gentry

Chapter 11 Bathroom Discussion
Ma Boyuan's car was in the shape of a snake and was rampaging in the public concession. Although he was still familiar with the feasting and feasting, Ma Boyuan was like a frightened bird at the moment, and he had no time to take care of everything outside the car window.Along the way, he was always in fear. There were patrolmen, passers-by, and even stray wild dogs. He was nervous and nervous.At this moment, he is like a frightened wild cat, urgently needing to find a dark lair where no one can find him, trembling alone, peeking at the outside world in horror.

Suddenly, Ma Boyuan saw an empty road ahead, he turned and drove into it without thinking.

While driving, Marbo murmured repeatedly: "I didn't kill anyone, don't come to me, I didn't kill people, don't come to me, I didn't..."

At this time, Ma Boyuan saw a figure of a woman in a cheongsam walking on the sidewalk in front of his car, whose figure looked familiar.Ma Boyuan showed doubts and gradually slowed down.When the headlights reflected the man's profile, Ma Boyuan recognized at a glance that it was the dead Ruan Mengzhu!Ma Boyuan's eyes widened as if he was suffocating in fright, and he couldn't say a word.

When the car passed by, Ma Boyuan held his breath and turned around suddenly, only to find that the woman had disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the alley was empty and dark.

Ma Boyuan could no longer restrain his fear, and shouted hysterically: "Ghost...Ghost! Ah!"

Ma Boyuan slammed the steering wheel, his feet were stiff, and he couldn't move when he stepped on the accelerator pedal. He saw the car rushing towards a utility pole on the side of the road! "Dong rumbling" a crash!Ma Boyuan finally calmed down while lying in the direction, and the long beeping of the car horn replaced his exclamation...

On the city streets in the morning fog, there are few pedestrians on the road. Except for the rickshaw driver who just came out to find a job, only Luo Fei and Xiaoman are left swaying to and fro, exhausted.Luo Fei panted while holding the pole: "Wait, I need fresh air."

"Detective, you can deduce that we hitchhiked Mr. Ma's car to visit the cemetery in the middle of the night, but why didn't you deduce that Mr. Ma drove away, and we have to walk back on two legs?" Xiaoman sarcastically said.

"No... It's not that I didn't reason, but I didn't reason. Compared with the happiness brought by the truth, what is this small price in physical strength?" Luo Fei panted and retorted.

Luo Fei stood up and strode forward in a relaxed manner. When he reached a corner, Luo Fei turned directly into it.

Xiaoman chased after him: "Hey, you're going the wrong way."

"A philosopher said that the wrong course will often lead you in the right direction."

Xiaoman was bluffed: "Which philosopher?"

"Myself." Luo Fei patted his chest and stopped in front of a telephone booth.Luo Fei shook the handkerchief around the doorknob and opened the door, beckoning Xiaoman to go in.

Xiaoman glared at Luo Fei: "I've been to the cemetery, and you still think the doorknob is dirty, don't touch it if you think it's dirty."

"It's a gentleman's duty to pull the door for a lady." Luo Fei leaned forward and said.

Xiaoman rolled his eyes at him and walked into the phone booth.

Luo Fei wiped his hands with a handkerchief outside.

Inside the phone booth, Xiaoman was on the phone, Luo Fei was waiting outside the booth, took out a small box of candy and ate one.After a while, Xiaoman came out: "What are you eating?"

Luo Fei handed over the candy box: "Supplementary sugar, do you want it?"

Xiaoman looked disgusted: "No. I called the patrol room, and they sent someone to send a car over immediately. Because the place where the body was buried was outside the concession, so we had to hand over to the Chinese police first, and after Ruan Mengzhu's body was retrieved, we Let’s go back to the International Settlement together. Anyway, let’s wait here first.”

Luo Fei yawned: "It's not us, it's Police Qin who is spying on you."

"Where are you going?"

Luo Fei shook his hands, signaling his whole body: "Go home and disinfect... the coachman!"

Then, with a wave of his hand, a rickshaw stopped in front of him. Luo Fei jumped into the car and slumped on the seat.

"Detective Qin, you are responsible for taking them to the scene, I will not accompany you, see you later." Luo Fei said with a smirk.

The rickshaw pulled Luo Fei away, leaving only Xiaoman standing there blankly.

"Hey..." Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth: "Luo Fei... Damn it!"

At noon, Luo Fei was soaking in the bathtub with an expression of enjoyment. He closed his eyes and flashed some scenes in his mind. After thinking for a while, Luo Fei put his hands on his head and seemed to want to get rid of these pictures.

