Three months later.

There has been almost no criminal case in Xinghe City in the past three months, and the criminal police team is about to become the most laid-back place in the city.

Xing Jiang held the teacup in one hand and the mouse in the other, and was very depressed in front of the clean computer desktop.

There are too many things that make him depressed, such as the Nightless Detective Agency is still closed and closed, such as Ling Heng, Ye August, Mo Xiaoya, Yu Panxin and Master Lan are nowhere to be found, and Ye August's parents are nowhere to be found, such as Huo Sheng, who was supposed to be executed a month ago, but his execution was postponed because of the convening of a certain meeting, and he has not been given an exact execution time until now.

In the days when there were no cases, Xing Jiang searched everywhere he could, and even the day before Xing Hai returned to the army, he was dragged by him to find Ling Heng and others, but he didn't even find a single yarn.

The more idle Xing Jiang became, the more depressed he became, and the more depressed he became, the more he didn't want to be idle, but the criminals in Xinghe City seemed to have all discussed and hid at the same time, and there were no small cases like stealing chickens and dogs, and Xing Jiang was not given a chance to show his strength at all.

However, this abnormal calm has begun to make Xing Jiang feel uneasy, he always feels that this is the calm before the storm, maybe somewhere and somewhere, there is a shocking case quietly brewing.

Xing Jiang couldn't sit still any longer, and barely finished half a cup of tea, he put on his coat and prepared to go out.

"Team Xing, why are you going?" An equally idle, bored policeman asked.

"Get out and walk around." Xing Jiang said angrily.

"Team Xing, I'll go with you."

"Let's go."

Xing Jiang put his mobile phone in his coat pocket, how he wished that one of the missing people would call him, but it had been three months, and he was no longer looking forward to it.

Coming to the outside of the police station, Xing Jiang stretched his waist and said with emotion: "I really can't imagine that when the police station also has a lot of doors, why did the security of Xinghe City suddenly get better?" ”

The little policeman who was following him hurriedly patted his ass, "That's not because of your wise leadership, so people don't dare to commit crimes!" ”

"Don't come with me." Xing Jiang glared at him disdainfully, and then raised his eyes to look at a large dark cloud slowly moving in the sky.

It's already autumn, as the so-called "an autumn rain and a cold", Xing Jiang frowned, and inadvertently reminded: "Wear more tomorrow, it's going to cool down." ”

"Well, my mom has been saying that lately, let me wear that ......"

Xing Jiang didn't listen to his nagging, and after getting into the car, the two thick black sword eyebrows locked tighter than just now.

He had to go around the Nightless Detective Office almost every day, not only for Ling Heng and the others, but also for the case where the taxi driver was killed.

Although some cases have not been solved for several years or even decades, Xing Jiang does not want such unsolved cases to appear in his career, even if it is a ghost case, he can accept it, but he cannot accept the unsolved case.

In order to see the daily changes of the Nightless Detective Agency, Xing Jiang deliberately did not tidy up the vines in front of the door, so the plaque of the Nightless Detective Agency has been covered so far that only the word Nightless remains.

Xing Jiang stopped the car and came to the dusty gate, and sighed softly, "Alas, where have you all been?" If it weren't for someone else's testimony, I wouldn't even suspect that knowing you was my hallucination. ”

Xing Jiang was still sighing, and the little policeman who came with him suddenly pointed to the gate and shouted: "Team Xing, there is a handprint on this door!" ”

"Handprints?"

Xing Jiang immediately woke up from his emotion, and looked carefully at the gate, and there was indeed an inconspicuous handprint on the right side of the gate.

It's just that this mudra is a little strange, although the size is about the same as that of ordinary people, but the shape is a little strange, and the five fingers of this mudra seem to be connected with webs, as if it is a combination of human hands and duck paws.

Xing Jiang carefully observed the surroundings, there were no footprints on the ground, and there were no handprints elsewhere.

"Isn't it a prank?" Xing Jiang didn't have a clue about this strange handprint.

The young policeman was full of energy and curiosity, and walked around the office, and came back to report to Xing Jiang: "Report to the Xing team, I found a strange trace behind the office. ”

"Strange traces?" Xing Jiang suspiciously followed the little policeman to the back of the office.

Ling Heng is a guy who has no interest, Mo Xiaoya reluctantly took care of two lawns in front of the office, and there is still a little moss on the steps, and now the lawn is not even, and there is so much moss that it makes people a little slippery when going up the stairs.

This is still the situation in front of the building, and the situation behind the building is even more embarrassing and impossible to look at.

Although Xing Jiang had already circled this small building that exuded an antique atmosphere many times, it was only today that he noticed what the hell this place had been wasted by Ling Heng.

This should have been a very stylish garden, because Xing Jiang found that there was a beautifully carved white stone fountain base in the crazy weeds this time, and there were two European-style white stone flower beds next to it, Xing Jiang really couldn't imagine how long this place had been abandoned by Ling Heng, and the weeds could grow taller than people, and even the trees had to be covered.

