The policeman didn't notice Ma Xiaoquan's expression. He just mentioned a strange thing and entered the cell.
When Zhao Minglan was kidnapped by the little monster before, he said that the little monster had a sister. If Mao Jianhua knew the little monster, then he might have met the little monster's sister. If the little monster can eat people, then of course his sister can also
It's a cannibalism. The bites on Mao Jianhua's arms and legs were probably not from dog bites, but from the direct loss of a few pieces of meat.
Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan dropped his broom and ran into Uncle Zhao's office.
Uncle Zhao was holding a red string to pull out clues. When he saw Ma Xiaoquan come in, he closed the door, pointed at the half-stretched clue and said, "Xiaohu, look, am I pulling the thread correctly?"
Ma Xiaoquan didn't even look at the string. He leaned closer and whispered: "Uncle Zhao, there is another monster."
Uncle Zhao raised his eyebrows and subconsciously tilted his head and glanced at the door. Then he walked to the door, put his ear against the door and listened for a while before waving to Ma Xiaoquan to continue.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and whispered: "Just now Xiao Wang said that his wife met Mao Jianhua at the city hospital. Mao Jianhua had bite wounds on his arms and legs, the kind of wounds where the flesh was torn off by something."
"Let me just say..." Uncle Zhao nodded, "This guy hasn't come here all this time. It's hard to recover from the few missing pieces of meat on his body. If it doesn't work, he has to pull the skin off his buttocks to replace it."
Uncle Zhao paused and added: "So, does the little monster who hurt Lan Lan have any accomplices?"
Ma Xiaoquan gave Uncle Zhao a thumbs up and praised Uncle Zhao for his correct conclusion.
Uncle Zhao waved his hand: "In other words, if we find the little monster's accomplices, we will most likely know who the underground master of Phoenix City is."
As Uncle Zhao spoke, he pulled a red string onto the blackboard. He gently tapped the knot with his finger: "Look, Xiaohu, I have deduced it several times and feel that there is a problem with this node."
Ma Xiaoquan squinted his eyes and saw that the knot pointed at a person - Zhao Jianshe.
"Is Zhao Jianshe related to these cases?"
Uncle Zhao squinted his eyes and thought for a while and said: "Except for a few city leaders in Phoenix City, I can't think of anyone who can make Mao Jianhua respect him. But there is a problem. According to me
As far as I know, Mao Jianhua does not have much interaction with the city leaders."
"Then why is it related to Zhao Jianshe?"
Uncle Zhao took out a black and white group photo from the drawer and handed it to Ma Xiaoquan.
The photo is a group photo taken more than ten years ago, with the words "Second XX Skills Training Class" written in pen on the back, and the date is early 1965.
Mao Jianhua was smiling brightly in the photo. There was a man standing next to him, who was much taller than him. Ma Xiaoquan took a closer look and found that the man was somewhat similar to Zhao Jianshe, but not completely. And as far as Ma Xiaoquan knew,
Zhao Jianshe is only in his thirties this year. He is 65 years old, which obviously does not match his age.
Uncle Zhao came forward, pointed at the tall man next to Mao Jianhua and said: "This man's name is Zhao Jianguo, he is Zhao Jianshe's brother. After taking this photo, a group of them went to play on the ice lake. Zhao Jianguo fell through a hole in the ice because of his carelessness.
Mao Jianhua saved Zhao Jianguo's life, but this also gave Zhao Jianguo the root cause of lung disease. He said that he drank too much ice water and damaged his lungs, so Zhao Jianguo died of the disease within a few years.
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"Then what's the relationship between Zhao Jianshe and Mao Jianhua?"
Uncle Zhao continued: "When Zhao Jianguo was dying, Mao Jianhua and I went to see him. Zhao Jianguo and I were not familiar with each other, so we didn't enter the ward. The two of them talked for more than ten minutes in the ward, and then I saw
When Mao Jianhua came out with his arms around a teenage boy, that boy should be Zhao Jianshe."
When Uncle Zhao said this, the whole relationship was connected, but how did Uncle Zhao get this photo?
Uncle Zhao saw Ma Xiaoquan's thoughts and said: "The person who took pictures of them was my dad. My dad was also an employee of a state-owned photo studio at the time. It happened that the teacher in their skills training class was my dad's classmate, and he happened to take this photo."
This photo is my dad’s first time working outdoors, so when he was developing the photo, he developed an extra photo.”
Ma Xiaoquan picked up the photo and looked at it carefully. In the photo, everyone was dressed basically the same. Because it was a black and white photo, and the photo paper was very ordinary, the photo paper turned yellow after such a long time, and some of the people on it were
His face is also a bit unclear.
Ma Xiaoquan pointed to the people sitting in the first row and said, "Are these people training teachers?"
"Yes, they are all teachers, but the photos have been a bit blurry because of their age. The teacher sitting on the left is the youngest, and he is about the same age as me."
"Is that this?" Ma Xiaoquan asked, pointing to the teacher sitting on the left side of the first row in the photo.
