The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

Xiao Lou sat on the plank bed, pricking up his ears to listen to the movement outside.

There were no glass windows in the dark cell, and he could only see the light in the corridor outside through the grating on the iron door. After waiting for a long time, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the corridor. The footsteps on the tiles are light.

Xiao Lou raised his head and looked towards the bars.In a blink of an eye, the man had already arrived at the door of cell No. 1, and the two looked at each other through the fence—it was indeed Xiao Wu, the young police officer who was intern with Yu Hanjiang.

Xiao Lou had long wondered why Yu Hanjiang came to the scene so soon after Xu Mingyue called the police last night?Given the distance between the criminal police team and the Conservatory of Music, it would take at least an hour to drive here.Obviously, he and Xiao Wu were nearby at the time.

This is not too much of a coincidence.

Moreover, the hunter was able to accurately grasp the progress of the investigation of the case, and framed him. Xiao Lou always felt that there was an inner ghost in the police force and participated in the investigation of this case, so he dismissed Yu Hanjiang and wanted to lure the people.

Now, the inner ghost really appeared.

Looking at Xiao Lou's gaze, Xiao Wu was taken aback for a moment, and soon he smiled, and said respectfully: "Professor Xiao, Team Yu went to the Medical University and asked me to take care of you. If you need anything, you can just tell me." You can rest assured that once Team Yu catches the murderer, you will be released without charge."

Xiao Lou stood up, walked to the iron gate, and asked in a low voice, "Can Yu Hanjiang catch the murderer?"

Xiao Wu said without hesitation: "Of course..."

Xiao Lou looked at him: "Oh? Didn't you tip off the news and let your companion run away?"

The smile on Xiao Wu's face froze slightly: "Professor Xiao, what does this mean?"

Xiao Lou smiled lightly and said, "Stop pretending, dare to come to me in a fair and honest way, you have destroyed the monitoring of this No. 1 cell, right?" His tone was very firm, and his eyes were also very calm.

Xiao Wu's face darkened. He looked like he was only in his 20s. He usually looked like a college student who had just graduated, with a youthful face.But at this moment, his gaze suddenly became cold and sharp, as if possessed by another person, and his voice was hoarse: "You already knew?"

Xiao Lou nodded: "In this world, the number of hunters will never be less than the number of challengers. Therefore, the third hunter must be by Yu Hanjiang's side, so that he can keep track of the progress of the case at any time."

Xiao Wu raised his eyebrows: "Unfortunately, you know too late."

After finishing speaking, he suddenly took out a gun from his pocket and pointed the muzzle at Xiao Lou's head.

The criminal policeman could be equipped with a gun, so he dismissed his colleagues, killing Xiao Lou was a piece of cake.

Xiao Lou was pointed at the head with a gun, but his expression was unhurried. He looked into the other person's eyes and said slowly: "This world is the world of hearts. I guess your mission is to find ways to frame me and Liu Qiao. Send us to prison, and use the police to get rid of us instead of killing us directly. It seems that you are at the end of your wits, so you will fight me in front of you?"

Xiao Wu's eyes widened slightly, as if he couldn't believe that Xiao Lou could guess so much.

His expression also gave Xiao Lou the answer - the world of hearts, there are indeed some hidden rules, and Xiao Wu is now directly assassinating him, obviously forced to "make a bad move" and replace him with a challenger. Can't get an evaluation above A grade.As for how the hunters scored, Xiao Lou still doesn't know yet.

Xiao Lou smiled and said, "I guessed right? If you kill me directly, you won't be able to pass the level perfectly, right?"

Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment, then suddenly, he seemed to think of something crucial, gritted his teeth, and said coldly: "I don't want to waste my time with you, you are the team leader, no matter what method you use, it's enough to let you die!"

He didn't waste any more time with Xiao Lou, and simply pulled the trigger.

This pistol uses silencer equipment and will not alarm others.Xiao Lou didn't expect that Xiao Wu would be so decisive, and he would shoot as soon as he said he would shoot.In an instant, Xiao Lou only felt a "buzz" in his mind, and a burst of dizziness suddenly came, and warm blood flowed down his forehead, blurring his vision.

With blood in front of his eyes, Xiao Lou fell to the cold ground, and his brain gradually lost the ability to think.

Before he completely lost consciousness, he saw Xiao Wu take out something like a "communicator" and whisper something there, the young man's back quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor, and Xiao Lou slowly closed the door behind him. eyes.

***

Tang Ci drove all the way to the police force, parked the car on the side of the road, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Liu, you stay here, look at Chen Mengmeng in the trunk, don't let her run away, I'll go find Xiao Lou. "

Liu Qiao nodded: "Mr. Tang, be careful."

