sincerity of lies

The flower and bird market in Ning City is located in the old city. There are three floors built on a land the size of a football field.

Although there is no high-grade decoration here, there are quite a lot of people and there are many shops. When Ji Xun found Yuanfen Flower Art Shop, he found that it was a flower shop located in the center of the market.

It's a bit strange.

Even if the murderer lived nearby and just bought a bouquet of flowers, why not buy them at the flower shops near the entrance in front, but at this flower shop in the middle of the road?

He hid his doubts in his heart and came to Yuanfen Flower Art Shop.

A row of bouquets of the same style as those at the murder scene were placed on the table in the store. The florist was not busy, so the clerk came forward:

"Hi sir, what do you want?"

Ji Xun took out his mobile phone, called up Tang Jinglong's photo, and asked the clerk, "Do you have any impression of this person?"

The clerk's mouth was slightly opened, and the eyebrows and the corners of the eyes were raised together, which was a surprised expression.Then her eyes slanted, and she pointed behind him: "This person...is that the person behind you?"

Ji Xun turned around.

Tang Jinglong with his arms hanging was standing in a bird shop diagonally opposite the flower shop!

It is difficult to describe the surprise in Ji Xun's heart at this moment.

No, it's all right.

When I came here, I didn't have much hope for this clue, I just tried to check the gaps and make up for the omissions - just guessing.

Ji Xun just watched.

There was an aisle between him and Tang Jinglong, and the aisle was full of people. Tang Jinglong didn't realize that someone was staring at him in a flower shop opposite. He was holding his injured arm, walking up and down absently at the door of the bird shop, Occasionally leaning over and pretending to look at the bird, passing by Tang Jinglong alone, Tang Jinglong picked up his mobile phone to look at it from time to time...Suddenly, he stopped being anxious, and stopped standing where he was, but put away his mobile phone and walked towards the exit of the flower and bird market go.

Ji Xun did not follow.

Looking at Tang Jinglong's relaxed back, he felt a little bit in his heart: the purpose of the other party's coming here immediately after his arm was broken had been achieved.

So what is the purpose of Tang Jinglong coming here?

The conflict between Zeng Peng and Tang Jinglong couldn't directly conclude that Tang Jinglong was the murderer, but at least it reflected a little bit. Tang Jinglong didn't dare to call the police the first time he was hurt.

This proves that something has made him guilty.

Ji Xun came to the bird shop where Tang Jinglong stayed before.Just after entering the door, the colorful parrot hanging under the eaves cooed twice and began to sell:

"A muffin bird in the left cage is 30, and a thrush in the right cage is 50. If you can't buy it for 30, you will lose money, and if you buy it for 50, you can't be fooled. The muffin bird is pretty, and the thrush is wonderful. Let's get together!"

Ji Xun stretched out his hand to tease the parrot. The parrot was not afraid of people at all, so he pecked his finger twice with very light force, which would not cause pain anyway.

"What kind of bird do you want to buy?" The owner of the shop came over. It was an old man with a bird standing on his shoulder. He couldn't tell what kind of bird he was, but he was very close to the old man. He patted the old man with his feathers and wings from time to time. cheeks.

The old man looked at him, and then recommended: "Is it a newcomer? The newcomer should raise some cheap and easy birds, munia are good."

Ji Xun originally wanted to ask the old man about Tang Jinglong, but the word Wenniao moved his heart.

"I have a friend who bought a bird from you, and now something is wrong with the bird..."

He was talking about the bird, but described Xi Lei's appearance in detail.

The old man was a little puzzled at first, but suddenly realized after a while.

"It's Xiaolei. The bird was fine when she passed by me some time ago, and she asked me a lot about raising birds. Why did the bird go wrong after a while?" The old man pondered, "It sounds like that bird. The birds are depressed, but it's also possible that the daily food diet is not nutritious enough to cause the birds to be depressed."

The old man knew Xi Lei, Xi Lei bought birds here and was a frequent visitor here.

In addition, Ji Xun did not see any more information from the old man, which also means that there are still more mysteries that have not been solved.

Why did Tang Jinglong insist on coming when he was just injured?

What did Tang Jinglong get here that made him walk easily when he left?

Just as Ji Xun was thinking, the old man had already taken out two packs of bird food from the cabinet: "This pack is for you, take it back and feed it to the birds, and then observe and observe during this time, if there are any problems, bring the birds over for me to see." look."

Ji Xun took it: "How much?"

"One pack is 10 yuan, two packs are 20, do you know how to feed it?"

Ji Xun really didn't know: "How are you?"

The old man took a package of opened bird food from the table and sprinkled it on his palm, then opened the door of the bird cage, and whistled at the munia inside.

There was a scene that surprised Ji Xun. The scatter-scattered munia flapped their wings and lined up neatly. After flying around the cage like a military parade, they landed on the old man's palm one by one, bowing their heads. Eat with your head, and after eating, you have to flap your wings and interact with the old man intimately for a while before flying back to the cage.

