Chapter 26: Tracking

"Oh! It was white sawdust, only dyed black, presumably grabbed from the wood by the deceased while struggling. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Stained white sawdust! The bed boards on the first floor are indeed made of white wood. Li Bi hung up the phone and muttered to himself.

"This ...... Low battery! Li Bi looked at the mobile phone that turned off automatically and grabbed his hair, and now the room was dark, and only vague shadows could be seen.

"Wait, there is no power on this second floor, and there are no candles, so what did the people who used to live here use to light the room......"

Li Bi jumped up suddenly, and in the darkness he could only hear the sound of hitting the floor, "He needs a power bank, or a mobile phone?" Anyway, it's certain that he needs to go and recharge! ”

He began to descend the stairs.

So where can you charge it? That guy loves cleanliness very much, and he is afraid of appearing in public places, he shouldn't go too far, just around here, Li Bi thought as he walked.

"Public bathhouse!" He had already wandered back near the vegetable market, and when he saw a small row of private bathrooms in front of him, he began to get excited.

Most of the people here are migrant workers, working for the locals to earn some money, but most of them have no money to rent a house, so they find a place to sleep in a tent at night, and come to this public bathhouse to take a bath.

"There are many people in the bathhouse at night, but there are always very few people who take a bath during the day!" Li Bi rolled his eyes and walked briskly towards the bathhouse.

"Hello, my phone is out of battery. Can I use this to recharge? Li Bi saw a person sitting behind the stove next to the bathhouse and asked.

"Yes, one yuan for a bath, five dimes for a charge!" The man replied without looking up.

Li Bi was very happy to hear this, his eyes began to shine again, and he hurriedly asked tentatively: "Your business is very prosperous at night, is there anyone coming during the day?" ”

"Eh, do you want to recharge?" The man looked up, looking a little displeased.

"Yes! Want! The rest of this gives you pocket money. Li Bi hurriedly took out his wallet from his pocket and took out a banknote from it.

The man's face was obviously good-looking, and he said, "Sir, there is indeed a big man who likes to run here during the day, and every time he comes, he wears a black sunhat, and he lowers his head, and he can only see his mouth and nose, which is very mysterious. ”

"And is he coming to charge it too?"

"Well, yes, he has a battery."

"And when was the last time he was here?"

"The afternoon before yesterday, he generously gave a reward of 100 yuan and asked me to help him buy a ticket to the shore from the slums, you say he is not stupid, the ticket office is in the East Street ticket hall, half an hour away from here." The man seemed very happy, and he couldn't close the conversation when he opened it.

"When is the ticket?"

"Six o'clock this morning, huh...... But the guy definitely hasn't set off yet, there will be a storm later, and the boats to the coast are out of service. ”

"The coast mouth ......" Li Bi fell into contemplation.

There is a waterway to the mouth of the coast at the wharf of the slum, the mouth of the coast is far on the opposite bank, a group of fishermen live at the mouth of the coast, usually have little contact with outsiders, but there are many traders between the two places, there is abundant seafood, good quality and low price, although the road is far away, it will take two days to walk, because the attraction of huge profits does not affect the enthusiasm of the traders to go to buy goods.

"Sir, would you like to take a shower now?" The man interrupted Li Bi's train of thought.

"......" Li Bi turned to leave, he now had to find out when the boat was going to leave.

"Huh...... I met a strange person again! The man shook his head, and went about his business again.

……

Slum Wharf.

"When will the steamer for the mouth of the coast start?" Li Bi saw a person in uniform sitting in a small pavilion next to the pier, it was already late at this time, and the street lamp next to it was dimly lit, and he could vaguely see that the person sitting in the pavilion was about fifty years old and short in stature.

"Tomorrow at ten o'clock in the morning, the storm has passed, you can set off, sir, you know that the weather is fickle, if you come to urge me, then run in vain!" He frowned, as if he had been asked the same question by many people, the steamer at the dock was owned by a private owner, and he hired several men to keep watch in shifts.

"Okay, thank you!" Li Bi nodded, and the gentleman bowed.

"You're welcome, sir, as is customary for the steamer to start as soon as the storm is over, and in order to avoid missing the steamer, I suggest that you stay overnight at a small hotel nearby." Seeing that Li Bi was so polite, he was a little embarrassed to complain just now, and kindly reminded.

"Okay, so did you suggest the other travelers go there too?" Li Bi's eyes rolled, he was thinking about something.

"Oh...... Not necessarily, sometimes it's too much to remind! He shook his head.

"Oh, so where do you suggest they go?" Li pen slave mouth.

"There is only one decent hotel nearby, just two hundred meters in front of it, next to a haberdashery, there is a six-story Western-style house, which was also built by our boss." He looked a little proud, and his waist straightened unconsciously when he spoke.

"Okay, I'll go over there, thank you again." Li Bi bowed again.

"Hey! Have a nice evening, lad! The uncle seemed very happy, and few travelers would talk to him so politely, but today he met two, and this morning the tall man was also ......

……

It was already seven o'clock in the evening when Li Bi arrived at the Western-style house, and now he was talking on the phone in his room.

"Oh...... Hello! I'm Inspector Li Bi, please let Wu Fan answer the phone! …… Yes...... I'm in a guesthouse near the slum dock now...... Right...... Then see you tomorrow morning at ten o'clock in the slum docks! ”

He hung up the phone and lay on the bed, but he heard movement under the bed, he got up cautiously and slowly lifted the sheets.

"Oh!" A fat mouse jumped out from under the bed, Li Bi was taken aback and jumped up, this young man is not afraid of ghosts and gods, but he is afraid of mice.

I remember when he was five years old, his parents went out to work, leaving him alone in the room to sleep, he was sleeping soundly but was woken up by the noise in the room, when he opened his eyes, he saw a mouse crawling rampantly on his quilt, he was so frightened that he cried desperately but no one paid attention, and then he had a high fever and had a serious illness.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

There was a knock at the door!

"Who?" Li Bi said vigilantly!

"It's me? Lin Guihua, the cleaner here, a friend of yours said he was looking for you, do you want him to come up! "A woman in her forties was standing in the doorway.

"Oh! It's him who comes! Li Bi turned to open the door.