Secret Notes of a Mystery Investigator

Chapter 15 The Evil God's Tribute (15)
Ma Tianxing was drinking soup, when he choked suddenly, the egg soup flowed out of his nostrils immediately, he hurriedly stuck his head out of the car and coughed loudly.

Captain Tang smiled and said: "Why are you still so unkind? Don't tell me that you haven't married a wife so far because you are afraid that your salary will be confiscated. By the way, let me tell you something serious. There is a pretty good girl in our department, and I just like a mature man like you, how about I match you up some other day?"

Head Chen pretended not to hear, and buried himself in his meal.Today is the last day before the Spring Festival in 2002. Head Chen is already 1.8 years old. It stands to reason that he should consider personal issues, but he never seems to have any "attempts" in this regard.In fact, our group leader is a standard handsome man, [-] meters tall, with a sturdy back, sword eyebrows and star eyes, full of masculinity.It stands to reason that such a man should be able to attract many women, but he doesn't even have a girlfriend. He works all day except for work, and spends most of his spare time with us, either drinking and playing cards, or watching K songs Movies, anyway, I have played all that should be played, but I have not played with emotions.

After the meal, Team Leader Chen said seriously, "What are you going to do next?"

Captain Tang said: "Visit and investigate, one by one, there is no way, the case without a head can only be handled without a head."

Head Chen said: "Well, let's do the visit, and you just need to provide the funds."

Captain Tang smiled and said, "Okay, if you can solve the case, I'll ask my wife to take out the money from the bottom of the box."

Heart-warming studio
We obtained enough information from Captain Tang, including the contact information of all Wang Wenna's friends before her death, her school, and extracurricular schools.

After careful analysis, Head Chen said: "Let's start with school, after all, that's where she stayed the longest."

But what is disappointing is that all of Wang Wenna's classmates believed that she could not commit suicide, and there was no sign of any abnormality in her before. On the contrary, she is a girl who is full of confidence in life and is also very sunny.

The next day, the four of us went to the place where she studied outside of class - Nuanxin Studio.

This is a not-so-large school that teaches painting located in a downtown area. It is quite famous in the market and has a history of more than ten years.We found the principal of the school. He was a middle-aged bald man in his 40s. He didn't look like a good person, but he was actually a very simple and honest middle-aged man. We could see that he also had some feelings for Wang Wenna's inexplicable so-called suicide. With a completely different view, but also firmly do not believe.

"It's impossible, absolutely impossible. I think this is murder, but the murderer did it so cleverly that you haven't noticed it for the time being. Wang Wenna is a very good student. I am very optimistic about her. I didn't expect such a result in the end. It would be too unreliable if you define it as suicide.”

He was very excited, and the team leader said: "Of course, we will not let any criminals go, otherwise what would we do? But there is no trace of a third party at the scene. I think as long as someone enters the room, there will definitely be There must be some clues, but this time there is nothing, so we are also very embarrassed."

The principal said: "This is the time to test you. Let me tell you something you don't like to hear: If a case can be solved so easily, why do you need the Public Security Bureau? So I ask everyone to really help this girl. Where I can help, I will do my best.”

Head Chen said: "Thank you so much. By the way, which class of yours did the deceased study in? Can I meet her teacher?"

The principal immediately found Wang Wenna’s teacher. He was a man in his 30s with an artistic temperament. He greeted us politely. After introducing him, we knew his name was: Tang Youshan, a professional instructor of meticulous painting. The teacher who recommended himself to come here as a substitute teacher in May.In addition, his daughter-in-law is also a teacher here, but she went back to her hometown because of the end of the year, and Teacher Tang didn't leave because she had a cram school for winter vacation.

After sitting down and exchanging pleasantries, Head Chen said, "When did Teacher Tang start leading Wang Wenna's class?"

Teacher Tang said: "It's not about class here, it's just a daily class. Nazi's meticulous painting is a class every Saturday afternoon."

Head Chen said: "Then does Mr. Tang have much contact with this child?"

Teacher Tang said: "That's a lot. This little girl is usually very popular and lively. She often asks me some painting skills. She is a very hardworking person. Even if I don't have classes, we often communicate on the phone."

Head Chen said: "Then, did Teacher Tang feel any change in her mood recently?"

Teacher Tang shook his head and said, "No, absolutely not."

Head Chen asked, "Has she ever been in a relationship?"

Teacher Tang said: "I don't know about this, but I heard that she doesn't have one. She is a very self-loving little girl. In this way, my wife is also Nazi's teacher. When she comes back, you should learn something from my wife." .”

It seemed that we couldn't ask him about the actual situation, so we had no choice but to leave. On the way, Captain Chen frowned and said to himself, "What's going on? Why don't we have any clues?"

Ma Tianxing said: "Leader, if you want me to say that if that little girl really committed suicide, wouldn't we fall into a useless cycle?"

