Urban Night Returner

"Mr. Liu, who is the woman surnamed Fan you mentioned just now?"

Liu Wencheng, that is, the man who came to look for the deceased Zhou Na, is now sitting on a chair with his face smeared like a cat.He couldn't answer the heavy question.Shen Gu frowned: "Mr. Liu, you must know that any clues you provide may help us solve the case. Ms. Zhou died of myocardial infarction. If there is no other evidence, we will conclude it as sudden cardiac death."

Liu Wencheng raised his head slightly, turned his eyes on the black porcelain soul bottle, and took a long time to say: "I don't know, Nana may also... But she made a will, saying that all her things will be left to me after her death."

Xiao Heizi frowned, and said unceremoniously: "Anyway, everything is yours, so it doesn't matter if she lives or dies?"

Liu Wencheng seemed to have made up his mind, but instead became stiff: "Comrade police, you can't say that. Nana and I made each other the first heir of the inheritance, and I have two wills here. Besides, myocardial infarction You said it, not me."

Little Heizi was so angry that he was about to jump up, but Shen Gu held him down, and picked up the black porcelain soul bottle: "In this case, we can go."

Liu Wencheng became anxious: "That belongs to Nana! Why do you take it away?"

Shen Gu said lightly: "We have sufficient evidence to prove that this piece of porcelain is one of the inheritances of a lady surnamed Fan from her husband, and Ms. Zhou Na's alleged property source is unknown, so we must give this piece Archive."

Liu Wencheng became anxious all of a sudden, jumped up and stopped in front of Shen Gu: "That's our thing!"

Shen Gu held the soul bottle in the air with one hand and shook it unhurriedly: "Really? Then please explain the origin of this thing."

Liu Wencheng's eyeballs followed Shen Gu's hand, wishing he could swallow the soul bottle into his stomach. After a long time, he finally said hesitantly, "This thing was given to her by Nana's friend."

"What kind of friend is so generous?"

Liu Wencheng hesitated for a long time, and finally sat down: "I said, I said it..."

"Nana used to... Since you know the origin of this thing, you must also know that Nana was taken care of by someone. But it was not voluntary! At that time, we were very difficult. We lost business and owed a lot of money Nana can't help it... That old guy has a lot of money. I have been thinking about Nana for more than half a year, and he is quite generous. He paid off the debt for us, and Nana followed him. The old guy was good to her. But his wife was so powerful that she even came to beat Nana. Later, Nana moved a little and wanted to leave. The old man refused to let him, saying that if Nana died for him, he would give her the family heirloom in the future. "

Little Heizi tapped the soul bottle: "This is it?"

Seeing his hand knocking on the soul bottle, Liu Wencheng almost jumped up: "That is porcelain from the Song Dynasty! It broke!"

Shen Gu put the soul bottle back into the original box: "Don't worry, we won't damage things. You continue to talk."

Liu Wencheng said angrily: "There is nothing else to say. The old guy was afraid that Nana would be worried, so he took this thing to the house he bought for Nana and kept it. Then one day he died suddenly. It is said that he was with his wife. Arguing, getting excited, died of cerebral hemorrhage. Nana knew that the old guy died, his wife would definitely not leave the house and everything to Nana, and the old guy's wife's natal family had someone who was an official in the local area, that was his I couldn’t negotiate the site, so I took this thing to Binhai first. I have been working in other places. We agreed that I would stay outside. When the old guy died, Nana took the things and hid in another place first. Hide, wait for the old guy's family to stop pursuing her, and then join me. The day before yesterday... the day before yesterday I suddenly received a call from Nana, who spoke in a nonsensical manner, saying that she felt that someone in the house was always staring at her, and she was afraid of something... ...I was also afraid that the old guy's wife hired someone to embarrass Nana, so I told her to come to my place quickly, but she said she couldn't leave, so she told me to come here quickly, so I hurriedly bought a train ticket and came here, who knows ..."

Shen Gu raised his eyebrows: "Why did she say she couldn't leave? Did someone restrict her movement?"

Liu Wencheng shook his head in confusion: "I don't know about that either. Nana said she was sick, she just cried, oh yes, she also said that the old guy would come back to find her or something. But I guess she was confused because of illness, The old guy will come back to find her, unless he becomes a ghost!" After finishing speaking, he thought he was humorous and laughed twice.

