gentry

Chapter 34
The next day, Sullivan's apartment.

Luo Fei is developing photos in the darkroom.

Under the red light, a photo in the developing disk is slowly appearing.At this time, Xiaoman pushed the door open and walked in: "I've already checked..."

Luo Fei reprimanded: "Close the door quickly!"

Xiaoman hurriedly closed the door: "What are you doing?"

"Print photos."

"What picture?"

"Don't you think the music box in Zheng Dong's hand was a little special last night? The actual weight was twice as heavy as the mechanical parts inside. I guessed that there might be something hidden, so I took it back and studied it. Sure enough, I found a roll rolled out of it. Negative."

"Negative?" Xiaoman looked surprised.

"Yes, this must be a very important roll of negatives. Xia Luna didn't want others to find out, so she hid it in the music box."

Xiaoman picked up the film and opened it, looking at the light.

"What are these photos, I can't see clearly."

Luo Fei snatched back the negative: "Don't move, I'm enlarging and printing, you suddenly broke in and exposed the photo paper, and had to reprint."

Xiaoman quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I don't know..."

Luo Fei shook his head: "Aside from making trouble for me, what else can you do?"

Luo Fei said while loading the film into the enlarger for operation.

"It seems that I can't help much, Xiaolu is more suitable to be your assistant." Xiaoman turned to leave.

"Wait, everyone is here, let's exchange information before leaving." Luo Fei suddenly stopped Xiaoman.

Xiaoman immediately turned around, and then put on an indifferent look: "If you want to know, I'll tell you. Last night, the police stopped Guorong's car on Bansongyuan Road near Shiliupu Wharf. , but he abandoned his car and fled. The patrol house rushed to the pier after receiving the report, but there was no trace of him, he must have boarded the boat and fled.”

After hearing this, Luo Fei shook his head: "No, he didn't get the money, so he won't leave."

"Then where else will he go?"

"I think he should go find another member of the drug cartel," Luo Fei said.

"who is it?"

"I don't know, but you can judge that he is going to Shiliupu Pier based on his car driving on Bansongyuan Road. It is too hasty. If you look at the map carefully, you will find that this road leads to another person. frequented place."

"where?"

"The Auditorium of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, where they often rehearse."

"I'll check right away." Xiaoman rushed out the door impatiently.

"Hey, it's been exposed again..." Luo Fei reluctantly dropped the negative.

When Xiaoman walked into the auditorium of the Ministry of Industry and Technology Bureau, he found that the entire hall was empty.

Xiaoman walked onto the stage, where rehearsal chairs and music stands were placed.

Xiaoman went to the backstage to check again, but there was no one in the backstage.

Sudden!A figure appeared behind Xiaoman.

"Girl, who are you looking for?"

Xiaoman turned her head and saw a man in his 50s with a mop in his hand.

"Is no one coming to rehearse today?"

"It's only early in the morning, and no one has arrived yet."

Xiaoman felt that the person in front of her was very familiar: "You are?"

"I'm the handyman of the orchestra, everyone calls me Uncle Cao."

Xiaoman slapped his head: "Oh, I remembered, I met you at Xiao Lang's memorial service, why did you come so early?"

Uncle Cao sighed softly: "When I get older, I wake up early, and I can't keep my hands and feet idle. Every time before everyone rehearses, I will come over to tidy up." "Have you seen Guorong?"

"I didn't see it, what are you looking for?" Uncle Cao asked Xiaoman.

Xiaoman flashed her police badge: "I am a detective from the patrol room, here to investigate the case."

Uncle Cao was full of surprise: "Here, what happened to Guorong?"

Xiaoman suddenly caught a glimpse of blood on the ground, walked over and knelt down to check.

Uncle Cao was shocked: "Oh, why is there blood on the ground?!"

Xiaoman followed the bloodstains and found the dressing room. He opened the door and saw that Guorong was sitting on a chair with his back to him. One arm was bandaged and the other held a gun.

Xiaoman took out his gun: "Don't move!"

Guorong didn't respond.

Xiaoman walked slowly to the front and saw that Guorong had a hole in his chest and was already dead.

At this time, Uncle Cao followed in: "Oh! Isn't this Guorong? What's wrong with him?"

Xiaoman put away the gun, stepped forward and tapped his neck: "He's dead, didn't you hear the gunshot?"

"No, I just came here too, one step ahead of you."

"It looks like committing suicide in fear of crime. Where is the phone, I will inform the patrol room."

"I'll take you there." Uncle Cao led Xiaoman across the stage.

Uncle Cao said as he walked, "Oh, what a crime, a few good friends who were rehearsing together, all of them died all of a sudden, Miss Detective, what happened?"

Xiaoman stopped slowly, stood still and looked at Uncle Cao.

