At two o'clock in the afternoon, Nancheng District.

Li Xing and Zhao Dahai found a tea stall on the street to temporarily avoid the sun overhead.

It was the time when the sun was at its strongest, the streets were white, the sky was cloudless, and there was not a shadow on the ground for people to take refuge in. The people who live here take a nap and enjoy the coolness, so that the figures of people passing by on the road are diluted a lot.

"Guest, do you want to drink something? There is white water, herbal tea, sour plum soup and sesame soup. ”

"Plain tea will do. ”

"Okay, I'll bring it to you!"

"Whew...... Sure enough, it's not that easy to find. Zhao Dahai shook his collar, "The evil cases were all more than ten years ago, even if you go to the scene, it won't help much, not to mention the place where the evil is infested, it doesn't mean that the Donghai Gang just killed people there." The kid couldn't help but think about it too simply. ”

"We just have to do our best, and as for the outcome, that's not something we can control. Li Xing smiled lightly, "But your apprentice's method is ingenious, using the distribution of evil events to trace the source of unnatural deaths, which ordinary people really can't imagine." ”

"He doesn't have anything else, but he has a lot of ideas. Zhao Dahai picked up the green tea and drank most of it in one go.

"I'm a little concerned," Li Xing looked at the row of buildings across the street, "Generally speaking, how many people have to die in vain to make the aura of gathering so strong that it produces charm?"

"Well...... It mainly depends on whether the mood swings are big or not, and it has a certain relationship with who dies. Zhao Dahai smacked his lips, "But in general, there are still more than a dozen people, and sometimes dozens of people are not surprising." ”

More than a dozen people...... If we add up the number of evil cases, we get a small number.

"That's weird. This place doesn't look like it can handle more than 100 people without being discovered. After some visits, they have narrowed down to the junction of Zhengshou Street and Wangfu Street in the south of the city. This area happens to be a little bit related to the four evil cases, and the suspicion can be said to be the largest. The houses are arranged on the left and right, lined up along both sides of the street, and can be described as extremely neat as far as the eye can see.

Most of the first floor of the house is a shop, a pawn shop, a liquor store, and the top is a residence, which does not look like it can accommodate a gang.

As for the luxurious mahogany house in front of the tea stall, it occupies a large enough area, but it is essentially made up of two buildings, the green building on the left and the inn on the right. Together, they occupy about half of Wangfu Street, and they are three storeys high, which looks magnificent.

It's just that they are really Qinglou and Inn, and the two of them walked around the building and didn't find anything unusual at all.

"Definitely. Zhao Dahai agreed, "The inn is okay, I am familiar with the Qinglou, and it is much more lively at night than during the day." Moreover, these two are going to open their doors to welcome guests, and there are all kinds of idle people, how can it be possible to kill hundreds of people quietly in fifteen years. Unless ......"

"Unless what?" Li Xing hurriedly asked.

Although the other party is not good-looking and looks ordinary, he is the master of the top official, and his external perception may just be hiding his clumsiness.

"Unless they chop people up and send them to the kitchen. ”

"Poof-" Li Xinggang squirted out the tea that had just reached his mouth, "Your idea, it's really ...... It's sensational. ”

"I think the guys from the East China Sea Gang can do it. Zhao Dahai spread his hands and said, "There are many places I have walked through, and I can't see any strange things in this world." ”

"But in handling cases, we must pay attention to evidence. What's more, what we want to investigate is not the other party's methods, but the hiding place of a gang. Li Xing smiled helplessly, "Why don't we walk around these two streets a few more times and see what we can find?"

"That's all there is to it. Zhao Dahai took out two copper plates and slapped them on the table, "Maybe when we go back, there will already be clues on the other side." ”

They walked out of the tea stall and walked west along Long Street, and when they were halfway to Wangfu Street, Li Xing stopped abruptly.

Something is wrong.

"What's wrong with you?"

Li Xing didn't answer immediately, but turned his head and looked at the other end of the street, and only after a moment did he speak, "This street...... Is it that long?"

"Hello. Zhao Dahai scratched his head, "Isn't it just an ordinary dirt road?"

"Why do I feel like it's getting longer......"

"Hey, don't scare me, it's daylight, even if you build a ghost wall, you can't build it on the road-"

"I didn't mean it that way. Li Xing waved his hand, "When I say lengthening, it is a literal extension, and it has nothing to do with evil." ”

"Then do you know how long it was originally?" Zhao Dahai said curiously.

"I don't know. ”

"I don't know how to compare? Are you sunburned?"

"I'm comparing it to this house. Li Xing turned around and walked towards the tea stall.

Zhao Dahai had to follow.

Back at the tea stall, Xiao Er showed an earnest smile, "Guest officer, do you want to drink something?"

Li Xing ignored the other party, crossed the street directly, and started walking from the middle of the Qinglou and the inn.

This time, he walked extremely slowly.

When the shadow of the three-story building disappeared under his feet, Li Xing stopped.

"Any questions?"

"Let's go back to the Qinglou again. ”

Zhao Dahai sighed, "You have to tell me, what are you looking for?"

"I'm not looking for anything, I'm measuring steps. Li Xing explained.

"Steps?"

"Yes, I've been doing this for a long time, and I'm used to estimating distance with steps. Sometimes, even if you don't try to count, you will have a rough count in your head. He paused, "But we didn't seem to have gone that far as we crossed the house just now. ”

"No...... Go so far?" Zhao Dahai frowned.

"It's also possible that it's an illusion, so I'm going to go again. ”

The two of them got into the gate of the green building and walked straight upstairs. At this time, before it was time to open, there were only a few patrons in the lobby who wanted to grab the first card, and no one cared about their entry and exit.

The second floor is a straight passage with stairs at both ends, and there are wings to the left and right. It only took ten breaths for Li Xing to walk from one end to the other.

Something is more and more amiss.

Here, he had only walked a hundred and nine steps.

But on the street, he had to walk a hundred and seventeen steps to reach the edge of the house!

After that came the inn.

And the same is true!

When Li Xing stopped on the side of the staircase against the wall, his steps were more than ten steps less than the outside.

The two sides add up to a distance of about 20 paces, which is almost the width of a wine shop.

"This ...... What the hell is going on?" Zhao Dahai was also a little puzzled, he looked from the outside, and the two stores were obviously close together. Even if the wooden wall is thick, it is impossible to deviate by twenty steps!

Could it be that there is something else going on inside this house?