Tang Ci closed the door, rushed all the way to the police station, and asked bluntly: "Xiao Lou is in danger, what about others?!"

The two criminal policemen hurried to Cell No. 1, only to see Xiao Lou lying in a pool of blood.

Seeing this scene, Tang Ci also had a heart palpitation.

If Liu Qiao hadn't said that there was a witch's antidote on Xiao Lou's body, Tang Ci almost thought Xiao Lou was dead.

At this moment, Xiao Lou looked no different from a "dead man". His face was covered with blood, his eyes were closed, and his heart stopped beating. The two criminal policemen felt that something was wrong and immediately called Yu Hanjiang.

When Yu Hanjiang rushed back to the police force with a dark face, Xiao Lou's "corpse" had already been carried out, and his body was covered with a white cloth.

The man squatted down, his hands trembling slightly as he lifted the white cloth.

Under the white cloth, Xiao Lou's face was as pale as paper, but the blood hole left on his forehead formed a sharp contrast with his pale skin.Yu Hanjiang clenched his hands suddenly, and the veins on the back of his hands were bulging. When he turned his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and he roared like a furious beast: "Didn't I tell you to look at him carefully? What's going on!"

The two men looked at each other, and one of the policewomen said in a trembling voice: "Xiao Wu just sent us a takeaway and told us to eat first, so he went to the duty room next door to watch. We thought, with him watching, there must be no problem , so..."

Yu Hanjiang stood up, his face livid: "Are you pig brains?"

He took a deep breath, resisted the urge to hit someone, immediately picked up the pager, and ordered in a low voice on the communication channel: "I am Yu Hanjiang, immediately notify the police in all districts, and search for criminal suspects at all high-speed toll stations, airports, and train stations." Wu Minglang, I will upload this person's information to the intranet, please pay attention to the police everywhere, if you find him, arrest him immediately!"

After giving the order, he turned his head to look at Xiao Lou who was on the ground, his expression was extremely ugly.

Tang Ci said calmly: "Captain Yu, do you believe now that he was framed?"

Yu Hanjiang was silent for a moment, then said, "...I'm sorry."

Tang Ci said: "You'd better catch all the murderers back, otherwise, Xiao Lou will die with regret."

Yu Hanjiang clenched his fists tightly: "Of course, I will never let them go!"

Tang Ci asked: "Professor Xiao's body, can I take it away?"

He only wanted to return Xiao Lou's "body" now. If a forensic doctor came from the police force and dissected Professor Xiao, it would be terrible, and the witch's antidote could not restore the severed body parts.

Yu Hanjiang said: "According to regulations, I will notify his family to claim the body."

Tang Ci nodded and said, "Okay, please inform Xiao Lou's parents as soon as possible. Outside the forest, you should be able to tell who fired the shot from the bullet casings left on the ground, right? His parents will definitely not agree with you Autopsy and autopsy, I hope you don't touch him again."

"Okay." Yu Hanjiang nodded, leaned over, carefully covered Xiao Lou with a white cloth, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry."

Tang Ci looked at his appearance, the man's face was full of guilt and self-blame, but there was not much pain - he was indeed different from the real Yu Hanjiang, if the real Yu Hanjiang was here, seeing Xiao Lou being shot in the head , it is impossible to be so calm.

If it is real Yu Hanjiang...

Tang Ci didn't dare to imagine the consequences.

He took a deep breath, turned around and went to the door, got in the car and asked Liu Qiao, "Have you met Xiao Lou's parents?"

Liu Qiao shook his head: "No, how is Professor Xiao?"

Tang Ci said: "Xiao Lou was hit on the head by a bullet, I hope he will take the antidote in advance."

Liu Qiao said: "Professor Xiao is so cautious, he probably wouldn't risk his life. The antidote is contained under the tongue in advance and can be taken at any time. However, the witch's antidote needs to be effective at night."

Tang Ci opened the laptop, quickly found the information of Xiao Lou's mother, pointed to the photo on the screen and said, "This is the photo of Xiao Lou's mother, you pretend to be his mother, and go to the police force as soon as possible to get his body out. I sent Chen Mengmeng to the police force, we only caught this one murderer, the other two have to rely on the strength of the police."

Liu Qiao nodded, pretending to be Xiao Lou's mother.

After half an hour, she came to the police force pretending to take a taxi, and hurriedly went to Yu Hanjiang: "Officer Yu, what's wrong with my son?"

Yu Hanjiang brought her to the morgue, and after lifting the white cloth and seeing Xiao Lou's face, Liu Qiao knelt down with a plop, "My son... why did you suddenly disappear..."

