Jian Yu and Bai Yue stood in a small alley, and Liang Meng handed over a piece of paper, which was a simple map.
I probably drew it after Bai Yue drew the Crow Valley Maze at that time. However, although the road here is narrow, there are not so many twists and turns. It is broad daylight, so Liang Meng only needs to rush to a high place and draw it without being too precise.
The overall picture is not too difficult either.
Liang Meng said: "I asked carefully about the addresses where these missing persons were last seen, and the places where they might go on weekdays. Although it is not very accurate, I have circled a rough range."
There are several points circled in red on the map. Although they do not completely overlap, some of them are very close.
"Is this the area we are standing on now?" Bai Yue looked back and forth. She had a very strong sense of space and direction. She was not a road addict at all. She walked a road once, and when she walked it a second time, even if it was missing
Even a tree can notice the difference.
"Yes, it's here." Jian Yu pointed on the picture: "And Mrs. Liu may have disappeared in this alley. On the morning of her disappearance, someone saw her at the entrance of the alley and said hello, and then she disappeared
After passing through here, we should go through the alley and go to the small market opposite to get work, but no one in the market saw her that day."
That night, she did not return to the shack where she lived with Xia Zhi. Xia Zhi trembled in the dark all night. After searching all day long the next day, she did not see her grandma, but she met Bai Yue.
The so-called small market here is a slightly open place where people looking for work and those with extra items can sell them for money or barter. Although there is nothing good, it is lively and lively, and it is not very windy.
The heavy rain never stops.
For example, if a woman is unwell or has a child, someone will give them some hand-made sewing work from outside, and then take it away, making a profit for themselves and allowing them to earn some living.
Xia Jian followed beside him, his eyes were red, he must have cried several times.
"Stop crying." Bai Yue patted the child: "I'll give you a task."
"Ah?" Xia raised her watery eyes like a puppy. Probably because her face was so thin because of the lack of flesh, her eyes looked big and round, like a wronged little animal.
"Keep your eyes open in this alley, go back and forth, look carefully, back and forth." Bai Yue said, "See if you can find grandma's things, such as buttons, thimbles, hairpins, everything.
OK."
The only person who knows Granny Liu best is her grandson Xia Jian. Although two days have passed and people are coming and going in this alley, Bai Yue may not think he can find anything, but he always has to find something to occupy his time and move around.
attention.
When Xia picked this up, he immediately felt that he had been entrusted with an important task and nodded his head very seriously.
Xia Zhai went to work, and Liang Meng came over and said, "Master, Miss, my subordinates ordered people to search house by house in this area where missing people are densely packed. There is one courtyard that is particularly strange."
"Why is it strange?"
"The yard is empty."
"What's so strange about being empty?" Jian Yu couldn't help but asked, "Has it always been empty, or has it just become empty?"
"It's just empty." Liang Meng said: "According to people around, the yard itself is occupied by someone, a butcher with handicapped legs and feet. It has been more than a year since I moved here, and I don't interact with people much. I occasionally open the door to buy some things and go back.
I didn’t see anyone for part of the time.”
"Is it so strange?" Bai Yue said, "He lives alone and has no relatives or friends?"
"No. I said that I used to make a lot of money when the business was good, but then I got obsessed with it for some reason. One day I made a mistake while killing a pig, and I cut myself down with a knife. Fortunately, the person next to me was quick and saw a chair to block it.
, but this also injured his leg, leaving him disabled."
Liang Meng suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "According to him, when he was slashing with his knife, he saw the pig tied on the opposite side suddenly smiled, and the pig's face turned into his own face, and he was so frightened that he lost his mind.
hand."
"Later, this butcher Hong gave up his job and took his savings to live here, probably to atone for his previous killings. He raised a group of cats, dogs, small animals, etc. in the yard. He changed from a butcher to a
A good man."
Bai Yue and Jian Yu were mumbling, but neither Bai Yue nor Jian Yu believed this, but Jian Yu said: "Hurry up and send people everywhere to look for this person, either dead or dead, otherwise, he will be the eighth missing person."
From one missing every seven or eight days to one missing every two or three days, is the murderer crazy?
Liang Meng said: "I searched, I searched, but I couldn't find him. Because he usually doesn't interact with people, so no one paid attention. It's not clear whether he has been in the yard or when he went out. But there are also
People say they heard voices talking two days ago."
Bai Yue suddenly said: "What about the cats and dogs he raises? Are they free-range or in cages?"
"Keeping it in a cage." Liang Meng said and led the way. Not far away, everyone heard the sound.
The sound of cats meowing and dogs barking was loud.
Jian Yu couldn't help but frown and said: "It's so noisy on weekdays, and the people around you don't have any objections?"
"Yes, but it's useless." Liang Meng said: "Don't look at Butcher Hong's leg injury, but his murderous intention is still there and he is extremely strong. He often carries a butcher's knife. No one dares to mess with him. The gangsters don't dare to mess with him. There are people living around him.
We dare not mess with the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled, so we can only endure the noise. We get used to it after we keep making noises. Anyway, it’s noisy here all year round.”
The yard was not big. The houses in the shanty town were very crowded, so there was no big yard. When one of the two doors opened, a foul smell wafted out.
Everyone could smell the strong smell as early as ten meters away. With more than a dozen cats and dogs locked up together, in a place with poor ventilation and hygiene, and not treated in time, the smell can be imagined.
Fortunately, it's winter now, so the smell is somewhat subdued. If it were summer, I can't even imagine what it would taste like.
Jian Yu stretched out his hand to Bai Yue. Bai Yue understood more and put a mint candy for him. Liang Meng didn't go to the cemetery to open Xie's mother's coffin and didn't smell the terrible smell, so he didn't quite understand Jian Yu's actions.
.
But Liang Meng was very good at observing words and expressions. When he saw Jian Yu's frown relaxed a little after taking the sugar, he immediately shamelessly extended his hand towards Bai Yue.
"Girl Bai, if you have any good things, give me one." Liang Meng said obediently: "The smell here is so bad, I'm going to vomit if I go in again."
Xu Feiyang and Qi Min didn't know why, so they stopped and stretched out their hands.
There is something good and I want everyone to share it.
Bai Yue was speechless, looking at the three people in the row in front of him who stretched out three hands, looked at the box in their hands, and put the box in Liang Meng's hand: "You can divide it among yourselves."