Shen Gu and Xiao Heizi were not in the mood to go along with his cold jokes.Liu Wencheng swallowed the back with a smile, and mumbled, "Comrade policeman, that's how things are. Nana used to be in good health, but I've also heard that some people have myocarditis caused by a cold, so she also He may have died of a heart attack. But this porcelain was indeed left to her by the old guy, so it belongs to her, right? Isn’t it an unknown source?”

Xiao Heizi gave him a disgusted look, and deliberately provoked him: "That's not necessarily the case. Unless there is a written gift from me, if someone sues, this thing will belong to him."

Liu Wencheng immediately jumped up like a chicken blood: "Sue? A woman surnamed Fan dares to sue? Maybe she killed the old guy on purpose, and maybe she hired someone to kill Nana!"

Shen Gu said coldly: "Didn't you say that Ms. Zhou Na might have died of a heart attack?"

Liu Wencheng was stunned, and stammered: "I, I followed what you said just now, Nana didn't have a heart attack before, but maybe..."

Shen Gu saw his face clearly and stood up: "Mr. Liu, the case is under investigation now, we hope you can continue to cooperate with us."

Liu Wencheng only looked at the soul bottle: "Then this thing..."

Shen Gu thought about it: "We can keep this thing here first, but you must stay in this city and cooperate with our investigation."

Liu Wencheng showed a troubled expression, muttered a few words in his throat, and finally agreed: "But comrades in the police, when will you be able to close this case? And this thing, will it be awarded to Nana in the end?"

Little Heizi stared, wanting to give him a punch, but finally held back, walked to the door, and gave a loud pooh.

"Do you think there is something wrong with the soul bottle?" Zhong Lecen asked, while peeling a salted duck egg yolk and putting it in the Shengu porridge bowl, causing Zhong Leyang to squint with jealousy, so Zhong Lecen had to peel one for him too.

After Shen Gu took a sip, half a bowl of porridge was missing.In the past few days, they have repeatedly inspected the scene, but they did not find any trace left by the second person.Liu Wu is a strict person who only authenticates the evidence, but Shen Gu always felt that there was something wrong with Zhou Na's posture when she died, so he still brought it up to Brother Zhong Lecen.

"The deceased's posture at that time was as if being dragged forward, and her head was facing the bed. The soul bottle was hidden in the bed box. The deceased was frightened to death. If she didn't see anything, what was she afraid of? It's just that the forensic doctor did not find any traces of trauma on the body, so there is no evidence."

Zhong Lecen frowned: "You mean, something is dragging her, but it's not a person?"

"If it is a human being, it is impossible not to leave traces."

Zhong Leyang interjected: "This is easy to handle. Take a piece of talisman paper and wipe it on the wrist of the deceased. You can see at a glance whether there are traces or not."

Shen Gu smiled wryly: "It stands to reason that this attitude in handling a case is very incorrect, but now I don't have to believe it. Le Cen also said that it is a soul bottle, and now I am suspicious even hearing the name."

Zhong Leyang laughed loudly: "That's right, otherwise, how can we say that the whole family does not enter the house?"

Zhong Lecen glanced at his younger brother helplessly, and asked Shen Gu, "Can I go and see with you?"

What Shen Gu meant by saying this was to let him go and have a look. Just as he nodded, the phone rang, and Xiao Heizi said angrily on the phone: "Brother Shen, that Liu Wencheng came here early today to make a fuss, saying The soul bottle is lost!"

Shen Gu took Zhong Lecen and his brother to Fanhai community, Liu Wencheng was pulling Xiao Heizi not to let go: "Officer Wu, I really lost it, I don't know how I lost it, you have to find it for me!"

Little Heizi annoyed him so much that he could hardly bear his breath and listened to his calls. When he saw Shen Gu coming, it was like seeing a savior: "Brother Shen, you are here—oh, Brother Zhong is also here? This is—"

Shen Gu made a brief introduction and entered the room.All the furnishings in the room were the same as the previous few days, except that the bed box was opened, the wicker box was opened, and the soul bottle disappeared without a trace.Liu Wencheng followed in, anxious like an ant on a hot pot: "Officer Shen, I just went out to have a meal at noon, and there was nothing unusual in the room when I came back. I wanted to take a nap and look at things again, so I opened the bed and took a look— — and the thing is gone!"

Little Heizi followed and whispered in Shen Gu's ear, "I have checked everything on the window sill, and there is no trace left, and there is no trace of the door lock being pried."

Shen Gu turned back and asked Liu Wencheng: "Do you have any acquaintances in Binhai? Or does Zhou Na have any acquaintances?"

Liu Wencheng shook his head like a rattle drum: "No. She came here because no one knew Nana in Binhai, and the house was bought now."

