Detective Files II

Chapter 337 Sweet Potato King

What is commonly known as "ghost shaving" in the mouth of rats is actually alopecia areata in medicine.This feature provided great convenience for Tian Mi and Mo Dou to find people.

According to Mouse's recollection, the place where he sent the man with the wig that day was not too far from here, so Mo Dou and Tian Mi drove there immediately without saying a word.

Three months is enough to dilute people's memory. According to the fuzzy range that the mouse can provide, after arriving at the destination, the two of them can only chat around.

After questioning vendors on several streets but getting no results, Tian Mi was almost desperate, and even wondered if the mouse had simply misremembered its characteristics, otherwise why no one they asked knew of a person who lived in the city. What about the man nearby who sells roasted sweet potatoes and has alopecia areata?Logically speaking, if these two conditions are put together, there must be only a very small number of people who can meet them at the same time, and it should be easy to lock the target.

After tossing for nearly two hours, the two of them walked and asked questions, and from time to time they took out Tian Mi's mobile phone to show the photos to the person being questioned. Decided to take a break and drink some water, in case the two of them collapsed from heatstroke before the person they were looking for was found.

After finally finding a stall selling cold drinks with a big sun umbrella under the shade of a small tree by the side of the road, Tian Mi and Mo Dou hurried over to buy two bottles of iced mineral water.

Unscrewing the lid, she couldn't wait to take a few big mouthfuls, a burst of refreshing coolness spread from her throat to all parts of her body, Tian Mi's heat was finally dispelled a little, and she sighed comfortably.

"Are you two selling insurance or are you a salesman?" The aunt who was selling cold drinks sitting in front of the freezer asked curiously when she saw the two sweating profusely.

Tian Mi and Mo Dou looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

"Our work is really similar to those two kinds of people you said!" Tian Mi joked casually, and sounded by typing, "Mother, have you been here for a long time?"

"Yes! Me, I sell cold drinks here in summer and hot drinks in winter! Isn't it all in line with the supply and demand of the market now!" The aunt estimated that she often chatted with people when she set up a stall on weekdays, and her answers were not only slick, but also smooth. Sets.

Tian Mi was amused by this fashionable lady: "Then do you know if there is a man selling roasted sweet potatoes around here who has bald spots on his head?"

"Oh, you mean the Sweet Potato King!" Unexpectedly, the aunt seems to really know that there is such a person.

"Sweet Potato King?!" Mo Dou almost spewed out a sip of mineral water, swallowed it hastily, and coughed, "Is he so famous and big? He's already 'king'?!"

"Hey! He doesn't have such a reputation and scale! He is called the Sweet Potato King because his surname is Wang and he sells roasted sweet potatoes! So the old neighbors joked and called him the Sweet Potato King!" The aunt smiled and waved her hand, not caring much explain.

"You and this 'Sweet Potato King' are old neighbors? Are you familiar with him? Where is his stall?" Tian Mi hurriedly asked when she heard that the woman selling cold drinks not only knew the man with the wig, but also seemed to be familiar with him.

"Why are you looking for him? If you're selling something, don't look for him! He really doesn't have that spare money! There's a stupid wife and young son to support at home!" The aunt looked at Tian Mi and the others warily. , did not answer her question.

"Auntie, you misunderstood!" Tian Mi laughed, and took out her own ID to show her, "We are from the Public Security Bureau, and we are looking for him in the hope that he can help provide some clues."

The auntie looked at Tian Mi's ID, suddenly realized, and then asked mysteriously: "You asked him to provide you with clues? Is there any reward?"

"This..." Mo Dou and Tian Mi look at me and I look at you. You can guess without asking. This aunt must have seen the rewards for some A-level wanted criminals earlier, so she came here. Made such an association.

"Don't hesitate, I'll tell you where he set up his stall, and you can ask whatever you want, but if he really helps you, he should give you a bonus or something, but don't be stingy, this old Wang is a good man It's not easy to listen to." The aunt told Tian Mi and Mo Dou solemnly.

In order not to waste time explaining this issue, the two had no choice but to agree vaguely, got the address from the aunt, and rushed over immediately.

The distance between the two places is not very far. It takes more than 20 minutes to walk there. It only takes five or six minutes for two people to drive there. After parking the car, follow the guidance of the lady who sells cold drinks to find it. It is not as good as it was in the same period. I found the wig man himself as I hoped.

"What's going on here? Could it be that we were teased by that aunt? But she didn't have to do that!" Tian Mi looked around privately, dumbfounded by the empty sidewalks around her.

"That aunt should be right," Mo Dou shook his head, pointing to the ground on the sidewalk not far ahead, "Look there! The marks on the ground!"

