The train started, and Jiang Jun and I sat by the window, looking at the rapidly receding train platform and scenery outside the window.

I've never been so apprehensive about investigating a case. I thought that I might not be able to find more information about Sun Xiang's wife in my life. But I didn't expect that I actually learned about this person's hometown from Uncle Fan's mouth. When the train entered the hole, it was pitch black outside the window, and my face was reflected in the window.

The moment I turned my head, another figure was reflected in the car window, and she was standing next to me, her smiling face shining under her delicate hair. I turned my head and stared at her in surprise.

"Why are you here?" I asked.

"I want to follow you." She said.

The train has been speeding for a long time, and even if I wanted her to get off, I couldn't help it now. The person who came was Shen Nuo, but I didn't expect it. After saying goodbye to her, she secretly followed. Shen Nuo is undoubtedly smart, I didn't say anything outside her room, I only said that I was leaving Yu City, she must know that I didn't want her to follow.

So, she chose to follow secretly.

I shook my head helplessly: "Aren't you afraid of danger?"

Shen Nuo looked around, there were very few people in this carriage, she sat next to me and said softly, "I'm not afraid of danger." ”

Me: "You know what I'm going to do."

Shen Nuo: "It has something to do with Uncle Fan pretending to be crazy and stupid." ”

Shen Nuo quickly guessed. It seems that Uncle Fan didn't say anything about the mysterious man to Shen Nuo before he died. Uncle Fan must also not want to involve Shen Nuo in a life-and-death crisis. When it comes to Uncle Fan, Shen Nuo is no longer as sad as before, and I don't want to touch her wounds, so I chose to be silent.

The roar of the train filled the entire carriage, after a few meals on board. We got off the train. Without taking a break, we got on the bus to Ruli City, Xiaopan Village is located at the junction of Ruli City and another city, and we finally arrived at our destination.

Ruli City is not prosperous, it is an ancient city, and it is also a place where various ethnic groups gather, for the purpose of protecting the nation, Ruli City has not become a tourist attraction in Yun Province. Entering the ancient city, we found an inn near a small lake. When you open the wooden window, you can see the turquoise water.

There are very few cars in the city, and many people keep the old mode of transportation. Because of this, the air in Ruli City is better than the rest of Yun Province. We all stayed in a room, and after packing our bags, it was already dark, the inn was quiet, and I sat by the window, looking at the quiet lake in the moonlight. Shape around the carrying.

After a while, Wen Ning called me back, and he investigated the specific situation of You Lu's art exhibition in Ruli City, and Wen Ning said this, I felt even more strange.

Ruli City has a small population and few tourists, so this kind of place is not suitable for holding art exhibitions, especially the national touring art exhibitions that gather so many famous painters. It stands to reason that the exhibition should be selected in the most prosperous city in each province, so as to achieve the expected effect of the exhibition.

However, after arriving in Yun Province, You Lu and other painters went directly to Ruli City, where they rented a relatively large square and made an open-air art exhibition. The theme of the exhibition is quite in line with the city: about ecology. But the strange thing is that it was You Lu's idea to come to Ruli City for an ecological painting exhibition.

Wen Ning inquired carefully about the situation at that time, it turned out that Yun Province was not in the plan of the place where the exhibition was held, but after arriving in the neighboring provinces of Yun Province, You Lu suddenly suggested that everyone go to Yun Province for an ecological painting exhibition, You Lu has a relatively high status in the painter group, and the theme proposed by You Lu is more in line with the appetite of other painters, so everyone readily accepted this temporary change.

However, to the bewilderment of many people, You Travel actually chose such a remote and deserted ancient city as Ruli City, and You Lu's explanation for this is: The ecological environment of Ruli City is good and suitable for painting. Since it was a temporary decision to go to Yun Province for an ecological art exhibition, the paintings needed for the exhibition were not ready.

After arriving in Ruli City, everyone felt that the environment in Ruli City was indeed very good, so they did not dwell on this problem, and You Lu also contacted the media in other parts of Yun Province to report in a big way to make up for the disadvantage of the deserted exhibition venue. After investigation, after You Lu and the other painters arrived in Ruli City, the inn they stayed in happened to be the one we live in now.

This inn is the largest inn in Ruli City, and Wen Ning said that You Travel chartered the entire inn at that time for all the painters, organizer staff and media reporters to live and rest. That art exhibition made Ruli City, who has always been cold and low-key, report it on the TV channel.

"That's it, I think it's weird," Wen Ning said to me on the other end of the phone.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked rhetorically.

"You don't know, You Lu is a person who only hopes to paint wholeheartedly, although he has many friends from the media, but when he makes an exhibition, he never takes the initiative to contact the media, and in terms of publicity, it is always the organizer of the exhibition to contact." Wen Ning paused, "That is to say, as long as You Lu thinks it is suitable to hold an art exhibition, even if no one participates, he will continue to hold it, but in the ecological painting exhibition in Ruli City, he took the initiative to contact the media."

"It's kind of weird." I responded.

First of all, he temporarily changed his itinerary and decided to hold an art exhibition in Yunnan Province, a national art exhibition, after all, it was an exhibition of all painters, not one who belonged to him. You Lu is not a person who does not know the general situation, but he makes such a request when everyone does not have the theme of the exhibition.

Moreover, the painter goes with the organizer of the exhibition, and the contact with the media should be contacted by the organizer, not to mention that You Travel never takes the initiative to contact the media. This strange behavior seems to be afraid that the organizers will not contact the media, which makes us think carefully about the purpose of You Brigade's contact with the media.

Soon, I came up with a possibility: You Lu suddenly changed his itinerary to Ruli City, not only to hold an art exhibition, but to have other important things to do, otherwise, there would be more places in Yunnan Province such as Li City that are more suitable for art exhibitions. He wanted everyone, including the police, to know that he was holding an exhibition in such a place, and that he was too busy with the exhibition to go elsewhere.

"What are they doing in the days they have been in Ruli City?" I asked.

Wen Ning: "After they arrived in Ruli City, they rested for a day, and the next day, the media from Yun Province arrived and stayed in a pre-booked inn, and for the next week, those painters, including You Lu, were painting wholeheartedly. ”

Me: "Where to paint"

Wen Ning: "The location is uncertain, many painters go to the field to collect some paintings, but You Lu made a painting in the inn, he painted the small lake behind the inn, it is said that the inn took pictures, you can go and see if there is anything abnormal." In the days when he was painting, You Lu didn't let anyone disturb him, he locked himself in his room all the time, and he relied on others to deliver his meals to the door. ”

I roughly understood, and after hanging up the phone, I found the owner of the inn, and when it came to Youlu, the boss was still proud. Because of that exhibition, his inn was in Yun Province and was reported in newspapers and television. I asked my boss for a photo of You Lu's work.

Sure enough, You Lu painted the small lake I had just seen through the wooden window. The lake in the painting is very realistic, under the moonlight, the lake turns the shimmer, and the breeze makes waves on the microwave. This kind of realistic painting can only be drawn according to the original scene, although I have not studied painting, but I still know this kind of knowledge.

Every time I see You Lu's paintings, I always have a strange feeling in my heart, and this time is no exception. The boss developed a lot of photos of You Lu's work, and I bought one of them. Back in my room, I kept the picture in my hand and looked at the small lake outside the wooden window.

The oil lamp next to the wooden window was blown on and off by the breeze, and according to the angle on the photo, the painting should have been completed in the rightmost room on the third floor of the inn, and the painting time was at night.

Thinking of this, I immediately stood up, in those days, You Lu did not stay in the inn at all, this time, I quickly found the strangeness of the painting

...