Head Chen said: "Impossible, she definitely did not commit suicide."

Ma Tianxing said: "Leader, as a revolutionary worker, I need to remind you not to be impulsive. Why she can't commit suicide is not clear now, so she may commit suicide."

Head Chen said: "She definitely didn't commit suicide, that's all I dare to say."

Ma Tianxing said: "Why do you say that?"

Head Chen thought for a while and said: "Based on experience, but we have to wait a few more days to see."

It’s finally the Chinese New Year, and we have a holiday in a joyful atmosphere, but everyone knows that Head Chen is an old bachelor, so since I entered this department, I basically spent the days after the second day of the Lunar New Year at the head of Chen’s house. , He took care of food and drink, and even hired a nanny to serve us, so that Ma Tianxing didn't need to be notified, and he would show up on time every year at this time.

But this year, we obviously feel that the head of Chen is not in a good mood, and we don't know why he always sits alone in the room in a daze, and always lights up when playing mahjong, looking absent-minded.We were all a little puzzled, but when we asked him, he said he was fine. Fifteen years later, Mr. Tang called and said that his wife was back and let us go.

Head Chen immediately took us to Nuanxin Studio, where we first met the person in charge, he greeted us politely, and then said: "Why, come to investigate the situation again, I really have nothing to do I told you."

Head Chen said: "I don't want to trouble you, it's your teacher Tang's wife who is back, let us come over, maybe she has something new to tell us."

The principal said: "What, Old Tang told you about his wife again?"

Head Chen said: "Yeah, what's wrong?"

The headmaster looked around and said in a low voice, "Don't say that I said it. Old Tang is out of his mind. He is crazy about his wife. He keeps saying that he has a wife, but in fact he is still a bachelor. If I didn't look at him The foundation is really good and he was fired early."

Head Chen nodded noncommittally and said, "I understand, but since we're here, let's meet up."

The principal said: "Then you guys go, I won't accompany you if I have something to do." After saying that, he hurried to nowhere.

Head Chen said to us: "Don't talk nonsense later, just listen to me alone."

Ma Tianxing said: "Leader, when did we interrupt you when you were talking, it's wronged everyone."

Head Chen said: "I wronged them both, but I didn't wrong you. Anyway, remember my words." After saying that, he went inside first.

After finding Mr. Tang, Head Chen said, "Thank you for supporting our work so much. How about your wife?"

Teacher Tang said: "She is in class, and get out of class will be over in a while."

I was secretly amazed when I heard it. I don't know whether the principal is crazy or Teacher Tang is crazy. At least one teacher who is in class can't be used to talk nonsense.

Not long after, a polite woman with glasses came down from the second floor. Teacher Tang said, "This is my wife. Head Chen, if you have anything you need to know, you can ask her."

This made us completely understand that the principal was telling lies, but why did he say such things to lie to us?Head Chen didn't show any surprise at all, he just asked the female art teacher a few questions in detail; but what I noticed was that when Head Chen was talking, his eyes were mainly focused on Teacher Tang's face, That is to say, he seldom looked into the eyes of this female teacher. It seemed that he was a very shy man.I also understood in my heart why Head Chen hadn't had a date so far, and I couldn't help laughing secretly.

After asking these questions, Team Leader Chen looked around and said, "Mr. Tang, if you don't mind, can you show me this studio? I see there are classrooms on the second floor, right?"

Teacher Tang said: "No problem." After that, he got up and showed us all the way.

This is not too big a studio, the first floor is about 100 square meters, divided into two rooms, we will see it soon.Teacher Tang took us to the second floor, which seemed to have been abandoned for a long time. Except for a gray classroom, the rest was full of miscellaneous things.

Head Chen said: "Where did Wang Wenna attend class?"

Teacher Tang said: "She is on the first floor and learns hard pen painting, but sometimes she also comes to the second floor to listen to my wife's oil pen painting class, because she is very interested in color matching."

Head Chen nodded without saying anything, and took us to leave, which also made us confused.Ma Tianxing took the lead and asked: "Commander, I am completely in the dark, can you give me a glimmer of light?"

Head Chen said: "What kind of dawn do you need for such a sunny person? Don't talk about that, go back and cook a good meal. You can eat ready-made meals for a year."

Ma Tianxing said: "Just give us a clue, I'm really confused."

Head Chen half-jokingly said: "It's good to be confused, Zheng Banqiao has a saying: It's rare to be confused, which means that you have entered another realm of life, remember to keep it."

After all, Ma Tianxing ignored Ma Tianxing and got into the car, and we drove all the way.

21. The Secret of Matches
When he arrived at Captain Chen's house, he searched through boxes and chests. After a while, he let out a sigh of relief and said, "Finally found it."

We looked up and saw a small square box in his hand, which seemed to be made of kraft cardboard, but it looked like it had been there for a long time. I said, "Commander, what is this?"

