Fangs

At 12:37, Bai Ye walked through the parking lot of the Gonghai Municipal Bureau, opened the door of the Phaeton and got in.

As soon as the phone screen lit up, WeChat showed that Shen Zhen had sent a message. Bai Ye didn't rush to open it immediately. He opened the address book and dialed a number.

"Huh?" Xie Jing's soft voice came from the phone, and it was still a little hoarse, "What's the matter? Did the captain miss me?"

This low and hoarse voice reached Bai Ye's ears, and subconsciously made his heart feel hot, and the corners of his lips unconsciously raised a little. He raised his hand on the steering wheel and asked, "Have you had breakfast?"

"Ah..." Xie Jing yawned, and he should have stretched, "No."

"Are you still sleeping on the bed?"

"Well, it's comfortable to sleep in this weather."

It's already winter, and Gonghai doesn't often snow in winter, and the weather is humid, which makes people feel damp and cold. It is indeed much more comfortable to lie under the quilt.

"It's good to get a little more sleep. The doctor said you have to take care of your body. But you have to remember to eat breakfast. You need to nourish your stomach, you know? I'll order it for you later."

Xie Jing nodded subconsciously and asked, "Then are you coming back at noon?"

"I won't go back." Bai Ye started the car, and a little smile subconsciously appeared in his eyes, "I have to go out to work, I guess I won't be able to go back until later."

"Is that so? That's fine."

None of them spoke, and the two ends of the conversation could only hear each other's light breathing, and after a long while, Bai Ye called out, "Xie Jing?"

"Ok?"

"Duzhou has a custom. If you are in love, if both parties intend to get married, if you bring your partner home for the first time, you must drink the wine of the lover's father. Whether you will drink it or not, you must accept it, but it will not fall Too many, the meaning is just that. It means that the elders send blessings, and in the future it will be regarded as officially married and independent."

There was a moment of silence on the phone before Xie Jing's doubtful voice came, "Then what if you are not satisfied? If you are not satisfied, will you stop drinking?"

"If you are not satisfied, you will never agree to take it home. Since you bring it home, you agree. You must drink wine."

"Then captain, don't worry, although you don't let me drink, I can drink quite well."

Bai Ye laughed and asked, "Are you so confident that you can marry me?"

Xie Jing also laughed, "Yes, you gave me confidence. Besides, if you don't let me drink, I won't drink, then I will take you away. Anyway, my hometown doesn't have this custom. You don't have to marry me." Come to drink, if your parents don't agree with me marrying you, then I will marry you."

Bai Ye smiled so that his eyes bent into crescents, and the end of his eyes drew a nice arc.

Xie Jing asked, "Why didn't the captain speak?"

"No, I'm thinking about the wedding in the future. By the way—" He seemed to suddenly think of something, and asked, "Is there anyone else in your family? Will relatives and friends be there in the future?"

Xie Jing couldn't hold back for a moment, "You still don't know what's going on with me? There's a ghostly relative or friend, come on, come on, from now on, the pick-up team will be skipped, just take me directly from your house to your house. If it doesn’t work, it’s okay to go around the Gonghai Municipal Bureau.”

"Okay, then I can stay in Gonghai from now on. It happens that the winter is warm and the summer is cool, the wages are high and prices are low, and the climate is humid but not dry."

"Captain, are you overly emotional today?"

"Have it?"

"Yes, but if you want to say it, you can say it, I'm willing to listen."

Bai Ye narrowed his eyes, "Okay, then I'll tell you when I get back, I'm going to the scene."

"En." Xie Jing said softly, "Be careful when driving."

Bai Ye hung up the phone, took a deep breath, and his dark side face was reflected in the side view mirror.A trace of unclear suspicion suddenly surged in his heart, like a huge monster dormant in the deep sea, revealing its clues little by little.

·

"Ding dong!"

The doorbell rang, and Xie Jing, who had already washed up and ate the takeaway that Bai Ye ordered for him, was very puzzled, thinking, could it be that Bai Ye also ordered two takeaways for himself?He stepped on the cotton wool slippers and ran to open the door.

"It's you?" Xie Jing held the door with one hand, but he didn't show any intention of letting him in.

"I know that Bai Ye is not here now, and there is no way to rush back immediately,"

Xie Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a dim light in his eyes, "That means he was sent away by you on purpose?" Xie Jing turned and walked towards the living room, "What? Are you here to arrest me?"

