fool.

Zhao You touched the pocket of his trousers, his lips trembled, and he quickly searched up and down, took out his wallet, ID, paper and pen, and put them on his lap, his face turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "I I don’t know where my documents are left…”

Hearing this, Wang Jianguo said with concern: "Do you want to go back to the hotel? Did you drop it in the room when you went out? I'll drive you back now. It's better to keep your ID with you? It's your police officer's ID." ?"

Zhao You responded vaguely, and muttered: "That's a waste of time, it's not on the way..." He sighed a few times, put the things he took out back into his pocket one by one, and said, "Forget it, It's okay, it's okay, it should be in the room, and it shouldn't have fallen on the road."

Wang Jianguo turned on the turn signal and said, "It's pretty fast from here."

Zhao You shook his head, sat down again, and said, "Forget it, I should be able to go back soon anyway, so that's it, it's okay."

Wang Jianguo looked at him, and Zhao You pointed to the front and asked, "The seafood market? What are we doing here?"

After his words fell, Wang Jianguo drove the car into an open-air parking lot in front of the seafood market.The other side of the parking lot is the sea, and the entrance of the huge seafood market is full of tricycles and vans pulling goods.The fishy smell of fish can be smelled through the car window.The east was dazzlingly white, the sea was golden, and there was no cloud in the sky. After looking around, Zhao You got out of the car and said, "It doesn't look like a typhoon is coming."

Wang Jianguo said: "The weather at the beach can change as you say, so you can wait for me in the car, and I'll go find someone."

After hearing this, Zhao You sat obediently holding on to the buckled seat belt. Seeing that Wang Jianguo got out of the car, he knocked on the window a few times to attract his attention.Wang Jianguo opened the car door to look at him, and explained kindly, "I'll find a boatman to take us to the island, and it will be soon."

"It's nothing, I just thought of it suddenly, did I tell you about my stay in the hotel?"

Wang Jianguo twirled his fingertips, his Adam's apple slid up and down, and said with a smile, "Didn't you come from another place? Where can you stay in a hotel?"

Zhao You smiled, and waved at him: "Yes, yes, yes, then go find someone, and I'll wait here."

Wang Jianguo closed the car door again and walked quickly to the seafood market.When he could no longer see the young man's back, Zhao You got out of the car.The entrance of the seafood market is full of traffic, and the parking lot is also very lively. The parking spaces are [-]% to [-]% occupied by large and small cars with license plates from various provinces and cities.There is a small tour group following the tour guide, and the tour guide is handing out meal coupons to them: "There is a stall area in the market, the place with a red flag is there, ah, this coupon can be used there."

Some held their mobile phones to live broadcast, and said as they walked: "It's too late for us now, the market usually opens at 03:30 in the morning, but the people who come in that morning are mainly merchants, and now this point is for ordinary people to buy goods at home." Vegetables, I want to buy some fresh goods."

"Drip...drip..."

"Please pay attention when reversing."

"Leave a way, walk and watch the road!"

Zhao You avoided carefully and entered the market. The smell of fish in the market was even heavier. Some vendors in rubber shoes were scrubbing the ground vigorously with brushes. Someone simply set up a hot pot, grabbed the fish and shrimp from his booth, and scalded them in boiling water.

"Everyone! Absolutely fresh! Absolutely authentic! Buy seafood and find Brother Cheng!"

"Brother, sisters, let me tell you a word of conscience, if you eat sea urchins, you won't come to Yancheng! Our Wenjia pearl oysters are no worse than sea urchins. They can be eaten raw, in hot pot, or baked oysters..."

"Come, come!" Someone spoke Hokkien in a hoarse voice, but Zhao You didn't quite understand it.I walked in for a while, searched and searched in the crowd, but I didn't find Wang Jianguo, but he was already close to the stall area where the red flag was hung. There were also a lot of people gathered there, all of them were tourist groups, some of them wore red hats, Some wear yellow hats.

Zhao You found a nearby stall, pointed to a glass jar with 65 kg of red grilled prawns and said, "I want to buy a box, how can I sell it?"

The boss looked at his mobile phone with shaking legs, glanced at him, rolled his eyes, and said, "Take away six hundred and one boxes."

Zhao You squatted down with a smile, grabbed a big prawn wielding a big grill with his bare hands and said, "Where is the restaurant wholesale?"

The boss asked him: "Which one?"

Zhao You threw the prawns back, looked at the Australian Qinglong beside him, and asked, "Australian ones? Don't they also produce lobsters near Turtle Island? Do you have them here?" He said, "Our boss is Japanese, and g The hotel cooperates with Japanese food restaurants to strive for Michelin stars, so I want to find local specialties. I heard that the lobster in Turtle Island is very delicious.”

