No. 7 Fish House

At dusk and sunset, the setting sun shines through the windows into the floor of the No. [-] Fish House.

As soon as Xing Ting put the food on the table, he saw Yang Mingzhen coming uninvited, and he snorted, "Did you come here on time?"

Yang Mingzhen seldom forced out a smile, "Could it be that Chef Xing's skills are much better than the cooks in my bureau, and I miss it very much after eating last time." He took a step closer and said, "If you don't earn enough money , our bureau happens to lack a chef like you, do you want to come with me?"

As soon as Xing Ting heard about the police station, his attitude changed immediately. He was still afraid of Yang Mingzhen.Fearing that this old man would be unhappy one day, he was arrested and locked up in the police station for ten and a half months.

"Officer Yang's method of poaching corners is not very moral. The master is still sitting here." He Fu turned slightly, holding a piece of cabbage with a mahogany chopstick in his right hand. His posture was very elegant, as if he was not eating or eating. paint.

Yang Mingzhen waved his hand and said, "I'm just kidding, Boss He, don't take it seriously."

He said as he walked, his butt immediately took Xing Ting's seat.Xing Ting could only roll his eyes behind him depressingly, this police officer Yang has a really good nose, and he always comes to eat on time.

Yang Mingzhen picked up his chopsticks and reached out to the plate of grilled fish. The grilled fish was charred on the outside and tender on the inside. The skin of the fish was charred just right. There was a little chili and white sesame seeds sprinkled on it. It smelled full of aroma. He chewed it a few times Swallow it down, and stretch out the chopsticks to pick up the fish.

Xing Ting looked at the voracious police officer, questioned the level of the cooks in their police station, and couldn't help complaining, "You look like you haven't eaten for two days."

"Sitting in that pile of files every day, besides checking the pictures of beauties in hell, don't I have to investigate other cases?" Yang Mingzhen bit his rice and muttered, "I'm so tired that I haven't had a full meal for two days. I almost threw up the egg fried rice that Cui Liang made for me for two days.”

He Fu ate very slowly, chewing slowly like a girl, "Captain Yang seems to be in a good mood today, there should be good news in the next two days?"

Yang Mingzhen bit a piece of twice-cooked pork, and immediately swallowed the meat when He Fu asked himself, "Of course, I came here precisely because I found a clue."

"Isn't your police station able to discuss the case with you? You need to travel so far to come here?" Xing Ting picked up the white rice in displeasure. He couldn't figure out what Yang Mingzhen regarded as the No. He hated He Fu so much, and now he wished to be by He Fu's side every day.

Yang Mingzhen was enjoying his meal, and without thinking about it, he said, "Isn't it because I'm worried that there are ghosts in the police station..."

Before he finished speaking, He Fu kicked Yang Mingzhen's leg.

"Ah—" Yang Mingzhen snorted in pain, "Today's moon is really round."

"What's wrong." Xing Ting glanced out the window, it was already dark, and large swathes of dark clouds gathered over the tea city, where is the moon coming from.

Yang Mingzhen looked at He Fu with some confusion, why didn't he let himself say that He Fu really died back then because there was an insider in the police station.

He Fu smiled and said, "Please tell Officer Yang to tell me what he found in the past two days. I also want to know what secrets are in the picture of the beauties in hell."

Yang Mingzhen put down his chopsticks and told He Fu the truth about the clues he found in the past few days. It was not because he trusted He Fu, but because he felt that this person had a talent that ordinary people did not have. It is a blessing to mankind.

"I went to Longmen Hall to ask, and indeed a woman with a red mole on her left face was missing. I asked Cui Liang to show the photo of the autumn picture to the people in Longmen Hall. They confirmed that it was the woman in this picture." Yang Mingzhen took out the autumn picture photo and another black and white photo of a woman and placed them on the table. After comparing the two photos, the woman's face was indeed exactly the same as the beauty in the autumn picture.

"Her name is Qiu Baimei, and her code name in Longmen Hall is Rose."

"Is it also surnamed Qiu?" Seeing Xing Ting's surprised expression, Yang Mingzhen paused and said, "I was also very surprised when I knew her name. Her surname is Qiu, and Qiu Minglu, who died before, was also surnamed Qiu. I suspect they Is there a connection between the two, perhaps they are sisters?"

"Following this clue, Qiu Baimei does have a sister named Qiu Minglu, but they have not been in touch for a long time. Ever since Qiu Baimei entered the Longmen hall, the contact has been completely broken. Two sisters named Qiu They all died in the autumn map..."

He Fu nodded slightly, did not express any opinion, and waited for Yang Mingzhen to continue.

"The people in the Longmen hall said that Qiu Baimei likes collecting antiques and looking at famous paintings. It is said that the valuable things in her room were given to her by the director..." Yang Mingzhen was a little embarrassed when he mentioned the director. With his status, he still can't check the chief of the tea city police station.

"I saw Qiu Baimei's name in the list of 'hell clubs' given to us by Xiao Jia!"

When He Fu heard this, his eyes changed slightly, "Qiu Baimei disappeared after going to hell meeting?"

Yang Mingzhen was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "The people in Longmen Hall said that they haven't seen Qiu Baimei after the Hell Meeting."

"About half a year ago, the relationship between Qiu Baimei and the director was cold. After she fell ill, she seldom showed up and stayed in her room all day. At that time, the people in Longmen Hall thought that Qiu Baimei was in the room until someone One day people were looking for Qiu Baimei, they opened the door and found no one, so they found out that she was missing, so the exact time of her disappearance is not clear, only know that it was after the meeting in hell."

