Chapter 2 Chapter two

There is a table of cards in Miss Lan's room tonight, and the waiter is full of work in his eyes, taking care of tea, snacks, and hot towels sprinkled with toilet water. It is big and draws a lot of "boss money", which is the most important source of income for the waiter. This card game was for Miss Lan to win over the people on the table to renovate the fire station in the British Concession. The four people who entered the game were of different heights, short, fat, and thin. They all knew Feng Jiusi, and they all politely offered their seats to him. .But Feng Jiusi didn't have such leisure today, and he didn't want to take advantage of others for nothing, so he hid in the room and lay on Miss Lan's bed to sober up.

When they were drinking together just now, Miss Lan handed him a thick stack of bank notes and said, "This is a thank-you gift for Mr. Zhou's brother-in-law who was released on bail." The representative of the local area, but what he didn't understand was that Zhou Xiaocun and his wife were so affectionate, and he was so rigid like a "sole foot", how could he become Miss Lan's "old fight"?He had asked about this in the past, but Miss Lan just resented him for eating "flying vinegar" for no reason, and did not answer seriously. He and Zhou Xiaocun had known each other before and had a lot of things together, this time Zhou Xiaocun didn't come to him directly, but entrusted Miss Lan as a middleman, his intention must be to let Miss Lan earn a commission from the middleman.It seems that this gentleman is really meticulous and knows how to pity and cherish jade.

But he won't ask for this thank you gift. Firstly, because the party organization hasn't assigned him any tasks in the past two years, naturally he doesn't need to save too much activity funds, which makes him less interested in making money; secondly, If the money passed through Ms. Lan's hands, it would appear that Ms. Lan was soliciting business for him. If people talked about it behind their backs, he would be said to be a "soft guy" who made money from women, and his reputation would be too bad.Besides, Miss Lan has always had the idea of ​​going abroad with him, but he hasn't figured out how to treat this considerate woman.Yes, judging from the current situation, there is a reason for the relationship between the two of them to be "near" as they get closer, and there is a reason for "far" as they get closer, but he still has no idea whether they should be close or far. Therefore, it can only be postponed for one day.

Seeing that Miss Lan was about to stuff the money into his coat pocket, he waved his hand, took out the "Lotus Young Master" style pie and said, "What do you want me to do with this little money? You can use it to buy perfume to smoke mosquitoes." I don't want to, Miss Lan took the words of "walking away" but led to the intimacy of a husband and wife and said: "Then I will deposit the money in the bank. When I arrive in Nanyang, I have to use money for everything. You are used to eating and drinking. I can't let you suffer the slightest grievance."

Alas, this is such a sad thing.From the bottom of his heart, he really likes Miss Lan, especially when there are no guests and only the two of them get along, her beauty, her care, her ingenious way of manipulating the emotions of the two of them, and her His determination to get married and live a happy life often moves his heart.However, marrying a wife is not like taking a concubine. If he were to talk about marriage, he would have an unclean feeling towards Miss Lan's profession from the bottom of his heart.Being in love with one another is not the same thing as marrying a wife and having children, that's why he has been hesitant to make up his mind.Of course, if he really wanted to get married, he had to ask his superiors for approval first, but if he married a courtesan, his superiors would definitely think he was crazy.

Just after midnight, the phone rang.Miss Lan came in and said, "A man named Yang Dahui called you and said it was a 'murder case'." "Sledgehammer" was Yang Bingxin's code name, but he didn't understand how Yang Bingxin knew he was here. The eight rounds of mahjong outside have been played, and the "boss money" is being counted at the moment.The waiter would like to thank all the gentlemen for their rewards, and was trying to get the restaurant to deliver supper, but was stopped by Ms. Lan, and then she sent all the guests out cleverly, without offending anyone, and made these people feel that they must come again Have more fun.

After all the guests had left, even the tea room where the tables were being cleared was kicked out, Feng Jiusi picked up the phone, and couldn't help but admire secretly in his heart, if Miss Lan was willing to join the party organization and set up an underground transportation station in this place, she would definitely be a An impeccable hostess.The phone line was not very good, and there was a rustling noise. Yang Bingxin said in a heavy voice: "Another accident happened, you should come here quickly." He believed that Yang Bingxin also knew that their conversation on the phone might be overheard by the operator , I can't talk about the details, just ask the address and hang up.