But this is not the point, under the reminder of the little policeman, Xing Jiang found that near the window of Ling Heng's office, there was a weed taller than a person that was overwhelmed by something.

"Team Xing, do you see that this trace looks like something has been swept by something?"

Xing Jiang looked at it and said suspiciously: "This piece of grass does seem to have been swept by something, like the tail of some giant animal, and like a gust of wind. But it doesn't make sense, how can an animal's tail and wind sweep the grass into an S-shape? ”

After speaking, Xing Jiang suddenly felt a chill.

What else could it be other than an unimaginable python that could crush such tall weeds so flat, and that could also crush the grass into an S-shape?

After having such an idea, Xing Jiang was a little full of grass and trees, and as soon as the wind blew the weeds, he felt that the terrible python lurked in the dense weeds, and he and the little policeman could become the python's snack at any time.

Xing Jiang took out his pistol, his forehead was bruised, and he looked around vigilantly.

His actions frightened the little policeman, and the little policeman quickly took out his pistol, and came to Xing Jiang's side lightly and asked nervously: "Team Xing, what did you find?" Are there any suspicious people around here? ”

Xing Jiang's eyes released two cold lights, "I didn't find any suspicious people, and the suspicious ones may not be people." ”

The little policeman was stunned, "Team Xing, what do you mean?" ”

"Shh Xing Jiang froze in place, and the little policeman also froze with a blank face.

There was a rustling sound in the grass not far from them, and Xing Jiang's eyes were fixed on the direction from which the sound came from, and he slowly raised his gun.

The stiff little policeman also followed Xing Jiang's movements closely, and while breaking out in a cold sweat, he was ready to pull the trigger.

"Huh!"

"Bang bang!"

Xing Jiang and the little policeman shot at something that came out of the grass at the same time, but when they regained their composure, they were speechless to find that Xing Jiang's bullet hit nothing more than a fat big mouse.

"Damn, I'm scared to death!"

Xing Jiang had already sat down and prepared to face an unimaginable giant python, but he didn't expect that what appeared in front of him was a damn mouse.

"Team Xing, do you smell a fishy smell in the air?"

The little policeman frowned in confusion and sniffed vigorously to make sure he was not mistaken.

Xing Jiang didn't need to deliberately smell it, but he also smelled the strange fishy smell in the air, "I smelled it, there are no fish ponds, no rivers and seas, how can there be a fishy smell?" ”

The dark clouds that were still in the sky at that time had already come to the top of the two of them at this time, and the black and oppressive sky and the cold wind that blew at some point added a lot of eerie and terrifying atmosphere around the already desolate small building.

The little policeman who had just become a criminal policeman couldn't help but be a little scared, and persuaded Xing Jiang in a low voice, "Team Xing, why don't we leave this time first to find support, this place is strange and desolate, if something happens to the two of us, no one will know." ”

"If you want to go back, you will go back yourself! I'm not going! Xing Jiang said angrily, still staring at the dense grass without giving up, he always felt that the appearance of the mouse was not accidental.

The little policeman didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to bite the bill and continue to stay here.

As the minutes ticked by, the little policeman felt that his legs and feet were going numb, but there were no animals or anything else around, and even the strange fishy smell was gone.

Xing Jiang's tense nerves gradually relaxed, and he came to the large area of overpowered grass again, squatted down and looked at the traces seriously, and finally found something that he had overlooked.

Xing Jiang speculated excitedly: "The grass is wet!" I thought it was dew, but the grass that wasn't overwhelmed was dry! Moist grass, the smell of fish in the air...... By the way, there's also the webbed handprint at the front door! Could it be ...... Could it be that there are mermaids in this area? ”

After talking about his speculation, Xing Jiang was really shocked.

But the little policeman felt that Xing Jiang's speculation was too outrageous, and thought that Xing Jiang might have watched too many fantasy movies.

But after thinking about it, Xing Jiang is an experienced criminal police captain, how could he say such inconsequential words when solving the case, and if he looks carefully at the traces of this overwhelmed weed, it really looks like he has been swept by a huge fishtail.

The little policeman's eyes immediately widened in fright and he held his breath.

"Is it really a mermaid? It can't be, it must be that I have had too much contact with those guys, and my thoughts have been led astray. Xing Jiang denied his inference this time, and planned to look at these clues from another angle.

A few minutes passed unconsciously, and Xing Jiang was still standing still, thinking bitterly.

The pouring rain flew down without even saying hello, and forcefully interrupted Xing Jiang's thoughts.

"Let's get out of the car first!" Xing Jiang said immediately, and the two of them quickly walked towards the main entrance of the office.

"Whoa......

Suddenly, the sound of weeds being swept by something came from behind them, Xing Jiang and the little policeman immediately stopped, tensed the nerves in their bodies, and slowly turned around......