Chapter 17 chapter Five

In this way, the stage of the beer crate robbery jumped straight into the night. At two o'clock in the night after the early morning, Ukai and Liuping were still located near Mengmeng Street, but no one should have noticed them. They squatted on the bank of the Xingchuan River, watching the direction of Mengmeng Street through the guardrail.This is not perverted voyeurism, but genuine detective surveillance.While the manifest behavior is the same, the purpose of being at the base is much more legitimate. The dense and tall grass beside the road has become an excellent hiding place for them.However, the temperature and humidity of tropical nights, the unique grassy smell of summer grass, and the merciless attacks of mosquitoes make it extremely difficult to monitor in midsummer nights.And at this time, there are no pedestrians on Mengmeng Street, only sporadic cars and motorcycles pass by occasionally.Liuping finally complained because of excessive boredom and stuffiness.

"I'm thirsty and I really want a beer." "..." "I'm thirsty...I want a beer..." "It's useless to speak like Sayaka." Ukai asserted facing forward. "How can a detective drink beer while watching? Besides, didn't you drink beer during the day?" "What are you talking about, I didn't drink any beer or barley tea in the end." "Well, that's right." Ukai fumbled in his suit pocket as if remembering something, and took out a can of beer—to be precise, a can of non-alcoholic beer.He was like a chicken hatching an egg, keeping it warm in his suit pocket all day long. "If you want to drink, I will give it to you. This is originally your thing."

"How can you drink this kind of beer that has been heated by body temperature?" Pay me back if you don't!No, I want to drink!After this troublesome dispute, the can of beer was tucked into the pocket of the flat field coat. "Speaking of which, who will come and do something in the middle of the night like this? Mr. Ukai already has a clue, right? Then it's okay to tell me, right?" "No, not yet." "Why? I see. It's the theory that detectives often say, right? Before you get absolutely infallible evidence, you can't speak out your reasoning. This is the unique morality of a detective."

"If you want to think so, so be it. In fact, I just don't want to lose face if the surveillance fails, so I don't want to say it at all right now." "That's it, how weak." Liu Ping, who was squatting in the grass, suddenly felt uneasy. Could it be that Yukai really didn't have any clues?Surveillance in the middle of the night today, maybe you will only be bitten by mosquitoes all over your body, and it will be futile in the end?In the end, this surveillance is very strange, what is the purpose?To catch a beer crate thief?But what can you do if you catch it?Sayaka Yoshioka might be happy, but a detective can't make a dime?

"Mr. Ukai, in the end why..." When Ukai asked such a question, Ukai suddenly made a nervous voice. "Oh! Finally something happened!" Liu Ping didn't say any more, and looked straight ahead from the gap in the weeds.A white light source illuminates the dark alley until now, and following the light, an object with a special outline appears in the alley.The true face of the light is the headlights of the vehicle, which appears to be a van or pickup truck.At this moment, the pelican who had been cautious until now suddenly made a noise like a nine-official bird that has just learned to speak.

"Okay, Liu Ping, I will answer your question now! Of course I have already seen through the whole case perfectly! The reason why I have remained silent until now is based on the unique moral outlook of a famous detective..." "You obviously didn't have confidence just now, why are you showing off all of a sudden now?" Liuping shouted as if to interrupt Yukai's nonsense. "Don't mention this, what are you going to do with that car?" "Don't let the car leave the alley, even block it with your body, let's go!" Before he finished speaking, Yukai rushed out of the grass, jumped over the guardrail, crossed Mengmeng Street, and just rushed into the alley.The lights of the car had already approached the front, and Yukai bravely and resolutely blocked in front of the car that was about to accelerate, shouting "Stop!" and opened his hands wide to stop it.However, with the sound of "Boom!", his iron will and his flesh and blood body could only be knocked away miserably in the face of the steel vehicle. "Pfft!"

The bird that was hit by the car flew into the air, turned two and a half times backwards and landed in the middle of the alley.The rear wheels of the vehicle make an emergency braking sound.Ukai did as he said, successfully blocked the car with his body.No, it's not sure if it can be declared a success, but the car stopped for now.Liuping felt like seeing a moment that he couldn't see, and his body couldn't help shaking. "Mr. Uuuukai, you, you, you, are you all right, are you going to die..." "I'm not dead..." Ukai said weakly, "Liuping, I'll leave it to you..."

"Hey, even if you want to leave it to me..." What should I do in this kind of situation? Liu Ping looked at the fallen Ukai and the vehicle in front of him interactively.The vehicle is a white pickup truck, with a dark green canvas canopy set up on the rear cargo box, and the driver's window is fully open.Liuping looked into the car, holding the steering wheel tremblingly, it was a blushing man with a blushing face, he must be the boss of Fujiwara Real Estate - Fujiwara Genji. Liuping and the others focused their surveillance on an alley from the very beginning, and the car appeared from an alley, so of course they expected that the person driving was from Fujiwara Fudosan.Liuping thought it was the handsome son driving the car, but it turned out to be the father.

