Day and night, day and night, there are unpredictable situations.
The noisy Ma Ti Street was completely drenched by a sudden downpour.
The crowd instantly dispersed.
The vendors and performers on the ground floor also packed up their bedding and rushed under the eaves.
In the pouring rain, there was only one opera stage set up, which looked so lonely and abrupt.
There was no one in the audience, but the stage was still full of people singing and dancing gracefully.
What is this?
This is the rule.
The ancestors said: The play has begun, and all directions are listening. One side is human, three directions are ghosts, and four directions are gods.
Even if there is no one in the audience, you must finish singing.
The purpose of setting up a stage and singing opera is to respect ghosts and gods, bring peace to people, dispel evil spirits, and make homes peaceful. It is not just for people to watch. Even if there is no one in the audience, even if it is raining heavily and lightning is blowing outside, the opening cannot be done. stop.
Although the sound of the opera was quite good, Lin Yi had no time to listen to the music and ran to a teahouse to take shelter from the rain.
This teahouse is called Songyunxuan. The place is quite big. It was almost full at first, but now a bunch of people came in to take shelter from the rain, and the seats were full.
As soon as Lin Yi sat down, someone made tea and placed small square plates with melon seeds, peanuts, preserved fruits, and mung bean cakes.
"My lord, please taste tea, eat some snacks, and have a rest."
It is Shenshi, the official place of the teahouse.
Zhengdi is the time for formal storytelling in the teahouse.
The storytellers hired by the teahouse all told stories in the teahouse during this time period.
There are also storytellers in front of the main place, which is called telling stories early.
Little apprentices or storytellers who are down and out, no one invites them, so they come over to tell stories, practice typhoon, become familiar with them, or earn some reward money.
The storyteller behind Zhengdi was called Dengwan and kept talking until the teahouse closed.
Lin Yi ate some melon seeds, peeled some peanuts, and drank a sip of tea, still thinking about the mystery of the fairy rope.
It was stormy outside, but the house was in full swing.
Seeing that the rain outside would not stop for a while, someone began to talk about the recent serial female corpse cases in the city.
"I heard that another female corpse was found yesterday."
"This is the third one."
"Isn't it? The Yamen has started posting notices everywhere on the streets."
"Any clues?"
"No clues. This notice is not a sea arrest document, it is a warning. If there are women at home, don't go out at night."
"Oh, three of them are already dead, and the Yamen didn't find anything?"
"You expect them? Say goodbye, haven't you heard? The government office is open, so don't come in if you have no money. These officials don't care about our life or death."
"Oh, what can we do? I just got married, don’t let this funeral happen to my wife.. "
"What are you talking about? It's bad luck, why don't you throw it away quickly. "
"My mouth is dirty, bah bah bah..."
Lin Yi was fascinated by what he heard, thinking that there are a lot of strange things in Shoulin City.
< p>It seems that it is still a serial murder case, and the targets are all women.Most of the murderers are psychopaths.
While thinking about it, Lin Yi vaguely noticed someone not far away. Staring at myself.
Looking at me, a fat man with a beard is looking at me carefully.
Where am I going? The fat man is here.
This must be the murderer of the serial murder case.
A picture has been constructed in his mind. p>The wretched fat man followed a single woman in the night, went to a secluded place, took out the murder weapon, and suddenly stepped forward!
"Bang..."
The chair pointed towards her! The sound of friction interrupted Lin Yi's imagining drama.
The fat man stood up, snorted, rolled his eyes at Lin Yi, held an oil paper umbrella, and walked away with his head high. I didn't notice a piece of mung bean cake stuck on my buttocks.
At this time, the waiter of the teahouse came over to refill the tea. Lin Yi pointed at the fat man who came to the door and said, "Man, it seems that guy didn't pay. Gone. "
The waiter took a look and lowered his voice and said: "Sir, you don't know the master. This master is not a simple man. Agent Cao of the Yamen usually keeps a low profile, but everyone who knows his deeds will give him a thumbs up. ”
I really didn’t expect that a person like this was actually a police officer.
While he was free, the waiter told Lin Yi some of the heroic deeds of Detective Cao.
From the clerk's words, Lin Yi had a general understanding of this fat man with a beard.
Captain Cao's real name is Cao Dahua. He is in his early thirties. A bachelor, a senior police officer in the yamen.
How come there are senior police officers?
Cao Dahua has been working as a police officer for more than ten years, but he is not the chief police officer. , so he is called a senior agent.
The main reason why Cao Dahua is respected is that he is not like other agents who engage in extortion and extortion.
On the contrary, sometimes. , he would use his salary and rations to support some pretty young widows.
When he saw those pretty girls selling themselves to bury their fathers, he often gave generously.
It was a good thing. , sits upright and doesn't follow the rules, so he never gets up.
The owner of the teahouse has also been favored by Captain Cao, so he comes to Songyunxuan to drink tea for free.
But to be honest, after listening to the guy’s introduction, Lin Yi felt...
The fat guy doesn’t look like a good person!
......< /p>
By the way, Detective Cao Dahua finished his tea and walked out.
Yu.The water hit the oil-paper umbrella, making a ticking sound.
The voice was pleasant, but his heart was in a mess at the moment.
A week ago, two murders occurred in the city, both of which were women, and the circumstances of their deaths were extremely horrific.
Only the whites of the eyes were left, and the limbs lying on the ground were arranged irregularly.
The deceased were all under the age of twenty, but their skin after death was mottled and wrinkled like an old woman in her dying years.
The cause of death is unknown.
Seeing that there are only three days left before the county magistrate's ten-day deadline for handling the case, there is still no clue. Unexpectedly, a third murder occurred early yesterday morning, making matters worse.
The facts of the case are exactly the same as the previous two.
In the yamen, the county magistrate got into a big rage, and Cao Dahua had to solve the case within a week.
Although Cao Dahua has a chivalrous heart, his ability is mediocre. He had been investigating for a week without finding any effective clues.
I am worried now.
When I was sitting in a teahouse in plain clothes, I was drinking tea and thinking about something, while listening to the conversations of the tea guests around me to see if I could get some clues.
For some unfamiliar faces, I also observed them carefully and did not miss any detail.
This is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack, and the result is of course disappointing.
Especially those tea guests who complained about the Yamen made Cao Dahua feel frustrated.
When he arrived at the Yamen, Cao Dahua shook his umbrella and wiped the rain off his body. He wanted to look through the previous case files again to see if he could find any clues.
If the murderer cannot be found by the time limit, the worst possible outcome is to quit.
I am just worried that those innocent people, especially those graceful little ladies, will be tortured by the murderous maniac again.
Invigorated, Cao Dahua began to look through the case files.
......
In the teahouse, the storyteller opened a new chapter.
"There are thousands of bamboo shadows in the forest and mountains, and the clouds are flying high and the water flows by itself. Cao Yi comes out of the water and brings the wind, and he dies without regrets and travels in the world."
End of the setting poem.
"Bang."
The gavel immediately won a lot of applause.
Outside the house, the sky has cleared after the rain.
In the room, Lin Yi's left eye jumped a few times.
After taking a few pennies, I walked out of the teahouse and rushed to my shop.
......