The strange case of the demon book

? Huo Wen just returned to the red room.At two o'clock, Ma Wenrui came back yawning.

"Brother Wencai, let's go home after one more patrol." Ma Wenrui said.

"Okay." Huo Wen said, he has a place he wants to go.

After patrolling Taiping Road and Fengning Road together, the two went home separately.Ma Wenrui's home and Huo Wencai's direction were really opposite. After the two separated in the red house, Huo Wencai went back along Taiping Road.

"The spring is full of thousands of flowers, and the scenery of three springs has never been seen before. The jade swallows surround the Cuixuan, the butterflies are flying and the music is endless, and the flowers are blooming..."

On the quiet Taiping Road, suddenly a playful voice from far to near made Huo Wen stop:

Who is singing?It's really nice.

Huo Wencai followed the singing voice to the door of Leshan Theater.

"Is it inside?" Huo Wencai looked at the theater in front of him suspiciously.The performance of the troupe had ended long ago last night, and it was dark from the theater, and there was no light at all from the windows.

It must be Zhengdan who is practicing singing.

Huo Wen just stood and listened for a while, so he really went in to have a look.After listening for a while, Huo Wen raised his feet and was reluctant to leave. Before leaving Taiping Street, the singing voice floated into his ears flickering.The moment he stepped out of Taiping Street, the singing voice stopped abruptly.

Huo Wencai felt cold all over. He looked back at Taiping Street. Except for a few dim lights, there was no living thing on this Taiping Street.And on the outer street where I was standing, there were sounds of people passing by in rickshaws at night in order to earn more copper coins, there were homeless people rummaging for food in the middle of the night, and night cats meowing.

Compared with the small hustle and bustle of the outer street and the quiet Taiping Street, Taiping Street seems to be a lifeless street.This weird feeling made Huo Wencai shudder.

Only then did Huo Wen get rid of his weird thoughts, lifted his feet and continued towards his destination.

Huo Wencai came to the ballroom of Minghui Hotel again.The doorman in front of the door was surprised when he saw his police uniform, but he didn't come forward to chat.After a while, the person I wanted to see came out.Tang Manzhu was surprised when she saw Huo Wencai. She smiled slightly at Huo Wencai, who was still a beggar the night before and now turned into a patrolman. Huo Wencai's face burned, and he stepped forward:

"Miss Tang."

"Patroll Huo." Tang Manzhu stopped, still smiling.

"Miss Tang, call me Wencai." Huo Wencai took off his police cap and scratched his head shyly.

With a decent smile on Tang Manzhu's face, she just said, "You came here to find me, right?"

"I, I just came to patrol, yes, I just came to patrol and happened to pass by here and saw Miss Tang." Huo Wen stammered a little in his defense.The temperament of Tang Manzhu's body satisfies all men's fantasies about the perfection of women.

After hearing Huo Wencai's justification, Tang Manzhu chuckled, which made Huo Wencai's face burn.

Huo Wencai's heart was beating "puff, puff", he mustered up the courage to say: "Actually, I..."

"Manzhu, who is this?" The ballroom of Minghui Hotel opened, a man was leaning on a cane in his left hand, holding a pipe in his right hand, with a short beard on his upper lip, and his hair was combed back shinyly, leaving a smooth forehead.A middle-aged man in a black mandarin jacket came to Tang Manzhu's side. Tang Manzhu held Master Tie's right hand: "Master Tie, he is just a kid who patrols at night."

"Well, let's go back."

"Yes, Lord Tie." After finishing speaking, the two left arm in arm.Huo Wen was dazed for a moment, and then his face sank.

The man named Tie Ye seemed to be someone of status, Huo Wencai suddenly felt bored.

Huo Wencai returned to Lantern Street depressed. Lantern Street was very quiet at three o'clock in the morning, and the lit red lanterns hung on both sides illuminated the whole street——

This street is like Huangquan Road.

Huo Wencai casually picked up a family's red lantern, left two copper coins, and went home with them.After returning to the room on the second floor, Huo Wencai hung the red lantern by the window, and Huo Wencai lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep——

Hey~

"Tang Manzhu, Manzhu..."

This is a woman who makes my heart beat at a glance.

In the drowsiness, Huo Wen gradually fell asleep...

"The spring is full of thousands of flowers, and the scenery of the three springs has never been seen..."

Indistinctly, Huo Wencai heard Zhengdan's play in Leshan Theater on Taiping Street again...

When the sun was high, Huo Wen woke up.He had some headaches, and he had a dream, a weird dream.He dreamed that he was watching a play in the theater, but he was the only one watching the show in the empty theater, and there was a Zhengdan singing on the stage. No matter how Huo Wencai looked at it, he couldn't see clearly human face.

Huo Wen just yawned, and he became much more energetic after washing up.Hearing the sound of the big bell tower, it was still ten o'clock in the morning, which was still early in the afternoon. Huo Wen spent a while in the kitchen in the small courtyard, and then went outside to buy some ingredients and finally finished his first job in Guangzhou City. A meal.

Even if the cooking was not delicious, Huo Wen was able to eat to his heart's content.

Huo Wencai started to walk around the streets of Guangzhou City in his own clothes.The city of Guangzhou is too big, and he wants to get familiar with the streets of Guangzhou city where the city walls have not been demolished.Huo Wencai walked up and down nine, thirteen lines, Yang Lane, Enning Road, Pailan Road, Wende Road, Ivory Street, and the watery streets and alleys on Shamian Island, etc., and walked down the circle, which is almost familiar .

Huo Wencai traveled quickly. He returned home in the afternoon and started cooking. After eating, he changed into a police uniform and equipped with weapons, and then went to the police station to meet Ma Wenrui.After the two registered at Yuxian's place to report, they went to Taiping Street and the brothers on duty in the red house during the day to hand over.

