Lord of Puro

Chapter 596: The Ever-Changing Anonymous Space

Li Banfeng was sitting in the office, looking up information about Hulu Village. Shen Jingye was not feeling well and asked for a day off.

According to the information, Hulu Village is the nightmare of the Dark Star Bureau. From the branch to the headquarters, this is a topic that every member of the Dark Star Bureau is reluctant to mention.

Through the analysis of the files and Li Banfeng's understanding, Hulu Village is an invisible space with special properties. Whether it is a dark dimension space cannot be determined for the time being. After all, the dark dimension space is just a type of invisible space. Li Banfeng doesn't know much about other types of invisible spaces.

The biggest feature of this anonymous space is that it has a changeable entrance. Li Banfeng has also experienced this situation in Pro Province. The entrance to Fool City can be changed.

If I could master this technology, I could not only build a secret laboratory for my wife, but I could even build a secret city that no one knew about.

This is an important foundation!
This technique must be learned and this Hulu Village must be found.

Why would such a strange invisible space appear in other states instead of in the Mainland?
Precisely because Hulu Village is in another state, Xiao Shen was extremely anxious about this matter and gave full support to all of Li Banfeng's investigative work.

According to the files, the entrance to Hulu Village would appear from December to January of the following year, which is the eve of the Lunar New Year, which is what Shen Jingye said was the opening for business.

The specific appearance of the entrance is that two to ten women with beautiful figures stand at the entrance of the invisible space, attracting passers-by to enter the invisible space.

A woman with a beautiful figure.

Li Banfeng patted the wine gourd and said, "Sister, you really don't know what's going on here?"

Jiuhulu sighed, "Brother, stop taking pictures. You've made me red. I really didn't know. Or maybe I knew it before but can't remember it now. As soon as I remember it, I'll tell you. If you still want to take pictures, change to the other side. Don't always focus on this side."

Ever since she terminated the contract with Mr. Yao, Jiuhulu has been very loyal to Li Banfeng. If she knew the inside story, she would not hide it from Li Banfeng.

Besides, this is originally the territory of another state, and Jiuhulu is from Provins, so it is really not right to ask her.

Li Banfeng continued to review the files.

Last year, Hulu Village appeared in the north, causing 31 people to go missing, 25 of whom were men and 6 were women.

female?
Was this cheated by the handsome guy?

There is no record of handsome guys in the files.

Two years ago, Hulu Village appeared in the neighboring Min Yue Province, causing 55 people to go missing, including 17 women.

This ratio is even more exaggerated.

Why can a woman with a beautiful figure still attract so many women?
Li Banfeng continued to flip through the files. There was a question that kept bothering him: "Why is this place called Hulu Village? Is it because the girls standing at the entrance of the village have gourd-like bodies? Even if that's the case, why not call it Huludian, Hululou, or Huluyuanzi?"

Tang Yuan took out a document and said, "Because there are survivors."

"Are there any survivors in Hulu Village?"

"Yes, the name Hulu Village comes from the statement of the survivors."

"Why don't you give me such important information earlier!" Li Banfeng took the file box.

Tang Yuan stuck out his tongue: "Actually, the value of this information is not that great."

Li Banfeng opened a document. The survivor was named Wu Nianping, a native of Yueguanle City in Fujian Province. He disappeared on December 16 of the previous year and returned home on January 21.

Wu Nianping is a delivery man. According to his own description and witnesses, he picked up a takeaway from a restaurant. On the way to getting on the electric bike, he found two women at the door of the restaurant asking him to come in.

He thought there was something wrong with the takeaway and followed the woman into the restaurant. Only then did he discover that there was a village inside the restaurant. The woman told him that this was Hulu Village.

Tang Yuan introduced: "Seventh Master, this is his only remaining memory of Hulu Village. After identification, Wu Nianping suffered from severe mental illness due to severe shock. He went crazy and his memory was severely damaged..."

Li Banfeng interrupted Tang Yuan: "Having a mental illness doesn't mean a person is crazy. You must be careful when speaking!"

Tang Yuan nodded and continued, "The other survivors are probably in the same situation. They can only say the name Hulu Village and have not made any effective description in other aspects."

