"The 739 steel mill is in the north of the city, and this bee farm is also in the north of the city, both geographically and in time, all of them are in line, plus this photo, it should be here!" Cheng Cheng came to a conclusion.

Lao Dao and I both agree very much.

But on the issue of how to arrest Zhang Hui, we disagreed.

Cheng Cheng insisted on dispatching the SWAT team, but I didn't feel the need to make such a big move.

I raised my objection: "Let's not talk about Zhang Hui - that 'Xiaoli', you know how dangerous it is!" We still don't know what other abilities she has besides controlling the dead body, and a large number of people is not necessarily useful. ”

Cheng Cheng shook his head and said, "It is precisely because of the danger that we must be foolproof." ”

I blurted out: "Okay, you get so many people to go, what if there is another '5-17 serious case'?!" You can't ignore the lives of your subordinates because of the demons in your heart! ”

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Cheng's face instantly turned pale.

The "5-17 Serious Case" is the case of Chengnan Hospital in the city, hundreds of people died tragically, Cheng Cheng also lost his wife, and his daughter Cheng Xiaozi also put on an arm, which is really the most painful scar in Cheng Cheng's heart! (For details, see the sub-volume of "The Chain of Sins").

And in my opinion, it is precisely because of that incident that Cheng Cheng changed his previous conservative style and became a little too radical, as soon as he heard that the supernatural event happened, he had the strength to solve the case in a hurry at any cost!

In fact, when I didn't hesitate to figure out Cheng Cheng's mentality from the darkest angle, I found that a deep-seated reason why Cheng Cheng was so keen on supernatural events might be to find and restore his daughter Cheng Xiaozi's arm, or even resurrect his wife—although it may only be a very small thought in Cheng Cheng's subconscious now, but once this thought grows strong, it will become quite terrifying.

This is also the reason why I always want to hide some details of supernatural events from Cheng Cheng after the incident in Blackwater Town (especially the tattoos on my body and the blood jade engraved with "Yin and Netherworld Blood") - I am afraid that he will be confused for a while and move his crooked thoughts.

But at this time, I was impulsive, and I took advantage of my tongue, and then looked at Cheng Cheng's extremely ugly face, I knew that I was speechless, but I couldn't pull my face down to apologize, and the atmosphere froze there.

"Aji, talk about the case, don't get involved in anything else." Lao Dao hurriedly played a round, said a word to me first, and then turned back to persuade Cheng Cheng, "Lao Cheng, Aji is also unintentional, his opinion is also considered for you - think about it, if something really happens, how can you explain it to the above?" Lao Cheng, think about the case in Blackwater Town! ”

In the incident in Heishui Town, two members of the criminal investigation team died, there can only be one such thing, not again and again, if this is the case, the position of the head of the criminal investigation department of Chengcheng will be taken down soon.

After all, the police department is a police agency, it is to maintain social order, not to march and fight, and the loss of police officers will not only deplete the morale of the police force, but also make the police department bear a lot of social pressure - the pension to appease the family is an astronomical amount, and the administrative funds are not allocated to pay the pension.

In comparison, of course, it was the words of the old knife that moved Cheng Cheng even more, and I also took advantage of the situation to go downhill and apologized to Cheng Cheng: "Team Cheng, I lost my words for a while, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that." ”

Cheng Cheng looked serious, shook his hand at me, and said solemnly: "No, you're right, I'm a little stunned." ”

I saw his eyes darken, and I knew he was sincere.

But I sighed deeply in my heart - Cheng Cheng thought that I was thinking about his career like Lao Dao, but I didn't know that I didn't mean that at all.

Although I made a slip of the tongue, I may not have the intention of delivering a true sentence through nonsense.

If you punish your heart, many times you can't say it clearly, because it's too explicit and too direct, as the so-called loyalty is against the ear, and there is a saying called "The speaker has no intention, and the listener has the intention", that is not a general relationship that dares to talk nonsense, and the relationship between me and Cheng Cheng is not as iron as with Lao Dao and Li Yi, so I have to hide it and secretly pass the words over - it's a pity that Cheng Cheng didn't understand.

"Let's do it, let's take it together, the special police still have to be dispatched, but only surround the perimeter to prevent the prisoners from escaping, as for the arrest, the three of us will do it, how about it?" The old knife touched his chin, "I'm not blind and muddy, it's to ensure that nothing goes wrong." You don't want that 'Lily' to run out and mess up, do you? There are so many funeral parlors and morgues in the city, and my head is numb when I think about it. ”

The general direction was set, and the specific plan was of course formulated by Cheng Cheng, and he would be required to be the on-site commander at that time, so in fact, the only people who really carried out the pursuit operation were me and Lao Dao.

