Just at the end of January, the weather near the port showed signs of warming. Meteorologists have repeatedly said on TV programs that early spring is expected to come early, which is likely to cause drought in the second half of the year and reduce agricultural production.

However, in addition to the farmers who complain incessantly, most ordinary people are still willing to take off their thick cotton clothes, put on light jackets and open their hands to welcome the beautiful weather.

Two young men walk slowly along the sidewalk outside Lushui villa in Mingtai city.

Li Qing looked up at the blue sea in the distance, pointed to a barbecue stand on the beach and said to Mo Li: "go and sit there."

"HMM." Molly nodded, and the two walked in that direction together.

Li Qing is not short at all, but when he walks with the unusually tall Molly, he looks thin and small, like an adult leading his children shopping. But as everyone knows, among the two people, Molly is the ignorant child.

Today, Li Qing changed into light casual clothes, sports shoes, jeans and black jacket. He wore a baseball cap on his head and a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose. He pretended to be gentle on the surface. In fact, he was covering up his extraordinary identity.

Molly is still the same. He wears a black hat and covers his body with a thick brown and black windbreaker. The whole person looks mysterious and gloomy. Even in the midsummer, the man doesn't wear much less, and he doesn't often sweat, as if he doesn't feel hot at all.

Molly didn't look like this before. He would wear more in winter and wear less in midsummer. But the broken leg accident in Longxi completely changed his life. Since then, he seems to have become a discarded child, looking for all ways to hide himself and find the lack of security.

Deng Shi once told Li Qing that Mo Li's temperament is not suitable for living in a normal society. The only place suitable for him is the battlefield. Li Qing also knows this truth, but he can't make a decision and can't bear to let him leave.

It is Li Qing's wish to release Ma Nanshan and return to the field. He tried to make Molly into a shape suitable for modern social life, but at present, all this has not been successful.

When passing the newsstand on the street, Li Qing reached out and took out the change in his pocket: "take a copy of this morning's Lingang morning post."

"Thank you." after paying the money, Li Qing took the newspaper.

After unfolding the newspaper, Li Qing glanced at it and casually said to Molly, "it's been so many days, and the explosion in Lushui villa is still fermenting. Tut Tut, it seems that the big news in Lingang is scarce recently."

"HMM." Molly glanced at the beach and replied carelessly.

Li Qing glanced at him obliquely: "would you say anything else?"

"Oh." Molly nodded his head again.

Li Qing sighed silently and had to give up. Don't be a fool. You really can't say anything interesting if you don't let him take a gun.

The two men went to the barbecue stand on the beach and sat down. Li Qing ordered some barbecues, then started the newspaper again and read it attentively.

It is not surprising that the media have recently criticized the Taiwan police for being unfavorable to the detection of the Lushui explosion. Recently, there have been frequent incidents near Hong Kong, the crime rate has been rising, and ordinary people have become more and more insecure. They are complaining about public security chaos and soaring prices. In this way, the media naturally acts as the tongue of the people to express their dissatisfaction.

However, from the heart, Zhao Zhen does everything without leakage. Even if Wei comes to this experienced police veteran, Li Qing doesn't think that Mingtai police can give a satisfactory answer to the fierce public opinion.

Now the Mingtai police still have the last card, that is, Qian Liming is coerced, and the private release of a batch of arms into the customs in Jinjiao port is still under blockade. If we can use these arms as bait, catch big fish for a long time, and finally catch them all, we should still have the possibility of turning over. Li Qing can think of it. He believes Wei's presence and even Qiu Liansheng, the police chief of Mingtai City, must want it. I'm afraid these veteran investigators are sitting in the office and can't wait for the arms transaction.

Unfortunately, Wei's presence is destined to be disappointed. Even if he can really grasp the current situation of the arms trade, he will only be disappointed to find that there is no involvement of Li Qing.

Thinking of this, Li Qing couldn't help rubbing her temples. It seems that Wei Laining has always been biased against himself, and even stubbornly believes that these arms of unknown origin and the explosion in Lushui villa are all directed and performed by himself. Do you want to think of some way to give him some advice?

"OK." at this time, the boss has put the barbecue on the table, "please taste it slowly."

"Four more bottles of beer," Li Qing added with a smile.

"OK, OK."

The boss nodded repeatedly, opened four bottles of beer and took it to the table. When he was about to leave, he heard Li Qing's question: "boss, how's business these two days?"

