Seven Evil Slips:

This night, Kiyo suffered from insomnia.

At one o'clock in the middle of the night, she got up from the bed, went downstairs with her clothes on, checked all the doors and windows, and reached out to shake them a few times.

Fortunately, they are all solid.

Kiyo took foreign wine and a goblet from the bar, walked to the corner of the bar by the window and sat down. Although there were no lights, it was not dark. With the faint light, the xylotheca below turned into clusters of dark shadows.

Kiyo slowly pours the wine for herself, she doesn't care much about drinking, unlike Ten-man, the wine is all mixed, add a few pieces of ice, how long to add ice is the most delicious, it's a set method.

After receiving Li Tan's message, she called him immediately. Li Tan said that the incident happened in Xiaoshanghe near Yinchuan.

***

However, if we want to go back to the source, we have to start from Luoma Lake more than two years ago.

Li Tan remembered very clearly that that day was the 20th anniversary of the Luo Mahu case, and it was a cloudy day, with gray clouds gathering in the sky, and the elderly people said that it might snow.

After being fired from his work unit, Li Tan opened a small supermarket, but his mind was never on business, and he just barely made ends meet.

That day, he closed the door early and went to the old building where Li Yaqing used to live. Halfway there, it was snowing in the sky.

Twenty years later, no one lived in the old building. The gray concrete walls, against the gray sky with snow particles, looked bleak and infinite.

Li Tan went to Li Yaqing's house for a walk, the other residents' houses were empty, only her house, the furniture was still there, probably because the whole family left suddenly, no one cared about these outside things.

The bloodstains on the ground could not be seen for a long time, and the holes on the wall that had been carved out by nails were like prying eyes.

Li Tan felt chest tight when he stayed in the room, and went to the corridor to smoke a cigarette. Just as he was holding the cigarette **** in his mouth to start a lighter, he suddenly heard hollow footsteps on the stairs.

Unexpectedly, Li Tan hid in the next room, opened the door and looked out.

The man is of medium build, wearing a woolen coat, big-toed shoes, a hat with a brim, a woolen scarf, and a mask. The snow outside should have increased, because when he walked by, flakes of snow were falling from his body.

The man stopped at the door of Li Yaqing's house for a moment, then walked in slowly.

Li Tan's heart is beating violently. Over the years, although he is not a professional, he has also read a few crime-related books. What impresses him deeply is that some psychopathic murderers will return to the murder scene on the anniversary , recall the scene and feeling at that time.

Although it cannot be killed with a single stick, at least it is very meaningful to appear here on this day.

Holding his breath, Li Tan tiptoed to follow the man downstairs, and clearly saw the gray hair protruding from the man's hat.

The age seems to be about the same as expected.

But that person was more vigilant than he thought, and Li Tan disappeared after walking a few alleys. He asked the residents in the alley, and he had the impression of an uncle with a barrel, saying that that person had been inquiring about Li Yaqing all the way. In the case of one family, the accent is not local.

This reminded Li Tan that people from outside have to leave. Luoma Lake is not big, and there is only one passenger station.

Li Tan specially withdrew the money, brought simple luggage, wandered around the passenger terminal for three days, and finally let him wait again.

He followed the man into the car, trying to see the man's face from the side several times, but the brim of the man's hat was pulled down, and he did not take off his mask from the beginning to the end.

Changing stations and trains several times on the way, I was lucky enough to hold on every time, but in the end I was completely lost, in Xiaoshanghe, Yinchuan.

When it comes to Xiaoshang River, one cannot fail to mention the Tengger Desert, the fourth largest desert in China.

The Tengger Desert is located between Helan Mountain and Yabulai Mountain, with an altitude of about 1200-1400 meters. Unlike the generally imagined arid desert, there are hundreds of remnants The original ecological lakes for tens of thousands of years, the vast and desolate deserts, the lakes are gentle and soft, interdependent and interdependent, forming a rare landscape, and the residents naturally live in Masai and live by the lake.

Xiaoshanghe is such a place, small in scale and relatively simple in life style, but still lively.

Li Tan intuited that the person was in Xiaoshanghe. He stayed in a hotel in the town and walked around Xiaoshanghe every day. There was often wind and sand here, and turbans and masks were essential attire, and men of medium build were A lot, when that person arrived here, it was really like a grain of sand mixed into the sand pile, making people helpless.

After a few days, no one was found, but the distribution of Xiaoshanghe's residences was found out.

Most of the houses here are rammed-earth flat-roofed houses. The rammed-earth is because there are few stone materials in the local area, so we can only take soil from the place. With a flat roof, it does not rain all year round, so naturally there is no need for a sloping roof.

The only one that is different is the courtyard style of the low castle village. It used to be the house of the wealthy gentry, and now it must not be ordinary people who can afford it——Li Tan got curious and took a peek, and stopped in the yard. is a black Hummer h2.

