Small poor

Chapter 24 An Hongdou

When Jing Yu was busy at the police station, Pei Lanzhi could only wait for him in a teahouse on the street in the city because of his sensitive identity. The two didn't meet until early in the morning, and returned to the inn from the police station.

At this time, the sky was almost bright in the early morning, and the clouds turned the color of fish maw.

The two of them shared a big bed room in the inn, which was agreed by the proprietress first.

Because he was busy all day, Jing Yu was already exhausted when he returned to the inn. He could not satisfy his hunger by eating food from the human world, and he only relied on absorbing spiritual power to maintain his movements on weekdays. The spiritual power in the human world was already very thin, but He would prepare some balls made of spirit grass and spirit meat himself, but the bad thing was that he didn't think about being hungry at all that day.

As a result, after returning to the room, he crawled on the bed like a dead cat in a daze, his hands and feet were almost too stiff to move, and he was about to change into his original shape. Pei Lanzhi brought a glass of milk back from the outside. After drinking it, he finally lost his mind. , completely fell asleep.

Warm spiritual energy flowed through his body.

The young man was buried tiredly in the soft quilt, with half of his head exposed, immersed in the comfort brought by the full spiritual power, Pei Lanzhi helped tuck the corner of the quilt, his eyes were gentle, even if a hideous red spot was unconsciously exposed on his wrist The wound was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. He lowered his body and kissed Jing Yu's lips that were stained with milk and mermaid blood.

The mermaid's blood is dark red and tastes a bit like honey. It tastes delicious when boiled with milk, but blood is extremely rare, otherwise Pei Lanzhi would be willing to feed Jing Yu with blood every day.

If it wasn't for Jing Yu, he would have no interest in these boring cases at all. He held people in his arms through the quilt, and his arms were full. On a rainy night, he was still a child of human beings, in a wild temple in the mountains, and it was snowing heavily, he shivered and huddled in Jing Yu’s arms to absorb the warmth, the young man comforted him who was still in fear, and now it’s the other way around, he likes the present State, finally it's his turn to guard him, protect him, love him, never separate again.

Even if Saraj had been staring at them from the foot of the bed, such tender moments were precious enough, until a branch of bougainvillea squirmed quietly on the window sill and poked its head in.

Pei Lanzhi turned over and got up, walked to the window, and got a small note from the flower branch. There was only one sentence on the note——

"Pei Lanzhi, I haven't touched your darling, so don't bite like crazy."

The signature is Xiao Liu.

Jing Yu set the alarm clock for himself in the morning, only slept for four hours, and started worrying about the progress of the case when he woke up. He only ate a few mouthfuls of the breakfast that Pei Lanzhi carefully prepared for him.

Zhong Yi grew up in an orphanage, and his immediate family members could not be contacted, so the agent came to Dali to deal with the follow-up and arrange the transport of the body back to Beijing.

At the same time, Jing Yu and Pei Lanzhi still have a clue to follow—a century-old yew plant was stolen near the mountain where the program crew used to film their lives in the wild.Originally, the two had nothing to do with each other, but just yesterday, when Zhong Yi died, he held a small handful of yew seeds in his hand, and the bright red color was soaked by his blood.

They took Saraj with them when they went out this time, drove for three hours, walked into the primeval forest, and found the place where the yew was stolen. The tree looked like it had been uprooted, and the surrounding soil collapsed, leaving a huge pit.

Jing Yu squatted by the pit, fiddled with a piece of soil under his hands, Saraj lost his calm when he came to this mountain, he was not willing to approach this area at all, and even stiffened from nervousness, biting the corner of Jing Yu's clothes Dragging back, trying to get him out of the way, back into the car.

Jing Yu patted it on the head, "It's okay, don't be afraid, we're here."

Sarraj whimpered a few times and huddled behind him.

The sundries in the soil can be seen at a glance. If the tree is uprooted, but the root system disappears too cleanly...

Pei Lanzhi said: "The century-old yew has transformed into a refined form. It is not in vain to come here. We must immediately notify the Yunnan Branch of the Ghost Association that the yew under their jurisdiction has escaped."

After hearing the news, the manager of the Yunnan branch of the Ghost Association rushed to meet Pei Lanzhi in distress. He is also a plant essence, a very rare and aggressive plant, mandala, he is hundreds of years old, At present, he uses his position as the director of the forestry bureau in the human world to hide his eyes and ears, and carries out his work. After turning into a human form, he is a middle-aged man with a slightly effeminate gesture.

The administrator led them to the Forestry Bureau to retrieve the files on the yew, and complained bitterly: "There are regulations in the country that illegal breeding is not allowed after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but our work is difficult. Our land is rich in ecology, animals and plants There are many types, and the species involved in the protection can be seen everywhere. Plants 200 years old are not special. We conducted a census of animals and plants last year, and there were hundreds of pages recorded just for the ones that can be transformed. But every year we only have ten There is a legal quota for becoming a spirit, so those plants that can transform into forms but have to wait in line for certification often slip away by themselves. Our workload is heavy, and once they get into the virgin forest, we will not be able to catch them. "

Animals and plants have already turned on their intelligence and are waiting to transform into animals and plants. They need to obtain the safety level certified by the association before they can pass in the human world. However, there are too many animals and plants queuing up for certification. The number of legally mature animals and plants is limited every year. In the past decade or so, how could you get recognized by the association so quickly by giving away gifts and jumping in the queue?