Asked by Li Qing, the boss of the barbecue stall took a hard blow from the corner of his mouth. It seemed that he was suffering: "don't mention it, this business recently..."

The boss sighed silently and shook his head again and again: "it's difficult to do."

Li Qing looked around and gently nodded his head: "it seems that the flow of people is really a little less than in the past. I thought it was Monday."

Lushui villa is facing the dilemma of losing guests. Li Qing estimates that under the current panic, Gangbei Bay should also be affected. But when I called Lin Qiuqiu these times, the latter never mentioned it. I'm afraid I don't want to worry about it.

"It's a little less. Not many people have come since the explosion." the barbecue stall owner pulled his mouth and stretched out his hand in mid air. "From last week's explosion to now, the passenger flow of my stall has been reduced by 70%, and the business is too difficult to do."

The boss opened the chatterbox and poured bitter water at Li Qing: "the rent of the stall in this area is very high. Originally, he expected to rely on the Lushui villa in front and rely on the big tree to enjoy the cool. But he didn't expect this. Now he is losing money every day and can't even get the rent. Alas, people are better than God."

Li Qing's eyes flickered slightly: "when the case is solved, the lost tourists will come back."

"Detection? Difficult." the barbecue stall owner still shook his head. "I'm completely disappointed with the Mingtai police now. Director Qiu doesn't do anything with salary."

Li Qinghao comforted: "don't worry, even if the Mingtai police can't do it, just because of the bad impact of this case, there is no need for the port supervision department to intervene. I think if director Qiu can't explain to the people, this case will be forcibly transferred to the supervision department for execution."

"The inspector's office can't do either. What can a careless deputy director do? They haven't even solved the case of director Zhou's assassination. Now how can they solve the explosion of Lushui villa." the barbecue stall owner couldn't help sighing, "the current port inspector's office is not the time for director Zhong to take charge. It's far away, far away."

The barbecue stall owner sighed and left. Li Qing couldn't help falling into a short silence. The danger of facing the port has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the weakness of the inspector's office has exacerbated this panic again. Whether it can calm people and reshape social order is undoubtedly the top priority facing the special capital.

"Almost." Li Qing thought secretly. The position of the chief director of the inspector's office has been vacant for so long. It's time for someone to fill the vacancy. It's just not clear who will be the new inspector general. Xie Hongbo has great prestige in the inspector's office, but his performance after taking office as deputy director general is mediocre, which is obviously difficult to take the lead.

Nine times out of ten, the newly appointed director of the supervision department will start air conditioning in Yanjing again.

Li Qing picked up a bottle of beer and touched Molly: "how do I feel that you come back this time with less words than before? Is it difficult to be a prisoner and have a psychological shadow?"

Molly grinned with a simple smile: "brother, I don't know what to say. Just listen to you."

Li Qing stared: "do you think I'm here to tell you Allegro?"

Molly scratched his head and smiled, "Hey, hey."

"Don't patronize and giggle." Li Qing took a sip of beer and glanced at Molly. "Didn't you get any valuable clues in Zhao Zhen's territory?"

"Valuable clues..." Molly frowned slightly and said after a while, "I heard a strange foreign name."

Li Qing pulled the corners of his mouth: "foreign names are generally strange. Which one did you hear?"

"Demeter."

"De Mo what?"

Molly had to repeat, "Demeter."

"It's very strange." Li Qing gently rubbed his chin. "How can you remember so clearly this time? Where did you hear it?"

Molly drank half a bottle of beer, raised his hand and wiped his mouth: "at that time, I was tied up by them and locked in a small room. One day, the boy came in on the phone. I heard him say the last sentence. Demeter will never forget his kindness."

Li Qing stared at Molly without blinking: "you mean Zhao Zhen? The one with freckles on his face?"

"Yes." Molly nodded. "It's their little boss, the one with freckles on his face."

After taking a deep breath, Li Qing frowned: "Demeter will never forget his kindness? What is this? Is it the name of their organization?"

Molly shook his head foolishly: "I don't know."

"It looks like a foreign organization, but so far I haven't seen a foreigner. It's really strange." Li Qing shook his head and immediately said, "it's all right. I'll call Lisa another day and ask her to check it for me."

When the voice fell, Li Qingyang raised his beer and changed to another relatively relaxed topic.

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