Chapter 9 chapter eight

T138 departed from Shanghai on time at 3:08 pm on July 6th, passing through Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Nanjing along the way, and finally arrived in Bengbu at 7:56 pm. When Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo got off the train, it was already dark.Ma Ming saw that it was getting late, and suggested that it would be better to find a place to stay first. Xiao Nuo asked if there was any familiar hotel, and Ma Ming shrugged and replied, "They will come to the door on their own initiative, so we don't need to do it." Sure enough, he told him As soon as they walked out of the train station, several people immediately surrounded them and asked them if they wanted to stay in a hotel. They could provide cheap and good hotels, and some even dragged them directly.Ma Ming bargained with them for a long time, and finally chose a hotel called "Xiangrui Hotel", two single rooms, 20 yuan a night, not including food.

The waiter at the Xiangrui Hotel was overjoyed when she saw the guests. Ma Ming asked her how far it was from the train station. She replied, "Not far, one stop at a time." wheel motorcycle.As a result, Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo sat for fifteen minutes before they saw the red signboard of "Xiangrui Hotel". "You're talking about a train, right?" When getting out of the car, Ma Ming said to the man half mockingly and half dissatisfied. After entering the hotel, the two paid the money and registered, and got the keys to see the room.These two rooms are a bit worn out, but they are still clean.Xiao Nuo returned to her room, put away her luggage, turned on the TV, and looked in the mirror to loosen the hair that had been coiled on her head.Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Ma Ming walked in with a thick book in his hand.

"How is it? Are you tired from this journey?" Ma Ming asked as soon as he entered the door. "It's okay, it's only been four hours, and I'm not tired." Xiao Nuo replied with a smile, combing her hair with a comb. "Today is almost done, starting tomorrow, we will go to the Public Security Bureau." "Do you know how to find it?" "Oh, I just asked for the Yellow Pages of Bengbu City at the service desk, and the address is clearly written on it." Ma Ming shook the thick book in his hand, "Compared with the map I bought at the train station, it's easy to find. Bengbu is much smaller than Shanghai."

Xiao Nuo nodded, let her long hair fall to her shoulders, and then walked to the window. It was dark outside the window, and I couldn't see anything clearly, only the noise of the city in the distance could be vaguely heard. "We are now in the same city as Zishan." She looked out of the window and said suddenly, unable to tell whether it was emotion or sigh. "That's right, it's amazing to say that, although we've been investigating the members of the Remnant Star Tower, among them, the only one you've really met is your cousin Tang Jing, and I haven't even met her."

"Should it be attributed to the Internet, or should it be blamed on the Internet?" Xiao Nuo turned his eyes to look at the TV screen, which was playing endless advertisements. "It's getting late, everyone go to bed early." Ma Ming stood up and patted her on the shoulder. Early the next morning, Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo got up at nine o'clock. They found a small restaurant and ate a basket of steamed buns before setting off. "Then... let me look at the map. We should take No. 16 to Zhongrong Road, then turn to No. 13... and walk south..." Ma Ming stood on the street, buried his head in the map, and muttered.Xiao Nuo looked at it funny, touched the map and said:

"Hey, it doesn't need to be so troublesome." "Hey? Do you know how to get there?" "I don't know, but of course someone knows." Xiao Nuo blinked at the bewildered Ma Ming, waved his hand, and a passing taxi stopped, "It's just a taxi, you idiot. " "fall……" The two got into the car and told the taxi driver to go to Bengbu Telecom Office.The driver didn't hesitate at all, turned around and left, he seemed to be a veteran who knew the route very well.The driver was very talkative, and he could tell at a glance that the two of them were foreigners, and he began to brag about the major tourist attractions in Bengbu along the way.

"What? Are there any tourist attractions in Bengbu?" Sitting in the car, Xiao Nuo asked in surprise, "I only knew it was a railway junction before." "There are many, Bianhe Cave, do you know? Heshibi is produced here; there is also the former residence of Lu Su, Tanghe Tomb, the capital of Ming Dynasty, the ruins of the ancient battlefield in Gaixia, Tushan is not far away, and Tushan is not far away. ?" "Is that the Tu Shan where Dayu's wife Tu Shan gave birth to a son?" Ma Ming asked suddenly. "Yes, there is still a Yuwang Temple on the mountain now. It would be a pity for you two to come to Bengbu and not go there."

"Go and see when you have time." "You can rent my car, I'll give you a cheaper price, one hundred yuan a day, you can go anywhere you want." "Hmm..." Xiao Nuo and Ma Ming both nodded perfunctorily. They came to Bengbu, but they didn't have extra time and interest for sightseeing. While talking, the car stopped, and the Bengbu City Public Security Bureau was nearby. When the two entered the Public Security Bureau, they both felt a little uneasy. After all, according to common sense, good citizens rarely set foot here.The big characters of the Bengbu City Public Security Bureau seemed particularly stressful, which made one's heart shudder.