"What island?" The boss put down his phone and squinted at Zhao You.Zhao You wrinkled his nose and picked out a cut sea urchin: "Why are the sea urchins in this market so broken?" He raised his eyes and said, "Turtleback Island used to look like a whole turtle, but now As the water rises higher and higher, only one turtle-like island is exposed, oh yes, it should have two turtle-like islands." Zhao You drew in the air.The boss blinked his eyes while listening, pondered for a while, and said, "Oh, are you talking about Liujiawan?"

"Liujiawan? Take a Liu, take a home?"

"It's Andy Lau's Liu, the family's home."

"What do you mean? Everyone on the island is named Liu? Private?"

"Hey, the boss of the National People's Congress bought it. It's a private place. We can't go fishing near it." The boss turned around and took out a snow-white foam box. When he opened it, it was full of oysters. "The local oysters are not big. It's sweet and fat, let me open one for you to try?"

Zhao You said: "Is there such a rule? Private islands are not allowed to fish nearby?"

The boss quickly opened an oyster, Zhao You took it and poured it into his mouth. After tasting it, he still frowned: "Then why not buy those pearl oysters directly, our boss just thinks that the pearl oysters in Yancheng are rotten on the street. I want to develop something new, hey, is the boss of the National People’s Congress fishing for lobsters every day?”

The boss said: "I don't know about that, other people's islands are what other people decide." He took out a business card and handed it to Zhao You, "Handsome guy, I have a friend who makes wild oysters tomorrow. I want to bring a batch of goods, the new pearl oyster variety has not officially started to be promoted, so I will leave a batch for you?"

"That's right, one thing more is worse than one thing less." Zhao You thought for a while, and said, "This shrimp weighs two catties, I'll take it back for everyone to try, then leave a batch for me tomorrow, and I'll come at five in the morning. "

The boss responded with a smile, weighed two and a half catties of shrimp to Zhao You, and calculated his two catties of money.Zhao You carried the two and a half catties of shrimp out of the seafood market, stood at the door and waited for a while, and saw Wang Jianguo and the young man surnamed Fang who drove him in a speedboat the first time he went to Turtle Island came out together.When Xiao Fang saw him, he smiled and greeted him. Wang Jianguo also smiled, and came up to Zhao You and said, "I'm sorry, it took me a while to find someone. This is Xiao Fang. Today he took us to the island by boat."

Xiao Fang led them around to the back of the seafood market, where there was a wharf where many fishing boats, large and small, parked.Xiao Fang boarded one of the small boats, and Zhao You said, "I didn't go from here when I went last time. I remember that I went from a very remote pier, Xiao Fang, right?"

Xiao Fang said: "It's windy today, the speedboat is useless." His accent was thick.

As if to prove his statement, the wind really blew up in a blink of an eye, and a row of fishing boats were swaying in the wind. Wang Jianguo boarded the boat first, and Zhao You jumped into the boat with his arm.The wind continued to blow, Zhao You was still getting used to it, Xiao Fang brought him a plastic bucket, Zhao You said: "I'm fine, just get used to it."

Wang Jianguo pointed to the shrimp in his hand with a smile, and said, "Keep the shrimp inside, or you will suffocate to death."

Xiao Fang grinned and lay down on the side of the boat, as if he was about to fall into the sea, he took half a bucket of sea water and placed it in front of Zhao You.Zhao Yougan put the shrimp into the bucket with a smile: "Will they all die when I get off the island?"

Wang Jianguo straightened his hair in the wind and said, "No."

Xiao Fang jumped into the cabin, the rudder wheel turned, and the small fishing boat drove out a large force.Zhao You looked at the bucket of shrimp unsteadily, and asked, "How can it be more delicious?"

"Steam it?"

"Steamed garlic?"

The wind got stronger, the sky was still clear, and there were some thick clouds in the distance. Zhao You asked Wang Jianguo, "Aren't your parents in Yancheng?"

"on the island."

"Ah? You weren't born on an island, were you?"

"I have followed them to the island since I was very young," Wang Jianguo said.A wave came crashing down, and the fishing boat shook violently. Zhao You couldn't stand still even now. He leaned against the mast, covered his forehead, and said, "Why do I feel a little seasick?"

He carried his bucket of shrimps into the cabin, found a place to sit down, and asked Xiao Fang, "How long will it take?" The sound of the waves overshadowed his voice, and Xiao Fang probably didn't hear him. Question, seriously sail the boat.Zhao You had to raise his voice and asked again: "How long will it take??"