Head Chen said: "This is a match."

We were all puzzled, Ma Tianxing said: "Your lighter is out of gas?"

Head Chen smiled and said: "You don't know now, but you will understand when the time comes."

After finishing speaking, I opened the match box, and the matches inside were different from the ones commonly seen on the market. I saw a match about ten centimeters in length, and the whole body was green. I said, "Commander, what kind of match is this? "

Head Chen smiled and said: "This is not dyed, it is made of bear bile, it is a match with special functions, and you will have a chance to use it when the time comes."

Ma Tianxing took out a cigarette and said, "I'll use it now to see if there is anything special about the cigarette I light."

Head Chen said: "If you dare to use this kind of match to light a cigarette, I will accept you."

Ma Tianxing said: "Really, I'm afraid there are smoke bombs in here?"

Head Chen took out one and prepared to light it, but after rubbing it twice, it didn't work.The head of the group took a closer look, and saw that the sandpaper on both sides of the match had changed color, and it was probably damp and malfunctioning.Head Chen frowned and said to himself: "It's really weird, it shouldn't be like this?"

After finishing speaking, he looked around, and saw that the skin of the match had turned white, covered with spots like salt spots, Ma Tianxing said: "If the quality of this one is excellent, what brand is it, Commander?" Your matches, have you kept them for so long?"

Head Chen said: "This is not mine. It's something my father left behind. It's been decades and I haven't had a chance to use it. Today I finally wanted to order one to open your eyes, but I didn't expect it to fail."

Ma Tianxing lit a cigarette with a lighter and said, "Thank you for your concern, I have my own fire."

After finishing speaking, he took a match and put it on the lighter, but the strange thing was that the match didn't ignite, and it didn't change color due to the fire. Head Chen took it over and said, "I can wipe your eyes."

Ma Tianxing said: "I'm afraid of you." After finishing speaking, he wiped his eyes resolutely, and the regiment leader Chen smiled strangely: "There is one last bottle of drink, shall we drink it up tonight?"

While drinking, we were surprised to see that Ma Tianxing's eye sockets were gradually red and swollen. He didn't feel it. I was about to say run, but the head of the group Chen made gestures, and the drink was almost half drunk. so big?"

Ma Tianxing said: "Does it need to be said, who can be the leader of the regiment?"

Head Chen said: "Then what about you, I think you have great potential."

Ma Tianxing said: "How should I put it, it should be relatively large, but I haven't tried it yet."

Head Chen said: "Why do you sound so lewd to me, can you put it in a moderate way?"

I almost burst out laughing, Ma Tianxing said: "How can you say that, the central idea I want to express is that besides you, I am the most courageous."

Head Chen said: "Okay, since this is the case, I will make a bet with you, do you dare to look at the window at night?"

Ma Tianxing said: "Then why don't you dare to watch it, I watch it often when I have nothing to do."

Head Chen said: "Okay, then try again tonight."

We were all a bit puzzled, but when we slept in the middle of the night, we suddenly heard Ma Tianxing yelling, which woke us up immediately. We saw him pointing to the window in cold sweat and saying, "Fuck, there are two yellow eyes on it, staring at them." You have to look at me like a cow's egg."

We looked in the direction of his fingers, and saw that there was nothing wrong with the red windows reflected by the street lights. I said, "Old Ma, are you dazzled?"

Ma Tianxing said: "Fart, I don't have blurred vision. I really have a pair of bull's eyeballs, which are bright yellow."

Head Chen pulled the curtains and said, "Now you know what the curtains are for, right? They are specially used to keep out dirt. It is said that there is a ghost called: Ino, who lives in a well during the day and flies out at night." Looking at people through the window."

I told Commander Chen that I felt a chill in my heart, and said, "Commander, don't scare people like that."

Head Chen smiled noncommittally and said, "Sleep, sleep."

Ma Tianxing was surprised and said: "Head, why can I see this thing, but the two of them can't, it's not fair."

Head Chen said: "That's because you are not angry, no wonder others."

After lying down, He Zhuang said: "That box of matches." We finally understood.

When having breakfast the next day, Ma Tianxing said: "Head, what are we doing today? Do you have any peace of mind about that matter?"

Head Chen nodded and said: "It's almost there, but there is one more thing to do, to confirm my thoughts."

Ma Tianxing said: "Why, what else is there?"

Head Chen nodded and said nothing. After a while, colleague Xiao Wang came here. We felt that there was no coincidence. The head said: "Do you understand what I told you?"

Xiao Wang nodded and said, "Understood, I promise to complete the task."

He left without lingering.We were at a loss, but Captain Chen didn't seem to be interested in answering our questions, so he lit a cigarette and took a puff: "Do you know why I suddenly took over this case?"

Ma Tianxing said: "Isn't it because there are strange phenomena in it?"

(End of this chapter)