Later, Li Tan saw this car once on the street. At that time, he did not see anyone driving. The window in the back seat was half open, revealing the face of a young woman. She tilted her head slightly, her eyes were red, as if There is something sad and sad.

But everyone, doesn't everyone have sad things? Just like myself, my gray hair has grown, my career is not going on, and I am alone so far, and now I am traveling thousands of miles, why?

That night, Li Tan was drunk in a small restaurant facing the street, clamoring for a pen to draw, and suddenly crying with his face in his arms, the shop closed at midnight, and he was driven away by half pushing and half shoving. out.

Li Tan was top-heavy, and after walking a few steps, he slipped and fell to the ground next to the trash can on the street.

There was the sound of footsteps passing by, Li Tan muttered, and barely opened his eyes.

From this angle, he saw a pair of big-toed leather shoes, hands with black leather gloves, and a bundle of...fishing lines in their hands.

The smell of alcohol rose, Li Tan closed his eyes wearily, and after a while, he opened them suddenly, and the bottles of cold wine he drank turned into cold sweat.

Fishing line!

He staggered to his feet, and ran towards the direction that the man left. This place is no different from a city, and it is dark at night. Li Tan looked around blankly on the street, and then slowly groped into a low alley.

There was only one house with the lights on, and the steaming aroma of old sheep soup, which even the smell of mutton could not suppress, came out from the crack of the door.

No, there seems to be... **** smell.

With a beating heart in his mouth, he stood on his toes and looked in from the small window at a high place. The soup was indeed being boiled there, and the old clay stove was used. The wooden pot lids were pushed up and down one after another, the fire in the stove was booming, and strange shadows were reflected on the wall.

A person stood still, with his arm raised high, as if he was about to chop something, but it was wobbly. There was a thread connected to his arm, which was being dragged by another person, and the shadow of the thread was reflected in the On the wall, trembling, like a finger string.

Li Tan shouted loudly, kicked open the door and rushed in.

He also regretted it afterwards, and felt that he should have done more safely, such as calling the police first.

He fought and rolled with the threading man, knocked over the corpse, rolled in a pool of blood, overturned the soup pot, smashed the dishes, the fire spread from the stove, and he finally pinned the **** to the ground , pinching his neck with one hand, and tugging at his mask with the other.

At this moment, there was a bang on the back of the head.

Li Tan panted and fell to the ground, in front of him was a man's increasingly blurred face.

***

When I woke up, I was in the sandy **** on the outskirts of the Xiaoshang River, the night was still dark, and a corner of the Xiaoshang River in the distance was full of flames.

Later, he heard that the family was selling mutton with pepper flavor, and the mutton soup was accidentally cooked in the middle of the night, and the fire burst out of the stove.

The sky was dry, and the fire took advantage of the wind to almost burn half of the alley. When the fire was extinguished, the whole family was burned like dry logs.

So, burnt.

In this world, only he and the murderer know that before the fire started, dolls were connected with fishing lines in the house.

He hesitated for a long time at the entrance of the police station in Xiaoshanghe, which was only half the size of a small shop, and then left quietly.

The fire destroyed everything, he has no evidence, and he is likely to be the only suspect.

Of course, he also has selfish intentions: if he calls the police, if that person is caught, he will only be punished by law, wouldn't it be too cheap for that person?

Countless times, he beat his head fiercely, thinking, if only he could remember the face of that accomplice.

Wan Fenghuo suggested to him, you can try hypnosis.

Hypnosis? It sounds like a gimmick that is popular in foreign countries or in film and television dramas. It is not popular in daily life. In the whole Lok Ma Lake, I am afraid that there is not even a psychiatrist, and even a hypnotist.

However, with a one-tenth of a million chance, he still went to Beijing, and nervously walked into a dark-toned, low-key and luxurious office with bookcases full of hardcover books in foreign languages.

The person sitting behind the desk, who is said to have the gpst-ih international hypnotist certification, politely gestured to him: "Please sit down."

***

When I received the call from Kiyo, Li Tan was sitting on the steps of the fountain square, looking at the pen-drawn portrait, surrounded by passersby of all colors, everyone has a face, and on each face, there is a pair of Eye.

Which pair of eyes is staring at him with ulterior motives?

Li Tan said: "I woke up in Shapo on the outskirts of Xiaoshang River. That person probably threw me there. I have a wallet with an ID card in it. He must have told me a long time ago." I know the details like the palm of my hand."

"If he is really a suspect, he must be afraid of those who are still investigating this matter. Cen Chunjiao's words are lies, but some of them are very true. Could Cen Chunjiao be a bait? To catch us fish?"

"Kiyo, you have to be careful."

***

In the trance-quiet night, Kiyo raised his wine glass and drank it down.

At first, what she thought was: If you want to come, just come, show your sword, let your tricks go, and see who is more ruthless than the other.

But after a glass of wine...

Fucking 13,000, do you think she is a fool? Can this wine be real!