Wu Qi's purpose in going to the archives was to find a mysterious area, which was the foggy town they had just mentioned. What kind of place is this Wu Qi doesn't know, and ordinary people don't know either, only people near Fog Township understand. Fog Township is not a village, according to the records in the old archives, Fog Township should be a lake swamp, a bit like that kind of large wetland, but why is it called Fog Township? It has something to do with an incident that was circulated in the local area in the old days.

There are many lakes and swamps in the plains, which is a common thing, but there is a large wilderness swamp near this barren forest, and there are always a few days of the season when the fog drifts out of the swamp, the fog is small but very dense, and at this time, you can see groups of animals escaping from the swamp, or climbing the towering trees, as if to avoid the thick fog, so there are local rumors that there is something in the fog.

Superstition has been criticized very much after liberation, and many places have also refuted rumors, that is, where there is a spirit on the mountain, and where there is a god in the temple, then let people go to see what kind of divine law, let the gods come out and slip, just to eliminate superstitious thoughts. But the superstitious thinking in the countryside has been around for hundreds of years, and it is impossible to break it overnight, and you explain that there are no gods in this world, and there will be no ghosts, then they don't listen, and they can only subtly influence the next generation to break the roots. But there were many strange things that appeared in the early years, and many of them could not be explained, such as the story of the tragic death of the 100th person in the kitchen knife group, which was even sealed by the government and government of the Republic of China and not let people know.

Old Tang is not a warm-hearted person, but he is more serious and persistent in solving cases. No matter what is useful or not, I write it down in a small book, and finally gradually develop a habit. He chatted with Wu Qi for a long time in the archives that day. Basically tell everything about the fog town, but where is the fog town? He couldn't be sure, because the last time he went, there was no fog, and the lake and swamp looked like a beach at low tide, and the feeling of boundlessness was a bit permeating, but he came back after asking the locals a little, and recorded a story along the way.

Wu Qi listened to Lao Tang speak, but his eyes unconsciously looked out of the window, and he didn't know how much he heard, it seemed that he knew or didn't really care about what Lao Tang said. So it feels like absent-mindedness. Old Tang also found out later, so he laughed at himself a few times and was about to get up and leave.

Just when Old Tang stood up and was about to leave, he suddenly heard Wu Qi say: "Section Chief Tang stays, I want to go, can you lead the way?" ”

Old Tang turned around in some surprise and found that Wu Qi was still looking out the window, so he looked at him sideways and said, "What are you doing?" Why go to that place? ”

Wu Qi turned his head and said with a smile: "Since we have something to ask for, then I can sue you a little, we lost something." In Jilin, troops have been sent to conduct large-scale searches in the past two years, but nothing has been found, starting from three months ago. We've had a couple of people looking for things missing, and the only thing we know is that they showed up last time and then all went to the same place. Foggy Country. ”

"You suspect that the lost thing is in the foggy country, so the person looking for the thing will only go missing after that, right?" Old Tang lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before speaking.

Wu Qi nodded and said, "That's right." My leader tried his best to get things back, before it turned into a disaster. So I don't have much time, and I hope you can understand and cooperate. ”

Old Tang lit another cigarette, took the cigarette and thought about it for a while, then raised his eyes to look at Wu Qi, and said sullenly: "I still have a few cases on hand that I haven't done, I'm afraid"

"Section Chief Tang, if you are unwilling or afraid, you can just say it, I will not force you to help." Wu Qi curled the corners of his mouth.

Old Tang was not happy when he heard this, but he was so old that he couldn't be as impulsive as a young man, but he was also angry, and it didn't sound very comfortable, he didn't believe that this little rabbit cub who pretended to be a ghost could have any ability, and he didn't believe how important the thing he was looking for was, so he gritted his teeth and threw down the cigarette butt and said, "Okay!" I'll put down what I've had in advance and take you there! ”

Wu Qi stood up straight and said with a smile: "Then I'm sorry for Section Chief Tang, you are busy, I'll leave first, and by the way, let's leave at two o'clock in the afternoon." ”

It wasn't until Wu Qi left that Old Tang reacted, why did he agree to take him over? It's two o'clock in the afternoon, and now it's half past one, is this a hurry? But after a person calmed down, Old Tang picked up the file bag on the table again, looked at the words written on the yellowed white paper, and suddenly he had some of the passion for the case when he was young, this feeling has not appeared for many years, and he faintly felt that something terrible might happen.

Wu Qi actually didn't go anywhere, but came out of the file and went directly to the small office vacated by the director for him, but after entering the house, Wu Qi closed the door with his backhand and closed all the curtains, standing in the middle of the room and looking around for a while before slowly sitting down, leaning on the back of the chair and closing his eyes to recuperate, he was very tired, but he couldn't rest, the whole person was in a state of high tension has become a habit, and his chest has always been dull pain, which seems to be the sequelae of the last operation.

Half an hour later, Wu Qi opened his eyes, tidied up his clothes, finally put on his hat, and pushed the door out with a smile.

