Chapter 19 Chapter Six

It was already one o'clock in the morning when Murray and his son walked out of the police station. They didn't want to stay in this place anymore and drove back to the city immediately. Mu Dongcheng didn't go back to his own home, but went to his father's house (what is the son doing...).Although it was very late now, father and son were sleepless after such a terrible thing. They sat in the living room and talked about this horrible and surprising incident. "Dad, let's try to figure out what's going on." Mu Dongcheng said. Murray sighed: "Didn't we already analyze it in the police station just now? There are so many possibilities, how would we know which one it is?"

Mu Dongcheng looked at his father and said, "Dad, I couldn't say this in front of the police just now, but now it's just us and my father, so I'll just say it - the death of this old gentleman will definitely have an appointment with her." It has something to do with your meeting at eleven o'clock!" Murray was taken aback by his son's words, but he had to admit that it was true—to say that the murder had nothing to do with him at all was a coincidence and self-deception. After being bored for a while, Murray murmured, "But, what does it matter? I can't figure it out."

Mu Dongcheng was clearly thinking more clearly than his father at the moment. "That kind of meat! Why else?" Murray pondered for a long time, then said, "You mean, that old gentleman probably got killed because he promised to tell me the secret of this meat?" "It's entirely possible." Mu Dongcheng reminded, "The Qinghui next to him is now the biggest suspect." Murray thought about it carefully for a while, and nodded involuntarily: "...Indeed, when the old man promised to tell me the secret of that meat, Qinghui stood aside with a melancholy expression, as if he didn't agree..."

Having said that, Murray turned his head and looked at his son in confusion: "But even if she disagrees, why did she kill the old gentleman? And the method is so cruel!" "I don't know about that." Mu Dongcheng said, "But I can be sure that the origin of this meat is definitely not simple, and it may be related to some very important things." Murray said in great frustration: "Originally, I thought I would know everything tonight (actually last night), but I didn't expect such a terrible thing to happen, and now the old man is dead. The secret of this meat , may become an eternal mystery..."

Mu Dongcheng shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, Dad, if our speculation is correct, there should be one person in the world who knows the secret of this kind of meat." Murray stared at his son with wide eyes, "You mean... Qing Hui?" "Although it's just a hypothesis, it's very likely." Murray said: "But now it seems that this Qinghui may have run away, and I don't know where she is hiding. How can we find her?" "Of course I can't find it," Mu Dongcheng sighed, "Dad, why are you so persistent? I have no objection to your pursuit of this matter before, but now people have been killed, and it's so terrifying! You still want to continue Continue to search? This time, this Qinghui just wants to blame you, if he doesn't give up after seeing you, maybe he will do something to you!"

Murray's back shivered when he thought of the old man's horrible death.Mu Dongcheng continued: "And this time we were really lucky. We happened to sit in the barbecue restaurant until 10:40 before we had witnesses to prove that we had no time to commit the crime. Otherwise, we might be the number one suspect in the eyes of the police. people!" Indeed... This time I almost got into trouble, if I continue to pursue, maybe even my name will be lost... Murray's brows are deeply frowned, the male knife, really can only be forced to give up? Mu Dongcheng further persuaded: "Dad, in fact, there are many incomprehensible things and unsolvable mysteries in this world. Why do you have to make everything clear? As long as you try to relax and pay attention to other things Fresh and interesting things will slowly untie this knot that has been entangled in your heart for decades."