Miss Lan said: "I have asked the waiter to call you a car from the car dealership, get dressed and go." He didn't know how Miss Lan guessed that he had something urgent to go out, but this thoughtfulness made people Feeling very comfortable, he said, "I'll come back tomorrow." Unexpectedly, Miss Lan said unexpectedly, "I'll go with you." This is not right, he quickly said: "I am going to the murder scene, the floor is covered with blood, arms and legs are flying around, it is not good-looking, you should sleep well at home." Miss Lan shook her head and said: "I don't I believe there will be some shocking case to work for you right now, I have to go and see, lest it is a 'fancy case'." He said: "You are unreasonable, how can there be a policeman who does not handle the case, you Go to sleep, I'll come back tomorrow." Miss Lan said: "I'll talk about tomorrow tomorrow, I've been suspecting these past few months, if you don't have friends outside, you just want to 'stop wives and marry again'. Isn't it just that you plan to marry me as a concubine so that you can enjoy the 'blessings of Qi people'."

He put on his coat and went out, and said with a wry smile: "You are singing, how can there be so many stories?" It's all on you, you have to reassure me." He knew that there was nothing reassuring about the affairs of Fengyue Field, but he never thought that Miss Lan would be so stubborn, which made him lose his mind for a while, so he had to leave her under the car for a while. Walk.I don't think so, Miss Lan had already expected his move. She called two cars, got in the back one first and said, "Wherever you go today, I will follow you." This is a big problem.There was a new homicide, and he had to rush to the scene immediately, but if he took Miss Lan with him, he really didn't know what his comrades would think of him, let alone the superiors.

At the intersection from the French Concession to the Chinese Territory, the Japanese soldiers drove them all out of the car, with glaring bayonets pointed at their chests, and the traitors brutally searched their bodies, and some people also searched the cars.Feng Jiusi had rich experience in dealing with such matters. Before going out, he hid the pistol in Miss Lan's shoe cabinet and didn't bring it with him.However, this also made him think of another thing. If this case involves a "group" of vicious gangsters, and he and Yang Bingxin run on both sides of the concession and the Chinese border, they must arrange weapons in advance in both places. just work.

