spy sea tide life

Main street outside Qianmen.

Even at an open-air stall, the stinky aroma of boiling pepper oil brewed on the stinky tofu could be smelled across the entire alley with a crisp sizzling sound.

Wang Dazui sniffed greedily, as if he didn't want to miss a single drop.

Yang Denghuan leaned back slightly, trying to avoid the smell.

"If you want to talk about eating, you have to be a native Beijinger! Such delicious food can't be found outside of Beijing!" Wang Dazui said with a smile.

As he spoke, Wang Dazui grabbed the steamed bun on the table, broke it apart deftly, put the stinky tofu in the middle, smoothed it out, pressed it hard, put his big mouth forward, and took a big bite.

"It smells so damn good!" Wang Dazui let out a long sigh of relief and said with satisfaction.

"If it smells good, eat a few more bites. These are all yours." Yang Deng said with a smile.

"What's the matter? You don't want to eat?" Wang Dazui asked in surprise.

"I'm not used to it. I'll just have a bowl of noodles with soybean sauce and some braised meat. I'll just make do with it." Yang Deng said with a laugh.

Hearing about braised pork, Wang Dazui stopped immediately, looked at Yang Denghuan pitifully and said, "Brother Huan, I want to eat braised pork too."

"No problem! One more mouth is nothing, even if you can eat some." Yang Deng said with a smile.

Wang Dazui looked very happy and nodded repeatedly.

"Go to the train station to pick you up in the afternoon. What task did Section Chief Shen assign you?" Yang Denghuan asked.

"I have no mission. The section chief seems to have forgotten about me!" Wang Dazui said as he took another big bite of the steamed bun.

"That's because you are now considered a member of half of the island's organization." Yang Deng said with a smile.

"My brother is in Cao's camp but his heart is with Han. I am from our Fifth Brigade, so I belong to every place." Wang Dazui said vaguely.

"Yeah! There are not many brothers who have been together together." Yang Denghuan said with some emotion.

"Yeah." Wang Dazui said perfunctorily, swallowing his steamed bun in big mouthfuls.

"I met Pang Wei this morning." Yang Denghuan said suddenly.

"Pang Wei? Which Pang Wei?" Wang Dazui asked in surprise.

"You forgot the scholar in our group!" Yang Denghuan reminded.

Wang Dazui thought about it for a while, then he remembered something. He nodded and said, "I remember now. Isn't Lao Pang in the Household Registration Section now? I heard he was promoted to deputy section chief."

"That's right. This guy is climbing the fastest. It's only been more than a year, and he's about to become a section chief." Yang Denghuan said.

"The head of the household registration department is useless." Wang Dazui said disdainfully.

"It was like this before, but it's different after the Japanese came! Since the good citizen certificate was introduced, the household registration department now has a lot to do..." Yang Deng said with a smile.

Wang Dazui took another bite of the steamed bun and said nothing.

"Originally, I was going to bring Pang Wei, and call you and Lao Qiao, and we'd sit together. Who knows if we can use one of them in the future, but Lao Pang is quite busy, so we'll have to do it another day." Yang Deng said with a smile.

"Oh! You're putting on airs just because you're a deputy section chief? What do their Household Registration Section have to do? Is it busier than our Secret Service Section?" Wang Dazui said with a bit of disdain.

"That's not the case. Pang Wei is really busy." Yang Deng said with a smile.

"Busy? What is their household registration department busy with?" Wang Dazui asked puzzledly, his hand holding the steamed bun still.

Yang Denghuan looked around mysteriously for a few times, then lowered his voice and said, "Busy catching the 'Buddha's Lamp'!"

Wang Dazui's hands trembled slightly, and he laughed disdainfully, "Catching 'Buddha's Lamp'? The Household Registration Department caught 'Buddha's Lamp'? If you said it was our Secret Service Department that caught 'Buddha's Lamp', I would believe it!"

At this point, Wang Dazui said with admiration, "As for catching the 'Buddha's Lamp', the only person in our entire police station who can do this is you, Detective Yang! Apart from you, I think they are all talking nonsense!"

"Why would I catch the 'Buddha Lamp'? Isn't that like a dog trying to catch a rat?" Yang Denghuan looked at Wang Dazui with burning eyes.

Wang Dazui nodded with a smile and said, "Yes! We are still busy with our own things! Why would we want to catch the 'Buddha Lamp'?"

"But Pang Wei may really be able to catch the 'Buddha Lamp'!" Yang Denghuan suddenly said again.

Wang Dazui's open mouth suddenly stopped and he looked at Yang Denghuan with a puzzled look on his face.

"Hey! Why are you talking to them? Have you eaten enough? If you have, let's go for some noodles with soybean paste!" Yang Deng said with a smile and shook his head.