After the brothers who were on duty during the day went back, the two of them went back to the red room after patrolling and sat on a chair with their four feet on the chair under the window, facing the busy street outside.

Only then did Huo Wen remember what happened last night. Ma Wenrui is a native of Guangzhou. Maybe he can find out something he doesn't know by asking him for news.

"Wen Rui, do you know Minghui Ballroom?"

"I know. Only those who have money and authority can enter that place." Ma Wenrui said.

"Then this dance hall has a lot of background." Huo Wencai replied pretending to be surprised.

"That's right, there are only a few big men in Guangzhou. One of them is Cao Tie, and everyone calls him Lord Tie. Look at Guangzhou City. If it is divided into several parts, the southern part is his territory. Since the military government After Dudu Long took office, those gambling and brothels have resumed business, and Dudu Long took a lot of flower donations in his hands. This name Hui is one of the dance halls under his control."

After Long Dudu took office, casinos and prostitutes have become legal industries in Guangzhou City.Long Dudu made a lot of donations from these casinos and brothels.The military government's efforts have collapsed, and the city of Guangzhou is more chaotic than it appears.

Talking about the Minghui Ballroom, Ma Wenrui came to God.He went on to say: "The singers and dancers in the Minghui Ballroom are so beautiful. Especially the singer named Tang Manzhu, any man's eyes are sucked into her body. I saw her once before. She accompanied Lord Tie to the theater, although it was only for a glimpse, she is indeed the most beautiful woman in Guangzhou City. I still remember what she looks like."

"What's the relationship between her and Lord Tie?" Huo Wencai vaguely had an answer in his heart, but he still wanted to confirm it from others.

"She is Lord Tie's woman." Ma Wenrui's words made Huo Wencai's heart sink.

Sure enough, he was delusional.

The two patrolled like last night, and Ma Wenrui and Huo Wen didn't say hello until midnight and went to sleep again.

Huo Wencai was patrolling Taiping Street, and when he passed Leshan Theater, Leshan Theater had already closed.Huo Wencai continued to walk forward, and suddenly there was the faint voice of singing from the theater——

"The spring is full of thousands of flowers, and the scenery of three springs has never been seen before. The jade swallows surround the Cuixuan, the butterflies are flying and the music is endless, and the flowers are blooming..."

Huo Wencai stopped and walked to the door of Leshan Theater. The door of Leshan Theater was closed.

Is it that Zhengdan who practiced singing last night again?

Huo Wencai stood and listened gradually fascinated.

It's really a nice song, I really want to go in and see who Zhengdan is singing this play?

"Wen Cai? Why are you standing here?" Ma Wenrui's voice brought Huo Wencai back to his senses, and the sound from the scene inside also disappeared.

"Eh? Didn't you go to bed just now?" Huo Wen only looked at Ma Wenrui, who had just woken up tired.

"It's almost three o'clock now. I went back to the Red House to look for you but didn't find you. I thought you were on patrol, so I looked for you along Taiping Road." Ma Wenrui said.

wrong!

wrong!

Huo Wen felt inexplicably terrified.He remembered that he had just left Ma Wenrui, why is it almost three o'clock in the morning?Could it be that I stood motionless in front of this theater for two hours?

Huo Wencai's face turned pale, seeing that something was wrong with Huo Wencai, Ma Wenrui hurriedly said: "Wencai, are you alright?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Let's go, let's patrol around together and go back." Huo Wen only waved his hand.

"Okay." Saying that, the two started patrolling together.

After walking for a while, Huo Wen remembered the weird singing voice, and said, "Wen Rui, did you hear the singing voice from Leshan Theater when you came to see me?"

"No. At this point in time, which troupe will still be singing there." Ma Wenrui said.

"Before that, have you ever encountered the sound of singing at midnight?" Huo Wencai asked.

Ma Wenrui thought about it seriously and shook his head: "No."

Huo Wencai felt that his hands and feet were cold. He felt that he had encountered something strange, which was related to Leshan Theater.

"Did something happen to you?" Ma Wenrui asked suspiciously.

Huo Wen showed a stiff smile: "No."

After the two patrolled together, they went home separately. When Huo Wen raised his foot to cross Taiping Street and passed Leshan Theater, the sound of singing came from Leshan Theater again.Huo Wencai's scalp exploded and he walked forward quickly.

There was the back of a person in front, and Huo Wen, who felt that he was with him, stepped forward: "Hey, brother."

The other party turned around: "Coincidentally, Patrol Officer Huo." It turned out to be Zhang Jue.

Huo Wen breathed a sigh of relief: "It's you. Why are you still wandering outside in the middle of the night?"

Zhang Jue replied with a smile: "I lost the jade pendant outside, so I came out to look for it."

"Did you find it?"

"I've found it." Zhang Jue picked up the jade pendant around his waist and shook it in front of Huo Wencai's eyes.

"Just find it." Zhang Jue's jade pendant is worth a lot of money, and it's close-fitting clothing.It would be a pity to lose it.

"My house is here, let's say goodbye." Zhang Jue stood in front of a house.

Zhang house.It turned out that he lived here, but why didn't he notice it before?

"Farewell." Huo Wen clasped his fists together.After walking a few steps with Zhang Jue, the feeling that made Huo Wen feel chills disappeared a lot.

He quickly left Taiping Street, the moment he stepped out of Taiping Street.Only then did Huo Wen feel as if he had returned from the underworld to the underworld.Huo Wen didn't stay long and hurried home.

When he arrived at the brightly lit and quiet Lantern Street, Huo Wen lit the red lantern he had hung in front of the door during the day and carried it up.

The quiet Lantern Street is illuminated by red lanterns—like Huangquan Avenue.