The old man was not without complacency, and emphasized: "The birds here are well tamed, and they are very close relatives, so when you usually feed the birds, you should also get close to the birds and take care of the health of the birds both physically and mentally!"

After coming out of the bird shop, Ji Xun didn't leave immediately, he returned to the flower shop.

The bird shop just now made him realize that this area might be Xi Lei's activity area, so this time, he changed the question. He called up Xi Lei's photo and asked the clerk, "Do you know this woman?"

The clerk glanced at Ji Xun's mobile phone and suddenly said, "It's Xiaolei."

"Does she come here often?"

"Come here often. I was always with Xiaoxi before. We are regular customers here."

"Xiaoxi?" Ji Xun chewed on this brand new name.

"She and Xiaolei are sisters, and Xiaolei took care of her when she was pregnant. They would come to buy flowers every week, but she is really young, and she has recovered very well after giving birth to two children. The last time I saw her , She had her hair permed, put on new clothes, her face was radiant, and she was very energetic. She waved goodbye to me and said that she was going to move to a new house." The clerk was also a little girl, and when she talked about this incident, she was very impressed. The envy is beyond words.

After coming out of the flower and bird market, Ji Xun got into the car, he was not in a hurry to go home, but went to Xia Youqing's house.

He came to see the birdcage and caged Chinese bird in Xia Youqing's house.

This is a two-story cage. There are many things hanging in the cage, such as bird nests, ladders, and swings. Even the inner wall of the cage is decorated with a row of rainbow-colored leaf-like fabric decorations. , like a bird cottage.

The cage and decor are new.

Because this cage was bought on January 1th when Xia Youqing and Xi Lei were walking together.

Ji Xun tore open the bird food and poured it on his hands.

"As we all know, a bird that comes out of a cage will have some past habits. Customers who buy birds from a bird breeder are likely to follow the bird breeder's skills to raise birds."

Xia Youqing passed her puzzled gaze over.

Ji Xun didn't explain, he whistled at the muffin bird.

The munia, which was burying its head under its wings, pulled it out.

It tilted its head, and Heidou Doudou looked at Ji Xun suspiciously.

Just when Ji Xun thought it would not respond, it suddenly flapped its wings, flew to the top of the cage, picked off a leaf hanging above it, then swooped down to Ji Xun's palm, put the leaf in Ji Xun's palm, and pecked at it. After eating the food in his palm, he flew up again and kissed Ji Xun's cheek affectionately.

After a series is completed, the bird returns to the cage with the leaf in its mouth.

After a long time, Ji Xun admired: "Xi Lei's bird breeding is really meticulous. The police checked the bird's nest, swing, and bird cage switches, including this bird, but I think that as long as no one opens the bird cage to feed, they will not pay attention to it." , a little ornamental leaf hanging from the cage?"

When Huo Ranyin pushed open the door of the second office, he thought he had entered the wrong place.

The folding chair placed in the corner of the office was wide open, and someone was lying on it with a book covering his face.

Tan Ming squatted on the chair, and said to the person on the chair: "How about my proposal just now? Write me in your book, don't detectives need to be praised? I can be an idiot policeman standing next to Xing Yishan, The smartest thing to say in the whole book is 'I believe in detectives', and the rest of the time I will only applaud the detectives when they solve the case, and it is so beautiful to solve the case without any effort."

He took another step forward, and now the book covering his face slid down, Ji Xun showed half of his face, a pair of dark circles under his eyes could be used as national treasures to eat and drink, and he also saw the cover of the book at the same time .

"Poison Fruit 1: Eros Snake", author: Ji Xun

There is also the waist of the book, with an eye-catching advertisement written in big red characters:

A story of entanglement in love and desire, a wonderful killing game, and a poignant motive for committing a crime.

Open the first page of the book, you have stepped into this well-woven trap!

He scoffed at this exaggerated advertisement, and at the same time he was thinking: What is Ji Xun doing here?

"Not too handsome?" Ji Xun talked to Tan Mingjiu.

"What's the use of being handsome, the bonus is the real benefit. Anyway, I have never seen a detective in a detective novel get a bonus from the police station. They are always so arrogant. Didn't all the bonus fall into the hands of an idiot detective like me?" ?” Tan Mingjiu was full of longing.

"You are implying me." Ji Xun said angrily.

"No, how can this be called a hint?" Tan Mingjiu said bluntly, "Everyone knows that you haven't reached that lonely state yet."

Ji Xun didn't want to chat with Tan Mingjiu anymore. He pushed Tan Mingjiu's big head away, turned to Huo Ranyin, and said as if reading his heart: "Two clues. One is a flower shop. One is this."

Ji Xun raised his hand, holding a transparent plastic bag between his fingertips, and inside the plastic bag was a string of colorful leaves.

"It's an apology for Tang Jinglong's incident."

Huo Ranyin met Ji Xun's eyes, and for a moment, the other party slid his eyes away.

He saw the same indifference, the same lethargy, the same avoidance of the police and the police station in this man's face.

Only this apology is surprising.