1novels Chapter 14 Black Lotus
Chapter 14 Black Lotus
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The three entered the room, "Poppy" slowly opened the door, turned around and straightened her face, her charming expression and tone instantly became capable. "I put a shield in the house, don't worry." Wen Liang, who came here for the first time, couldn't help but glance around. The interior decoration is antique, with wooden doors and cabinets from the Song Dynasty, and elegant but not heavy carvings.
A sub-child of a high-level corruption breeding area, a rotten atmosphere of feudalism and capitalism.
"Poppy" took out the documents from the safe.First, he took a look at Wen Liang and stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, Police Officer Wen. It's the first time we meet, I'm Yu Meiren." Wen Liang's face was a bit thin, and he still felt a little embarrassed.Stretched out his hand slightly.
Yu Meiren's delicate and sensitive mind immediately sensed the other party's incompatibility, smiled slightly, and said like a big sister: "There are other forces monitoring outside. The client is a disguise." She couldn't help laughing as she spoke.
Xu Xun lifted the photo to his face invisibly, to cover up his slightly stiff expression, and immediately interrupted in a stern voice: "Have you two finished your courtesy? We are very short on time, so we will get to the point immediately." Photos of Jiaoxue, Fang Qingwan and Fang Ran were placed on the table.
Yu Meiren glanced at Xu Xun and said, "I've sorted out all the information you asked me to verify. Your guess is correct. The victim and her relatives and friends did have frequent activities here. Her mother is from the "paradise" club." A prostitute, and later started to work as a prostitute. When Zhao Jiaoxue was five years old, she found "paradise" in a human trafficking case, and found out that one of the contacts was Zhao Jiaoxue's mother , but this case has not been tried and the woman died of a drug overdose."
"Another drug overdose..." Xu Xun thought to himself.During the operation that led to his suspension, several leads also died of drug overdoses.After he found something strange, he chased after him alone. Because he hijacked one of their informants, he could only severely wound him under consideration.
Yu Meiren was still muttering from the side: "Zhao Jiaoxue was brought up by Granny Yan, who runs a coffin shop next door. But because there is no formal adoption procedure and I don't know who the biological father is. So, on the surface, she is an orphan with no one to discipline her. The strange thing is that three years ago, the child's quality of life suddenly improved, and he often stayed out at night. This is Granny Yan's address, just across from Zhao Jiaoxue." He said and handed Xu Xun a note.
There is also a string of numbers after the address, which is a string of passwords formed by mixing the Caesar cipher and the codebook he used to contact the informant during the special period, which means—"Be careful. Your previous suspension was intentional."
Xu Xun immediately understood the subtext: Someone wants to stop you from investigating the case.Since it was not successful, it may continue to attack you.Another meaning is that the forces behind the two cases may be colluding.
This is interesting.
Xu Xun crossed his hands, pretending not to see the string of numbers and asked, "Did she resume her mother's old job three years ago?"
Wen Liang quietly leaned into Xu Xun's ear and said, "It's written in the forensic report that her hymen is intact. And she was only 11 years old at that time."
Unexpectedly, Xu Xun interrupted: "She is already 11 years old."
Poppy nodded with her usual expression, knowing that the other party had already understood what he meant.
"She just uses some of the remaining contacts of her mother to conduct business online. You also know that the people here have long been out of tune with the outside world, and the way of life here belongs to them. When you sent me a message yesterday, I was in A pinhole camera was installed at the former residence of the victim. However, we also had all kinds of eyes on us. We didn’t go in.”
"As for Fang Qingwan, she appeared in Xiangfang not long ago."
Wen Liang's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "When did we meet? What was the situation at that time?"
"Three nights ago. This woman came to Xiangfang and drank a glass of water on the first floor, then left. Before she left, she took a special look at the surveillance camera. It was as if she wanted to let me see it."
Xu Xun said: "You have mixed fish and dragons here, so it's hard to be sure who she wants to see."
Dong dong dong, there was a knock on the door. "Sister Yu, I'm Xiaohong. Someone is here."
Poppy immediately put the things away, walked up and opened a small gap in the door.Whispered to the little girl at the door, then left immediately.
Just when the knock on the door came, Xu Xun walked to the window, checked the height, and could jump.Speaking of a chic one-handed rollover, he jumped down from the second floor with the strength of the branches.
Wen Liang, who was still calm until now, watched the operation, looked left and right, bravely climbed to the window, and saw Xu Xun downstairs waving to him.
The police academy taught them to escape by jumping out of windows, but they never taught them to jump off buildings!
Fortunately, there is an unlucky crooked neck tree next to it.When Wen Liang landed in an ugly but steady posture.Xu Xun had already walked ten meters away, Wen Liang ran over in a hurry, his face had returned to normal, Xu Xun glanced at his reaction and felt that the baby could still move.Asked: "Do you know what we are going to do?"
"I know. Clean up Zhao Qingwan's computer information. Did you expect this early in the morning when you brought me here?"
Xu Xun didn't speak, just adjusted his pace, shuttled back and forth in various dirty paths.
The farther you go, the more intricate the traffic becomes, like a deliberately woven Great Wall to protect the inner core.There are piles of garbage in the small alleys and the stench is so high that stray cats and dogs come and go in the garbage and water conservancy, breeding all kinds of flies and mosquitoes.
