the case of this girl's murder has not been resolved, and there have been so many incidents - let's go and see the antique Li first!" ”

As soon as we walked to the top of the stairs, we ran into Chen Laosan, who came upstairs to find us.

"Third brother! I went to the scene of the murder in the morning to see that you slept soundly......"

I hurriedly said hello.

"Oh! The little policeman on duty told me that you are now ...... It's a 'specially invited police assistant', and I also call you Master Chen! It seems that your grandmother is too worried! ”

Chen Laosan smiled and replied. It seems that he has regained his former glory.

"Oh? What is my grandma worried about? ”

"Your grandma is worried that the things in this Yellow River will be bad for you, so I'll help you!"

The three of us went downstairs with each other.

Walking out of the office building, I remembered that although Zhang Kailong and Chen Laosan had been together for a day, the two didn't really know each other, and the situation was urgent, and I didn't care about introducing each other.

I patted Zhang Kailong and said to Chen Laosan, "Third brother, this is Captain Zhang Kailong Zhang of the special case team of our District Police Department!" He pointed at Chen Laosan again, "Brother Long, this is what I told you before, I met Chen Laosan in Ningxia, the third brother!" ”

It may be that the two of them still have their own things in their hearts! They weren't very enthusiastic, they didn't even shake their hands, they just smiled at each other, which was a formal hello.

While chatting, we walked to the detention center building located in the southernmost part of the public security compound.

The local public security system in Hekou is still relatively humane, and there are interrogation detention rooms next to the interrogation room, and if the interrogation cannot be completed for a while, the suspect or the prisoner witness can rest next door.

When we walked into the lounge where Antique Lee was, he was lying on his stomach on the table scribbling something.

"Lao Li...... Master Li, how are you feeling? ”

Thinking of the previous relationship, and thinking of his previous changes, I didn't know what to call him, and I was speechless for a while.

Antique Li looked up and saw that it was me and Chen Laosan, and he was also stunned, and his eyes were on Chen Laosan's face for a long time.

"You...... How did you end up here? ”

Chen Laosan didn't know about Antique Li's recent experience, so he still smiled and replied, "Lao Li! I didn't expect my Chen Laosan to enter your territory! ”

Antique Li was not amused by Chen Laosan's self-conscious humorous words, and still had a very serious expression.

"You've all gone out, so why bother wading into this troubled water!"

After the antique Li finished speaking, he only lowered his head and painted.

None of us understood what he said. Chen Laosan and I are old acquaintances of Antique Li, Zhang Kailong has no personal relationship with him, and after a few glances at him, he turned around and walked out of the detention lounge.

Chen Laosan and I walked to the side of the antique Li and saw that he seemed to be drawing a map, I had seen the level of antique Li painting maps before, although it was not up to the professional level, but as an amateur, it was also very good.

Li ...... Uncle Li, what are you painting? ”

Antique Li still didn't look up, and replied casually: "Yellow River Ancient Road."

I didn't understand, so I lay down and looked at the picture he had drawn.

In front of him was a large sheet of paper with four openings, almost the entire sheet of which was already painted. I can only recognize the signs of the river and the village, I am ashamed to say, I didn't finish junior high school, and the geographical knowledge I learned has long been returned to the teacher.

"What is the Yellow River Ancient Road?" I continued.

I know that Antique Li is particularly interested in the Yellow River culture, and Director Yang Guoshan has also said that he has already retired, and the reason why he took the initiative to transfer from the provincial capital to a remote county is to facilitate the study of the Yellow River culture.

Instead of answering me directly, Antique Lee asked me, "Are you interested in solving these mysteries?" ”

I was stunned, not quite understanding what he meant by his sudden words.

"What's the mystery? You mean about the Yellow River? ”

Antique Li nodded, raised his head, stared at me, and said very seriously: "Do you think the previous incident was a coincidence?" The Yellow River is not as simple as you think. ”

The more I listened, the more confused I became, and I thought to myself: Could it be that this old guy's brain is not good yet? The words are reversed, the preface does not match the afterword, I just wait for him to finish it in one breath!

Speaking of antique Li's brain, I didn't dare to ask him at the time, after leaving the interrogation building that day, Zhang Kailong explained to me, it turned out that when he left antique Li's lounge, he went to learn about the situation from the forensic doctor.

Before the antique Li was a suspect, the police found him in the broken temple in the western suburbs of Laomiao Village, the person was already delirious, a check, the entire brain cells were all dead, this morning, the police on duty found that he suddenly woke up again, the forensic doctor took him to do another examination, the evil thing happened: the brain cells of the antique Li were all resurrected, and the whole body was no different from ordinary people.

Forensic doctors don't trust their own eyes, knowing that in medicine, it is impossible for so-called brain cells to "come back from the dead", and the brain does not even regenerate new brain cells.

The people who participated in the physical examination of Antique Li before were very sure that the old man's brain was indeed dead at that time.

Several experienced police officers interrogated all morning, and Antique Li almost all answered the question, and the most he said was: Time is running out, I'm afraid there is not much time!

I don't know anything about medicine, I always thought that Antique Li was stimulated by something, his brain was rusty, and now he is in a "semi-confused" state, and I don't know how to understand what he said at that time.

"The Yellow River is not actually an artificial river, and its sediment hides too many secrets......

I was thinking about how to communicate with Antique Lee, and he came up with this sentence inexplicably.