Thirteen prisons

Chapter 11 Clues
Aaron backed out of the door with his shoulders shrunk.

He could barely stand as he walked out the door of the emergency room, and two of his men immediately grabbed him.Aaron took out a cigarette from his pocket, tremblingly stuffed it into his mouth, and his follower hurriedly lit it.Aaron took a deep breath, and a bright red flame ignited on the cigarette butt, which lasted for a long time. When the smoke came out of his mouth, half of the cigarette had been burned, leaving only a piece of gray ash.

Aaron smoked like this without moving, the red dot on the cigarette butt went out and then turned on again, and the cigarette burned to the end very quickly.The nurses next to him pretended not to see him, and no one dared to stop him from smoking in the hospital.After smoking one cigarette, his subordinates silently handed him another one, but this time he didn't take it, his eyes stared at the door of the emergency room, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing that Aaron was obviously in an extremely sad state, Zhou Yuan sighed a little, but Lu Ming was not too moved and looked very calm.Maybe the doctor sees this kind of life and death too much.

Lao Hu walked over, squatted beside Aaron and comforted him in a low voice.It wasn't until more than ten minutes later that Aaron raised his head, glanced at Zhou Yuan, and said something in a low voice.Lao Hu nodded, patted him on the shoulder, then raised his head and waved to Zhou Yuan. After he walked over, Lao Hu whispered: "Let's chat together."

Zhou Yuan didn't care about being in the hospital corridor, took out a cigarette and handed it over, sighed and said, "Please forgive me."

Aaron's eye circles were red again after saying this, and he still took the cigarette in his hand. This action showed that his hostility towards Zhou Yuan had almost disappeared. It seemed that Lao Hu was very prestigious in Aaron's heart.

It was said to be chatting, but Zhou Yuan was actually talking, and Aaron was just listening.He didn't have a chance to explain before, but now Zhou Yuan seized the opportunity and carefully explained the reason why he was involved in this matter. He even lifted up his clothes again and described himself as a dying patient like Xiaoqing. Aaron understood that Xiaoqing's death had nothing to do with him, it was just an accident.

"That man, if he doesn't die, I must make him look good." When Aaron talked about that man, his eyes lit up fiercely again, but they dimmed again in a blink of an eye.After all, no one can avenge a dead man again.

To Zhou Yuan's surprise, Aaron was silent for a while, then took out a few hundred dollars from his pocket and handed it over: "I should have taken that man's money, and it can be regarded as his compensation to Xiaoqing. But The hundreds of dollars are yours, I can’t take them. Also, I’ve hit you before, so I’m sorry. I hope you don’t take it to heart.”

Seeing Lao Hu nodded, Zhou Yuan did not refuse. He found that these hooligans were somewhat righteous, and it seemed that they were not useless.Aaron continued: "Sure enough, it's not my own, and I have to pay it back after all. I knew I shouldn't have taken the money, and I knew it was wrong. Why did the mother give me so much money? It turned out that it was for Xiaoqing Fate!"

Aaron started to cry again as he spoke, but Lao Hu heard something and asked, "What money for life?"

Aaron wiped his tears and said, "I'm talking about the deposit note."

"Did you get the money?" Zhou Yuan remembered, he was talking about the deposit note snatched from Liu San's wallet.

"I got it, it's easier than I imagined." Aaron said, "But...it's too easy."

"How to say?" Lao Hu rushed to ask, he intuitively felt that there were some clues in these words.

Aaron was very depressed, but under Lao Hu's questioning, he still told about the deposit note.It's as simple as he said.

After they beat Zhou Yuan, they took the deposit note and went straight to Crock Street.According to the address written on the deposit note, Liu San rented a room on that street.Aaron's purpose is very simple, to find that house, and then return the house in the name of Liu San. The time on the deposit note has not yet expired, and the remaining money must be refunded.For Aaron, it was a huge bargain of 5000 yuan, and he didn't take it for nothing.

They quickly found the location of the house on the bond, but had some disputes with the landlord when it came time to refund the money.Just then, an old man came.According to Aaron's description, he is an old man with white hair, wearing a long trench coat that looks good, looks very temperamental, speaks Mandarin, and looks like he is in his sixties.In Aaron's words: "At first glance, he is not from our small place."

After the old man figured out their reason for coming, he simply took out 5000 yuan directly. Aaron and the others just wanted to ask for money. Since they took the money, they didn't think so much. They gave the deposit slip to the old man and went downstairs. .In less than half an hour, 5000 yuan was in hand, which was beyond their expectations.