The car was finally released, and drove forward for a while, and after turning a few turns, we arrived at the Santiaoshi factory area.Feng Jiusi sent the car back, and walked a short distance before he saw someone waiting for him with a lantern. He passed several alleys around the corner, and walked through a dark courtyard before entering a dilapidated factory building. As expected by Feng Jiusi, when Yang Bingxin saw Miss Lan, his eyes suddenly burst into flames.But to his surprise, Miss Lan called Yang Bingxin softly, "Brother", and then asked tremblingly, "Is that him?" Yang Bingxin said angrily, "My adoptive brother died a long time ago! If I die, I will never marry a heartless woman like you again, so get the hell out of here." Miss Lan's face was full of tears, and she stopped in her tracks.But Feng Jiusi thought, damn it, they knew each other, no wonder she insisted on following, could it be that she is also a "comrade", but she has some personal conflicts with this bad-tempered Yang Bingxin?However, he was not qualified to inquire about things that the party organization did not let him know, so he said to Miss Lan, "Wait for me by the door for a while, don't walk around or think about it, and talk about it when you have something to say." Following Yang Bingxin in, he was full of suspicion, and finally couldn't help asking: "What's your brother-in-law to do with her?" Yang Bingxin just sighed and said: "My poor brother-in-law is really a hard-working man. , but why did you bring that woman, how could she be with you?" Feng Jiusi did not answer these questions, because some content really cannot be answered.First of all, he didn't know what the relationship between Yang Bingxin and Miss Lan was.Secondly, he didn't know how many foster brothers Yang Bingxin had, and he didn't know if the "young brother" that Miss Lan inquired about was a "civet cat"?More importantly, if Ms. Lan is a comrade in the party and is ordered to do underground work in the foreign concession, is she taking the initiative to associate with him to complete the tasks assigned to her by the organization, or is it out of her own intention?So, before you figure out these things, the best way is to keep your mouth shut. A naked male corpse was placed next to the molten iron furnace, and there was a large iron pot not far away.Feng Jiusi knelt down to examine the corpse, and found that the man was young and strong, but his hands had been severed and his throat had been cut open.He wiped the blood from his throat with his hands, and found that the wound was not that big, it was just that the trachea had been cut off, and he couldn't make a sound. It is said that he would not die for a while; when he touched the body again, it felt sticky, but it was still there. Have body temperature.He hurriedly asked someone to pull the lamp over to illuminate it, only to find that the person was covered with burns, and even his hands were covered with broken skin—it turned out that this was the real cause of death. He stood up and looked at Yang Bingxin, but a worker next to him said: "After work, we will set up an iron pot to take a bath because there is still a fire in the stove. Every time, Erchui takes care of us to wash first. He is always the last one; just now when I got up at night, I found that the light was still on here, and when I came over to have a look, I realized that the second hammer had been 'cooked'." Feng Jiusi didn't understand, and quickly asked: "How to 'cook' it? ’?” The worker pointed to the big iron pot and said, “When I saw him, the second hammer was still in the pot, and there was a fire under it, and the water boiled.” Damn it, it seems that this time he is facing an extremely cruel criminal, and what is even more frightening is that he killed 4 people in 4 days, so he is probably consciously killing one person every day.It's past midnight now, I don't know who this guy's target is today.He turned to Yang Bingxin and asked, "Any other discoveries?" Before Yang Bingxin could speak, there was a sudden commotion outside the door. A few pseudo-policemen walked in with their arms swaying, followed by two people. He also recognized that person, it was Miss Lan's "Old Fighter" Zhou Xiaocun. The pseudo-police chief was also surprised when he saw him here, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Captain Feng, what are you doing?" Feng Jiusi ignored him, but went up to meet Zhou Xiaocun and asked, "Who are you?" Zhou Xiaocun said dryly Said: "I am also on business." Feng Jiusi knew that Zhou Xiaocun studied forensic medicine in Japan in his early years, and joined the Military Command Bureau after graduation and returned to China, and was promoted very quickly.This big man actually wants to do an autopsy himself today. It doesn't take much to ask that the Kuomintang people attach great importance to this case.It's just that the dead here are communists, so what does it have to do with them? He saw Zhou Xiaocun take off his coat, put on rubber gloves, open the small suitcase he carried with him, revealing such delicate gadgets as cameras, thermometers, magnifying glasses, pliers, tweezers, etc., and then squatted on the ground to examine the corpse very carefully from head to toe .It took a long time for Zhou Xiaocun to stand up, and while taking off his gloves, he politely asked Feng Jiusi, "What do you think?" Feng Jiusi replied firmly, "It's not a personal enmity that wouldn't make such a brutal move." Feng Jiusi was very complicated at this moment.He was originally ordered to solve the case and stop the murderer, but now that one person died, it was tantamount to accusing him of not doing a good job.And the appearance of Zhou Xiaocun made him feel that this matter is by no means as simple as it appears on the surface, but he still has no idea what the crux of the problem is. He took out the sterling silver flagon that never left his body, unscrewed the lid and handed it to Zhou Xiaocun, deliberately saying: "Death is like a lamp going out, please be patient." He was probing.Zhou Xiaocun took a sip of his wine and said: "The brandy is good, you don't have to be too sad. During the Anti-Japanese War, dead people were very common." He was also probing. Seeing that nothing came out of the trial, Feng Jiusi had no choice but to look around, and said to the workers and pseudo-policemen around him: "It's life anyway, we have to send him away, any of you can recite the "Mantra of Rebirth"?" See? When the man answered, he looked