The wind and waves shook his eardrums, and he had a headache.Xiao Fang pointed to a cabinet and replied loudly: "There is medicine!"

Zhao You supported the inner wall of the cabin, went to the medicine cabinet and opened it to have a look. There were sleeping pills, asthma medicine, cough medicine, but no medicine for seasickness.He said, "No."

His head hurt even more.

Xiao Fang glanced at him and said, "The one with the white bottle!"

"Sleeping pills??"

"It's time to sleep!"

Zhao You smiled wryly, put down the medicine bottle, and sat down again.Xiao Fang shouted: "Everyone eat! It's no problem!"

Wang Jianguo came in at this time and found a deck of playing cards and a box of flying chess. He also seemed to be okay, swaying his body steadily with the boat, without changing his face: "Let's play chess and cards. , you can appropriately divert your attention."

Zhao You looked at the poker cards and became even more dizzy, his stomach acid regurgitated. Wang Jianguo had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and gave him a plastic basin, and Zhao You vomited it out with a "wow".On the way to Turtle Island, the clouds became heavier, the wind was rough and the waves were turbulent. Zhao You vomited all the way holding the plastic basin.

When the boat arrived at Turtle Island, Wang Jianguo helped Zhao You get off the boat. As soon as he landed, Zhao You squatted down and vomited again.Wang Jianguo was taking care of him with his bucket of shrimp, but Xiao Fang didn't come down, and as soon as he put them down, he drove the fishing boat and left.Zhao You said, "Let's go now?"

He stepped back and forth on the wooden bars on the pier, the soles of his feet were soft, as if he was still stepping on the waves.Zhao You stared at the shoes instead of looking at the sea.

Wang Jianguo handed him a bottle of mineral water and said, "Look at the many boats here, there is more than one person on the island who knows how to sail. If you are so dizzy, let's take you away with a big boat later."

"I haven't built a yacht yet." Zhao You rinsed his mouth, looked up at the tall yacht on the side of the pier, and asked, "Doesn't it need to be taken into a cabin during a typhoon?"

"Just tie it up," Wang Jianguo said.

Zhao You came over a little later, got up and said, "Hey, let's go to your parents first, and let me register with your ID card."

Wang Jianguo said: "Let me take you to the cafeteria. Everyone should be in the cafeteria at this time."

"What time?" Zhao You looked at his watch and asked him, "What time is it?"

"Eight o'clock."

It was eight past three minutes on the watch.Zhao You was not without admiration: "You are so good, you don't even need to look at the watch to know the time."

Wang Jianguo smiled, his smile was always shallow, kind and approachable, just like the smiles of all the other people on the island.Zhao You took a bucket that could hold shrimps and followed Wang Jianguo to the cafeteria.Along the way, they didn't meet anyone. When they entered the cafeteria, Zhao You suddenly realized: "I said where did everyone go? They are all here."

The sky was really gray and the air was heavy and humid. The lights in the cafeteria were not turned on, and many candles were lit, but the sea breeze kept blowing out candles from time to time.People who eat frequently perform the action of lighting candles.The doors and windows of the cafeteria were all open, and the air was filled with the smell of earth and ripe rotten fruit.The wind is blowing from the south.

Zhao You felt sick again, drank some water, rubbed his temples and met Xu Xiufen.This time, Teacher Xu wore the same linen clothes as other islanders. She was sitting at a long table eating something like a rice cake with banana leaves.Seeing Zhao You, she was not surprised. She put down her chopsticks and said, "Officer Zhao, come with me. I didn't expect to meet so soon."

Zhao You caught a glimpse of several other participants in the training class, they were scattered in the crowd, except for Ge Junhua looking up at him, the others were all eating.

Zhao You waved his hand and greeted them: "Excuse me, everyone who participated in the training class." He cleared his throat, the wind was too strong, whistling and circling in the room, and he had to maintain a very high volume to speak, he asked Xu Xiufen: "Teacher Xu, is there any secluded place around here? I remembered something again, and I want to ask everyone!"

Wang Jianguo said to Mr. Xu: "I'll go see if there is anything in the barn that needs help."

Xu Xiufen nodded, and she said, "Otherwise, let's go to the synagogue."

She got up, signaled Zhao You to wait a moment, and led the five men and women who had participated in the training class to him.Seeing Zhao You, Ge Junhua took a rest with a smile, saluted, and said, "Any questions will be answered!"

Zhao You patted him and smiled happily.Xu Xiufen led them out, Zhao You suddenly thought: "I am a shrimp!" He pointed to the kitchen and said, "Can I stay in the cafeteria?"