Shen Gu walked around the room, the window sill was equipped with anti-theft windows, and it was impossible to get in without prying.Xiao Heizi said on the side: "There are security guards in this community, and strangers have to register when they come in and out. The security guards shift from 10:10 to [-]:[-] noon. The one who comes to take over the shift usually comes a little later because he has to send the children to school, so probably There was no one there for about [-] minutes. The perpetrators seemed to be very familiar with the situation in this neighborhood, and had been watching for a long time. It took [-] minutes to pry open the door and get things away, which is fast enough.”

Shen Gu suddenly thought of a person, his complexion immediately turned ugly, and he said after a while: "You can take a look here and ask if there are any cameras in the community to check, I want to take Le Cen to see the corpse .”

Taking Zhong Lecen brothers out of the community, Shen Gu immediately dialed a number, but the sweet female voice on the phone told him: The number you dialed has been turned off.He hung up with a sullen face, turned to Zhong Lecen and said, "Ask the people from Ji Lian, has Pai Gow passed these days? If so, can you get in touch with me?"

Zhong Lecen was stunned for a moment: "You said it was Pai Gow's soul bottle—"

Shen Gu gritted his teeth and sneered: "Ten minutes, that kid has this ability. Didn't you meet him here before? He has already come to step on the spot. Lawlessness is something he can do!"

Zhong Lecen persuaded him cautiously: "I'm calling Feifei now, if I find someone, don't be so anxious."

Shen Gu was furious: "Can you not be in a hurry? If Zhou Na really died because of that soul bottle, what about Pai Gow? I'm afraid he won't even know how he died when he dies!"

Zhong Lecen called Ji Lian, hung up after saying a few words, looked up at Shen Gu: "I asked Fei Fei, he said that Pai Gow hadn't shown up in the past few days, and if he saw anyone, he would call him immediately." I call."

Although Shen Gu was in a hurry, there was nothing he could do at this time: "Go, let's go and see the corpse first."

Liu Wu was very dissatisfied with Shen Gu bringing the two outsiders, but he couldn't say anything, after all, Shen Gu was in charge of the case.The corpse was placed in the freezer, and the expression of horror was still condensed on his face.With his back to Liu Wu, Zhong Leyang took out a piece of talisman paper and wiped it on Zhou Na's wrist, then turned it over to have a look - there was an obvious layer of black on the paper.The two brothers of the Zhong family looked at each other, and the expressions on their faces were not very good-looking.Seeing the two of them, Shen Gu's heart sank, he greeted Liu Wu and brought them out: "Yes—"

Zhong Leyang's expression was rare and serious: "Yes. People have been dead for several days, and they can still leave such an obvious color. This ghost's resentment is not small."

Shen Gu slammed his fist into the palm of his hand: "What is this soul bottle? If it is a family heirloom, it should have never happened before. Why did it happen this time?"

Zhong Leyang shook his head: "No. Maybe it's not that no one died before, but they were all classified as sick. And there was no accident before, so I can't guarantee that there will be no accident this time. There is no rule for such things to appear."

Zhong Lecen had been thinking for a long time, and only then said softly: "What does that soul bottle look like? It's not clear from the photo."

Shen Gu suddenly remembered, and quickly repeated the pattern he saw: "You said that the soul bottle is to store food for the dead, but this bottle has no mouth at all, it is closed, how can it hold things?"

Zhong Lecen pressed his fingers on his temples and thought for a while: "It's also possible, this is not a soul bottle. The snake-like pattern you mentioned may be the pattern of the snake, and there are small dots on the plain surface called the milk nail pattern. Decorative patterns on ancient jadeware."

Shen Gu really didn't know anything about it: "Didn't you say this is jade?" He could always tell the difference between jade and porcelain.

"No. I mean, these patterns shouldn't appear on the soul bottle, which means that my judgment last time was wrong, this is not a soul bottle."

"What it is?"

"The pan-bottle pattern is a snake, and the milk nail pattern represents the starry sky...but these two patterns are combined..."

Zhong Leyang is much better than his elder brother in Taoism, but these miscellaneous learnings are far from good, so both of them looked at Zhong Lecen.Zhong Lecen muttered to himself: "In the eyes of the ancient people, the snake is actually a symbol of longevity. Because the snake can shed its skin, the ancients believed that it can be reborn again and again. You said that it is like a torii. The torii should only have the door, and the bottom is empty. The porcelain is decorated with two different patterns, indicating that the milk nail pattern is used to represent the part of the sky...Below the door is the starry sky, and under the door is the starry sky..."