at Zhou Xiaocun again. Zhou Xiaocun turned to face the deceased, crossed his fingers and hugged his chest, bowed his head and said: "Our Father in heaven, may your name be hallowed, may your kingdom come...don't let us encounter temptation, save us Get rid of evil, because the kingdom, the power, and the glory belong to you forever. Amen." Feng Jiusi also recited the "Lord's Prayer" and crossed himself.He believes that the dead have the right to be respected, and at such a time, the party organization will not blame him for using Christian etiquette to requiem comrades. At this time Zhou Xiaocun said to him: "Thank you for my brother-in-law's matter, please call me if there is any progress in this case." He came and left quickly, and walked out while speaking.But his appearance just solved a problem for Feng Jiusi, so he hurriedly chased after him, put Miss Lan into his hand and said, "You are troubled, take her back." As for how Miss Lan would find a reason to explain to Zhou Xiaocun on the way back, He didn't have to bother at all. The outsiders all left, and the workers found an old kang mat, rolled up the body, tied it around the waist with jute rope three times, and said that the police had also come, and they would send it to the "righteous place" for burial at dawn. Feng Jiusi thought that some things must be done immediately, so he dragged Yang Bingxin into the cold courtyard, because he didn't want the workers to hear what he said next.He said: "This matter is definitely not over yet. There will be comrades sacrificed later. Don't compete with me. Take me to see the superiors." He was a teenager, but the words in his mouth were very hard: "The leader will not see you." Feng Jiusi said angrily: "What serious crime have I committed to treat me like this?" Yang Bingxin said: "Only God knows about this. The world knows, you know and the leader knows." Feng Jiusi said: "The leader can't see me, how can I know where I am wrong?" Seeing that Yang Bingxin still refused to let go, he had no choice but to say: "It's okay if you don't see the leader, you can find me the files of these comrades who died, and I will look at them early tomorrow morning." Yang Bingxin said: "It depends on the files. With the approval of the leader, I can report your request, but I can't guarantee the result." Feng Jiusi was so angry that he didn't know what to say, so he scolded: "You don't let me know who these people are and what they have done. How can I investigate? I don’t think you have class feelings at all, let alone camaraderie.” At this moment, he saw Yang Bingxin slowly raised his head, his eyes were shining faintly in the darkness, and there was no anger in his voice, only sadness.He said: "My name was originally Yang Dachui, but I changed it when I joined the party. The code name of the person who died was 'Monkey', and his real name was Yang Erchui. He was my brother and only brother..." Walking out of the iron factory alone, Feng Jiusi slapped himself hard.He thought he was impulsive and said the wrong thing... Feng Jiusi didn't get a few hours of sleep, so Yang Bingxin called at around six o'clock in the morning, saying that the higher ups were studying his request.Although he felt that the matter was extremely urgent and he didn't understand why the superiors were so slow in their actions, he still suppressed his anger this time, put aside the humiliation caused by the distrust of the leaders, and made an appointment with Yang Bingxin to meet at noon. Then I wanted to apologize for what happened yesterday, so I said, "It's about your brother..." But the other party hung up the phone. He felt that if he was really smart enough, he should quickly see through the essence of the case when he first took over, so that Yang Bingxin's younger brother might not be sacrificed.This is actually the original intention of the superior leader to entrust him with the task, but he himself has no wisdom, no talent, and failed to do the job well.Thinking of this, he no longer resented Yang Bingxin's rudeness, but concentrated his thoughts on the ins and outs of the case. However, so far, all he had mastered were four murder cases. As for the connection among them, he had no information to For reference.I hope Yang Bingxin can persuade the leader to show him the files of these comrades. After having breakfast at the Moscow food store, he first went to the police station and happened to ask Anderson about the bombing. Feeling relieved, seeing that it was almost 10 o'clock, I drove straight to Oxford Road and went to play chess with Mr. Ogura. Three months ago, Zhou Xiaocun introduced him to Ogura at an unimportant dinner, saying: "Mr. Ogura is a professor of law at Tokyo Imperial University. He came to China to do research, and he also wants to learn Chinese chess. Please ask me to I would like to introduce you to this 'big country player', please give him a class to teach chess." Feng Jiusi knew that since the Qing Dynasty, most of the spies sent by Japan to China were scholars, writers, doctors and businessmen. As a cover, but I don't understand why he came here specifically to find him. As for the appearance of this Professor Xiaocang, he was even more surprised, because, if you look at it purely from the appearance, Xiaocang's head and face are covered with layers of scars, it looks like a half-baked "Sixi meatballs" have no human form at all, let alone facial features, only a few holes and seams are left.Feng Jiusi often thought that with his appearance, even if it was his biological mother or first wife, as long as he didn't speak, he might not be able to recognize him.However, Feng Jiusi soon discovered that Mr. Xiaocang's knowledge was extraordinary, especially the analysis of criminal cases, which was always beyond his expectation, but often coincided with the real case surprisingly. Their class schedule is twice a week, in Xiaocang's apartment, for two hours each time, Feng Jiusi will teach Chinese chess for the first hour, and Xiaocang will teach "criminal investigation" for the next hour, so as not to pay each other. Tuition is gone.During this period of time, Feng Jiusituo’s friend sent a telegram to Imperial University to learn about this person, and the other party quickly replied to confirm that Professor Ogura was indeed doing research in China, and said that he was an upright and honest leftist scholar. A photo of Kokura.However, this photo is useless, because there is no "human" face on Xiao Cang's face now.According to