"What's wrong?" Uncle Cao asked.

"How do you know that Zheng Dong is also dead?"

Uncle Cao looked nervous: "I... guessed."

Xiaoman looked at the stage, thoughtful: "You said you were only one step ahead of me, but the dozens of chairs and music stands on the stage were all set up. Although Guorong's body was placed as if he committed suicide, but The blood on the ground shows traces of being dragged. The floor is so dirty, but you mop it first without sweeping, is it because you want to wipe off the blood?"

Uncle Cao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly overturned the music stand, turned around and ran away.

Xiaoman immediately drew out his gun and shouted: "Stop!"

At the same time, Luo Fei had just washed the photos and was going to clip them one by one to dry...

The photos are all of Xia Luna's daily life, some are Xiao Lang's photos, and some are group photos of the two of them.Luo Fei said to himself: "They are all photos of life, why are they hidden so well?"

In the developing disk, a photo is gradually developing.

Luo Fei picked up the photo and looked at it. It showed several band members gathered at Xiao Lang's house. There was a bag of white powder on the table, and everyone was putting the powder into the disassembled musical instrument.

The faces in the photos attracted Luo Fei's attention.

Luo Fei muttered to himself: "Xiao Lang...Guan Er...Zheng Dong...Guo Rong..."

When Luo Fei's eyes fell on the last person's face, he raised the corner of his mouth: "The No.5 member of the drug gang is... Uncle Cao."

Another moment, Luo Fei seemed to suddenly think of something, said "Damn, silly girl." Then he turned and ran out.

In the backstage of the auditorium, Xiaoman raised his gun to bypass all kinds of installations, props and scenes, and chased after Uncle Cao.

"Uncle Cao, don't hide, you can't run away. You are the fifth member of the drug gang. I always thought that the members of the drug gang were all musicians, but I ignored that you, the handyman, went abroad with them every time." , take care of their lives..."

Uncle Cao hid in the dark and quietly untied a knot tied to the post.

Xiaoman suddenly heard the wind from behind her head, she turned her head quickly, and saw a big sandbag hanging on a rope flying towards her, Xiaoman couldn't dodge in time, and was immediately knocked down by the sandbag.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiaoman slowly opened her eyes and found herself tied to a pillar.Xiaoman struggled, but couldn't break free.

At this moment, Uncle Cao came over with a gun in his hand, pointing at Xiaoman: "Tell me, where is the goods, did you take the goods?"

"What?"

"Don't pretend to be confused, the goods in the safe."

"You mean the batch of drugs? I'm a police detective, how could I do such a thing?" Xiaoman stared at Uncle Cao.

Uncle Cao snorted coldly: "Hmph, don't be prudish, the world is as black as crows. You police detectives and police officers have committed corruption and extortion in the name of enforcing the law. You have never done anything bad!"

Xiaoman retorted while breaking free: "Nonsense, there are only a very small number of scum in the police world, and if I were the murderer, why did I come here to hunt down Guorong?"

Uncle Cao thought for a while and said, "That's right, then who took the goods!"

Xiaoman was puzzled: "Isn't it you? You are the only one alive in the drug gang, you killed them all, and swallowed this batch of goods by yourself."

Uncle Cao shook his head: "You don't know me too well. Xiao Lang and the others formed a small band before joining the Orchestra of the Ministry of Industry and Technology. I was their manager. Although they have a big backer later, they don't need me as a manager. I’m dead, but I still can’t do without them, this small band is like my child, how could I harm my child for money.”

"Are you indulging your child in breaking the law for money?" Xiaoman asked Uncle Cao.

Uncle Cao sighed: "No, I didn't know about the drug trafficking at the beginning, and I persuaded them, but they didn't listen. If the child does something bad and refuses to correct it, what choice do parents have besides covering up? I had to join They followed them all the time to protect them, afraid that they would go too far on this road, but unexpectedly..."

Xiaoman sneered: "It sounds nice, at least you killed Guorong, right?"

"I didn't do it on purpose!" Uncle Cao stamped his feet and beat his chest. "I was packing up here this morning when I saw Guorong jumping out from behind the curtain with his arms covered. Zheng Dong, he started fighting me like crazy! During the fight, I just missed..."

"I really didn't kill him on purpose, and I don't know who took the goods." Uncle Cao clarified for himself again.

"Is there someone else who killed Xiao Lang, Guan Er, and Zheng Dong?"

"I know who it is." Uncle Cao's eyes were red.

"Who?"

"Xia Luna, it must be Xia Luna's ghost who came to take revenge!"

Xiaoman thought for a while: "So you did Xia Luna's death five years ago?"

Uncle Cao pointed his gun at Xiaoman: "Don't ask. Girl, you are an honest police detective. There are not many people like you these days. Unfortunately, you know too much."