Uncle Zhao squinted his eyes and looked at it, nodded and said: "It should be this one. Hey, I can't see clearly. It's a pity. I also signed up at the beginning, but then I didn't go because of diarrhea. Otherwise, there would be something like this."
I should know everyone."
At the same time, in the cadre ward of the city hospital.
Mao Jianhua was lying upright on the hospital bed, shouting ouch and ouch incessantly. Zhao Jianhua put a bag of fruit on the bedside table and said with a smile: "Brother Mao, what's wrong? You suddenly called me over."
Mao Jianhua grinned and snorted, and said: "Jianshe, I have something to tell you. Don't you have a few empty and unused small warehouses in your factory? Can they be vacated?"
Zhao Jianshe thought for a while and said: "Okay, what's up, Brother Mao, what do you use?"
"It's not me, it's that person from your family."
Zhao Jianshe said with a smile and said: "What do I mean? It's just this matter. Just call me and find someone to talk to me. Although I haven't met the person in my family a few times,
But my old man said to cooperate as much as possible in everything." Zhao Jianshe said as he took out an orange, peeled it open, put it into his mouth and ate it, "By the way, Brother Mao, how can you do it?
So, are you afraid that you were bitten by something?"
Mao Jianhua gave a bitter smile and lied: "Hey, I said to the outside world that I fell while riding a bicycle. In fact, I encountered a wild dog while riding. We had a life-and-death struggle. In the end, the wild dog was beaten away by me, and I was also beaten.
I bit off several pieces of meat, ugh~"
"You are really good, be careful of rabies~" Zhao Jianshe pretended to be frightened and rubbed his arm.
"Go, go, go, it's not that mysterious. I got a fucking injection. By the way, how is that 'Ming' you are looking for?"
Zhao Jianshe threw the half-eaten orange on the table, smashed it and said, "That's it. The old man arranged such a job for me and didn't tell me what to do. That Ma Xiaohu from before is still in the factory.
, I can still count on doing it. Now that kid has gone to the police station to work as a temporary worker, and I don’t have anyone as smart as him here. Hey, it’s also a headache. But I’ve already done it once before, so let’s forget it this time.
If we can’t do it, the old man won’t tell me anything.”
"Hmm~" Mao Jianhua frowned, "Let me just say, why is there suddenly a temporary worker in the office? He looks familiar. What should you do?"
"What else can we do? If we can do it, we can do it~" Zhao Jianshe lit a cigarette, took a puff, and gave it to Mao Jianhua, who lit another one himself.
The two of them took a puff at the same time, and then exhaled the smoke together.
Mao Jianhua said: "My injury will have to last for at least three months. I'm missing several pieces of skin and flesh. Oh, it hurts me so much. Construction, don't talk to anyone about the small warehouse, especially your cousin Haitang.
Don't talk nonsense because you think you have a good relationship with her. This matter was arranged by your family. Tomorrow, someone will come to you to get the key. Just give it to you. Don't ask anything else."
"I know this. Don't worry, Brother Mao. Okay, it's okay. I'll leave first. The factory has been very busy recently."
Mao Jianhua nodded and pointed to the oranges that Zhao Jianshe brought over on the table: "Peel two oranges for me..."
At night, at the police station, Aunt Hong came over to deliver meals to Uncle Zhao and Ma Xiaoquan, saying that today she and Yuan's mother changed stall locations. Although there were fewer people coming to eat, the difference was not much. Some workers in the factory area,
When I get off work in the evening, I will take a lunch box of fried noodles home with me.
Seeing the affectionate look of Aunt Hong and Uncle Zhao, Ma Xiaoquan asked them to go back together first. He had to go to the Mei family's contact point to get information and deal with Xiao Que's problem.
Xiaoque has not done anything new recently, but Ma Xiaoquan knows that for one day in the institute, she will act as an informant for a certain unit of the Japanese army.
Half an hour after Uncle Zhao and Aunt Hong left, Ma Xiaoquan came to Xiaoque.
Xiaoque seemed a little guilty, she didn't raise her head.
"Xiaohu, what's going on?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly: "Sister Que, I have something to ask you. Oh no, I should ask you about it."
"Don't pry, I don't know anything~"
"Eh? Sister Que, I haven't said anything yet. Why do you just say you don't know? Let me just say it straight. Our country is a whole, right? Countless revolutionary ancestors have finally conquered the country. Why?
We can tolerate those moths, right? If we allow those moths to develop, wouldn’t it be in danger again for such a big country like ours, which has only just been founded?”
"What do you want to say, don't beat around the bush~"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "I think our goals are the same. Of course, I don't know what the person in the military department is thinking, but if the interests of the country are threatened, it would be unreasonable to have both sides try to get it right.
Already."
Xiaoque raised his head, and this time, his eyes did not evade: "What exactly do you want?"
"Hey, it's not what I want. It's what the person in the military department wants. Should the person who protects this city continue to reap the benefits? Or should we make an agreement? Well, an agreement under the table that is more beneficial to both parties.
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"What agreement?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "I haven't thought about the details yet, but I have a request at the moment. Lend me your people."