Now it seems that this old man probably has something to do with that Liu San, otherwise why should he be taken advantage of?
"Is that his father?" Zhou Yuan tried to guess.

"Unfortunately, it would have been nice if he had been kept at that time." Lao Hu didn't come to a conclusion, but his tone also showed regret.

Aaron kept silent, and seemed to know that he had made a mistake, so he just lowered his head and smoked.Xiaoqing's death was related to that Liu San, and if the old man had something to do with Liu San, what he did was like letting go of the only clue that could figure out Liu San's identity.

"Do you remember that address?" Old Hu asked.

"Remember." Aaron opened the cigarette case, wrote an address on it, and then said: "But you go now, the old man may have left."

"Go and see that house, maybe we can find some clues, this disease is too scary, we have to find the cause." Lao Hu took the cigarette case with the address on it, turned around and said decisively to Zhou Yuan.Although Lao Hu is no longer a police officer and looks like a slovenly ordinary uncle, when he said this, Zhou Yuan could still feel that Lao Hu was suddenly different. Only at this time, Lao Hu will inadvertently reveal a strong momentum, full of fighting spirit.Perhaps because of this, Zhou Yuan always felt that Lao Hu was the kind of person who was born to be a policeman.

Zhou Yuan, who was originally in a low mood, was also infected and cheered up, not to mention that this clue has a direct relationship with him.He is very frightened now, and always feels that the abnormality on his body is directly related to Xiaoqing and Liu San. Hearing that Lao Hu said that he should take the initiative to find clues, he immediately nodded and said, "Okay!"

Crock Street is a very lively commercial street in Beiyang City.As the name suggests, this street is named for the many shops specializing in pots and ceramics.I don’t know if it’s because of the special soil quality, but Beiyang’s ceramics and clay products have been famous since ancient times. Many local people make a living from this, and it is considered a local specialty.When foreigners come to Beiyang, they usually go to Crock Street to buy some clay products as souvenirs.

Crock Street is not far from the Central Hospital. After greeting Lu Ming, Lao Hu and Zhou Yuan quickly found the address recorded on the note Aaron gave.

It was the afternoon at this time, the merchants on the street were all open, and people were coming and going on the street, which was the busiest time.Lao Hu looked at both sides of the street, and suddenly said: "There must be something wrong with Liu Sanxuan renting a house here."

Zhou Yuan didn't know why, and looked around like Lao Hu. Most of the streets on Crock Street were old houses with five floors or less, and even some houses in the early 80s looked very old, but Crock Street always In this way, Zhou Yuan didn't see anything special, and was a little puzzled: "Where is the problem?"

Lao Hu pointed to both sides: "Liu San didn't plan to do business here, but rented the house here. The rent on Crock Street is expensive because there is a lot of traffic here, so it is suitable for business. But people come and go. The place is very noisy, the housing equipment is old, the living environment is much worse than that of nearby communities, and the price/performance ratio is not high. Why doesn’t he rent a house in other communities? I think it’s because there are many people from other places here, so he doesn’t look good here eye-catching."

Only then did Zhou Yuan suddenly realize.The address on the paper is clearly on the third floor. Because Aaron has been here, the address written down is much more detailed than the previous deposit note, but Zhou Yuan didn't pay attention at all before.Now that Lao Hu has keenly discovered the problem from this detail, he is suddenly more confident that he will gain something here.

Stepping up the stairs made of welded iron frames to the third floor, I came to an independent wooden door.The door was painted with a thick layer of red paint, and a short iron rod was inserted into the doorknob. An iron ring was welded to the end of the rod as a keyhole, and an old-fashioned three-ring lock hung in the eye.

From the outside, the building only has two floors. The third floor was obviously temporarily added by the landlord to earn rent. It is located on the roof of the building, and there is such a small house built with bricks in the middle.They didn't even bother to install a heat insulation layer on the roof, and only surrounded it with fences on all sides, so they dared to rent it out to others.Zhou Yuan was a little surprised that Liu San lived in such a dilapidated house, and the hot weather was really enough for him.

Lao Hu stepped forward and patted on the door, then leaned on the door and listened to make sure there was no one inside.There are only three floors here. Standing in front of that door, the roof of another building is behind you.There are shanty houses built randomly on all sides, just like here, some children's and women's clothes are swaying in the air.On a hot day, except for knocking on the door, there was no sound around.

It looked like no one was there.But this is also expected, Zhou Yuan was about to ask Lao Hu what to do now, when suddenly there was a scolding from behind.

"Why are you here again?"

(End of this chapter)