Xu Xiufen nodded to him, and Zhao You went to put the shrimp in the kitchen of the cafeteria, and hurried back to catch up with the team going to the auditorium.Ge Junhua was at the end of the team, and Zhao You walked side by side with him.Zhao You looked forward, and the sea breeze slammed into his face. He lowered his head, narrowed his eyes and pointed casually, "The synagogue refers to the small white house in front, right?"

"Yes, yes." Ge Junhua wrapped his coat around his body, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Damn, we are against the wind."

He was right, because of the headwind and the strong wind, even though the white hall was not far from them, the group of people walked very slowly.

Ge Junhua talked to Zhao You again: "Why are you here again so soon?"

Zhao You looked ahead, and the person walking in front of them was Cambridge, who was two people away from them.Zhao You tugged at Ge Junhua, and said in a much softer voice, "Don't make it public, there is a major breakthrough."

At this time, Ge Junting, who was following Xu Xiufen, looked back at them, and Zhao You also glanced at her, and simply dragged Ge Junhua away from the traveling route, and whispered to him.He asked Ge Junhua: "What kind of classes do you guys take here?"

"It's nothing, it's just a variety of land, to experience the life of returning to nature."

"Huh? Pay money to farm for them? Then why do you apply for it? You can just come here and be a volunteer."

Ge Junhua sneered, and put his arms around Zhao You's shoulders: "Officer Zhao, do you think volunteers here can be casually? These so-called volunteers came here when the island started to be established, or Born on an island!"

Zhao You asked: "Born here?? There is no one who has never been to land in his teens or twenties, right?" The wind poured straight into his mouth.They approached a coconut grove, and the leaves of the coconut trees rattled in the wind, resembling ocean waves, as if the next wave was about to hit them in front of them.

Ge Junhua shrank his neck and said: "Cough! Who says it's not, it's pitiful!" He looked back and said with emotion: "Those people...they are all from this island. They don't belong to this society, you Do you understand me?"

Zhao You nodded, Ge Junhua patted him again, they came to the door of the White Hall, Xu Xiufen opened the door, and everyone filed in.After Zhao You and Ge Junhua entered the house, they quickly closed the door to block the sea breeze from the house.

Hush, huh, the coconut leaves are still beating, and it sounds more and more dull and heavy.

Xu Xiufen said: "It looks like it's going to rain."

As soon as she finished speaking, the rain began to fall.Big raindrops hit the glass window, Xu Xiufen instructed everyone: "Put down the board."

It turns out that the glass windows of this synagogue are equipped with movable wooden boards, which are usually hung above the windows, presumably to resist typhoons.After everyone sealed up the windows with wooden boards, Wang Dacheng was sweating on his brow, and the collar of his linen clothes was soaked. He asked Zhao You out of breath, "Comrade police, what do you want to ask?" ?”

The synagogue room was powered on, the lights were turned on, and the entrance was a large living room with a fireplace, some sofa cushions, and a huge Persian carpet.There is no decoration on the walls, and there is no other furniture and decorations in the room.

Zhao You said: "Oh, that's right. There has been a major breakthrough and progress in this case. I think it is necessary to inform everyone and check everyone's identity."

Ge Junting asked, "Are you here alone again?"

Zhao You said: "That's right, last time the leader of Yancheng negotiated with the person in charge here, let me come to the island alone, is there any problem?"

Cambridge asked: "The leader also asked you to check our identities? Is there anything you want to inform us?"

Xu Yi yawned, sat down in front of the fireplace, sniffed, and said leisurely, "This rain is quite heavy."

Ge Junhua said: "The murderer was caught?" He smiled, "Xiao Zhao, what's the point of the murderer being caught and checking our identities..."

At this point, Zhao You took out a pen and paper from his pocket, interrupted him, and asked, "How do you write your names? What kind of occupation do you do? Can you tell me?"

No one answered, Zhao You looked around the crowd, Wang Dacheng and Ge Junting also went to sit down in front of the fireplace, Kang Qiao looked at Xu Xiufen and said, "We are here to keep it secret."

Ge Junhua scolded him: "Kang Qiao, what time is this? The police come to ask, what's the point of keeping it a secret? Besides, the police investigation is also kept secret to the outside world. They won't easily disclose details to the public. Didn't you Look at those police reports and so on, don’t they all say their full names?”

Kang Qiao was annoyed for a while, and said, "Why are you talking about the police report? What did I do to get the police report? Funny!" He walked away, leaning against a wooden window, and stared at it.

