At night, the street of food stalls at the south entrance is at the peak of business, and the hundreds of meters long alley is full of tables and chairs, and the business here is surprisingly good at night. The sound of drinking and guessing boxing, one after another, is endless. From time to time, there are also some vendors pushing small stalls and selling dried bean curd and peanuts pass by.

In front of the outermost "Mao Ji Barbecue Restaurant", there is a table of four men and one woman with five people, and the beer bottles have been dumped horizontally and vertically. Chen Feng, who was sitting in the center, opened a few more bottles with a smile, "I came back this time, mainly to see a few, Sister Li, Wei Fei, Zong Zhiqiang, and Liu Guo, I remember that after school at that time, Wei Fei always dragged us to the back mountain to steal other people's melons." ”

Wei Fei's eyes were already a little straight, "You see, this guy is not only as fat as before, but also insidious and cunning has not changed, just look at his belly, except for beer, it is estimated that the rest is bad water." ”

Chen Feng was still smiling, "The year my family moved away, Zong Zhiqiang, Liu Guo, you two don't know, once Wei Fei and I secretly drank, this kid drank too much, and then said that he had always had a crush on Sister Li." ”

Xie Li on the side was also flushed with alcohol, and couldn't help laughing, "You two little slippery heads, you still love to make trouble as when you were a child." She grew up in the same yard with Chen Feng and Wei Fei, and she was a few years older than them. Chen Feng and Wei Fei are both only children, and they often followed Xie Li when they were children, and they all treated her as their own sisters. It's just that twelve years ago, Chen Feng's family suddenly didn't know why, and the family moved to other places, and when they left, Xie Li and Wei Fei didn't know, and even the parents of the two families didn't know.

That courtyard is said to be an inheritance handed down by Wei Feizu, and Xie Li and Chen Feng rent it. After Chen Feng's family moved away, Wei Fei's grandfather also died of illness soon after, and in the following years, Wei Fei's parents also passed away one after another, and he basically grew up under the care of Xie Li's family. Now, the old courtyard is about to be demolished due to urban planning reasons, Xie Li and Wei Fei's homes have also moved away, but Chen Feng, who has moved to other places for more than ten years, has returned, and the three of them are reunited at this moment, which can't help but make Xie Li suddenly feel a burst of emotion.

Although I don't know Chen Feng's life over the years, it seems that he still maintains the characteristics of his youth: a round face and a slightly fair complexion...... It's still the same as when I was a child, but I feel a little fat. However, Wei Fei looked thinner, and his personality was different from Chen Feng's calmness, and he was more chic and elegant. "More than ten years have passed, and you have all grown up." Xie Li took a sip of wine, and for some reason, her eyes turned red.

"Drink, drink!" Zong Zhiqiang filled his wine glass, "You two are still like this." By the way, fat man, you are too unrighteous, why did your family move away in the early years? The brothers didn't know a word, and then it was even more excessive, not to mention the phone, and not even a letter came. "Fat man, is the nickname that several people used to give to Chen Feng.

Liu Guo also took over the conversation, "Yes, fatty, no matter why your family moved away at that time, no matter where you moved, even if you don't have the conditions to come back to see us, at least you have to have a letter......" Speaking of this, he suddenly became curious, "Where did your family move?"

Chen Feng smiled bitterly, as if he wanted to explain, but he didn't know where to start, "Aren't I coming back!" And before the butt is hot, I will invite Sister Li, Wei Fei and you two to drink first. As for the fact that my family moved away, it can only be said that it is a historical legacy, it is hard to say, it is really hard to say, I will punish myself with a cup. ”

Wei Fei snorted, "How can a cup be?" A minimum of three cups. He slapped the table and stood up, "Boss, boss, serve the wine!" Unexpectedly, his feet went soft, and he leaned back and hit the back of a person at the table next to him.

Wei Fei hurriedly turned around and apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry......" His voice suddenly paused. The man turned his head, with long gray hair reaching up to his shoulders, a square face, and a long strand hanging down from his forehead, covering his left eye, but Wei Fei saw in an instant that the left eye covered by hair had shrunk into a slit, and the blood-red flesh turned out, making this person look full of fierceness.

Wei Fei's heart suddenly gave birth to a sense of fear. The man occupied a table by himself, but he just glanced at Wei Fei and didn't say anything, slowly turning back again. Wei Fei also sat down, but his heart seemed to be pressed against a boulder, filled with a strong sense of unease.