More majestic than the big characters at the door are the police here.Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo thought things were too simple.After they explained their purpose to the police at the reception desk, the policeman's face immediately turned down, and he said coldly to the two of them: "No, this is a confidential unit. Only internal personnel with a letter of introduction from the provincial public security bureau can inquire." "Can you accommodate me, we have something urgent to do." "If you can't do it, you can't do it. This is a system, and there is no room for accommodation!"

Rejected firmly, Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo had no choice but to walk out of the police station, and it took less than five minutes. "Oh, what should we do now?" Xiao Nuo asked in frustration. Ma Ming frowned, folded his hands in front of his chest: "Let me think about it, this is really difficult. My friend is on a business trip, but it's not very useful to find him..." Xiao Nuo looked anxiously at Ma Ming, who was in deep thought, when suddenly a voice came from behind. "Hey, it's me, yes, I'm Xiaohan, the thing I mentioned to you last time..." When Xiao Nuo heard this voice, she hurriedly turned her head and saw a young man in his twenties standing behind her and talking on his mobile phone. He was of medium build and looked very capable. certificate.Judging from the voice, Xiao Nuo immediately remembered that he was Han Fei, the reporter who reported Su Xuejun's suicide in Shanghai.

Why did he also come to Bengbu? Thinking of this, the little Nora pulled Ma Ming's sleeve, leaned over to his ear and whispered to him, Ma Ming was startled, and turned to look at the man. Xiao Nuo walked up to Han Fei, waited for him to finish calling on the phone, and asked in a low voice: "Are you Mr. Han Feihan?" Seeing a girl whom he had never met before, and calling him by his name, Han Fei couldn't help showing doubts: "Yes, I am Han Fei, and you are..." "I'm Xiao Nuo, don't you remember me?" "Xiao Nuo...Xiao Nuo..." Han Fei frowned, repeating the name over and over again, still looking dazed. "Just last month, I called you to ask about Su Xuejun's suicide case." "Oh~~oh~~!" Han Fei patted his head, "I remembered! I remembered!" I don't know if he really remembered it or was just trying to put Xiao Nuo in a perfunctory way, but he can't be blamed for it. It's not easy to force a reporter to remember a person who only called once half a month ago. "Why did you also come to Bengbu?" "Oh, I'm here to collect folk songs. Taili is going to make an Anhui travel album." Probably because of Xiao Nuo's cuteness and sweet mouth, Han Fei quickly opened up the chatter box and started chatting endlessly, while Ma Ming stood beside him silently.When Xiao Nuo heard that Han Fei said that he had an old classmate working here at the Public Security Bureau, his heart moved, and he quickly chose a suitable time to beg Han Fei to help them check the IP address. "Huh?..." Han Fei was silent for a while when he heard what Xiao Nuo said, "It's not difficult, my classmate happens to be in charge of this department. It's just why you want to investigate? Don't it be FLG or something else? website." "How could it be, no. He is a netizen of Mr. Xue, and we want to find him." Xiao Nuoxin said that this was not a lie. "Did he cheat money or people? These days, deception by using the Internet is a common occurrence. Could it be that Su Xuejun jumped off the building because he has something to do with it? The Internet has changed?" Han Fei was born with a sense of news, and a series of questions fully demonstrated his professional instincts, and Xiao Nuo couldn't speak for him. "How about it." Han Fei took out his notepad and said with a smile, "Let's make an exchange, I'll check your IP address for you, and you tell me this news, how about it?" "...Uh... this..." Xiao Nuo looked at Ma Ming for help, and the latter made a gesture of approval, so she nodded to Han Fei, "Okay." So Han Fei asked them to wait at the door, and he walked into the Public Security Bureau alone.Xiao Nuo and Ma Ming stood in the shade of the trees on the street, waiting for him to come out.The weather was very hot that day, cars were coming and going on the street, and the heat was rolling. Xiao Nuo couldn't bear it, so he ran to the side of the road to buy an ice cream and came back to eat. Ma Ming still leaned against the tree trunk with a bored expression on his face. "Hey, by the way, why did you ask me to agree to let Han Fei write the news?" "Only in this way can we obtain the necessary information." "...but... do you really want to tell him the truth..." Xiao Nuo asked suspiciously. There was a sly gleam behind Ma Ming's glasses. "Hey, just tell him, anyway, no TV station will broadcast this kind of news. Midnight fierce Q? This is a story suitable for weekend theaters." About an hour later, Han Fei walked out from the Public Security Bureau. "Hey, here are the details of that IP address." Han Fei handed Xiao Nuo a torn note from the memo, "Don't forget our agreement." "No, I left you my mobile phone. When we find that person, we will definitely tell you the cause and effect." "Then, I will take my leave first." After Han Fei finished speaking, he summoned a taxi and left.Xiao Nuo and Ma Ming opened the note in their hands, which read: "Tiandi Internet Cafe, owner Zheng Shengli." The next action is naturally to go to this Tiandi Internet Cafe.The address on the note was clearly written, Xiao Nuo