dark crossing

Shen Ting, who didn't know that he was being worried about by his mother, was nestling on the sofa waiting for the capitalist to feed him.

Chu Huainan, who has always advocated that "governing a big country is like cooking small fish", does not pay attention to the idea of ​​"a gentleman stays away from the kitchen".

He was busy in the kitchen with his sleeves rolled up, and within an hour, he made four dishes, one soup, and one dessert.

Shen Ting helped with the tableware.

With Aunt Zhao not around, Shen Ting couldn't fold the tablecloths, so he used two placemats and a pack of tissue paper to make do.

Chu Huainan saw that he was planning to eat ready-made soup, put the last soup on the table, and winked at him: "The division of labor is clear, you can wash the dishes later."

Wash the dishes and wash the dishes.Shen Ting shrugged indifferently, "People pay for washing dishes, and I pay for washing dishes. You are rich and powerful, if you don't worry about the loss of kitchen utensils, just let me do the work."

Recently, Chu Huainan felt more and more serious about his double standards.

The people he likes are very likable even if they are stubborn and plausible.

After dinner, Chu Huainan didn't really ask Shen Ting to wash the dishes, the two put the tableware into the dishwasher together, and then went to the living room to watch TV.

In the most popular TV series recently, there is a theme of economic investigation and crime.

The film is jointly produced by the Press and Propaganda Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security and several giants in the film and television industry.

Shen Ting and Chu Huainan watched two episodes together, and already saw many unreasonable flaws.He has never liked to watch police and criminal TV dramas, and felt that the scriptwriters were exaggerated and distorted, completely misleading the audience.He often portrays the criminals in a very tragic way.

Sensational lines like "I did all this because I had no choice" always make Shen Ting laugh and cry.Who in this world has no difficulties?

No choice?But there is no choice between hurting others and hurting yourself.

Drowsy from watching the TV, Chu Huainan's face was very close at hand.

Even people like Shen Ting, who only look at people like whether their eyes are dodging or whether their expressions are suspicious, think that this capitalist parent is really pretty.

Compared with Chu Huainan's natural and outstanding sentimentality, the stereotyped "good-looking" that is popular nowadays is nothing more than ordinary ink, a pretense of blood loss.

Chu Huainan realized that Shen Ting was looking at him, but he just pretended not to know, fearing that if he moved his peripheral vision a little, he would startle him away.

Letting Shen Ting stare at him for several minutes, Chu Huainan suddenly turned his face, and gently reached out to rub his hair: "Sleepy?"

Shen Ting was taken aback by him, and stood up "swish", "I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep." As he spoke, Inspector Shen, who had been commenting on the capitalist's appearance for a long time, felt his face heat up belatedly.

He ignored Chu Huainan who got up from the sofa with him, walked into his room expressionlessly, and closed the door with a "touch".

The capitalist, who was almost caught by the door, got his nose dusted, but he wasn't annoyed at all.Inspector Shen, who blushes just by looking at his face, is so innocent, if he sleeps together in the future, how shy will he be?

Shen Ting still doesn't know that she has discovered his true identity.If something really happened to him at this time, he always felt that he was taking advantage of others, so Chu Huainan was reluctant to touch him.

After you know all about it, let's "get along with each other" and see how I deal with you.

The capitalist who got rejected, licked his lips and thought.

The "shy" Inspector Shen in the room only took time to be shy for a while before regaining his composure.

Chu Zhentang sent him a text message, asking if he was interested in participating in the "outing" organized by Veron the day after tomorrow.

Shen Ting turned around and called Lin Huo, and found that the other party also didn't know about the "outing activity" two days later.

Seeing that Lin Huo was confused, Shen Ting immediately understood that this text message was Chu Zhensheng showing his favor to him.

Chu Zhensheng wanted to tell him that Veron organized a "hiking outing" the day after tomorrow to express that he didn't want to go for a walk with Veron alone without Song Cifang's knowledge.