After opening a few more beers, the topic turned to Wei Fei for some reason. After Zong Zhiqiang touched a glass with Chen Feng, he suddenly asked, "Wei Fei, how are you and that police flower Yang Bing doing?" ”

Before Wei Fei could speak, Chen Feng had already laughed, "Police flower? Yang Bing? Isn't it the girl who pulls your ears at every turn in class? Don't you hate her the most? For more than ten years, you guys have hooked up together, it's so interesting. Why didn't you bring her today? ”

Wei Fei glared at Zong Zhiqiang, looked left and right, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "There is stinky dried tofu, fatty, I haven't eaten it for more than ten years, right?" Then he shouted, "Tofu seeds, here are a few slices." ”

Yang Bing is in the same class as Wei Fei, Chen Feng, Zong Zhiqiang and Liu Guo in elementary school, and she and Wei Fei are also in the same class in high school. Speaking of Yang Bing, he has always been the school flower in elementary school and high school. She is beautiful and has a capable personality, and the scene of often twisting Wei Fei's ears has already become a joke between Xie Li and the others. After graduating from the police academy, Yang Bing was assigned to the Yuanjialing Police Station, and after graduating from Wei Fei, he went to an advertising company as a creative planner. Among the friends who know them well, the relationship between the two is no secret.

The peddler was a middle-aged man in his fifties, with a slightly hunched back and an oil-stained apron. He put the dried tofu that Wei Fei asked for on the table, then slowly turned around and patted the shoulder of the gray-haired one-eyed man behind Wei Fei, "This boss, can you also have a few pieces of fried tofu from my old king's head?" ”

The man's shoulders shook a little, "No! The sound was dull, woody, like the sound of striking an empty piece of wood.

The vendor laughed, took two slices of dried tofu from the stall truck, and put them in front of the man, "Taste it, taste it, in the area of the south gate, my old king's dried bean curd is a decades-old brand!" After speaking, he pushed up the stall cart and walked all the way out of the alley, leaving only the shouting, "stinky dry ......" The throat was full of breath, loud and long.

Wei Fei had forgotten the uneasiness brought to him by the one-eyed man because of a few people making fun of Yang Bing, but the behavior of the dried tofu vendor made him feel inexplicably panicked. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but stand up and said to Zong Zhiqiang beside him: "Come, let's change positions, I want to fight the fat man a few punches." ”

Sitting next to Chen Feng, there were Zong Zhiqiang and Liu Guo in the middle. He picked up his glass and toasted it a few times, only to feel a little better in the midst of the overwhelming world. But then he suddenly felt that his hands and feet were weak, his limbs were weak, his body shook, and he turned over and fell backwards......

Ever since the vendor gave a few slices of dried beans to the man, Chen Feng had been thoughtful, and when Wei Fei's body shook just now, he immediately stopped Wei Fei's back with his left hand, grabbed his wrist with his right hand, and his index finger, middle finger and ring finger were just on the vein, and his face became even more gloomy.

"He drank too much!" Chen Feng tried to smile slightly, "It's late, let's drink here today." Xie Li, Zong Zhiqiang, and Liu Guo were already drowsy, a few people settled the account, Chen Feng stopped a taxi at the entrance of the alley, and sent Zong Zhiqiang and Liu Guo to the car, and then supported Xie Li with one hand and Wei Fei with the other, Xie Li muttered: "I can't go home like this, let's all go to Wei Fei, he is alone, let's get together for the night." ”

Just walked a few steps, and suddenly there were two shouts of "stinky dry seeds" behind me. Chen Feng's heart moved, and he turned around, but saw a small stall in the corner of the wall, and the vendor who called himself "Lao Wangtou" was lowering his head, rolling the stinky dried seeds in the oil pot with a tong, and the fragrance of green onion seasoning wafted along the breeze.

Chen Feng was stunned for a while, and finally walked forward with Xie Li and Wei Fei, seeing that Chen Feng didn't seem to have any intention of stopping, the old king suddenly sighed and said a few very strange words: "March Qingming, Liu Linglangsheng, Yuejian is the head, Dongmu Shenjun, Qingxi Changliu......"

Chen Feng slammed his feet, and turned around again, the mouth of the alley was already deserted, but the vendor was gone. Wei Fei moved at this time, "Fatty, what's the matter?" I seem to hear someone say something about Qingming? ”

"Nothing. Tomorrow is the Qingming Festival, and I want to go to the old courtyard to have a look. Chen Feng said lightly.