On the way to our destination, we all put on our gear – stab-proof vests, communicators, pistols, etc.

"I miss you, old man! It's a pity that I'll never have the chance to return to the police force in my life, alas! ”

After putting it on, the old knife pulled out the police gun pinned to his waist with one hand, and caressed it with the other hand as if rubbing his lover's skin.

Of course, this guy also has a licensed gun, but he usually doesn't bring it out, and this time it belongs to the situation of not bringing a gun.

The northern district of Jinguan City, which was an industrial base earlier, has now been abandoned for decades, and compared to other areas of Jinguan City, which is vast and sparsely populated, Zhang Hui chose to settle here, which is considered to be the right place.

The temporary bee farm is located on the edge of the Liuqi Mountain in the north of the city, which was originally rich in coal and iron ore, and we drove past two abandoned open-pit coal mines, a small iron ore kiln that is old to the point of resembling ruins, a steel rolling mill, and a coal-fired power station.

"Over this hill, it's a bee farm."

The police officer who drove the car parked the car on the side of the road, and Cheng Cheng called up the 3D map on the car navigation and explained to us: "The SWAT team has made a detour to the back of this mountain, and there are colleagues from our Criminal Investigation Department in front. ”

Lao Dao squeezed out a smile on his face: "Lao Cheng, don't be so dogmatic, let's set off now, but just observe the terrain, we will never cross the ridge and act without permission, everything is subject to your orders." ”

This request is not too much, plus the old knife used to be a sharp knife soldier of the criminal investigation team, and he is experienced, with him with me, it will definitely not be bad...... As for entering the bee farm, it's the other way around, the old knife has become a deputy, and everything depends on my means.

As soon as Cheng Cheng agreed, the two of us immediately rushed out of the police car.

Although this guy has been out of the police force for many years, he has not been pulled down by self-training, and he has taken the lead, pedaling fast on the slope of a hill with an inclination of more than 30 degrees.

Although I can't talk about the limbs are not diligent, but the physical fitness is still a little worse than the old knife, especially the old knife has received extremely professional and systematic military training, and I only have a few tricks in the street fight when I fight, and I will be put down after a few strokes against the old knife.

But I don't know what's going on today, there was a burst of heat in my chest, and I was full of strength, so I actually followed the old knife and followed him all the way up the hill.

The old knife climbed the slope of more than 200 meters in one go, and when he was about to reach the ridge, he stopped, and when he turned around, he saw me, who was almost only two or three positions behind him, and was surprised: "Damn!" I thought you were still halfway up the mountain, why are you following so closely? How many roasted kidneys have you eaten lately, or have you taken some other big tonic? ”

"Isn't it underestimated? Shibei should be impressed for three days, now you understand the meaning of this sentence, right? ”

Lao Dao, this old boy, he ran up all the way without panting in the middle, he didn't have a good heart at all, and he wanted to see my jokes, and now he was directly pierced by me The little Jiujiu in his heart, his old face turned red, and he laughed a few times embarrassedly.

Then he said: "Brother is not for your good, warn you to exercise well." Yes, it seems that you are in good health, you don't need to exercise at all, you can continue to get drunk and dream to death, drink and empty your body or something, and talk nonsense. ”

I'm not a pure-hearted person, but although I love to play, I'm not without moderation, and I smoke and drink until I get there, as for beauty...... Dude is so poor that it doesn't exist.

I heard what he said, and I said that I would not kill you, so I walked up on my own, found a bush on the ridge, and lay down.

Carefully pushing aside the grass in front of you, the surrounding situation suddenly came into view.

Not far away was a mountain col, surrounded on three sides, and the ridge we were on was one of the slopes, and the bee farm was in the middle of the col, next to a mountain stream on one side, and a large acacia forest on the other.

In the middle of summer, the hills around this small col are full of all kinds of wild flowers, and the large acacia forest is also the flowering season, the locust flowers are in the form of strings, the flowers are red and white, and the branches are pressed, and from a distance, it is a beautiful scenery full of flowers.

"It's a good place...... "The old knife also came to my side, and he didn't know when he had a dog's tail grass in his mouth, "Beekeeping has a saying of 'summer decline', and it's good here, not only is it a summer resort, but also just happens to collect locust nectar - yes, Zhang Hui has that 'Xiaoli' to help, and it is natural to occupy this piece of feng shui treasure." ”

I haven't heard of any "summer decline", and the headset mileage city didn't let us prepare, and it was estimated that the police officers would be in place for a while, so I asked the old knife for advice.