"At the end of August, someone visited Qiu Baimei and gave her two paintings. Then she went out that night and didn't come back until the morning. After she came back, she stayed in the room until she received the hell meeting invitation card, she went out again."

"Painting?" He Fu was a little puzzled, and it was painting again!Could it be the person who came to talk to Xiao Jia in the Time Museum?

"I went to Qiu Baimei's room to see those two paintings. I don't know much about art, and I think they look messy." Yang Mingzhen said, "I asked Cui Liang to take a photo, and the photos are here..."

As he spoke, he took out two more black and white photos from his bag, and Xing Ting leaned over to take a look, "Isn't this painting style the same as the painting style of hell beauties!"

Yang Mingzhen took a closer look, compared and said, "Really, it seems that this person took Qiu Baimei away."

He Fu raised a question: "After Qiu Baimei disappeared, why didn't anyone report it? It stands to reason that since she has a high status in the Longmen Hall, no one should have noticed her disappearance."

Yang Mingzhen said: "I've thought about this issue too. They told me that the director has stopped interacting with Qiu Baimei. Qiu Baimei, who doesn't get attention, will naturally be left out. In addition, she is sick, and she is rarely seen. Appearing in front of everyone, she was locked in her room almost every day, so she only found out about her disappearance recently, and they were going to report it. It happened that the director came to Longmen Hall that day, and they told the director directly about it, and did not go Police station."

Xing Ting grinned: "It seems that your director is not simple. My mistress is missing and you keep silent. Could it be that there is some secret?"

"Don't talk nonsense about things without evidence." Yang Mingzhen glared at Xing Ting angrily.

"Okay, okay, I won't say it." Xing Ting conceded defeat, and put the food in his mouth.

He Fu suddenly said: "No."

"What's wrong?" Yang Mingzhen asked.

"One thing is wrong. When this painting was painted, a person had already died, so it was painted so realistically." He Fu said very firmly.

"You mean that Qiu Baimei died before the hell meeting, but this is impossible." Yang Mingzhen felt incredible. Could it be that Qiu Baimei is also a different person, and she can come back from the dead?Being killed by others once, but still alive, just like He Fu?

He Fu glanced at Yang Mingzhen, knowing what he was thinking, and said: "Qiu Baimei has been staying behind closed doors this year because of illness, but in August that person gave her two paintings, She went out. And didn't return to Longmen Hall until morning."

"Well, that's right." Yang Mingzhen said, "So she couldn't have died before the Hell Meeting."

He Fu shook his head lightly, "What if it wasn't Qiu Baimei who came back that morning?"

"How is that possible? It's obvious to all!"

He Fu put another photo on the table, which was the photo of Qiuming Lu, and tapped Qiuming Lu's face lightly with his index finger, "What if she is the one who came back?"

Yang Mingzhen and Xing Ting were startled, their mouths opened wide, as if they had eaten an egg, "Is...impossible?"

He Fu smiled and said: "She looks similar to Qiu Baimei, if she pretended to be Qiu Baimei that day and hurriedly approached Longmen Hall and returned to Qiu Baimei's room, I think...she might not be stopped .”

Yang Mingzhen asked: "Even if you said it, she pretended to be Qiu Baimei. But why did she do that?"

"So for this matter, I still have to trouble Officer Yang to go to Jiangbei Restaurant to find out what Qiu Minglu's life is like." He Fu reminded, "For example, does she have any debts?"

"Debt?" Yang Mingzhen was slightly stunned, "You mean, Qiu Minglu is in debt, and she pretended to be Qiu Baimei to steal something from Qiu Baimei's room?"

"That's right." He Fu nodded, "You said before that there are many valuable things in Qiu Baimei's room. I wonder if those things are missing?"

Yang Mingzhen suddenly remembered that he missed one thing just now, because he was too concerned about the picture of the beauty in hell, and forgot about the theft.

"I have received a report from Longmen Hall before, and they have lost many valuables."

He Fu smiled: "That's right, you have checked before that Qiu Minglu is a good person and rarely has any grudges with others. But they didn't say one thing, Qiu Minglu is very greedy for money and likes to gamble."

"You don't go out all day, how do you know that Qiu Minglu is greedy for money and likes to gamble?" Yang Mingzhen felt strange.

He Fu pointed to Xing Ting, "He told me."

Xing Ting said proudly: "I met Qiu Minglu in the casino before, so when you came to us the other day and told me that Qiu Minglu couldn't make enemies with others, I thought this woman was very cunning. She is the one who can go to the gambling table. How can it be possible not to have grudges with others, unless the bad debts she owes can be paid off..."

"Do you still remember what you said just now that Qiu Baimei does have a sister, but Qiu Baimei stopped contacting her after she entered the Longmen Hall." Xing Ting said, "The year I met Qiu Minglu, she was at the gambling table. I said that the debts were all paid off, that is, there was an extra woman code-named Rose in Longmen Hall that year.

After hearing this, Yang Mingzhen was overjoyed, patted Xing Ting's shoulder and said, "Xiao Xing, you have contributed a lot!"

Xing Ting quickly said: "The merits and demerits balance out, and I hope Captain Yang will not take me to the police station for tea in the future."

"Okay, okay." Yang Mingzhen laughed.

He Fu tapped the table lightly with his fingers, brought over the two pictures of Qiu Baimei's paintings, and put them in front of his eyes. He always felt that the things painted in these pictures looked familiar.What it is, he can't see it.

After looking at it for a while, he said: "To die is to see a person, to see a dead body, Officer Yang, you have to find Qiu Baimei as soon as possible."

"You mean, she might still be alive?" Yang Mingzhen looked at He Fu.

"I don't know, but you have to find her to answer."