Shen Ting immediately asked Chu Zhensheng the exact location of his outing.

Before dawn the next day, he and Lin Huo set off to kill Yueqing Mountain in the neighboring city.

Yueqing Mountain is located in a small town in a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Yancheng, more than 300 kilometers away from Jianghu City.

This mountain is not well-known, but the scenery is pleasant, the artistic conception is magnificent, and the aura is fragrant. It seems that it is indeed a good place for outing and hiking.

But Shen Ting didn't quite believe that at this juncture, Veron would suddenly feel leisurely and take Chu Zhentang to an unknown valley for an outing.

According to Shen Ting's many years of experience, there are usually two possibilities for a frenzied criminal to suddenly drag a partner who may turn against him in a minute to a remote place: [-]. Kill people to silence them, or [-]. Secretly negotiate.

The citizens of Jianghu City have very high requirements for their spare time life.Therefore, all the places with convenient transportation around Jianghu City are full of tourists in spring.

From the perspective of terrain, due to the steepness of the mountain, Yueqing Mountain, which has not yet been connected to the expressway, although it has a beautiful scenery, is the mountain with the least tourists near Jianghu City at this time.

Pick such a shitty place for a spring outing?This is really not in line with Veron's hedonic logic.And Chu Zhensheng, as Tianhui's perennial raw material supplier, should not be silenced at this time.

Therefore, Shen Ting guessed that Veron's trip was most likely for negotiating with Chu Zhentang.

The reason for choosing this place is probably because Veron's "base lair" is hidden in Yueqing Mountain Village, which is relatively hidden in terrain, relatively backward in economy, and not far from Jianghu City.

This lair whose location is temporarily unknown was mentioned by Lin Huo to him not long ago.

The dirt roads in the Yueqing Mountains are rugged and potholed, and cars cannot drive through them at all.

Shen Ting had no choice but to park the car in the small town at the entrance of the mountain, and found an old-fashioned Yamaha V50 in the town.

He also bought two extra wide tires from a second-hand motorcycle peddler.

Then, under the amazed gaze of the peddler, Shen Ting added a circle of wide tires suitable for dirt roads to the left and right sides of the Yamaha rear wheel.

In his hands, the old-fashioned dilapidated motorcycle turned waste into treasure, and transformed into a stripped-down mountain bike.

Shen Ting used this as a substitute for transportation, and stepped on the accelerator all the way. Amidst the roar of the engine, which was as loud as a gong, he arrived at the agreed place a day earlier than Veron and his party.

The location that Chu Zhensheng sent him was a farmhouse called Changdao Manor.

The few families around the farm had all moved away a few years ago, so it had been abandoned for a long time.

There is a quaint farm with a single door, and a faded billboard for picking seasonal fruits hangs at the door.

Unlike ordinary farmhouses that open their doors for business, although this farm also has an advertisement, the door is closed, and there are several rounds of thumb-thick iron chain locks wrapped around the vertical double door handle.

A very solid brick-earth wall is built around the farmhouse. Not only is there a pointed glass on the top of the wall, but also a dense layer of hoop-shaped grid is drawn around it.

Looking up, there is also a tower-like building that is more than a foot higher than the wall in the yard.

Shen, who was watching the movement from a distance, couldn't help but slightly frowned when he heard this.

He did not think that there could be any treasure hidden in such an ordinary farm that was worth such a great deal of trouble and setting up so many obstacles to prevent theft.

Besides, how could there be such a reduced version of a simple watchtower in an ordinary farm?

Where exactly is this place?Will it be Veron's base?If so, then what function does this base have in the closed loop of crime?

With doubts in mind, Shen Ting quietly observed outside for several hours. After careful investigation, he basically concluded that there was no one in the farm at the moment.

The power generation room of the whole village is located on the second floor of the village shop in the east of the village.

The outdoor staircase leading to the second floor is independent. There is no one on duty in the power generation room, but a thin iron door is locked all year round.