Murray stared at his son for a while, and said, "Dongcheng, I know you well. Your curiosity is actually stronger than mine. Why are you willing to give up on this matter?" If the law has gender, it must be the mother. because it's unfair.Ye Yuanchao, a good old man who has been a peacemaker for half his life, never dreamed that he would be reduced to ruins before retirement.A year ago, Ye Yuanchao's only daughter, Ye Qing, broke up with the son of the secretary of the County Commission for Discipline Inspection not long ago, and a dispute arose between the two parties. In a fit of rage, the son drove Ye Qing to death on the spot.Afterwards, it was determined by the public security and traffic unions that it was a traffic accident. Because the facts of the case were clear, the court decided not to open the trial, and the procuratorate did not prosecute the case with criminal charges.For this matter, Ye Yuanchao's wife had been asking for an autopsy, but she was always dissuaded by this kind-hearted man, who tried to comfort his wife with the attitude of calming down the matter and letting the dead not be brought back to life.His wife quarreled with him constantly, suffered from severe depression, and finally committed suicide by jumping off the building.In an instant, Ye Yuanchao was left alone in his happy little family.On the night of the anniversary of his wife's death, he drank wine and cried in grief.After a moment of catharsis, he pulled out the pistol he hadn't pulled in years.At this time, a pair of young and gentle hands held his shoulders and told him, just let me handle everything.

"Because I don't want to lose your yarn, and I don't want to lose you." Mu Dongcheng said sadly, "I no longer have a mother, so I can't live without a father." When Murray heard his son say this, he sighed: "Okay, I won't be persistent anymore." Mu Dongcheng smiled and said: "That's all right. Then I'm going home, Dad, you can rest." "Going home so late? Just stay here." "No, I have to rush to work tomorrow. Your place is too far away from my work." Mu Dongcheng waved his hand, opened the door, and walked out.

Murray went to the door and told his son to pay attention to safety and drive slowly, then closed the door and locked it. Mu Dongcheng took the elevator downstairs.His car is parked downstairs.After getting in the car, he took a look at the actions of the co-pilot. On the seat, there was a plastic bag with something in it. Mu Dongcheng looked at the things for a while, and his eyes slowly moved to the front. He didn't start the car immediately, but sat in his seat, thinking. Murray stopped his son's persuasion, and did not pursue it persistently.Week after week, apart from recording programs on TV stations, he wandered around antique shops and painting and calligraphy markets. He wanted to develop other hobbies besides eating. He also bought a new computer and studied at home when he had nothing to do.Murray found a lot of fun on the computer-gradually, his attention to that matter really weakened.As Mu Dongcheng said, after this knot died, he slowly took the exam.

But fate seems to be against him.A phone call made Murray's already calm life make waves again. This call was made by Murray's old friend Shixian on Tuesday morning. After a few rounds of pleasantries, he got to the point. "Mom, tomorrow is Wednesday, shall we go to a private restaurant in Yuechuan Ancient Town for dinner?" Murray's heart trembled, he held the phone receiver and didn't know what to say - Shixian obviously didn't know about such a big matter in Shanpinju, it can be seen that the police blocked the news very well, Director Liu told me not to do this Things get out.Murray thought to himself, how can he tell the food fairy?

