remnants

The basement was as cold as ever.

After entering, within a few minutes, I felt that my clothes were soaked in moisture, and my whole body felt chilly.

Mu Xi Ze realized this first, so he turned his head and glanced at Su Ji who was checking the surroundings, walked over and took off his windbreaker and put it on him, and said: "It's too humid here, and the temperature is also low, wear an extra coat Should be better."

"I... don't need it." Su Ji looked at him hesitantly, wanting to return the clothes, "You'd better put them on yourself."

"Don't be polite to me, I'm in good health, and I won't be cold if I wear less." Mu Xi Ze turned to Su Ji involuntarily after he finished speaking, wrapped the windbreaker around him tightly, and helped him put the coat inside. The zipper of the coat was closed and the collar was turned up before letting go.

Su Ji pursed her lower lip lightly, without any further rejection, she just whispered, "Thank you."

Mu Xi Ze looked at him and smiled softly, "No, as long as you're not cold."

"Tsk tsk tsk..." Yu Sheng on the other side of the basement watched the whole process, and at this moment couldn't help leaning over to Nie Qing and whispering, "Ah Qing, did you see a lot of small pink bubbles suddenly popping up over there? Bubble?"

"...No." Nie Qing looked at him helplessly, then squeezed his hand and asked, "Are you cold?"

"No, no, don't, don't—" Yu Sheng suddenly laughed, "Don't take off your clothes for me, my body is much stronger than Xiao Su Ji, let's not have two 'Sister Lin' in the team inside."

"Who do you call 'Sister Lin'?" Su Ji's voice floated faintly from the other end.

Yu Sheng couldn't help but sneered, and changed his words: "I was wrong, it was Sister Su! Don't argue with your brother Yu!"

Su Ji: "..."

Nie Qing: "..."

Mu Xi Ze: "Sister Su? That's a nice name."

"Haha, I knew I was right. Brother Xize is really on the same side as me." Yu Sheng blinked at Mu Xize, but Nie Qing pressed the back of his head from the side and forced his head to turn nine times. Ten degrees.

"Now you are at the scene, do what you should do, be serious." Nie Qing said expressionlessly.

Yu Sheng couldn't help sniggering, and nodded sullenly, "Good sir! Focus, focus."

Nie Qing had nothing to do with him, sighed helplessly, and squatted down by the wall again while examining it carefully while saying: "Ah Sheng, do you still remember what you told me about the footprints last night?"

"I remember. The room on the first floor of this house lacks the footprints of the murderer and Yang Zhengdong, which is very strange." Yu Sheng replied seriously.

Nie Qing hummed, "Intuitively, the gate on the first floor should be the only entrance to this house, because all the windows are locked from the inside, and there are no traces of any tricks used near the windows. The murderer and Even if Yang Zhengdong can come in through the window, he will never go out through the window again."

"Indeed." Yu Sheng nodded in agreement, "And according to the situation at the scene, the murderer didn't intend to arrange this place as a secret room, so it shouldn't be difficult for him to leave the door open and climb the window instead."

Nie Qing: "Yes, there is no need to do this. In addition, no matter whether it is on the first floor or the second floor, no one's footprints were collected on the floor around the windows. been in and out of a place."

"Tsk tsk, maybe he will walk around the waves." Yu Sheng joked casually, but after seeing Nie Qing's expression, he held back his laughter.

"Ah Qing, do you already have an idea?" Yu Sheng asked seriously.

Nie Qing looked at him tiredly, then sighed softly and said, "I just have a guess. I think that since it seems that the murderer and Yang Zhengdong didn't come in and out through the gate or window, maybe there is a There is another way in this house that can realize their free entry and exit. As for what and where this way is, that is what I hope to find out today."

"Another way..." Yu Sheng thought about it seriously, "You mean, secret way or something?"

"Well, there may be secret passages leading to other places in the basement, most likely connecting several surrounding houses." Nie Qing said while thinking, "According to the information Liu Jinghua found before, cultural The ten properties on the road from No. 220 to No. 230 belong to the same person. So I think it is not impossible if there is some kind of connection between these houses."

Yu Sheng looked at Nie Qing silently, and had to admit in his heart that his feeling was very accurate.

Because Lian Xu had already confirmed that these properties belonged to someone under the second brother's control, Yu Sheng had already thought of the possibility that Nie Qing raised in advance—that is, there might be secret passages connecting several houses.

After all, this is a hidden style that the second brother likes very much.Almost all of his exposed safe rooms have configurations similar to this "sly rabbit and three caves", which are very convenient and flexible for hiding.

And when it comes to this second brother, he is also a very mysterious figure.

Since Yu Sheng joined the current organization, he has only seen him once, not in the face, but almost to the extent of passing by.But about the rumors about the second brother, he heard a lot from people in the organization.

According to people, the second brother Chen Fangyu grew up in the same orphanage as the eldest brother Wu Shen, and there were two other brothers with them. They all had a very good relationship, and the four of them got along better than real brothers.

But later, I don't know what happened, the two younger boys suddenly disappeared, and the elder brother and the second brother almost turned against each other, and they were almost on the verge of quarreling with each other, but in the end they didn't know Why both sides died down again.

When Yu Sheng went in, it was just in time for the two of them to fall out suddenly and then reconcile inexplicably.