The Yunnan branch apparently turned a blind eye to their illegal transformation in the human world. After all, most plants live long, but their attack power is limited, so they will not cause trouble. The century-old red bean tree that ran away this time Shan also sneaked away in the queue waiting for certification.

The territory of this yew tree was not originally in Dali. According to the villagers on the mountain, the Forestry Bureau has made tree species statistics in this place, and it seems that there is no such a yew tree. They don’t know which day they suddenly discovered that there is a Chinese fir tree. The tree blocks the sun above the head, it is very tall, but there are traces of being peeled and felled on the tree.

Yew is a shallow-rooted plant with inconspicuous main roots and well-developed lateral roots. It is recognized as a rare natural anti-cancer plant on the verge of extinction in the world. Many thieves will peel off its skin, cut down its trunk, and exchange it with drug dealers for a high price. s return.

It had obviously encountered such bad luck before its transformation, so it raised its roots and moved in a fit of anger, and moved to the forest on the outskirts of Dali City. As a result, it ran away a second time before Jing Yu and the others arrived.

What drove it away?

Although it is not known what role the yew played in the incident, it must have something to do with Zhong Yi.

Zhong Yi’s superficial cause of death was suicide. The murder weapon in his hand, the knife marks on his neck, and the investigation in the room can all prove it, so the investigation report was finally released to the outside world after three days of deliberation and wording at the police station, and the outside world was shocked. , Next, the media picked up the receipts of his diagnosis and treatment of depression in a certain hospital before his death, which confirmed that he was indeed suffering from a mental illness and was once standing on the verge of death.

At the same time, rumors spread from nowhere that Zhong Yi was blackmailed and threatened with pornographic photos before his death, but since the police concealed this news and only investigated secretly, the outside world generally did not pay much attention to this rumor, even though it was very explosive. It's not as bad as Shang Zhongyi's one-tenth of the tragic suicide. The blood in the house, the walls and the floor, and the cabin in a foreign land may all be despair.

Behind the case, the body was sent to the Special Criminal Investigation Department for examination. Jing Yuren was still in Dali and kept in touch with Lin Zhi by phone. He heard from Lin Zhi that Lu Feng found some unknown fungal spores in Zhong Yi's nasal cavity, with a faint Dead air, what kind of plant it is is still being analyzed, the only thing that is certain is that the seeds of the yew are also infected with dead air.

The manager dug out the yew files of the Forestry Bureau, and there were 45 yews registered in the register that could be transformed according to the age. They checked one by one, and there were 37 yews that stayed where they were and did not run around. The remaining associations intensified their search Finally, after asking the mountain masters of the various mountains in Yunnan, these dryads who turned into human figures and went to live in cities and towns were arrested overnight, and finally there was only one tree called Honghen that had not been found.

The association then issued a warrant for Hongshen.

Jing Yu and Pei Lanzhi's trip was over. On the day they returned by private plane, Pei Lanzhi and Shu Xin talked on the phone.

Zhong Yi committed suicide suddenly without warning at the dinner she had saved, and she also endured huge pressure from public opinion, even inner condemnation. In her private heart, she blamed Pei Lanzhi, who showed up at her dinner with the criminal police. Coincidentally, Zhong also committed suicide, what if Zhong also committed suicide in fear of crime?The police cornered the boat, so Zhong Yi died.

There are rumors like this all over the internet.

Her boyfriend's birthday was messed up, and even those who attended her dinner were eager to get rid of the relationship.

"Lanzhi, tell me the truth, did Zhong Yi really commit a crime? He is not as weak as he appears on the surface, but a few days ago, I heard that a big shot in the circle was reported for money laundering. I drank tea in the bureau, and it has something to do with him?"

Pei Lanzhi said lightly: "I don't know the details, but it should have nothing to do with the economic case."

Shu Xin knew what she was talking about, and she said: "I heard from Brother Hong that Xiao Zhong had a relationship some time ago, and the other party was an outsider. When I boarded the boat that day, I was obviously very happy to see him. , the spirit is also very good, only one afternoon suddenly can't think about it, I think something must have happened in the middle of this."

In addition to Shu Xin, the people in the program group and Zhong Yi also mentioned this when taking notes at the police station. Zhong Yi has a lover.

Pei Lanzhi hung up the phone and asked Jing Yu, "Have you got in touch with Zhong Yi's partner?"

Jing Yu, who was always paying attention to the case, shook her head, "The phone number is no longer available."

Before the plane took off, Saraj lay beside Jing Yu, gently resting his head on his shoes, while the little wild cat Nick was sleeping soundly in his palm.

Pei Lanzhi's eyes fell on his onion-like fingers, "If it were you, would you give up your life so easily?"

Jing Yu was taken aback for a moment, "No way, and I think there is something hidden behind Zhong Yi's suicide." He then thought about it seriously, and said firmly: "If it were me, no matter how difficult it is, I would never commit suicide. of."

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