Shen Ting used a folding saber that was placed next to her body, and without much effort, opened this not-so-theft-proof lock.Twenty minutes later, Inspector Shen, who had done some "little hands and feet" in the power generation room, went downstairs two steps at a time.

The young people in the village have all gone out to work, leaving only some old and weak women and children, who still guard the one-acre three-point land at home.

The village has a small population, and the business of the commissary is also very bleak.

Shen Ting generously bought some of the most expensive packs of cigarettes in the store from the boss, and with discerning eyes, he picked out a bunch of off-brand snacks with the highest profit, and finally chose two pairs of thick work gloves.

When checking out, the total amount of more than 1000 yuan made the owner of the canteen laugh.

"Boss, is the Changdao Manor farmhouse in the west of the village doing well?" Shen Ting was leaning on the glass counter, chatting with the owner of the commissary who was bagging him.

There was an old-fashioned TV set next to the counter, and it was showing the TV series that Shen Ting and Chu Huainan watched together last night.

The owner of the canteen is a middle-aged man in his early 50s with a gray beard. Seeing the business of the farmhouse, he immediately waved his hands and said cheerfully: "That place is not opened by people from our village. What kind of farmhouse is it? In a village like ours, it’s too difficult for a motorcycle to get in! We don’t see a few strangers all year round!”

As he said that, he looked at Shen Ting suspiciously: "Young man, you don't look like you are from a nearby village, what are you doing here?"

Shen Ting didn't eat breakfast, so he unpacked a pack of beef jerky, chewed and said, "I'm here for a trip. My friend's car broke down on the way, so I won't arrive until tomorrow, so I'll explore the way first."

This pack of beef jerky had a strong smell of MSG, which was far from the breakfast that Chu Huainan supervised him to eat every day.

No wonder it is said that it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.

Shen Ting, who was used to being fed by the capitalists, barely swallowed the beef jerky, and then changed the subject and asked, "By the way, is there any place to stay in that Long Island manor?"

"Ah? If you want to live there, I'm afraid it will be troublesome." The boss frowned and said, "That Long Island manor has been abandoned for a month."

"When did it open?"

"Well, I remember it has been open for three years." The owner of the canteen recalled, put the last pair of gloves into the bag, and finally said firmly: "Yes, it is three years! When it first opened, my granddaughter just Going to kindergarten, no, in two months the little baby will be entering elementary school, so it's exactly three years. It can't be wrong."

Shen Ting took the bag, but didn't lift it up, and put the bulging plastic bag on the counter, and asked, "It's only been closed for three years? I'm so lucky! Then it was operating normally before it closed down?"

"I don't know if it's normal." The boss picked up the purple sand pot on the glass counter, and took a sip from mouth to mouth: "In the past, although there were no customers in that place, there were one or two people all year round. As a waiter, I usually have no business, so the door is always closed.”

"Ah? Why are you raising so many people for nothing? Do you do charity?"

"That's right! By the way, there are more than a hundred chickens, ducks and geese in the yard of that family! These young people are too lazy, and they probably don't clean it very much. Sometimes, the feces of chickens and ducks have accumulated for a long time. The stench in the house is so bad! It can be smelled from far away!"

Speaking of this, the boss was a little angry, "Although I open a shop here, my family lives in Xitou. My house is not close to that house, but in summer, it is really smelly! But everyone is in the same village. Yes, I'm too embarrassed to say anything, hey!"

Shen Ting looked down at his watch and said with a smile: "There are no guests, why raise so many chickens—"

As he spoke, he counted the seconds in his head.

five four three two one.

When the second hand just returned to the right position, there was a "pop" sound from the power generation room on the second floor. Not long after, the TV screen that was playing a TV series suddenly went black.

"Huh? Is this broken TV broken again?"

Inspector Shen, who successfully produced the alibi, picked up the plastic bag, "Then I won't bother you to fix the TV."

After all, he took three steps with his long legs and walked in two steps.