In any case, since the driver hit and injured the pelican, he must be held responsible.In addition, Ukai also said that it will be handed over to Liuping in the future, so it has to do what should be done at this time.After Liuping made up his mind, Dantian threatened in a low voice with all his might. "Hey, hey, what's going on, you actually hurt my elder brother? Brat, you're so kind, don't think you'll be able to escape unscathed, quickly hand over the condolence money and medical expenses, or I'll call the police, you bastard!" Liuping kicked the tire with his heel, and the dying Ukai sighed.

"... Liuping, you idiot... This is a fake car accident to swindle money... This is the trick of a black-hearted swindler..." "Hey, isn't it? Otherwise, what should I do?" Seek advice on leveling.On the other hand, Genji Fujiwara, who was in the driver's seat of the pickup truck, trembled more and more, and said softly as if reciting a mantra: "Call the police...Do you want to call the police...?" Soon, Genji Fujiwara seemed to be broken somewhere in his heart, and he was caught off guard. He made a strange sound of "Whoa!" "How can I call the police ah ah ah ah ah!"

Before he could finish his yelling, he slammed on the accelerator, desperate to get the pickup truck to start in an emergency.The unexpected evolution caused the dying pelican in the middle of the alley to make an unexpectedly energetic cry of "Wow!", and rushed to the side of the road to seek refuge with a more agile movement than usual. "Liu Ping, don't let him escape! This time it's your turn to block with your body!" "Yes!" Liu Ping responded.Even so, it is impossible to catch up with the pickup truck that started, as long as you make an appearance to chase it... When Liu Ping expected this, the pickup truck suddenly slowed down in order to make a 90-degree right turn at the entrance of the alley.Liu Ping, who accidentally easily chased the pickup truck, had no choice but to go with the flow and jump to the right side of the pickup truck. Fortunately or unfortunately, he just grabbed the canvas roof of the cargo bucket with his left hand.Leveling is like an emergency firefighter hanging on the right side of the fire truck (to make it easier to understand, it is the posture of Little Shuangxia No. 1) hanging on the side of the pickup truck.In the next moment, the small truck that was cornering sprinted and rushed along Mengmeng Street.Liuping fell into a situation where he couldn't help but want to get out of the car, and felt his face gradually lose color. "Stupid Stupid Stupid Stupid! Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop!" Liuping faced the fully opened driver's window in front of him, shouting "Idiot" and "Stop" as hard as he could.But Genji Fujiwara in the driver's seat silently closed the window manually. Close the window!Close the window! "Are you kidding me, hello!" Liu Ping was too angry, and punched the driver's window with his right fist.But the fist was only bounced off the hard car window.No, it's no longer possible to touch a hair in the car. But no problem.I don't know how it is in other towns, but all the roads in Wuzuichuan City are equipped with the latest traffic control system called "traffic lights", and the environment does not allow small trucks to run rampant.Look, when I was thinking like this, there was a red light at the intersection in front of me.Stop it, stop it, come on, come on!Liuping is full of anticipation, waiting for this moment to come... "..." The small truck maintained its speed and crossed the intersection. "Run, run a red light?" The intersection immediately became chaotic.The pickup truck, which ignored the red light, caused several cars to brake suddenly in fright.The locomotive overturned, the horn sounded, and a van passed by a few centimeters away from Liuping.Liuping couldn't even feel that he had saved his life, so he could only desperately close his eyes and wait for the disaster to go away.After a moment of turmoil, he opened his eyes nervously, and the pickup truck drove briskly along the dark and unforked road as if nothing had happened. "Huh, I'm saved... Speaking of which, that uncle is really messed up." It seems that the out-of-control pickup truck of the self-defeating uncle will not stop because of a red light.Make up your mind to fight the leveling of the long-term war, in short, try to correct the current unstable posture.He grabbed the top of the cargo bucket with both hands, pulled his body up with his arms, moved to the top after fighting, and lay in a large shape on the stable canvas top to stabilize his body. "Okay, so you don't have to worry about falling..." Don't worry, it didn't take long for the pickup truck to move sharply, obviously on purpose, to get rid of the guy who was in the way of the roof. "Damn it, how could I fall!" Leveling hands grip the front corners of the canopy.The car continued to snake violently from side to side, and Liuping's body shook from side to side.Liuping's whole body continued to twist on the top of the cargo bucket. This is the so-called goldfish exercise. It may be very effective for the loose abdomen, but he didn't have time to feel the effect of the exercise. "Wow!" The pickup truck suddenly turned 90 degrees to the right.This unpredictable action caused Liuping to roll off the roof.But maybe it was a wild instinct. The moment he was about to fall, his right hand barely grabbed the left end of the roof and hung on the left side of the pickup truck.This time it is the pose of Little Shuangxia No. 2. "Hmm!" At this moment, Liuping found a glimmer of light ahead. "The window of the passenger seat is fully open..." Looking at Genji Fujiwara in the driver's seat from that car window, wouldn't that force him to stop?No, it's impossible.No matter how you stretch