sincerity of lies

The story told by Hu Kun relayed by Lan Lan makes people unable to ignore it.But the case of Fu Baoxin and Fu Baoling in the bureau had just emerged, and he couldn't give up. A carful of people just said a few words, and they made arrangements and plans.

Ji Xun and Huo Ranyin followed Lao Hu's line first, and then Zhao Wu led the police to investigate the "Zhixian Import and Export Company" found from the Buddha statue to see if they could find it. Can't find any clues.

The two parties parted ways, and while the library was still closed, Ji Xun and Huo Ranyin searched out all the books about Mazu on the shelf, and compared them with Lao Hu's stories one by one.

Mazu, formerly known as Lin Mo, was born in Meizhou on March 23 of the lunar calendar.

His first impression after hearing the story did not go astray. Lao Hu's story did incorporate a lot of Mazu's own myths and legends.Naturally, according to the legend, Mazu guards the island and helps the people. She is truly holy, merciful, and shining on the earth.

The floating corpse on the sea comes from the story "Rescue the Father and Find the Brother". Mazu sensed that something happened to her brother and came to the beach. The body of her brother was lifted up by the waves; Hang the straw mats as sails, so the boat can ride the wind and waves; pull the pigs and sheep on the boat, and use "iron horses to cross the river", it is said that Mazu turned an iron horse on the eaves into a galloping mount.

As for other content besides fairy tales——

Huo Ranyin wrote down in sequence on the white paper, tongue, two kidneys, skull, blood, pieces of meat, and nine pieces of human skin.

"From Tang Jinglong, Fu Baoling, and Luo Sui, the easiest thing to think about is that this story is a metaphor for organ trafficking." Huo Ranyin said, "The number of kidneys is also in line with the human body, but why is it emphasized that there are nine pieces of human skin?"

Ji Xun's doubts are more practical: "Maybe, but from the perspective of the novel, why did the first captain choose the tongue instead of the eyes when he died? In the organ trafficking market, selling corneas is more common and easier. Think about it."

Huo Ran groaned and agreed with Ji Xun's doubts.

Ji Xun also said: "There is another obvious difference in the story - skinning. Leaving aside the corpses that were cut open at the end, in fact, the skins on the corpses of the captain, sailors, and stewards were all intact, and even the big two kidneys were dug out. The assistant and the assistant, the skin is only missing the abdominal cavity, so why can’t it be used or used as a sail?”

"What do you think?" Huo Ranyin asked.A novelist always has some unique analysis on the story, he is not busy expressing his point of view, let Ji Xun speak first.

"The corpses are different before and after." Ji Xun.

"Different?"

"This story should indeed reflect some things in reality, at least what Lao Hu saw and experienced, so he consciously distinguished between the two groups of people." Ji Xun explained, "Or the positions are different. Or the status is different, or something messy is different, in short, there is something that makes them different. So the corpses at the back were skinned, and the corpses at the front were sacrificed, which made them have a very clear difference."

"Is there any more?" Huo Ranyin asked again.

"I still have some ideas, but it's too subjective, so I don't need to say it." Ji Xun, "There is no standard answer for the interpretation of the article. It is inevitable that we will go further and further away. Let's start with the objective things in reality."

"First of all, let's analyze what Hu Yuan told us." Huo Ranyin, "Hu Yuan said that Lao Hu once suffered a shipwreck. During the shipwreck, he lost his memory, changed his name, and came back as a citizen of Xiangjiang. Does the shipwreck he's in have anything to do with it?"

"It should be somewhat related." Ji Xun thought, "The sea, the sampan, the whole story describes the horror and plight of a person who is about to die. From an emotional point of view, it can empathize with the shipwreck experienced by Lao Hu."

"And..." Huo Ran closed his eyes, and found another key point in his meditation, "Hu Kun experienced shipwreck and lost his memory. His wife thought he died and remarried. He also married a new man. The two parties formed their own families. We can only say It’s a joke, from a legal point of view, there are some flaws in the identity certificate, but from a rational point of view, it’s not something shameful; why did he directly divorce his second wife because his second wife snooped on him?”

"Indeed, the reaction was a bit extreme." Ji Xun also thought of the problem along the way, "and in the follow-up, Lao Hu didn't establish contact with his biological child. He obviously helped his biological child raise his granddaughter, even if the child had resentment before, now for the sake of Daughter, you should also reconnect with your father, but until the death of your father, these people did not show up... only Lu Song came, and it was still sneaky."

"What does this change of identity and sneaky behavior remind you of?"

"Either break the law and be afraid of the police; or break the law and hide from the enemy. Hu Kun's words..." Ji Xun raised his head, thinking about the two stories before and after, he took out a coin from his pocket, flicked and grabbed it, "I pressed a dollar, Both."

Huo Ran gave him a cool look and didn't answer.

He wins anyway, so what's the bet?

After comparing the contents, they collected the books and were about to leave. When they left the library, they heard a thunderclap in the sky, which seemed to indicate that heavy rain was coming.