and Ma Ming found it without much effort.If the IP address is correct, then this is where Zishan went online. This is a private small Internet cafe, which is opened on the first floor of a residential building. The wall facing the street has been removed and replaced with a gate. The size of the room is about the same as a bedroom in an ordinary house. The table, at a glance, is known to have been remodeled from a private house.There was a middle-aged fat man sitting behind the desk, probably the boss here. In order to establish a good relationship first, Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo first paid for an hour, and each found a machine to go online.It was almost 12 o'clock at noon, and there were still few people here. Ma Ming deliberately chose a computer next to the table, so that it was easy to talk to the boss. After browsing the Internet for a while, Ma Ming pretended to be chatting casually, turned his head and asked the boss: "Hey, boss, the speed of this Internet cafe is good. How long has it been open?" "Of course, I'm willing to spend a lot of money." The boss was very happy to hear the flattery, and replied proudly, "I have been here for more than a year, and I have a good reputation from far and near. Keep up with the pace of the times, and pretend to be whatever is popular, "Stone Age", "King of Kings", you can play whatever you want." "So there are many people who come here often?" "It's not bragging, I have at least one or two hundred regular customers here." "Do you know that there is a person named Zishan here?" "...uh... I haven't heard of it." Ma Ming hammered his head and cursed the idiot secretly, "Zishan" is an ID only used in Canxing Building, no more than seven people know it, how could the owner of this Internet cafe know.So he paused, and then asked: "Then do you know that there is a website named Lengmian Feihu?" "Cold Noodle Flying Fox" is the public ID used by "Zishan" in Youjian Inn, maybe the boss will know something. "Huh? Cold-faced Flying Fox? Are you talking about Xia Weiyi?" The boss asked casually, Ma Ming's heart trembled, and Xiao Nuo's hand holding the mouse trembled. "Boss, Xia Wei is the only one using the name Cold Noodle Flying Fox to go online this time, isn't he?" "Yes, I've seen it. He used it a lot before." "...So... is he still here?" "Hey, he committed suicide more than two months ago. He's a pretty good kid." "..." Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo looked at each other, tacit understanding.Jinghong, Liuli, Ming and Shengzhou all died on June 16th, today is July 7th, less than a month later, and Zishan committed suicide two months ago. "Then..." Ma Ming adjusted his breathing, "Do you know why he committed suicide?" "Who knows, it's inexplicable. When others told me, I didn't believe it. That girl is usually careless, so it's impossible for her to commit suicide." Hearing this, Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo were shocked and stood up at the same time. "Zishan is a woman?!" The Internet is an illusory world, and it is also a huge mask that can completely cover up the identity in reality.On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog, and gender inversion is pretty common.They actually ignored this possibility and were misled by the setting of the Canxing Tower, thinking that Zishan was a man. "...You...do you know the address of her home?" It was Xiao Nuo who asked the question this time. "Oh, it's the family building over there, Unit 2, on the right side of the third floor. Her parents and I are acquaintances, and their house is just like this, alas." The boss's tone was full of emotion, shaking the newspaper in his hand . The two stopped surfing the Internet at the moment, thanked the boss immediately, and walked towards Xia's only—that is, Zishan—home. The information obtained this time was too unexpected. The speculations made by Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo before were all wrong.Zishan was not a man, nor did he die on June 16th.This shocked them both. The family building looked like a building from the 1970s and 1980s. It was old, with mottled walls and a musty smell.The corridor is very dark, and there are sundries piled up on each floor, so it is very narrow.Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo stepped up carefully, and soon came to the third floor. The door of the house on the right was closed, and the anti-theft door was also locked, with a faded "Fu" crookedly pasted upside down on the door.Xiao Nuo knocked on the door, but there was no movement. It seemed that the master had gone out. "What should I do? Do you want to wait?" Ma Ming asked, but before Xiao Nuo could answer, he saw a person walking up the stairs slowly, but the corridor was very dark and his face could not be seen clearly. The man walked to the corner stairs on the second and a half floors and stopped because he saw Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo. "Who... are you looking for?" At this time, the two of them saw clearly that the person who came was a middle-aged woman with gray hair and many wrinkles on her face, wearing a light gray top, blue flower sleeves on her hands, and a bundle of cabbage in her hand. "Excuse me, is this Xia Wei's home?" Hearing this question, the cabbage in the middle-aged woman's hand fell to the ground with a "crack", and she hurriedly bent down to pick it up, and Xiao Nuo hurried down the stairs to help.Although the corridor was very dark, she still noticed that the middle-aged woman's hands trembled slightly when she was picking vegetables. She welcomed the two into the room, and said in a low voice, "Please sit down, and I'll pour you a cup of tea." Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo sat on the chairs and looked around.This is a very ordinary family, the living room is very small, a single-door refrigerator and a five-drawer kitchen occupy nearly half of the area, the sitting clock on the five-drawer kitchen is still a quartz clock from the 1980s; the chairs are very old, and the edges are worn out. Bai; there is a big family portrait on the wall, there are three people in total: a middle-aged couple and a girl, all three of them are smiling happily. "Are you... are Xia Weiyi's mother?" Xiao Nuo asked, because she saw the middle-aged woman in the family photo, but in the photo she was much younger than now. "Yes, you are the only friends." Xia Wei's only mother brought two cups of hot tea, and Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo took them with both hands. "That's right. We're here to find out how... er... how she died." Ma Ming deliberately avoided her question. Neither he nor Xiao Nuo wanted to lie to such an old man, but they couldn't tell the real purpose of their trip either.The three exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then got to the point. Mother Xia sat on a chair opposite them, looked up at the family portrait, her eyes were red, as if she was about to cry.After a short time, she lowered her head, took off her sleeve, and began to speak slowly. "Two months ago, on May 4th. The only station where the child's father went to pick him up when he came back from other places. After returning, the child's father said that she was in a bad mood. At that time, we didn't take it seriously, thinking that she was too old for the journey. Tired. Two days later, on May 6th, she said she would go out early in the morning, but she hadn’t come back at night. My child’s father and I searched everywhere, but we couldn’t find it. Then the next day, the police Called my family and said that in the woods of Zhanggongshan Park—oh, this is a park in our city of Bengbu—a girl who committed suicide by taking sleeping pills was found, but the rescue failed. A phone book was found with her , there is the phone number of our own house on it. We rushed over to check, and it was the only one... I... I don't know why that child... If only I found out that she was not in the right mood at the time... how could she be so overwhelmed Well...for the past two months, I have been...always..." Having said this, Mother Xia bowed her head and sobbed.During the whole process, Xiao Nuo and Ma Ming didn't interrupt her, seeing this crying mother felt sad for a while.Xiao Nuo seemed to see Tang Jing's mother and Su Xuejun's mother, and superimposed them with Xia's mother. "So..." Ma Ming was the first to speak, "Is the only thing left behind a suicide note, or is there a habit of keeping a diary?" Mother Xia shook her head. "Does she have a computer?" "The child's father was laid off last year, and the family has always been very poor. How can he have money to buy a computer? It's just that the child likes to surf the Internet. I think she is not picky about what to eat or what to wear. The child must be satisfied with this hobby, so let her go to the Internet. Go to the Internet cafe opposite, the boss is our acquaintance." "By the way, you said that the only one came back from another place on May 4th. Do you know where she went?" "Shanghai, she said she was going to meet a friend. Later, on May 9, her friend in Shanghai called her, but at that time..." Ma Ming nodded, and winked at Xiao Nuo, the two of them simultaneously thought of the photo of Tang Jing and Su Xuejun on May 1st, and the third person outside that photo must be Xia Weiyi. "The person who called, do you still remember her name?" "It seems..." Mother Xia put her fingers against her temples and tried her best to recall, "I think it's called Qinghong or Qinghong... Sorry, I don't remember clearly." All the leads are connected. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when Xia Wei's family came out.Although Xia's mother asked them to stay for dinner, they politely refused.The two walked to the bus stop facing the street. Ma Ming looked carefully at the stop sign and route map, and suddenly said: "I think it is necessary to visit Zhanggongshan Park." "Huh? Going there? For what?" "Confirming one thing is of great significance to us." Ma Ming took off his glasses and wiped them, and said solemnly. "Xia's only death?" "Let's put it this way. In fact, when I saw Zishan's post was deleted by the Canxinglou Forum, I had a suspicion. Now that I have considered all the circumstances, this suspicion is more worthy of attention. I went to Zhanggongshan Park, just to do the final confirmation. .” "Are you going now?" Xiao Nuo asked. "Let's wait a little later. The map says Zhanggongshan Park doesn't close until 7:30. It's only 3:00, and it's broad daylight. It's not easy to find." Although Ma Ming said it with a smile, Xiao Nuo shivered for no reason when he heard "it's not easy to find the ones in broad daylight". "Then, let's find a place to rest first. Is there any bookstore near here?" "Oh, why do you want to go to the bookstore everywhere!" "It's not to kill time, it's a necessary preparation before going to Zhanggongshan Park." Ma Ming shook his index finger mysteriously, "Besides, there's nothing wrong with young people absorbing more knowledge."