The wind and the rain were in a hurry, Zhao You and Xu Xiufen had a discussion: "How about this, Teacher Xu, do you have a separate room here? If you feel that there is any inconvenience, what do you want others to know?" Let’s talk about our identity and background one by one this time?” Zhao You pointed at the ceiling helplessly, “I don’t think this typhoon will pass for a while, so let’s just pass the time.”

Suddenly, a thunderbolt struck, and the lights in the synagogue went out.Cambridge exclaimed, "The power went out??"

There was a thunderstorm, and there was a lot of banging outside the wooden door.Zhao You polished the lighter and asked, "Is there someone knocking on the door?"

"Bang bang bang!" There were several more.

Ge Junhua came over and said, "Is it the sound of rain?"

Ge Junting asked, "Are there any candles? Light the candles!"

Zhao You groped towards the door, the bang was more urgent than the sound of rain.He opened the door, and when the storm hit, he forced his eyes open to look out, only to see Wang Jianguo standing outside the door with something on his back, his face covered with rain.Zhao You hurriedly let him in, and immediately closed the door.

At this time, the room was lit up again, and at some point, Teacher Wang came out, dressed in linen and holding a candlestick. There were many candles in the auditorium. Everyone was busy lighting the fireplace and arranging candles in the hall.

Wang Jianguo carried a person on his shoulders.He was soaked, and so was the man, and the entrance was wet, full of rain.Zhao You quickly closed the door, and the ground was covered with rain.

Ge Junhua came over with a candle and asked, "What's going on? This man..."

He glanced at the person Wang Jianguo was carrying, gasped, and grabbed Zhao You's arm.Zhao You said, "Let's put the person down first."

He helped Wang Jianguo put the man he was carrying on the ground.Everyone else gathered around.Everyone held their breath.

The person lying on the ground—this woman, was pale, with obvious mud stains on her face, her mouth was slightly open, and there was some mud in her mouth.

Xu Xiufen handed Wang Jianguo a towel, Wang Jianguo wiped his face, and said: "On the way to the barn, I have to pass through a forest. The wind is very strong and it rains suddenly. I am a little lost. I am in the woods. The child was found."

"Child?" Zhao You looked at Teacher Wang and Xu Xiufen, "Is it this girl's name?"

Xu Xiufen nodded and said, "The child's mother came to tell me this morning that she hadn't seen her since last night, and wondered if she would sneak away by herself."

Zhao You asked her: "Does few people usually go through that forest?"

"The granary is a place to store food reserves, and it will only be packed there in typhoon days."

Zhao You asked again: "Does this child often express the idea of ​​wanting to leave?"

Xu Xiufen nodded.Ge Junting said abruptly, "Is she dead?"

Zhao You pulled up his sleeves, wrapped his fingers, touched the child's carotid artery, sniffed again, and listened to her heartbeat.There is no sign of life anymore.Zhao You looked at Ge Junting: "That's right, the person is dead."

The surrounding circle spread out a little, and everyone's faces were a little ugly.

Wang Jianguo said: "When I found her, there was a durian next to her."

"puff."

Someone laughed.Zhao You saw that it was Xu Yi, and everyone else noticed that he was smiling. He raised his hand indifferently, and said, "I told you that if you walk in the woods here, you will be killed by durians and jackfruits." risks of."

He yawned, and went back to sit in front of the fireplace. In an instant, he clapped his hands and said in surprise: "I see, we are now in that very classic Storm Mountain Villa mode!"

Candles flicker.A ray of light burst through a gap in the wooden boards that sealed the window.Another thunder exploded.Ge Junting covered her mouth uncomfortably, said, "I'm going to the bathroom," and walked away.

The old god Xu Yi said on the ground: "Look, we have been cut off from the outside world and everyone is trapped here. Second, we found a dead body. Third, we are all a murder case. According to the routine, the murderer must be among us."

Kang Qiao yelled, "Can you say a few words less??" His breathing was disordered, and his eyes were flustered.Wang Dacheng came out to smooth things over: "Oh, okay, I think this child was an accident. The cause of death is a bit absurd, but it's not impossible..."

Xu Yi blew his whistle: "You are a policeman, you have the final say."

Wang Dacheng glanced at Zhao You, sat on the sofa and stopped talking.

Zhao You said at this time: "Actually, I came here today to tell everyone that the person who surrendered herself and said that she killed Yan Mingming, her husband Zhou Sichang committed suicide in the detention center early this morning. He wrote a confession confessing all his crimes and identifying his accomplices in this case."

He scratched between his brows: "As for whether the child died by accident or homicide, and whether the murderer was among you, I can't say for sure, but the accomplice identified by Zhou Sichang is indeed among you."