"Tell me about it! How is it possible for the Household Registration Department to catch the 'Buddha Lamp'?" Wang Dazui asked with interest.

"There's nothing much to say, it's just a coincidence." Yang Denghuan deliberately kept the secret.

"Just chat. It's just a chat. It doesn't matter what you talk about." Wang Dazui asked with a flattering smile.

"You kid, just love gossip." Yang Deng said with a laugh.

"You know I just like this. If you don't explain it clearly, I won't be able to sleep tonight." Wang Dazui said anxiously.

"Didn't the section chief ask me to go over and get scolded this morning? And I happened to run into Pang Wei." Yang Denghuan glanced at Wang Dazui and said.

"And then?" Wang Dazui said like a qualified supporting actor.

"Do you still remember Wu Jingzhong?" Yang Denghuan suddenly asked mysteriously.

"I know. Didn't he die of poisoning?" Wang Dazui said doubtfully.

"What do you mean by taking poison? That's fake! Someone poisoned you!" Yang Denghuan said calmly.

"Poisoning? I haven't heard of it!" Wang Dazui was obviously stunned.

"And someone saw the person who poisoned the food at that time!" Yang Denghuan said suddenly again.

"Who is it!" Wang Dazui asked in surprise.

"Look at you, what's the matter with you? Why are you so excited?" Yang Denghuan said.

Wang Dazui's face immediately regained its composure, and he kept saying, "Yes, yes, yes, what does it have to do with me? Why am I so excited? What does it have to do with me?"

"You are such a good person! Well, I won't waste your time, I'll tell you." Yang Deng said with a smile.

Wang Dazui breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said, "Yes! Brother Huan understands me and knows that I am a good person!"

"This morning, I saw Pang Wei coming out of the section chief's office, and I asked him what was the matter. Pang said that the section chief was looking for him to find out who poisoned Wu Jingzhong that day. The section chief and others believed that this person was most likely the 'Lamp Before Buddha'! If we find him, we will find the 'Lamp Before Buddha'!" Yang Denghuan said mysteriously.

Wang Dazui was stunned and quickly said, "Didn't someone say someone saw the person who poisoned him? Why did they ask Pang Wei to go find him again?"

"Hey! The one who saw the poisoner was a new policeman. He didn't know the man, and he only saw his profile, so he just drew a portrait." Yang Denghuan said. "Why let the household registration department investigate? Shouldn't our special agent department investigate this? How can we give such a great achievement to others?" Wang Dazui said indignantly.

"You have a pig brain! Why don't you think about that the Household Registration Department also manages the archives room of our bureau. Wouldn't it be more convenient to compare photos?" Yang Denghuan said disdainfully.

"If that's the case, there is some truth to that." Wang Dazui nodded slowly.

"This time, they have it all figured out. They are definitely giving away their lives! I guess the comparison results will be out in the next two days! 'The Lamp Before the Buddha' won't be able to escape this time." Yang Denghuan sighed and shook his head.

Wang Dazui was speechless. He ate his steamed bun silently, with thoughts in his mind.

As a lamp servant, Wu Jingzhong’s death that day was indeed directly related to Wang Dazui.

But I didn't see anyone that day? Who saw me?
Wang Dazui's mind raced as he reviewed the day's events, brows furrowed as he weighed the pros and cons.

Suddenly, Wang Dazui felt as if someone had really seen him that day. The image of a flash of a figure in the corridor instantly entered Wang Dazui's mind. The more he thought about it, the more real it became and he could not get rid of it.

Did someone really see me that day? It seems so! But who was that person? Why didn't I see him before? Yang Denghuan said it was a new policeman!

That can’t be wrong!

The whole series of images formed in Wang Dazui's mind. The more he thought about it, the more real it became, as if it really existed.

I wonder how that person's image is drawn? How similar is it to me?

"Have you seen the portrait? Who does it look like?" Wang Dazui asked with deliberate curiosity.

"I just glanced at him, not carefully. Besides, it was just a side view!" At this point, Yang Denghuan glanced at Wang Dazui and said with a smile, "But that person seems to be quite fat, a bit like you."

Wang Dazui's hand trembled, and the steamed bun fell on the table. Yang Denghuan laughed and said, "Nonsense! I was just teasing you! Look how scared you are! Could it really be you?"

Wang Dazui waved his hands and said, "Brother! Brother! Don't dare to joke about this! This joke can kill people!"

"Look at how timid you are. No more joking! Let's go eat some noodles with soybean paste!" Yang Deng said with a laugh.

Wang Dazui was in no mood to eat noodles with soybean paste. He burped and said, "No, I'm a little full."