The old knife chewed the dog's tail grass in his mouth, and his voice was a little slurred: "The weather is hot in summer, even if the plants bloom, they are easy to get drunk, and there will be a lack of nectar sources, and the bees have to pay more labor in order to collect honey, and the life expectancy will be greatly shortened, and at the same time, the queen bee will also reduce the number of eggs, and the entire bee colony will be reduced in summer." If beekeepers do not manage it well, once the number of bees drops to less than half, they will not be able to harvest royal jelly, and they will suffer heavy losses. ”

I wondered, "You've been a beekeeper before?" How is it so clear. ”

"My father-in-law used to be a beekeeper who 'caught the spring' - okay, let's not talk about that, let's hurry up and get familiar with the environment."

The old knife said this in his mouth, but his eyes did not look around, but raised his hand to turn off the intercom switch of the earphones, and then spit out the dog tail grass in his mouth, and turned his head to look at me, "You tell me the truth, did something happen to you?" You know what I'm talking about. ”

I said in my heart, it's finally here, and this old boy still can't hold back after all.

But for the old knife, I didn't have any idea of hiding it, so I also turned off the headset and said directly: "The main thing is my piece of blood jade, it has changed a little." You remember that piece of blood jade of mine was originally a book, right? ”

The old knife nodded: ""Yin Bloodline." ”

"In the basement of the funeral parlor, when it absorbed the blue stone, the blood jade was opened—the pages of the book were turned like one, and I only had time to read the four lines clearly: the road of the Three Realms is clear, illuminating the North Hades Palace, stepping through the Nine Pyloric Gates, and traveling to the realm of the capital."

"Sounds pretty awesome, what do you mean?"

"I don't know yet, when this case is over, I need to check the ancient books again...... It looks like a prayer, a mantra or something like that. ”

"What else?"

"And ...... It's also about blood jade, I don't know how to describe it...... It's like a kind of induction, inexplicably there is a fiery energy from the blood jade into my body, which is a good thing for the time being. ”

Old Dao's eyes widened: "This is the reason why your physical strength has improved greatly?" ”

"This ...... That's probably why. ”

"Hey, I'll discuss something with you......" The old knife approached me, and a few flattering smiles appeared on his face, "That piece of blood jade, you also borrow it from my brother for a few days?" ”

I said: "Old knife, as a good brother, I can't give it to you." It's not stingy, it's because I gave it to you, but it hurt you. The origin of this piece of blood jade, you also know that such a yin and evil thing has harmed the writer Qiao Zhenbang for several generations, as well as the big locust tree village by the Luochuan River, and the people of the entire village died. ”

"Do you know what the words 'Yin and Netherworld Blood' mean? Do you remember how many times we entered the illusion realm, and someone kept urging us to find some 'Netherworld'? The blood jade was engraved with the four words of the Yin Netherworld Blood Book, and combined with the four lines of blood jade that I saw in the Shiqiaopu funeral parlor, I speculated that it was likely to record a way to enter the Netherworld Underground Palace. ”

"Do you think the Netherworld Palace could be a good place? And the tattoo on my back, which is said to give people the ability to communicate yin and yang and enter the underworld—do you think it's all interlocking, as if it was arranged? ”

I have always kept these suspicions silently in my heart, and I figured them out by myself, and since Lao Dao asked about it today, I also poured beans into a bamboo tube - I told him thoroughly.

In the end, I said angrily: "You only see thieves eating meat, but you don't see thieves being beaten—I have that painful tattoo on my back from time to time, why don't I get you one too?" ”

The old knife was still smiling at first, but when he heard me say it, his face couldn't help but become solemn.

He looked at me deeply: "I feel that you have been hiding these things from Cheng Cheng recently, is this because of this?" ”

Cheng Cheng's wife and children, no one knows better than me and Lao Dao, Lao Dao is a smart man, of course he can see that since that incident, Cheng Cheng's whole person has changed a lot.

What is happening to me now, everything points to four words - "Netherworld".

The matter of Blackwater Town is not over at all, and it can even be said that it is just the beginning, the real nightmare, which is just showing a half of its claws in front of us.

At this moment, I suddenly smelled a very fishy and sweet smell, and when I was strange, Cheng Cheng's voice suddenly sounded in the headphones.

Cheng Cheng's voice was anxious, and there was even a hint of panic:

"Aji old knife! A SWAT detachment that was supposed to ambush the hill to your left has suddenly lost contact! Can you see some of the situation? Hear the answer! ”