Shen Zhen followed his step and walked in, unceremoniously, "Bai Ye is young, he can be easily fooled by you, but you can never fool me, you bastard! You are clearly that person's child!"

Xie Jingfang rubbed the center of his brows as if exhausted, then put his hands in his pockets and leaned against the hollow decorative wall from the living room to the kitchen, "Why did you say that person? Can't you just say the name directly? What's the benefit of beating around the bush!"

The home heating makes the whole room warm, and there is no feeling that winter has come. The translucent screen windows cover the white scenery outside, leaving only the shimmer of warm colors infiltrating.

Xie Jing didn't say anything, turned around and went to the kitchen to make a cup of tea and put it on the coffee table, "Sit down and talk."

Shen Zhen sat on the sofa in the living room, did not go to serve the steaming tea, stared sharply at the young man with a handsome face but full of hostility on the opposite side, "The so-called beating around the bush is just to save you some face. !"

Xie Jing sneered, "How can someone like me save face? Tell me what you have to say, why do you want me?"

"What is your purpose of appearing in Gong Hai?"

Xie Jing propped his elbows on the sofa and propped his chin, "Haven't you asked about it?"

"what?"

"I didn't appear here on purpose. At that time, I was working under the court representative, and I did a good job, but your people insisted on instigating me. Haven't you learned about this past event? So come up directly If you say something inappropriate, even the elders will feel impolite after hearing it."

Xie Jing's words were so aggressive that Shen Zhen's expression froze instantly.

"And putting aside this aspect, even if I show up in Gonghai, what does it matter? Gonghai is a city, who wants to come here? And it is stipulated that who can't come?"

"You clearly know that I don't mean that?!"

Xie Jing smiled, "So I want you to speak directly."

"Xie Jing, you don't have to talk to me about words. I don't care what you want to do in Gonghai. With your identity, you are just a dangerous person. Don't think that if you trick Bai Ye, he can protect you. You have a good idea, and I If you want to take you away today, you have to go, even if the Heavenly King Lao Tzu comes, it won’t work!"

Xie Jing's eyes sank, but then he smiled and asked, "You still didn't say it directly. You emphasized the absence of Bai Ye when you entered the door. I naturally know how strong you are. You are right. If you really want to bring I'm leaving, even if Bai Ye is here, he can't stop him. So you came to me today, and even sent Bai Ye away on purpose, probably because you want to tell me something else, are you worried that Bai Ye will not let me do it if you know about it? "

"You have a quick brain." Shen Zhen snorted softly and said, "That's right, I'm here this time to propose a plan to you, I hope I can instigate you, and then let you go undercover, Be a nail in Jin'an! Help us implement the infiltration plan!"

After a long silence, Xie Jing raised his hands to cover his brows and eyes, as if he had heard some extremely ridiculous joke, and his stomach hurt from laughing, "Your words are really funny, and you really missed the point from the beginning. I'm telling the truth Well, I won't go to Jin'an, you don't understand anything, why should I risk my life to work for you? It's a good idea, am I crazy?"

"Don't you want to live like this all the time? Can't you see the light of day again?"

"I don't make false propositions. It's daytime now, and I can stand in the sun. So I can't understand what you mean by saying that you can't see the sun again. What's more, I don't feel that I live timidly. White night treats me very well." Well, everyone in the city bureau is also very kind to me. I live quite comfortably."

Xie Jing's recalcitrant attitude almost made Shen Zhen feel like he had punched a cotton, completely helpless.

After a while, Shen Zhen let out a heavy breath, staring straight at Xie Jing, "That's because they don't know your identity, do you think everyone around you is Bai Ye? Let me tell you the truth, except Bai Ye , no one can tolerate you!"

The living room fell into silence, and Xie Jing was silent for a long time. After several seconds, he said slowly, "Do you know why I didn't go to Jin'an?"

"..."

"Actually, that's not the case. Although it was dangerous for me to stay under the dai court, it was considered a shelter. Until I met the commander-in-chief later, he made such a condition for me. , is a good choice, so I agreed. And now you want me to set foot in that place again, it is almost impossible. It’s not like you don’t know how dangerous that place is, now that Bai Ye likes me so much, he did it for me There are so many, why do I have to do such a risky thing? It's completely unnecessary?!"