March 12, Qingming Festival, Jiachen Moon Lunar Day Noonday.

"It rained a lot during the Qingming Festival", and the rain really fell in the morning.

Yuanjialing Police Station. Yang Bing walked quickly to her office, she didn't have an umbrella, she was wearing a neat police uniform, her brows were tightly locked, and she didn't hear the call behind her at all.

"Yang Bing, Yang Bing!" Yang Bing is a middle-aged man in his 40s who looks unusually shrewd. Seeing Yang Bing walking forward without paying attention, he couldn't help frowning and raised his voice: "Yang Bing, come over for a moment." ”

Yang Bing heard this, turned around and froze, "Political Commissar Guo, you called me?" ”

Lao Guo looked at her face, "What's wrong, uncomfortable?" ”

Yang Bing smiled awkwardly, "Maybe I didn't have a good rest last night." ”

Lao Guo nodded, "It's okay, let's go, go to Director Xu's for a while." ”

Following behind Lao Guo, Yang Bing felt a heavy and depressed feeling in his heart. I don't know why, when she gets up in the morning, she feels very uncomfortable, "Maybe it's because of the weather." She didn't think about the awkward aspect of being in trouble with Wei Fei in the past few days, because this kind of thing happens often, so it won't affect her emotions too much, and Wei Fei has fired the boss not once or twice.

The director's office is on the second floor, and Lao Guo doesn't knock on the door, just pushes it open and enters. The office is very simple, except for a phone and a computer on the desk, the most eye-catching thing is the pennants hanging on the walls on both sides.

Yang Bing saluted, "Director Xu." Xu Zhuang, who was sitting behind the desk, answered, picked up the cigarette case, took out one and threw it to Lao Guo. Lao Guo lit a cigarette, "Hehe, I said Lao Xu, it's time to change the brand to smoke." ”

Xu Zhuang waved his hand, "Get used to it, Lao Guo, tell Yang Bing about it." ”

Lao Guo flipped through the notebook in his hand, "Last night, you weren't on duty, and our jurisdiction received a report of a very positive death." The deceased's name is Zong Zhiqiang, male, 30 years old, single, living at No. 36 Dongmao Street. ”

"Zong Zhiqiang?" Yang Bing was taken aback, Zong Zhiqiang was her elementary school classmate.

Lao Guo ignored Yang Bing and continued: "This morning, the family sent him to the hospital, and after being examined by the doctor, he has died, and the cause of death is unknown, but the deceased had drunk a lot of alcohol before his death. The other deceased was named Liu Guo, who was in the same situation as Zong Zhiqiang......"

Yang Bing's face had turned pale.

According to the preliminary investigation, before the two died, that is, last night, they used to drink together in the food stall at the south gate, and there were Wei Fei, Xie Li and Chen Feng at the same table. At around 11 o'clock that night, the five broke up; At around 0:00, shortly after Zong Zhiqiang and Liu Guo arrived home, they were found unconscious by their families......"

Hearing this, Yang Bing's body couldn't help but shake for a moment, and after she calmed down, she said, "Director...... Commissar...... These people...... I know them all. ”

Lao Guo lit another cigarette, "We know this situation. Except for that Xie Li, the other four people are all your classmates, especially Wei Fei, right? He accentuated his tone when he said "Wei Fei", then glanced at Yang Bing's expression, and continued: "According to the regulations, you have to avoid it, but the situation is a little special. First of all, the deceased did not have any external injuries, so the office did not classify it as a criminal case, but treated it as an ordinary unnatural death. Besides, as you know, the staff in the office has been tight recently, and you are the police officer there, so Director Xu and I decided to let you intervene in the early stage. Of course, whether it will be turned into a criminal case still has to wait for the forensic medical report. ”

Yang Bing knew that the "forensic appraisal report" mentioned by Political Commissar Guo meant that the possibility of poisoning needed to be ruled out. She was just about to speak, Xu Zhuang waved his hand at her, "Xie Li, Wei Fei, Zong Zhiqiang, and Liu Guo are residents in our jurisdiction, and they all know something about their situation, they are classmates and friends, and there has been no conflict between them." However, that Chen Feng ......"