But when Ji Xun looked up, the sky was still bright and clear, and there were no clouds or rain.He wondered:

"Where did the loud noise come from?"

"It sounds like..." Huo Ranyin frowned slightly, "The sound of an explosion."

Time went back to the time when Ji Xun and Huo Ranyin went to the library.

Zhao Wu was not idle, and went back to the police station. First, he pulled out the information of "Zhixian Import and Export Company" and looked at it. There were not many clues in the information. It is in the food import and export business, and its shipments are stable every month. It has its own ship, but the goods are often scattered on other ships. There are not many employees, only seven or eight. The annual tax paid is medium among enterprises of the same size.

Anyway, after reading the information over and over again, there are only four words, which are in the middle of the rules.

The deputy team next to him shook his head: "When did you have the problem of just looking at the materials to handle the case, where is the address of this company? I will take someone there and take a look at the scene."

"You can't understand the account and the ship, what are you doing?" Zhao Wu didn't raise his head, he was still thinking about the information.

"If you want to look at accounts and ships, it's enough to know how to look at criminals. Criminals pick an eyelash in front of me. I know that eyelash has evil intentions!" The deputy team dismissed it, took two team members, and left directly.

Zhao Wu didn't bother to stop him. He had been digging out the cesspit and sewer these days. He had already dug out his old partner, so he should let him go out to loosen his muscles and bones—the criminal police is really not an office job.

The actual address of Zhixian Import and Export Company is at the port, which is not far from the criminal police team, and it takes less than half an hour to arrive.The deputy team talked disdainfully for Zhao Wu to read the documents, but in fact he was more focused on the documents than Zhao Wu. Seeing that Zhao Wu was looking over there with the documents, he remembered the location of the office and warehouse of Zhixian Import and Export Company.

When he got to the ground, he first assigned his men to guard the warehouse to prevent things from being lost or people escaping, and then he took another one to Zhixian's office.

It is said that it is an import and export company, but the facade is not very big, and the decoration is not good. It does not have the clean and refreshing appearance of the cubicles in the building. There are three or five tables on the left side against the wall, and the right side is completely empty. Nothing. It is so spacious that it can be directly loaded into a small truck, and I don’t know if it is convenient for loading and unloading.

It is said that there are seven or eight employees, but when the deputy team brought people there, they took a closer look and found that there was only one person inside.

He was still a young man with an unremarkable appearance. When they came in, the other party was playing solitaire on the computer. He didn't move his eyes when he heard the footsteps, and said directly: "The boss is not here for the next two days. I will come back later to discuss business."

"Police." The deputy team directly showed the police badge.

Only then did the young man turn his head in astonishment, and now the deputy team saw the opponent's face clearly.

He said he was young, but he didn't look that young. He should be about 35 years old, with a thin body, a bit like a monkey cheek, and a pale complexion. It can be seen that he is sub-healthy without exercising. Look at the opponent's desktop , with a mess of ledgers, receipts and pens, you know that this is the accountant of this import and export company.

The deputy team also saw the man's business card on the desk. It was indeed an accountant, and his name was Zhu Run.

——It doesn't look like it's in danger.

The deputy team glanced up and down and made an assessment.

"The police..." Zhu Run asked, but his voice was a little weak, "What's the matter with the police?"

"It's fine, routine inspection, show us your company's warehouse."

"There is nothing in our warehouse." Zhu Run's voice was a little louder.

"It doesn't matter if you say something, we police have the final say after reading it." The deputy team said simply, "Why, don't you let me see it?"

If the police want to see it, can they say no to it?

Zhu Run stood up helplessly: "No, yes... I'll take you there right away."

He didn't dawdle, and directly led the deputy team to the dock warehouse.

In this wharf, there are many companies, and warehouses are built in rows. There are countless. Zhixian Import and Export Company is not big, and the warehouses under its name are also small. The only thing that is more fashionable is that the door lock of the warehouse is probably a combination lock. A password is required to open a warehouse.

The deputy team stood beside Zhu Run, waiting for the other party to enter the password to open the door.

At this time, he noticed a very small detail:

After Zhu Run subconsciously pressed the first time, he quickly deleted it, and then hovered his fingers over the combination lock, as if thinking for a while, before re-entering. After re-entering, the beginning number was different from the initial number.

I forgot my password.

The deputy thought.

It is normal to remember the wrong password. If you are an accountant, you will not go to the warehouse every day. If the password is not used frequently, you will forget it.

Makes sense, nothing weird.

However, his intuition tapped him lightly at this moment, pulling him a step aside...

Just right, after entering the password, the password lock beeps twice.

Out of the corner of the deputy team's eyes, they saw a flash of red light, and then the loud noise was like thunder, piercing through the eardrums in an instant, and the huge waves rushed towards them, breaking through the warehouse gate, and easily blowing them up!

"Boom—"

The warehouse exploded!