Shen Zhen is not an idiot, he also heard something wrong in Xie Jing's words, "Why don't you want to go back? You are originally from that place, and you are still Ren Ge's child, it's only natural for you to stay in Jin'an!"

Yes, Xie Jing is Ren Ge's son.

"Don't you understand? Just because my father is Ren Ge, I can't go back."

Shen Zhen frowned, and his eyes sank instantly.

Xie Jing stood up, "Shen Ting, please go back!"

·

Huaqing Village, Zewen County, Liliang City, Jin'an Province.

Getting off the plane was bumpy for a few hours, no matter how strong Bai Ye's physical fitness was, he felt a little unable to hold on at this moment, his stomach was overwhelmed, and even his bones felt a little falling apart.

Through the window glass, you can vaguely see the common self-built houses in the countryside. There are large areas of wasteland and dead trees between the intervals. In winter, the dusty hillsides are endless, and the dead grass is blown and scattered in the wind.

Yang Wei looked at the map navigation, wanted to speak but was afraid that he would spit it out, so he had to hold back his nausea and continue to fall backwards.

Finally arrived at the destination before the last rays of the setting sun dissipated, the local driver sent by Zewen County shouted in plastic Mandarin, "Hey, two leaders, the place is here."

Bai Ye exhaled, and there was no abnormality in the side profile, but from the brow bone to the straight bridge of the nose, there was a gloomy and sharp aura faintly.

Yang Wei looked at Bai Ye, "Captain, this location should be the home of Xu Jie's second aunt given by Shen Ting. According to the information transferred by Lao Xiao, it was only this second aunt who had a good relationship with their husband and wife at that time." Yes. There should be some information about what happened back then."

"En." Bai Ye nodded, Huaqing Village belongs to Zewen County, and this Zewen County is also the place where Zhao Zhao's native place is, and there must be one of them that cannot be a coincidence.

Zhao Zhao's identity was obviously not real, and because Zhao Dongdong escaped at that time, there was no time to find out whether this identity was arranged by Zhao Dongdong himself.If it was really arranged by him, then what is his purpose for doing this?Is it really to remind them that all these things are connected and that they have nothing to do with Nie Wenxi?

The home of Xu Jie’s second aunt, Luo Xiying, is a single-family three-story building. The whole building does not pay attention to the exterior decoration. There is a half-person-high wall outside and a large iron gate locked.The standard rural self-built house style, but it seems to be in good condition, it should be possible to live at home.

Those who are used to their work know that mixed blood has special functions, but not all blood relatives have it.For example, Xu Jie's mother does not belong to the category of mixed race, so correspondingly, Xu Jie's second aunt, who is Xu Jie's mother's younger sister, is naturally just an ordinary person.She definitely can't know about Xu Jie's work, but she should know a little about the situation in her home, because the news from Shen Zhen said that before she was alive, Xu Jie and her second aunt The connection is very close.Probably because Xu Jie's parents died early, the second aunt was the only relative in the family, so she was close to her aunt's family.

The climate in Jin'an is much better than that of Gonghai, and it's not too cold in winter. It's no problem at all in autumn, and you don't need to wear any cotton clothes, just put on autumn clothes, but the wind still hurts your face.

The iron door is said to be locked, but it is not true. Even if there is a lock, it is not buckled.Yang Wei peeked in through the iron gate, and saw a child squatting in the yard making mud, he immediately waved, "Come here, kid?!"

The child sniffed the snot bubbles and looked at them a few times, but didn't come over.

Yang Wei took out the compressed biscuits he bought in the city to satisfy his hunger, and passed them through the iron gate, "Come here, I'll give you some biscuits, is your adult at home?"

The kid didn't pick up the biscuits either, and ran into the house like he was running, shouting as he ran, "Grandma, grandma, there are two uncles outside—"

After a while, an elderly woman leaned out from the room, looked suspiciously at Bai Ye and Yang Wei at the door, and asked, "Who are you?"

Bai Ye said very gently and politely, "Hello, Auntie, we are colleagues of your niece Xu Jie, and I would like to know something about you."

5 minutes later, the living room on the first floor.

"Oh, you are my niece's colleagues? The child's parents have gone to work in the city, and his grandfather and I are at home." Luo Xiying made them a pot of tea and poured cups for them while talking. In front of him, "What do you want to ask me?"