Li Banfeng still read the survivors' information carefully, and Tangyuan helped Li Banfeng analyze some key information.

Zhong Er's investigation focus is not on these materials, his investigation focus is on the parties involved in the case.

The man who disappeared from the drugstore is Zhang Peiwen, 26 years old and unemployed. Zhong Er discovered something wrong with his address: "Zhang Peiwen's address is only one street away from the drugstore where the incident occurred. After buying the medicine, he can walk home in 15 minutes. He doesn't need to take a taxi."

Honey Candied disagreed: "Some people just don't like to walk. A fifteen-minute walk isn't that close."

Zhong Er took out the confession transcript of the drugstore owner: "According to her description, Zhang Peiwen once waited for a long time in front of the drugstore for one dollar. He is an introverted and frugal person, and he would not choose to take a taxi for a 15-minute journey."

The light bulb frowned and said, "That's too arbitrary. Just because someone is frugal doesn't mean they don't know how to enjoy life."

Zhong Er didn't say anything more. In terms of family conditions, he was far inferior to Dengbao. When it came to taking a taxi, Zhong Er and Dengbao had obvious differences in their understanding.

Li Banfeng had never thought about this problem. During his student days, he had basically no experience of taking a taxi alone.

After checking the files for a whole morning, Li Banfeng decided to visit the person involved at his home in the afternoon.

He brought Tangyuan, Dengbao, Mingxing and Zhonger and came to Zhang Peiwen's residence.

The community where Zhang Peiwen lives is on Disheng Road. The community was built at the end of the last century. It is a walk-up building, and Zhang Peiwen lives on the seventh floor.

Zhang Peiwen's father, Zhang Qinghai, was originally a worker. Later, due to an accident, he lost the ability to move his right leg and became a disabled person, staying at home for many years.

Her mother, Ai Xiafen, was a middle school teacher. She retired five years ago due to health reasons. The couple’s pension is the family’s source of income.

It was the mother Ai Xiafen who opened the door, and Li Banfeng presented forged documents.

This is a legally forged document, because the public knows nothing about the Dark Star Bureau and Dark Star Bureau agents cannot reveal their true identities.

Ai Xiafen invited everyone into her home: "Comrade police officer, please sit down, my son..."

Zhang Peiwen's father, Zhang Qinghai, came to Li Banfeng on crutches and asked, "Is there any news about my son?"

Li Banfeng said: "Not yet. We came here mainly to do some research on you."

As he spoke, Li Banfeng looked at the layout of the house.

There are two bedrooms and one living room. The living room is relatively large, while the bedroom is a bit small.

Because the house faces north, the light in the house is a bit dim.

Li Banfeng asked: "Which one is Zhang Peiwen's room?"

Zhang Qinghai pointed to the room on the right side of the corridor and Li Banfeng took a look.

The decoration of the whole house is very simple, mainly with wooden furniture, and only Zhang Peiwen's door is very distinctive.

Because this door is made of glass.

Zhong Er said to the two old men, "I want to go to the client's room to collect some evidence."

Ai Xiafen stood up and said, "I'll go with you. We will fully cooperate with your work."

Li Banfeng looked at Zhang Qinghai and said, "Then I will have some communication with you first."

Ai Xiafen sat back on the sofa: "Comrade police officer, please tell me. Our old Zhang is confused and can't explain anything clearly."

When Zhong Er went to collect evidence, Li Banfeng asked about what happened.

Ai Xiafen's tears welled up in her eyes: "That day, at three o'clock in the afternoon, he went to the pharmacy to buy medicine for me. In fact, he shouldn't have gone that day, but the day before. However, the pharmacy was closed the day before. If the pharmacy was open, this wouldn't have happened!"

When she said this, Ai Xiafen burst into tears.

"Auntie, don't get excited. We are doing our best to investigate." Tang Yuan comforted Ai Xiafen, and Ai Xiafen calmed down a little.

Li Banfeng asked: "You just said that you originally planned to buy medicine the day before, but because the pharmacy was closed, you postponed it for a day. But I see there are many pharmacies near your community, why do you have to go to that one?"