Although she acted very hard, Liu Qiao was thinking, fortunately, Professor Xiao is not conscious now, otherwise, she would have called Professor Xiao "son" directly, which is really disrespectful, Professor Xiao is her idol.

Yu Hanjiang looked at "Mother Xiao" who was crying bitterly, with a look of guilt on his face: "I'm sorry, Auntie, I failed to protect him well."

Liu Qiao: "What happened?"

Yu Hanjiang briefly told her the story of the case, and Liu Qiao was taken aback for a while. After acting for a while, she felt that it was almost done, so she sobbed and said, "Officer Yu must catch those who killed my son." murderer!"

She stretched out her hand and helped Xiao Lou cover it with a white cloth, choked with sobs and said, "I want to take Xiao Lou away, wait for his father to come back to see him, and then bury him properly."

Yu Hanjiang said: "Okay, Auntie, you can sign here."

Liu Qiao signed his mother's name and asked the corpse truck to bring Xiao Lou's "body" back to Tang Ci's private residence.

The two moved Xiao Lou to bed.

Liu Qiao touched his cold wrist, looked at the wound on his forehead, and said helplessly: "Professor Xiao is too risky, I hope he takes the antidote in advance, otherwise, I'm really afraid that he will beat himself up." go in..."

Tang Ci stood beside the bed, looking thoughtfully at Xiao Lou's "body" on the bed.

Seeing that there was no response behind him, Liu Qiao couldn't help turning around and asking, "What is Mr. Tang thinking?"

Tang Ci frowned, and said, "I'm thinking, what is the origin of the hunters, and why are they against us everywhere. Also, in which world are the other teammates? How should we join them?"

Liu Qiaodao: "Professor Xiao speculates that the 12 of us were divided into several groups and sent to different worlds. What we met was hearts puzzle-solving. Since the Yu team in this world is not me, the real Yu team, Likely in the world of spades."

Tang Ci nodded: "Xiao Lou's speculation is very reasonable. Ninth brother may also be in the survival world. Mr. Shao is in the plum blossom, and Lao Mo may be in the square piece? We don't know what rules the others are assigned according to."

Liu Qiaodao: "Just like the K secret room before, as long as the problems in each world are solved, we can always meet."

Tang Ci looked at Xiao Lou on the bed. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Xiao Lou should be fine."

Liu Qiao was puzzled: "How to say?"

Tang Ci explained: "He is the captain and the owner of the contract. If he dies, the contract will be transferred to the second signer, Yu Hanjiang, and the floating box will pop up an announcement of 'The captain died, and the contract will be transferred to Yu Hanjiang' .”

Liu Qiao was also relieved when he heard this: "There is no reminder, which means that Professor Xiao took the antidote and did not really die. He will wake up at dawn tomorrow."

Using himself as a bait to lure out the last hunter, although Xiao Lou's approach is risky, it is also very effective.

Under the full arrest of the criminal police brigade led by Yu Hanjiang, Wang Yishen who fled to the airport was quickly arrested and brought to justice, and Xiao Wu, who was hiding, was also found by the police at the station. Together with Chen Mengmeng, who was sent by Tang Ci himself, this serial killing All the murderers in the case were arrested.

It was a long night, Tang Ci and Liu Qiao didn't sleep well, they sat by the bed anxiously waiting for Xiao Lou to wake up.

As the first ray of sunlight hit the bedroom, Xiao Lou on the bed finally opened his eyes.

Seeing his teammates around him, Xiao Lou had a smile on his pale face: "Fortunately, you snatched my body back in time, and Yu Hanjiang didn't drag me to dissect it."

Liu Qiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Professor Xiao, you are still in the mood to joke."

Xiao Lou stretched out his hand and touched the hole on his forehead: "Hey, does Mr. Tang have a healing robot? I have a hole in my head, I don't know if it can be repaired."

Tang Ci and Liu Qiao: "..."

What kind of weird conversation is this?

Tang Ci said helplessly: "You are only saving one life now, and the bullet is still in your head, so you can't be careless. My healing robot can only repair skin trauma. I should use the ace of worms after meeting Mr. Shao and Ye Qi. Let's fix it."

Xiao Lou nodded: "That's the only way."

His head is still a little dizzy. Although the name is okay, it is not a good thing for the bullet to stay in the head.

Hope to meet Mr. Shao as soon as possible.

[Congratulations to Xiao Lou, Tang Ci, and Liu Qiao for passing the second round of the relay mission]

The third ring is opening...]

At the same time, Shao Qingge opened his eyes.