Whether it is their work or the nature of their lives, they are different from ordinary people. Therefore, in the case of an abnormal death, the organization will prepare all follow-up work to appease the hearts of the family members.For example, Xu Jie and Nie Yifan had arranged a file for accidental death in a car accident.

"It's like this. Because of the recent work relocation, the household registration files have to be sorted out, and there is something missing about Ms. Xu Jie. Then we knew that you are Ms. Xu Jie's relatives based on the kinship relationship filled out at the time, so I thought about coming to ask one time."

"Ah... yes, that's right." Luo Xiying mentioned this, and couldn't help feeling a little sad, "My niece has a hard life, and everyone in the family left early, so she was the only one left, and she didn't have any brothers or sisters. Well, I used to come to see me often, but then I just..." She curled her thumbs, raised her hand and wiped her eyes.

Yang Wei hurriedly comforted, "Understood, we all understand, today is indeed abrupt, don't mind."

"It's okay, it's okay." Luo Xiying rubbed her eyes and asked, "Then what do you want to ask about my niece?"

Yang Wei took out the speech he had prepared a long time ago, "It's like this, the company has a compensation for the legacy left over from work at that time, because you are a direct relative on the file that you filled out at that time, so the compensation here will also be paid according to the The corresponding system will call you. But we have learned that Xu Jie seems to have a daughter, right?"

Luo Xiying also didn't pay attention to the issue of compensation, and when she heard Yang Wei's question, she immediately said, "My niece has a girl, but after a generation, although it can't be said that she is not close, it's just because after her parents left, she Although she often came to see me and brought me some gifts, some food and clothing, but she didn't bring her girl back to show me. So I don't know the specific situation."

"Then has she mentioned to you where her daughter is arranged to live?"

"This?" Luo Xiying paused with difficulty, not knowing how to speak.

This is also normal, after all, she is old, and Xu Jie and Nie Yifan were martyred 18 years ago.

Bai Ye, who hadn't spoken all the time, asked, "Because of work problems, they probably couldn't take care of their children. We mainly thought that maybe she would ask you to take care of them at that time, so we came here to ask."

Bai Ye's words probably hit the nail on the head, and when he got to the point, Luo Xiying rubbed her hands, frowned, and said for a long time, "Yes, yes, it seems to be like this? I don't have a few acres of land at home, and I'm idle, so I thought that I can take care of her children if I have nothing to do. After all, I know her mother left early, and there is no one in the family to take care of her. The conditions in her husband's family are also miserable, and his parents left early."

Bai Ye and the others knew about this, so after inquiring about the relevant interpersonal relationships, only Xu Jie's second aunt could provide some information.

Yang Wei hurriedly said, "What about this?"

"Oh, that's right." Luo Xiying blinked hard and said, "It seems that someone has been specially hired to take care of it? I heard from my niece, is it her boyfriend's friend or who? It should be like this, that's right. , I also said at the time that no matter what, I can’t compare with my family. In the end, my niece told me that I have a good relationship and have free time, so I don’t have to worry about it. But it’s not easy for me to ask, So I don't know who their friend is."

The house was quiet.

If what Luo Xiying said is true, then the friend they mentioned must also be of mixed race.That being the case, why did Nie Wenxi appear in that orphanage later?

No, now it is not sure whether Xiaoyun in the orphanage at that time was Nie Wenxi.

Looking at the uncertain faces of the two of them, Luo Xiying finally realized something was wrong, "Why, is it because my niece's girl can't be found? Or is it something?"

"Oh, it's not. It's because we don't have much contact here, so I wanted to ask you to find out. Thank you very much for the information you provided, and this is the compensation from our side, which is a little bit meager. "When they came here earlier, they thought about it. Maybe the elderly don't know how to use bank cards, so they just use cash.It's not much, just 5000 yuan, and if it's too much, I'm afraid it will arouse suspicion.

Then Yang Wei said a few more polite words in the name of a colleague, and left with Bai Ye.

"Captain, what do you think is going to happen next?"

"Let's go to the county to rest for the night. I'll contact Shen Ting to help me find out about the friends Nie Yifan and Xu Jie made."

"Ah."

As soon as I left the courtyard, the village was quiet and dark at night, and the night wind blew over, biting my bones.The cold wind swirls the dust and dead leaves and flies in all directions, spinning straight up into the sky.