Shi Xianjian didn't respond for a long time, and said, "Old Mu, are you listening?" "Ah, I'm listening..." "How about it, are you free? I can call and make a reservation if I can." Murray hesitated and said, "I might not be able to go to that private restaurant..." "Huh? Why?" "I heard that there seems to be something wrong with the boss there." "What happened?" People turned into pieces, "... I don't know." Shi Xian was stunned for a moment, "Really? I'll call and ask." "Don't call, it doesn't work, I tried it earlier." Murray said. "Ah... won't it be closed in the future?" "may be." "Oh! This... I won't be able to eat the delicacy there anymore?" Food Immortal said in great disappointment, "I should have known, I should have insisted on eating there last week..." Murray was also a little frustrated at first, but when he suddenly heard such a sentence from the food fairy, he opened his eyes wide and asked, "What? What did you just say?" Food Immortal seemed to realize that he had made a slip of the tongue, and he paused for a while before hesitatingly said: "...I said, we planned to eat last week, but we didn't eat enough..." Murray frowned. "What day is Shanhe?" "Wednesday." Murray gasped—last Wednesday? !Isn't it the day when it happened?That day, he and his son Mudong City were in Yuechuan Ancient Town—is Shixian also there? !Murray hurriedly asked, "Did you go to Yuechuan Ancient Town last Wednesday?" "……yes." "Which people?" Shi Xian hesitated for a while, and seemed to be planning to tell Murray the whole truth. "It's like this, Lao Su made a reservation in advance, and then handed it over to me and Lao Chen, planning to go to Shanpinju to taste delicious food again." "..." Before Murray could speak, Shixian explained, "Old Mu, don't worry too much. It's not that we won't ask you to eat together. It's just..." "Just what?" "It was Lao Su's treat that day, and we couldn't say anything. He said, after we went to eat last time, you went to ask the chef about the stewed meat in the crock pot, and he seemed a little unhappy. He was afraid of you If we go again this time, people don’t want to see us..." Murray shook his head irritably: "Forget it, I don't want to pursue whether he invited me or not. I just want to know, what happened to you when you went to Shanpinju that day? Why didn't you succeed?" Said in advance: "I don't know what happened. Lao Su made a reservation. We drove and arrived at Yuechuan Ancient Town after three o'clock in the afternoon. We still found a production manager to drink tea and chat. But after four o'clock At that time, Lao Su borrowed a phone call from Shanpinju, saying that the chef's old man was ill and couldn't cook today, and asked us to go another day. "Of course we were very disappointed. We thought we had to go back and find another restaurant to eat. But Lao Su was obviously more disappointed than any of us. He was extremely depressed. He was bored for a long time and said angrily that he was going to find another restaurant. The director of a private restaurant reasoned - how can you change the dinner that you have made with the guests? "At that time we persuaded him, saying that he was sick, and he was an old man, how dare he ask him to cook for us while sick? But Su said that this might be an excuse-if he was sick, he would have been sick long ago. Did he inform the guest? It was clearly because of another reason, so he had to find out. "We couldn't persuade him, and we didn't want to follow him to question the old gentleman. So Old Su told us to go back first, and he went to talk to them alone. We didn't know what to do. We knew that he had a stubborn temper, so we had no choice but to let him go—that is. so." "And then? Are you really leaving first?" Murray asked. "yes." "What did Old Su tell that old gentleman?" "I don't know, I didn't go with him again." "You didn't ask him afterward?" "No. Lao Su hasn't contacted us since then, and I haven't contacted him either." Murray held the receiver and thought for a moment, then said, "Okay, that's it." He hung up the phone without waiting for Shi Xian to respond. His eyebrows were tightened like two strands of hemp rope.This phone call made him fall into the suspicion of the Mist Office again.Things that I didn't want to pay attention to anymore, people can't help but think about and investigate. It was so strange. Murray knew that last Wednesday, there was a table of guests who had ordered a meal at Shanpinju, but she never expected that this table was actually Lao Su and the others! Moreover, Shixian just revealed an important piece of information—Old Su went to look for the old gentleman alone.Murray remembered that when he left Shanpinju, it was around 4:20 in the afternoon.So, as soon as he left, Lao Su roared and came?It's just that they happen to be staggered. What is Lao Su going to do with the old gentleman from Shanpinju?What happened there?I heard from Shixian that Old Su was very dissatisfied, and angrily went to the old gentleman to argue, could it be... No, it's impossible.Murray shook his head vigorously, trying to shake this terrible thought out of his mind. No matter how bad-tempered Lao Su was, no matter how disappointed he was when he didn't eat this meal, he couldn't do such absurd and terrible things like murdering and mutilating corpses. things to come. But it suddenly occurred to Murray that one thing is certain—Shan Pin Ju had indeed lied to Old Su and the others. Old Su's judgment was correct, the old gentleman was not sick at all, but just made an excuse.When Murray went to look for him, he was fine, why did he suddenly become ill? Murray's eyeballs rolled a few times, and suddenly he felt that this series of things could be connected in series - I went to the old gentleman first, and he made an appointment to meet me at eleven o'clock in the evening; it may be for this reason that they later I just found an excuse to turn down the reserved guests; but Lao Su felt something was wrong, so he went to them to argue.After that, something must have happened. What happened? There is only one person who can answer this question.