Tian Mi took a closer look, not to mention, there are really obvious marks on the ground there, and there are a few half-cut bricks beside it, it seems that someone should often set up a stall there.

"It should be here usually, maybe it's not open for some reason." Mo Du guessed.

Tian Mi's face immediately turned solemn, and she couldn't help thinking of Meng Qingwei who was abandoned in the suburbs: "You said, nothing will happen to him, right?"

Mo Dou also made the same association. Hearing what she said, he immediately turned around and walked towards the parking place: "Let's go! Let's go back and find the old lady who sells cold drinks! Isn't she an old neighbor of the man with the wig! I must know Where does he live! Let's go to his house to find someone!"

So the two drove back and found the aunt who sold cold drinks for the second time. The aunt was not surprised that the man with the wig didn't come out of the booth.

"In this summer, there are few people who are willing to eat hot roasted sweet potatoes. It's normal to leave the stall. Besides, maybe something happened to his family!" Without hiding it, he told Mo Dou and Tian Mi the wig man's home address.

The man with the wig doesn't live far away, which is within the expectations of Tian Mi and Mo Dou. After all, considering his way of making a living, it is impossible to live too far away.

The man with the wig lived in a small building with only three floors. Judging from the mottled and mottled paint letters on the outer wall of the building, it used to be the residence of the family members of a certain factory, but the factory had long since disappeared. It disintegrates and ceases to exist.

In an inconspicuous corner outside the building, a tricycle was locked. On the car was an oven that was transformed from a large iron bucket painted dark green. It seemed that this should be the oven that the man with the wig usually used. The stove and the car were both at home, so logically speaking, the man with the wig should also be at home.

Since the building has been completed for a long time, the architectural structure still retains the characteristics of the era at that time. It adopts an open corridor outside the building. Tian Mi and Mo Dou can faintly smell the smell of boiled Chinese medicine downstairs. As they went upstairs, the smell became more and more intense.

Climbing up to the third floor, just turning into the corridor, a thin and thin figure wearing a white vest with irregular bald spots the size of a few coins on the back of his head appeared in the sight of Tian Mi and Mo Dou.

It must be the guy with the wig!Tian Mi guessed in her heart.

The man was squatting on the ground, holding a plastic fan in one hand and was fanning it. When Tian Mi and the others came to the front, they saw that there was a small electric stove in front of him, and a dirty man was sitting on it. The strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine comes from the casserole.

"Hi, excuse me." The man was so intent on staring at the Chinese medicine soup in front of him that he didn't notice someone coming and standing behind him. Tian Mi had no choice but to lean forward and call softly, not daring to yell loudly for fear of scaring her to him.

Only then did the man realize that there was someone behind him, and he looked up at Tian Mi and Mo Dou in surprise, his eyes were full of bewilderment, and he was very confused about the purpose of these two strangers in front of him.

"Who are you looking for?" he asked, with a strong regional accent when he spoke.

Tian Mi really didn't know how to answer him. First of all, she had to confirm the identity of the other party, but how should she ask?Could it be that she asked, "Excuse me, are you a man with a wig?"
So, she got another excited, took out her mobile phone, called up the photo and handed it over: "Is the person in the photo you?"

The man fanned the fan without stopping. He raised his other hand to take it, but realized that his palm was sweaty and wet, so he quickly rubbed it on his vest, took it over and looked at it, his face was a bit uncomfortable. Embarrassed: "Well, this is me."

"We are from the serious crime team of C City Public Security Bureau, and I want to know something from you. Can you talk to us?" Seeing that the other party admitted, Mo Dou also revealed his identity and asked.

The man with the wig looked even more at a loss. He hesitated for a few seconds before standing up from the ground. He didn't know whether his legs were numb from squatting for too long, or his blood pressure dropped too quickly. He shook as soon as he stood up. Mo Dou stretched out his hand in time to pull, otherwise he might fall to the ground.

The man with the wig stood up straight, grinned at Mo Dou in embarrassment, walked to the door of the house in two steps, opened the door, and said to Tian Mi and the others: "You guys sit in the room for a while, and I'll go in after I boil the medicine! Don't be afraid of the heat." pass!"

After speaking, he hurriedly squatted back to the small electric stove, concentrated on looking at the pot, and continued to fan himself.

No way, Tian Mi and Mo Dou had no choice but to follow his suggestion and go to sit in the room first.

The wig man's house is very small, it seems to be only about forty square meters, there is a small kitchen, the living room and the bedroom are together, and a cloth curtain is drawn in the middle to separate them.

After Tian Mi and Mo Dou entered the room, they pulled up two plastic chairs and sat down, and nodded to the fat young woman sitting on the bed with a child in her arms.

[Thank you for being quiet~~ The two pink tickets for the dead children's shoes, dear, you are really amazing! 】

(End of this chapter)