However, although it is said that they are reconciled, everyone can see that there is already a faint distinction between Wu Shen and Chen Fangyu in the "Chu River Han World".

Chen Fangyu never went back to show his face throughout the year, and Wu Shen seldom mentioned him in front of everyone, as if this person did not exist.The two of them are doing their own things, and they are taking care of their own business. It's almost as if they are strangers.

From Yu Sheng's point of view, he didn't care about the love and hatred between these two "brothers". Whether it was good or bad had nothing to do with him.

But this time, before he decided to come back to Pingcheng, Wu Shen had talked to him about Chen Fangyu, and Yu Sheng had to let himself be taken care of.

Wu Shen told Yu Sheng that the business Chen Fangyu is currently doing may be related to what Yu Sheng wants to find out.However, he is very dangerous, he will deal with any person or thing that may pose a threat to him, and he will take care of the aftermath without leaving a trace.

If Yu Sheng wanted to directly check him to achieve his goals, it would be tantamount to setting himself on fire and seeking his own death.

Therefore, Wu Shen advised Yu Sheng to investigate as much as possible without being discovered by Chen Fangyu.If it is absolutely necessary to touch the area under his control, he must be 12 points, and he needs to be careful and vigilant in everything, so as not to let Chen Fangyu realize that he is being targeted.

It was also for this reason that when Yu Sheng asked Lian Xu to check the property owners on this street before, he would give Lian Xu thousands of instructions to stop his efforts once he found Chen Fangyu, otherwise the consequences might be disastrous.

"Ah Sheng? What are you thinking?"

Hearing Nie Qing's voice, Yu Sheng realized that he was a little distracted, so he withdrew his thoughts and smiled at him, "I was thinking that the theory you just mentioned is quite possible. Most of the houses in Funing County are self-built. , it is very likely that the head of the household built a secret passage for some purpose when building the house, we have to look for it.”

"Well," Nie Qingqing touched his chin, thinking: "However, if there really is a secret passage, then the head of the household here is very suspicious. We will have to report this matter to the bureau later, and see how it is arranged. Whether it is The criminal investigation detachment is still the anti-drug detachment, someone has to be in charge to investigate the situation here."

"That's right, it's too suspicious." Yu Sheng agreed somewhat absent-mindedly.

Nie Qing couldn't help looking back at him, and suddenly remembered to ask: "By the way, you said last time that you have a way to investigate the information of the head of the household here. How is it? Have you got any results?"

"Oh, this..." Yu Sheng paused for a moment, and then said with some embarrassment, "I have asked someone to investigate, but there is no result yet, please give me some more time."

Nie Qing nodded after listening, but her expression was a little dignified. She was silent for a moment and said, "Hurry up, we don't have much time."

Yu Sheng looked at him seriously, "Understood."

"Let me say, you two." Mu Xi Ze suddenly called them across half of the basement, "Can we share some information? The two of you are whispering there, Xiao Ji and I feel a little confused."

"Whispering?" Nie Qing walked towards them, "This is such a big place, as long as you don't deliberately suppress your voice, you can hear clearly when you stand at two opposite corners."

Mu Xi Ze watched him approach, then shook his head disapprovingly, "I find it a bit difficult, the distance of the diagonal line is still quite far. If you don't believe me, let's try. Team Leader Nie stands on the northeast corner, and I will go to the southwest corner -"

"Don't be too horny for now." Su Ji interrupted him, then looked at Nie Qing and said, "We heard what you just said. Now we are looking for secret ways, right?"

"Yes, let's find out if there is any device here that can be used as a trap." Nie Qing looked away from Mu Xi Ze.

Su Ji listened and nodded, "Secret passages, organs, devices... Those who know that we are handling the case, those who don't know think we are a group of tomb robbers."

"Haha, tomb robber!" Yu Sheng leaned over and hugged Su Ji's shoulder vigorously, and said with a smile, "I can't tell, Sister Su has a sense of humor!"

Su Ji: "...Excessive excitement may be a manifestation of some hidden disease. I suggest you go to the hospital."

"Ouch?!" Yu Sheng looked at him in surprise for a moment, "Not only has a sense of humor, but he has also learned how to piss people off. I haven't seen you all night, what's wrong with you?"

"……nothing."

After Su Ji finished speaking, he gently shook off his hand on his shoulder, turned around and walked up the stairs, "I want to go to the next room first. If there is a secret passage, there must be at least two entrances and exits. Maybe the entrance and exit over there will be easier to find.”

"I'll go with you!" Mu Xi Ze hurriedly followed.

Yu Sheng couldn't help looking at Nie Qing inexplicably, and asked with his mouth: What's wrong with him?

Nie Qing sighed silently and shook his head, "I don't know the specific reason, but he has been in a bad mood today, so don't recruit him again."

"I'm in a bad mood..." Yu Sheng muttered in a low voice, then shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, I'll find a chance to enlighten him later."

Nie Qing: "You must not—"

boom--! ! !

Before Nie Qing finished speaking, he heard a loud noise from upstairs.

Nie Qing and Yu Sheng glanced at each other for an instant, then turned around and rushed upstairs the next second.

If they heard correctly, the sound just now should be a gunshot.