"No way! This is just the beginning! Can a steamed bun fill your big mouth? Why can't I believe it!" Yang Deng laughed.

Wang Dazui burped again, and a smell of stinky tofu came out. Yang Denghuan dodged quickly and said dissatisfiedly: "Wow, it's such a big toilet!"

Wang Dazui smiled sheepishly, scratched his head and said, "I said I was full but you didn't believe me. I was full, but you are still lying."

"Yeah, I'm a little full." Yang Denghuan nodded and asked, "Then I'll just eat my noodles with soybean paste by myself."

"What are you going to do this afternoon?" asked Wang Dazui.

"What can I do? The section chief asked me to stay at home and I can't go anywhere." Yang Denghuan said dissatisfiedly.

"That's because the section chief loves you and is afraid that his grandson will take revenge on you." Wang Dazui said quickly.

"Well, you are the worm in the chief's stomach." Yang Denghuan made a joke, and then asked: "What about you? What are you doing? If you have nothing to do, come to the office and chat with me."

"No." Wang Dazui shook his head and said, "Originally, there was nothing wrong, but you reminded me of something. I have to go to Pang Wei to do something."

"Looking for Lao Pang? What do you want from him?" Yang Deng asked with a smile.

"Your reminder reminds me of something. The age in my file seems to be wrong. I have to change it. Should I ask Lao Pang for this?" said Wang Dazui.

Yang Denghuan squinted his eyes and looked at Wang Dazui with ill intentions, and said lightly: "Dazui, you are looking for Lao Pang at this time, are you really..."

Yang Denghuan stopped here and looked at Wang Dazui without saying anything.

Wang Dazui was stunned at first, then laughed and said: "My dear Brother Huan, what are you thinking? You are too flattering me. If I am the 'Lamp in front of Buddha', then you are the big Buddha! Besides, if I really am the 'Lamp in front of Buddha', I would not dare to go to Lao Pang at this time. Wouldn't this make people suspicious?"

Yang Denghuan burst into laughter again, pointed at Wang Dazui and said, "Dazui, you have improved! I was just kidding you!"

After saying that, Yang Denghuan put away his smile and asked seriously, "Are you really not going to eat noodles with soybean paste?"

"No, I'm full." said Wang Dazui.

"Then I'll go." Yang Denghuan said again.

"Go ahead, don't worry about me." Wang Dazui nodded.

"Do you need two more pieces of stinky tofu?" Yang Denghuan asked with concern.

"No, it's greasy if you eat too much of that stuff." Wang Dazui answered casually, as if his mind was not on the stinky tofu.

"Okay! Then let's go about our own business." After Yang Denghuan finished speaking, he ignored Wang Dazui and walked towards the noodle shop not far from the stinky tofu stall.

Wang Dazui looked at Yang Denghuan with a complicated look. It was not until Yang Denghuan entered the noodle shop that Wang Dazui turned around and left.

Five p.m.

Police Department Household Registration Section.

The Household Registration Department is located in the left wing of the second courtyard of the police station. The three rooms in a row are the offices of the Household Registration Department.

Right above the middle room, there are two signs, one is "Household Registration Department" and the other is "Archives Room".

What is surprising is that there is not even an office with a sign of the head of the Household Registration Section.

When I entered the room, I found that the three rooms were connected into one large room, but some partitions were added in the middle to divide it into three major areas.

On the far left is the archive room and household registration room, where information and files are stored.

Although the door was open, there was a uniformed policeman sitting at the table at the door. Anyone who wanted to access the household registration or files had to go through him.

The room in the middle is a large office. A dozen clerks from the Household Registration Section are busy at the desks with archival materials in their hands. Occasionally, someone would walk back and forth holding a file, and it was unknown what they were comparing.

The room on the far right is the smallest, with only two desks in it. Without asking, you know that this small room is the office of Chen Wenbin, head of the Household Registration Section, and Pang Wei, deputy head.

The door of the section chief's office was also open. From the outside, one could clearly see that only Deputy Section Chief Pang Wei was busy inside. Section Chief Chen Wenbin was not in the office.

Wang Dazui peeked outside the door, and seeing that no one paid attention to him, he gently pushed the door open and walked in.

A male clerk looked back at Wang Dazui, ignored him, and went back to his own work.

"The information in the outer five areas has been sorted out! Report to the deputy section chief immediately. These people are repeat offenders. Notify the detective department to keep a close eye on them! Nothing can go wrong during this period of time." A fat man who looked like a small leader said, waving a few pieces of paper in his hand.

"First count, then report. The deputy section chief is busy with other things! I guess he will be done with it today." said another person.

Wang Dazui's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. (End of this chapter)