Xiaoman looked at Uncle Cao in horror: "What do you want to do?"

"I'm sorry, I can't help it either. I don't want to go to jail. I still have a family, a wife and children." After Uncle Cao finished speaking, his finger tremblingly hooked to the trigger.

"Guorong was killed by you by accident. You and I will go to the police station to surrender, explain the situation, and the judge will give him a lighter sentence!"

"Little girl, who are you bluffing, no matter whether you kill someone or not, drug trafficking is a capital crime!"

Uncle Cao immediately pulled the trigger, only to hear a bang, Xiaoman closed his eyes, and opened his eyes again to see that Uncle Cao hit somewhere else.

Uncle Cao shot all the bullets in Xiaoman's gun indiscriminately, threw the gun on the ground, and picked up Guorong's gun.

"Wait a minute I will call the police and tell them that you hunted Guorong here, you two raised your guns and shot at each other, you were unfortunately shot, but you fought the murderer heroically before dying, and finally grabbed his gun and killed him He, you will be regarded as a hero."

"Nonsense, my marksmanship is so bad! Even if I die, Luo Fei will find out the truth! Although we two hate each other, but if I die, he will still find you out!" Xiaoman shouted .

"I've tried my best to beautify you, so don't be too demanding, and don't look for me when you get there." Uncle Cao raised Guorong's gun and pointed it at Xiaoman.

At this time, Luo Fei's voice suddenly came from the hall: "The Browning small pistol only has five bullets, four of which were shot last night, and you used one to kill Guorong, and now there are no bullets."

Uncle Cao pulled the trigger towards the source of the sound in a panic, and there was a bang.

Luo Fei came out from behind a backdrop.

"Ah, it missed. I lied to you just now. I only fired three rounds last night."

Uncle Cao repeatedly pulled the trigger on Luo Fei, but the gun stopped firing.

"This time there are really no bullets." Luo Fei walked up to Uncle Cao.

Seeing this, Uncle Cao threw the gun angrily, and squatted on the ground dejectedly.

"Luo Fei, why are you here?" Xiaoman was very surprised.

Luo Fei took out a photo: "After you left, I developed and printed the photo, and I finally found out why Xia Luna hid the film. Although this roll of negatives is all about her daily life, one of them happened to be photographed There are five people in total in the picture of the scene where the drug gang installed drugs at Xiao Lang’s house.” Luo Fei then turned to Uncle Cao, “Of course you are included among these five people, Mr. Cao. But there is one thing I don’t quite understand, this How was the photo taken?"

Uncle Cao's expression was filled with despair: "Oh, it's all because of Xiao Lang's fondness for flirting, showing mercy everywhere..."

Xiao house.

Xia Luna ran in suddenly and pressed the shutter on everyone in the room.The band members in the house were caught off guard.

Xiao Lang immediately ran to Xia Luna: "Luna, what are you doing here?"

"Hmph, you refused to see me, and you didn't answer the phone. I thought you were fooling around with some woman... Hey, what are you doing?" Xia Luna walked to a violin and watched it curiously.

Uncle Cao quickly stood in front of Xia Luna: "We are cleaning the musical instrument."

Xia Luna walked around Uncle Cao and touched the white powder on the table with her fingers: "What is this, washing powder?"

Xiao Lang lowered his face: "Don't mess around, give me the camera!"

"I didn't catch the rape in bed, why are you nervous?"

Xiao Lang sternly said, "Give it to me!"

Xia Luna hugged the camera tightly: "I won't give it!"

Xia Luna turned and ran, Xiao Lang got up and chased after her.

Two days later, Xiao Lang asked Xia Luna to go to the cafe for an interview.

Xia Luna hugged her shoulders and looked at Xiao Lang coldly: "Break up if you say break up, what kind of woman do you think I am?!" "I'm sorry, the two of us are really not suitable!" Xiao Lang bowed his head expressionlessly.

"It's not inappropriate, it's because you fell in love with that new oboe-playing slut!" Xia Luna stared at Xiao Lang.

"In this era where love is free, you don't have to worry about whoever I like!" Xiao Lang said coldly.

"It's okay to break up, but I've been with you for so long, how can I count the lost youth?!"

Xiao Lang took out his wallet: "I'll give you the breakup fee, how much do you want?"

Xia Luna stretched out a finger: "Not much, ten thousand oceans."

Xiao Lang put down his wallet in surprise: "What, so many!"

Xia Luna sneered triumphantly and said: "It's fine if you can't show it, and I won't force you. By the way, last time Guan Er and the others did what they did at your house. It seems that they are not serious. If others see that photo... "

"Don't mess around, give me the photo, it's not a joke."

(End of this chapter)