your arms, you can't reach the driver's seat.If you keep procrastinating, that window will close like the driver's window, so it's really over.To act you must succeed the first time.But what to do? Liuping hastily fumbled for the pocket of his field jacket with his right hand.There was a lukewarm metal touch from the fingers.Liuping just grabbed the side of the pickup truck, peeked through the opened passenger window, and shouted at the driver's seat with a volume not inferior to the wind pressure: "Hey, uncle!" The red-faced man in the driver's seat looked at the passenger seat in shock.Liuping continued to yell at him: "Uncle, do you like beer?" "What?" A stunned off-line expression appeared on the man's face. "I asked you if you like beer!" "Beer, beer, what's the matter!" Genji Fujiwara's twitching expression slightly moved to the passenger window.This is a great opportunity, Liuhei handed the beer can (accurately speaking, non-alcoholic beer) in front of the other party.The uncle didn't know for a moment. "...???" "Please drink!" Liuping opened the can with one finger in a cheerful voice. "cheers……!" In an instant, non-alcoholic beer heated at body temperature violently spewed out from the mouth of the can.The amber liquid turned into fine and dense top-level foam, and the man's flushed face was immediately painted white.Basically, as long as you don't win the championship in Japan's professional baseball, your eyes will not experience such a strong attack. Even a racing uncle will have no power to parry this move. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa whoa whoa..." Genji Fujiwara, who was temporarily blind, turned the steering wheel indiscriminately, and stepped on the brakes urgently regardless of the front and rear traffic conditions.After the small truck slithered sharply from left to right, the rear wheel skidded and hit a power pole on the side of the road with a loud "bang!"The car stopped suddenly, and Liuping was thrown into the air and fell to the ground to die. ...I originally thought so, but I didn't die unexpectedly. "Hey, can't I? Am I alive?" Liuping got up with a feeling that he couldn't believe it.In front of my eyes is a soft green cushion, the vast grassland on the bank of the Xingchuan River.The small truck drove randomly along Mengmengtai and surrounding roads, and finally returned to Mengmeng Street along the coast.The evidence is that not long after the accident, a car slowly came to him with safe driving.It is the familiar blue Renault. "Hai, Liuping, you're all right." Ukai who drove up got out of the car with a can of coffee in one hand. "I've been worried that something will happen to you later, but luckily it's okay." "Is this what you're talking about with a coffee in one hand? When did you buy it? Just now? When I was struggling before the gate of hell, you were leisurely buying coffee!" "Okay, don't be so angry, I also bought your share." "Huh, really? Thanks... wait a minute, think I'll be happy?" Forget it, I'll drink your share!No, I want to drink!After this troublesome dispute, the canned coffee finally fell into Liuping's hands.Ukai returned to the topic. "By the way, what happened to Genji Fujiwara? Did he die?" Ukai looked at the driver's seat of the pickup truck.The boss of Fujiwara Fudosan sat slumped as if exhausted.Pelican opened his mouth after touching his neck lightly. "It doesn't matter, he didn't die, he just passed out. But it's strange, why is this person covered in bubbles? Could it be that he was baptized with champion beer in the driver's seat?" "It's not too far away..." Liuping answered vaguely, scratching his head. "Don't mention this, why did this uncle escape in such a messy way? Because he bumped into Mr. Ukai? But it should be more than that?" "Of course. This escape scene must be based on a more shady secret." Yukai said as he left the driver's seat and walked to the back of the pickup truck. "Liu Ping, investigate the cargo bucket." Liuping climbed onto the cargo bucket without giving orders.There is a large area of ​​blue plastic sheeting spread out inside, and some boxy objects can be seen under the plastic sheeting, which seem to be moving luggage that has not been fixed, but it is definitely not the case. "Could this be..." Liu Ping grabbed the corner of the plastic sheet and lifted half of it.As expected, what Liu Ping had been looking for since morning was scattered on the car. "There are five, six...seven beer crates! Is this the shady secret?" Genji Fujiwara was the one who stole the beer box from the Maruyoshi Hotel.This must be a shady secret, but is it really something that you have to risk your life to keep secret? When Liuping couldn't let go, the pelican outside the car reminded him further. "Only beer crates under the plastic sheeting? There seems to be something else." Hearing what he said, I found that there was indeed a strange bulge under the plastic sheeting.Not something boxy, but an elongated object that traces gentle curves.Liuping swallowed, and lifted the entire plastic sheet. "...Woo." The unexpected scene in front of him made Liuping gasp. A thin old man in pajamas lay underneath.The chin and nose are sharp, and the frontal bone looks like a skeleton.The face is distinctive, but expressionless.There were traces of bleeding on the back of Jianguang's head, but now it is no longer bleeding.The old man died of anger.It turned out that the cargo bed of Fujiwara Genji's truck was carrying such a thing, no wonder he fled in a hurry. Liuping squinted at the corpse and asked in a trembling voice. "Who is this old man? I haven't seen him before..." "Well, I haven't seen it either, but I know his name." "Huh?" Liuping exclaimed.Ukai took a sip of coffee and informed in a calm voice. "This old man should be named 'Tasuo Chengtaro'."