Xu Xun's evaluation of this: There are few people, suitable for running.
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After struggling in the foul smell, with Xu Xun's amazing sense of direction and spatial imagination.In front of their door, a few pieces of white cloth slipped from the lintel, and a white wreath lay dejectedly on the side.Describe a somewhat skinny old woman, sitting on a threshold higher than usual, and her presbyopic eyes pricked a flower several times.
Behind the small gray door on the left is Zhao Jiaoxue's home.
The two opened the door and went inside.
Furnishings are shabby.A sofa, a bed, a computer beside the bed, and a desk made of wood.There are awards posted on the wall from left to right, from elementary school to junior high school.On the far right is a brand-new certificate of award for the "self-reliance star" in the second grade of junior high school.
Whether it is in the eyes of teachers or in the evaluation of classmates.This little girl who doesn't know who her biological father is, whose biological mother is a prostitute, grows up in filth and darkness.Like a slim lotus flower, it relentlessly leaked its sharp white corners in the mud.
Then, when it reaches the cardamom age, it will die immediately.
"Meet in 10 minutes." Xu Xun patted Wen Liang on the shoulder, Wen Liang knew it, and immediately sat in front of the computer, began to use the only specialty in his eyes, and went through all the traces of that retro computer.
Xu Xun walked to the nearby coffin shop, and inside the dilapidated wooden door were three coffins standing side by side.He straightened his clothes and sat down beside the old woman.He cleared his throat: "Hello grandma, can I have a chat with you?"
"Young man, please sit down." Granny Yan didn't actually look at Xu Xun, but continued to tie the wreath that no one would buy for it in a hurry: "As long as I don't dislike my old lady, I'm deaf and blind, and I can have a young man like you." People come to chat with me, what I wish for."
The old man's voice, carrying the vicissitudes of the years, unknowingly relaxed Xu Xun's tense nerves a little.Xu Xun said with a smile: "You didn't even look at me, you just said I'm a young man!"
"Hahaha, no matter what happens, I can still tell the difference between a young man and an old woman." The old woman said casually with a smile.
"I'll cut to the chase," Xu Xun said, "I'm a policeman. Please tell me everything you know about Zhao Jiaoxue."
The old man put down his work and sighed: "Jiaoxue is a good boy."
"Jiaoxue, mother left early. Most of the people who live here don't have any serious business. But Jiaoxue is motivated, she said that she will study hard and go out in the future, and she also said that she will take me out." Hearing these words, a little smile came up, "Our family used to be from the village, but something happened at home, and I was left alone with my youngest son to the city to beg for food. In the end, the youngest son didn't stay either. Stop, I'm the only one left. Hey, I'm sorry, Comrade Police, I just ran away..."
"You continue..."
"Hey. About three years ago, some men and women often came to their house. I was afraid that Jiaoxue would go astray, provoke someone she shouldn't provoke, and end up like his mother, so I trained her. As a result , the kid said something that disturbed me. She said, 'He's going to make those people pay...'. I don't know what happened to the kid, she hasn't come back since then anyway. I think, The child has grown up, so I don't care too much. Police officer, did the child commit any crimes? This is the second person to ask him?" Granny Yan used her slightly withered hands to flick the corners of the worn clothes. , with a trembling voice.
"The second person?" Xu Xun was a little worried. Could it be that the other party was one step ahead of them? "Who is that person?"
"He's also a young man. He said he was Jiaoxue's teacher. His voice sounded gentle, so he must be an intellectual. Oh, and he gave me a piece of paper." He groped in the pocket of his chest for a while, and got started. Trembling, he handed a business card to the other party.Xu Xun took it over and took a look.
"Chen Yuan?" Seeing the name on it, Xu Xun couldn't help saying it in a voice that only he could hear.Flip over, a string of numbers, the style of the pen is fully displayed.It looks irregular on the surface, but if you look at it upside down, Xu Xun curled his lips and it is not difficult to see that it is a temporary phone number.
"Thank you. If there are still people who come to ask you later, please don't say that I have been here with the previous teacher." After speaking, he got up and prepared to leave.
Unexpectedly, Granny Yan seemed to muster all the strength and courage in her body, firmly held Xu Xun's hand, gritted her teeth, and whispered: "Comrade, this child has no father or mother, you, don't make things difficult for him, I'll come if there's anything...at least, let me, let me take her home."
Seeing that Xu Xun didn't respond, he mustered up the courage to ask, "Let me take her home, okay?"
Xu Xun had already seen that Wen Liang was going to join him, and wanted to leave immediately.But hearing Granny Yan's words, Xu Xun closed his eyes, lowered his body again, and patted the old man's hand in a slightly reassuring manner.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Okay." His eyes were firm, like the cold light of a weapon's blade.
A few wild cats ran over and rubbed Granny Yan's legs affectionately, as obediently as a junior relying on an elder, with unreserved trust and dependence.
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Here comes the question, who doesn't want Xu Xun involved in this case?
Popular science: Caesar cipher is a replacement encryption technology. All letters in the plaintext are shifted backwards (or forwards) by a fixed number on the alphabet and then replaced with ciphertext.
A very old cipher, very simple.It is to show that Xu Xun has a good memory, can memorize the password book, and can automatically convert it—in short, niubility.