Old Tang squatted at the gate and smoked, and when Wu Qi walked to his side, he threw down the cigarette butt and stood up, wrenched his face and said, "How are we going?" ”

Wu Qiyi shrugged his shoulders: "Section Chief Tang, you lead the way, of course it is up to you to decide, but it's best to get there quickly." ”

Old Tang exhaled and said, "Then let's go, come on!" Don't delay your work, see you're in such a hurry, let's go and get back quickly, although I'm not as busy as you, I have a lot to do! In the face of Old Tang's sneering, Wu Qi did not get angry, but nodded with a smile and said okay, and then the two of them really walked out of the city on foot and walked north along the old road.

On the way, the two of them didn't say anything, and in the end, it was Lao Tang who broke the calm and asked Wu Qi: "Comrade Xiao Qi, are you twenty this year?" ”

Wu Qi smiled and said, "I'm twenty-two this year. ”

"Oh, it's still a kid! It's not easy! Old Tang whispered with a cigarette in his mouth.

Wu Qi said: "I was indeed a child before I became a soldier, and the army is a good place, shaping and training people, honing people's willpower, and smelting scrap iron into steel." ”

Old Tang looked at Wu Qi with some surprise and said, "Oh, I didn't expect that you were a soldier!" So this should be the military's business, right? ”

Wu Qi didn't reply this time, turned his head to look at the villages and fields in the distance, breathed in the fresh air of early spring, and the whole body and mind were happy, although the road ahead may be bumpy, but Wu Qi is confident that he can solve it safely.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Old Tang realized that he had asked too much, shook his head and smiled, let's smoke his own cigarettes, don't ask what you shouldn't ask. Although he understands this truth very well, he has been working in the criminal investigation team for too long, and he wants to understand everything clearly, and often the more he doesn't want people to know, the more important it is, which has made him have the problem of getting to the bottom of it. The more Wu Qi didn't say anything, the more he wanted to know what was going on, and now he not only had a strong desire to explore the place they were going to, but also became interested in Wu Qi's identity and background, he wanted to know who Wu Qi was working for, and if he could make a director of a municipal public security bureau nod his head, it must be the most powerful army.

Old Tang looked at Wu Qi beside him, thinking that he was only twenty-two years old, why did he behave like a spy leader, who was he? What's he doing? Are you really looking for something? But what does this have to do with Foggy Country? That place is like a superstitious legend, what can be thrown there? Several people have gone missing.

But because of this, Old Tang suddenly remembered what he had heard from the local old man about the Fog Township before, and it seemed that the Fog Country had become so weird and bizarre because of a group of beards.

For more than 100 miles, they had to walk until night, and there was nowhere to rest on the way, so they kept hurrying without stopping. Old Tang's cigarettes were one after another, and in addition to the spring breeze on the road, it was the smell of smoke he puffed out, and finally when it was getting dark, he finally settled in a place called Patoulin.

Today, they are all wearing public security uniforms, so it is easier to speak, and if they knock on the door of a house, they can enter the house and sit in the name of visiting.

They went to the house of an old couple after dark, and it seemed that the family was quite poor, that is, honest people who relied on farming, and they were a little trembling when they saw the public security coming. After the old Tang entered the house, he smiled at the old couple and said: "Uncle and aunt, we are from the Siping Public Security Bureau, and we have nothing to do with you when we come here to investigate the case, but I want to settle down at your house to rest for a night when it gets dark, just give me a place to sleep, it's troublesome!" ”

The old couple was estimated to be almost seventy years old, and the two of them were estimated to be less than a row of old Tang when they added a tooth, and looked at Lao Tang and Wu Qi with those two pairs of cloudy eyes in the dim room, and quickly nodded and said, "Cheng!" Yes! It's not a big deal, let's live, let's live! ”

Wu Qi looked up at the low beams in the house, followed Lao Tang and walked inside, found two small stools and sat down, and saw that the old couple was standing a little cramped on the side, the old man remembered after a while, and wanted to pour water for them to drink, Wu Qi wanted to stand up and stop him, not wanting to toss the old man. But he was blocked by Old Tang raising his hand, and whispered to him: "Don't say anything, they can be natural this way." ”

Wu Qi didn't move after thinking about it, and after waiting to take the water, Lao Tang opened his mouth and asked, "Uncle, it just so happens that we are staying overnight, I want to ask you something?" ”

"Okay, what's the matter? I tell you everything I know. The old man crouched down and nodded.

Old Tang continued: "What, do you know the Fog Township? ”

Unexpectedly, this sentence made the old couple stunned, and the old man frowned and said, "Are you here to investigate the case of the kitchen knife group?" How many years have it been, what's the use? ”

"Kitchen knife balls? Oh! Touch the sky! Old Tang hurriedly took out the small book, and after turning a few pages, he understood.

The old man looked at Old Tang with some surprise and said, "Hey! How do you know that the bottom is touching the sky? I haven't heard it in decades, and no one has been mentioning it since the beards were killed by something in the fog! (To be continued......)