what he himself said, he had a traffic accident and his car caught fire. Although he saved his life, he was in disrepair.At first Feng Jiusi still couldn’t trust this person, but after getting along for a long time, he found that Xiao Cang had no interest in Chinese politics, military affairs, or even justice. The topics he was really interested in were nothing more than Chinese chess, Chinese antiques, and Chinese food. Most of the discussion about criminal cases was to help him, so he gradually weakened his suspicious police heart. Xiaocang speaks both English and Chinese very well, so Feng Jiusi uses the two languages ​​alternately when communicating with him.Today, Feng Jiusi first explained the "Pingfeng horse against the cannon game". Xiaocang understood it quickly, and in the case of "giving way to a rook", he actually played a draw.After Ogura's retired "sumo wrestler" servant packed up the chessboard and replaced it with new tea, Ogura spread out the handouts, and then continued to teach "Serial Murder Case" in the first two classes. At this time, Feng Jiusi felt that he was suddenly blessed, and asked: "I have encountered a bizarre case in the past two days, which happens to be a serial murder case. Can you give me some advice?" It's not obvious, but it seems to be smiling kindly, and the words are still humble as usual: "Tell me." Omitting the victim's CCP identity, Feng Jiusi described the details of the case to Xiao Cang.Xiao Cang quickly recorded with the same hand full of scars, and then took out a large piece of paper, arranged the four unnamed dead in one, two, three, four on the left, and wrote the word "murderer" on the other side, Then write in the middle in turn: motivation, reason, participants, and the law of committing the crime. Xiao Cang opened his watery and gentle eyes, and said very politely: "It has always been my ideal to teach the cases that are being handled, but it is a pity that our Japanese police are very rigid and do not give me such an opportunity. Thank you for your consistent trust in me." Feng Jiusi said bluntly, but said in his heart, I am using your knowledge to solve my problem, maybe I will have to buy two "Daokou Roast Chicken" later to thank you . Xiao Cang continued: "Let's do a background analysis of the general situation first. You are a very smart and good policeman. You must have seen many things clearly. For example, the 'motivation' of the murderer is 'revenge'." Feng Jiusi said "Please explain in detail." Xiao Cang said: "Some of the deceased had their noses cut off, some had their tongues cut off, some had their eyes gouged out, and some had their hands cut off. It is not revenge in the general sense, but more like 'retribution'." Hearing this, Feng Jiusi was taken aback for a moment, feeling suddenly enlightened.Xiao Cang opened the bookcase again and took out a hand scroll, and asked the servant to help unfold it, Fang said: "This is in our Japanese Buddhist paintings, but it is actually an imitation of your Tang Dynasty painter Lulenga. Let's see what happens to people after death. Suffer the retribution of 'tongue out', 'nose cut', 'hand off', 'eye gouging out' and 'oil pan'." Damn, why didn't I think of this layer?Feng Jiusi couldn't help admiring Xiao Cang even more.At this time, Xiao Cang continued: "The murderer chose this method because he must have suffered great injustice and pain, and what caused him pain may be the corresponding 'sin' committed by the deceased during his lifetime. That should be the 'cause' of the crime." Feng Jiusi couldn't help being startled at this moment, and hurriedly asked what "sin" was?Ogura said: "I think the four people who died should have at least owed 'karmic debts' such as 'lying', 'touching unclean objects' and 'what you say is not what you see' in Buddhism. .” how could this be?What do these "karmic debts" have to do with the party's cause and party comrades?Feng Jiusi knew very well that he knew nothing about Buddhism, so he didn't dare to act rashly. Xiao Cang said again: "Furthermore, judging from the cruelty of the case, it is impossible for one person to carry out such revenge. At least two people are needed, preferably three or more. Therefore, 'participants' must never It would be one person, it should be 'many people'." This point is the same as Feng Jiusi's view, so he asked: "So, what is the murderer's law?" Xiao Cang said: "Kill one person a day, if his target is only these four people, his revenge plan has been completed. However, if the murderer's target is not limited to these four people, then he will kill again today, and he is completely sure that he can find and kill the next target." This view is also similar to Feng Jiusi's. He asked again: "Why didn't the murderer kill these people together, but chose to kill one person a day?" ', the murderer should be reminding the enemy who is about to be killed, or his biggest enemy who will be killed at the end, let him know that he is about to be brutally killed, and let him suffer in fear Waiting for the fate of being killed." Feng Jiusi asked: "Isn't he worried that the target to be killed will escape?" Xiao Cang laughed softly: "We are just guessing, to show how crazy the criminal is; this matter can also be understood from two aspects, either The criminal has been absolutely sure that he can find and kill the target, or the target thinks it is safe and does not think that the criminal has learned of the 'karmic debt' he owed, or the target does not know that he has owed it at all. This debt; from a psychological analysis, the former shows that the criminal is arrogant, and the latter shows that the criminal has more information than the victim, and is meticulous, cruel and cruel." At this time, Xiao Cang added "the next target" under the "law of committing the crime", and said: "I think the murderer should have at least one target that has not been killed, otherwise, he would have died on the person who was killed yesterday." Some marker should be left to celebrate the success of his vengeance." Feng Jiusi asked: "How can I find the next target before the murderer?" Xiao Cang shook his head, sighed and said: "From the general law, there should be an inevitable connection between the four dead, especially There should be an inevitable connection between these four people and the murderer, but now there is not enough information, so I can't speculate." Hearing this, Feng Jiusi hoped to see the file of the deceased more and more as soon as possible.