Zhong Leyang interjected in a low voice: "Would it be said that this door is above the starry sky?"

"Above the starry sky? What door is above the starry sky?"

Zhong Leyang was stopped by the question, and said without confidence: "Guanghan Palace?"

Zhong Lecen shook his head helplessly: "Stop talking nonsense."

Shen Gu listened to what they said with a serious face for a long time, but he still had no idea: "Think slowly, I'll arrange someone to find Pai Gow first. Even if this kid is charged with theft, it's better than dying inexplicably!"

Feifei put down Zhong Lecen's call, feeling uncomfortable.Pai Gow has not appeared for several days.The last time Shen Gu appeared, Pai Gow's expression - he knew at a glance that this was the real master.How blatant and blatant that expression is, it's really strange that Shen Gu didn't notice it, as expected, people can't be shrewd in everything, there are always times when they can't react.

"Feifei, why do you have such an expression?" Six o'clock raised his head to look at him, "Who messed with you?"

Feifei touched her face: "What's wrong?"

Smacking his lips at six o'clock: "I really should get a mirror to take a picture of you. That expression looks like a vat of vinegar."

Feifei changed his face: "Nonsense! Have you delivered anything from the pastry shop?"

At six o'clock, I stuck out my tongue, turned around and ran away: "I'll go and have a look."

Feifei is lying on the bar counter depressed - is this really the expression?cut!He has also seen countless people, will he be jealous?How do you write the word jealous?Besides, how long have you known each other?Is there such a thing as love at first sight in the world?Pooh!

Consoling herself, Feifei bored through the day until she closed on time at [-] o'clock, and lazily returned to the rented house.Opening the door, he closed the door with one hand and turned on the light with the other. The light flickered on, and when he saw the person lying on the floor, he blurted out in fright.The man raised his head lazily: "Are you back?"

Feifei glared at him: "How did you come into my house?"

Pai Gow smiled indifferently: "Open the door and come in."

"You—" Feifei pointed at him, "You broke into private houses!"

Pai Gow lay back again: "Yes, how is it?"

Feifei was so angry that he couldn't speak, suddenly remembered Zhong Lecen's advice, and hurried to touch the phone, just found Zhong Lecen's phone number, a figure flashed in front of him, Pai Gow had already arrived in front of him without a sound, and snatched the phone away: " Who to call?"

Feifei was taken aback, why is this person silent?

"You don't care! Give me back the phone!"

Pai Gow glanced at it, took out the phone card and put it in his pocket: "Don't call today."

Feifei froze for a moment, and was about to jump, but was startled by the sadness in his voice: "You, what did you say?"

Pai Gow lay down again, looking at the night sky outside the window: "Don't fight today. I will leave tomorrow, and you will tell them after I leave."

Feifei hesitated for a moment, and sat next to him: "You like Brother Shen, don't you?"

Pai Gow still looked at the night sky, and smiled for a long time: "Yes, your eyes are sharp."

Feifei looked at him for a while, turned around and turned off the light, and lay down beside him when she came back: "Have you chased him before?"

Pai Gow was silent for a long time: "No. I didn't think he was."

Feifei stopped talking.The two lay for a long time until the moon came up and could be seen from the window.Today is the fifteenth day, and the moon is round and big, as yellow as gold.Pai Gow suddenly sat up: "Hey, take me in tonight?"

Feifei wanted to laugh a little: "Okay, but you sleep on the floor."

Pai Gow lightly pinched his face: "It's too stingy. I'm going to take a shower. By the way, I brought a piece of luggage and put it on your table. It's a piece of porcelain, don't smash it for me It's time to go back and make a business trip."

Feifei stuck out her tongue at his back: "I'll smash it for you!"

Pai Gow laughed and closed the bathroom door.Feifei continued to lie down, watching the moonlight shine into his room and onto the table.Even though the lights were off, the room was still quite bright.The thing on the table was a box, Feifei became curious and called into the bathroom: "Can I have a look?"

Pai Gow replied in it: "Whatever, just don't smash it."

Feifei got up and went to open the box. He couldn't see what it was, so he put his eyes very close to it.The moonlight shone on the thing from the side, and I saw that the black thing gradually brightened, especially the lower part, showing a dark blue like the night sky, while in the upper part, red gradually emerged from the dark color, Feifei put her eyes closer, and found that the red color slowly turned into three characters.He suddenly let out a scream, and Pai Gow heard the sound jump out suddenly, but only saw him fall on his back...