At this time, a black shadow quietly walked into the bathroom and stood behind Luo Fei.Luo Fei slowly opened his eyes, picked up a glass of red wine beside him, and took a sip, when suddenly Qin Xiaoman's shadow appeared in his peripheral vision.Luo Fei quickly put down his wine glass, rubbed his eyes, and slowly turned his head.In an instant, after confirming that he was not dazzled or drunk, he spit out all the red wine in his mouth!Immediately, the whole person sank into a deep red water, only half of his head was exposed.

"How did you get in?" Luo Fei was talking, and the water was bubbling.

Qin Xiaoman hugged his shoulders, pointed to the window in the hall with a sinister smile: "It came in through the window."

"Don't you know that doors and windows have different purposes?" Another large piece of red blisters bubbled out of the water.

"I know, but a philosopher said that the wrong route will often lead you to the right direction." Xiaoman deliberately imitated Luo Fei's tone.

"Get out!" Luo Fei urged Xiaoman.

Xiaoman looked at Luo Fei's shyness, and walked to the bathtub instead, jokingly said, "Using red wine to disinfect cleanliness must be very stylish, but those who don't know think you've killed yourself in it."

"You..." Luo Fei just wanted to rush out of the water, but immediately sank again.

"Come out!" Xiaoman said as she got up and walked out of the bathroom.

After watching Xiaoman go out, Luo Fei subconsciously sank his head into the water again, then got up quickly and covered his lower body with a bath towel: "Do you know that a lady should not casually break into a man's private space?" of!"

"Didn't you say that I lack tutoring?" Xiaoman said standing outside the door.

"Speak quickly if you have something to say, what's the result of the autopsy?" Luo Fei's tone weakened.

Xiaoman picked up a report and read: "According to the preliminary forensic examination, the time of death was five days ago. The corpse was highly decomposed and looked like a giant, and fingerprints could not be extracted. The cause of death was that the head was crushed by a heavy object, which fits the characteristics of death in a car accident. ..."

"Where are the clothes?" Luo Fei said urgently.

"Ginger yellow cloud crepe cheongsam, white high-heeled shoes, pearl earrings, jade bracelet on the left hand, red Likou nail polish, consistent with the reporter's confession, confirmed that the deceased is Ruan Mengzhu." After finishing speaking, Xiaoman patted the door again, " Come on! You can't be disorganized and undisciplined, neither as a detective nor as a detective! I'm in again! I'm counting to ten, nine, eight, seven...one!"

Xiaoman opened the door abruptly, and saw Luo Fei's very helpless face.

"Where's Ma Boyuan?"

Xiaoman sighed: "The police found Ma Boyuan's car on Peierya Road in the public concession. It must have crashed into a utility pole in a panic, but Ma Boyuan himself has disappeared. The patrol room has strengthened its police force and deployed surveillance around Ma's house..."

"He won't be so stupid as to throw himself into a trap." Luo Fei walked into the bedroom and locked the door.

Xiaoman still stood outside the door: "All the hotels and restaurants in the public concession have been checked. No suspicious person stayed last night. In addition, Ma Boyuan's colleagues and friends..."

"He won't hide in these places either." Luo Fei interrupted Xiaoman.

"Then where is he hiding?" Xiaoman looked puzzled.

Luo Fei shook his head: "Oh, the answer is so obvious, but you can't see it."

"Don't be secretive!" Xiaoman turned to the living room, looking around curiously.

There are all kinds of weird things around the room and on the table: specimen bottles soaked in formalin, photos of corpses at the scene, bottles and jars for chemical experiments... There is a large map on the wall, which is full of Red thread, pasted with colorful notes.

Xiaoman saw a skeleton on the desk, picked it up and fiddled with it.

Xiaoman moved the skeleton's mandible, imitating Luo Fei's speech: "The answer is so obvious, but you can't see it..."

At this time, Luo Fei's voice suddenly came from behind Xiaoman: "As a police detective, you should have basic respect for the dead."

Xiaoman turned her head, and Luo Fei, who was already neatly dressed, stood in front of her, and quickly tied the tie in her hand into a Windsor knot.

"This is... so it's not a model?" Xiaoman almost lost his hand holding the skull.

"Wang Dacai was a rickshaw driver during his lifetime. I persuaded him to donate his body to scientific research after his death. Then one day he drove his cart into the Huangpu River after drinking..." Luo Fei said solemnly.

Xiaoman gently put the skeleton back on the table, put his hands together and bowed, and then pointed to the scars on the skeleton: "Gunshot wounds, knife cuts, and fire, doesn't it look like drowning?"

"Oh, these are the scar experiments I did, not the cause of death." Luo Fei walked over and carefully moved the skeleton a little bit, "You put it in the wrong place, now is the right time."

"Hmph, pervert." Xiaoman snorted coldly, turned around and found a pile of documents in the corner of the table, and picked up one of the yellowed old newspapers.

A photo of Luo Fei and Captain was published in the newspaper with the headline "The Detective Scuttles the Ship of Evil".

(End of this chapter)