Yang Bing's mood calmed down a bit, she is a policeman after all, and her psychological quality is not comparable to ordinary people, "Chen Feng is my classmate in elementary school, but after graduating from primary school, that is, twelve years ago, his family suddenly moved away for unknown reasons, and there has been no news. ”

Xu Zhuang let out an "oh", glanced at Lao Guo, and his face became serious, "Yang Bing, the situation is like this, the western district of the city is under planning and construction, and the Xicheng Garden project site undertaken by Changfu Group has recently excavated ancient tombs one after another. Archaeologists speculate that there may be a group of ancient tombs in this area. ”

In fact, about the ancient tombs, has already attracted the attention of the relevant departments, only on the Xicheng Garden site excavated a few tombs, has unearthed a number of valuable cultural relics that can be called national treasures. After exploring the structure of the tomb and the surrounding environment, archaeological experts believe that there may be a huge group of ancient tombs on the mountain behind the western area, and its archaeological value is unpredictable.

Xu Zhuang continued: "According to the report of the Municipal Bureau, there are a number of cultural relics smuggling gangs targeting this ancient tomb group. It is said that there are also several so-called top experts who specialize in tomb robbing. However, the clues currently grasped are not very sufficient, so the institute will dispatch most of the police force to cooperate with the criminal police team of the city bureau to investigate this case, and the old courtyard where Xie Li, Wei Fei and Chen Feng grew up together is within the scope of the ancient tomb group, so you should also pay more attention in the process of dealing with this unnatural death. ”

Yang Bing's heart was beating again just now, and at this time Lao Guo said: "Yang Bing, you are a highly talented student who graduated from the police academy, no better than me and Lao Xu who were transferred from the army." You have been with us for two years, and the firm has fully affirmed and trusted your political consciousness and professional quality. In the investigation of this matter, you have to grasp the degree, easily do not draw conclusions, and report to us in time if there is any situation, as for other aspects...... Director Xu and I believe that you can grasp it, and I hope you can take advantage of this opportunity, a small police station is not a stage for you Yang Bing in the future! ”

"Yes!" Yang Bing saluted and was about to walk out of the office, then turned around and asked, "What about Xie Li, Wei Fei, and Chen Feng?" ”

"After receiving the report, I 'invited' them to the office, because there was no evidence to prove that this was a homicide, and Zong Zhiqiang and Liu Guo were not present when they were in the situation, so they asked for materials and let them go home first."

Yang Bing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

By this time, the rain had stopped. Yang Bing stood in the somewhat cold wind for a while, sorting out his thoughts. When she first heard that Zong Zhiqiang and Liu Guo died, her first thought might be that she died of alcohol poisoning, because they were all masters who did not want to die when they saw alcohol, especially if there were no outsiders to participate, it would definitely be a drunken party, but when Political Commissar Guo and Director Xu assigned the task just now, although it seemed to be a bit routine, she still vaguely felt that it was different from the past when she had been a police officer for two years. From Lao Guo and Xu Zhuang's words, Yang Bing faintly heard that it seemed that Chen Feng came back this time, and it was not as simple as visiting his childhood friends, among the five people who gathered first, two suddenly died inexplicably, and the most important thing was that the courtyard where he grew up with Wei Fei and Xie Li was within the range of the Xishan Ancient Tombs, and at this time, there was already a cultural relics smuggling gang preparing to attack the ancient tombs. From this point of view, Chen Feng's return to his hometown seems to be a little suspicious. "The political commissar and the director obviously know my relationship with Wei Fei, so why do you still arrange for me to carry out this task? The explanation at the time was obviously a bit far-fetched. Yang Bing was a little puzzled.

Yang Bing knew about Chen Feng's return to his hometown, mainly because she was having an awkward relationship with Wei Fei, and if she drank again, something might not happen. However, I didn't expect such a big thing to happen. So will Wei Fei, Xie Li and Chen Feng also be in any danger next? Thinking of this, Yang Bing hurriedly took out her mobile phone and prepared to call Wei Fei, but before she could finish dialing the number, she hung up again. If Chen Feng really came back for the ancient tombs, then Wei Fei, Xie Li, Zong Zhiqiang, and Liu Guo, childhood friends, are the best cover, why did he attack Zong Zhiqiang and Liu Guo, wouldn't it arouse the suspicion of others? Yang Bing hesitated again and again, not knowing what to do next, because Wei Fei was involved in it, and he couldn't help but mess up.