Ai Xiafen sighed: "It's my fault for not being able to keep up with my health. There are a few medicines that are only sold in that pharmacy."

Li Banfeng said to Tang Yuan, "Write down the medicine Ms. Ai wants to take. We can help purchase some."

"No, no," Ai Xiafen shook her head repeatedly, "How dare I trouble you?"

Tang Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, this is what we should do."

After being asked for a long time, Ai Xiafen still refused to reveal the name of the medicine. She continued to describe what happened that afternoon:
"My son goes out to buy medicine at 3 o'clock and comes back at 3:30 every time. I prepare dinner at home and make his favorite fried carrots..."

"I want to find my son!" Zhang Qinghai stood up suddenly while leaning on a cane. "I'm going to find him right now!"

Tang Yuan tried to dissuade them, but Ai Xiafen shouted, "Old Zhang, stop making trouble! They are helping us find our son!"

Zhang Qinghai lowered his head and said nothing. Ai Xiafen said, "I waited until 3:40 that day, but the child didn't come back. I was so anxious that I rushed to the pharmacy to find him."

Li Banfeng asked: "Doesn't he have a cell phone?"

Ai Xiafen sighed and said, "Don't be afraid of you guys laughing at me, my son has become stupid because of studying. He can't do anything except reading. He can't use a mobile phone or a computer.
I found the pharmacy, and the owner said that he had bought the medicine and left. I had always believed this owner and didn't take it seriously.
When the police came to investigate, I found out that this woman had deceived me. She saw my son standing at her door, but she didn’t tell me! She is not a decent person. My son was harmed by her! "

Speaking of this, Ai Xiafen cried even more sadly.

Dengbao listened intermittently. He didn't think he could get much useful information from Aixiafen.

The celebrity was very good at handling things and quickly handed Ai Xiafen a tissue. Li Banfeng asked very seriously, "Ms. Ai, why do you think the pharmacy owner wanted to harm your son?"

Tangyuan glanced at Li Banfeng. The questions just now didn't sound like something asked by the Seventh Master.

Ai Xiafen was obviously mentally traumatized by her son's matter and spoke without restraint. How could such a thing be taken seriously?

It is probably because the customs in Pro Province are different from here, and Master Qi is a little uncomfortable with it.

Ai Xiafen replied: "I often buy medicine there. That woman must have thought that my family is rich, so she wanted to kidnap my son and extort money from us!"

Tangyuan raised her eyebrows at Li Banfeng, signaling Li Banfeng not to take it seriously. She had experienced similar situations. Ai Xiafen suffered psychological trauma because of her son's disappearance and became suspicious of everyone and everything around her.

Li Banfeng continued to chat with Ai Xiafen. Zhong Er finished collecting evidence in the bedroom and opened the refrigerator.

Ai Xiafen didn't quite understand: "Do we need to collect evidence from the refrigerator as well?"

Chuunib shook his head and said, "I'm thirsty, let me see if there's anything to drink in the fridge."

Tangyuan frowned and felt ashamed for Chuunibyou.

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The star tried to hold back his smile. He really didn't understand what the middle school kid was thinking. At this time, going home to look for something in the refrigerator, wasn't that like slapping the face of the Dark Star Bureau?
But then again, the old couple didn't know that they were from the Dark Star Bureau.

Dengbao felt that the situation was special and that the middle school thinking was indeed a bit weird, but he was not a person who liked to take advantage of others, and he would not do such a meaningless thing.

Li Banfeng also knew that Zhong Er had other intentions, but he still had to pretend to scold him: "What kind of work attitude is this? Don't you have any sense of discipline?"

Ai Xiafen quickly stood up and said, "I was confused. There is no drink at home. I will pour you a cup of tea."

Li Banfeng stood up and said, "We have learned almost everything we need to know. It is time for us to leave. Ms. Ai, please take care of yourself."

Zhang Qinghai stood up again: "I want to find my son, I want to find my son!"

Ai Xiafen scolded her husband and sent Li Banfeng and the other two out the door.

The moment he reached the door, Li Banfeng heard the sound of the projector: "Director Qi, I'm suffocating. The light and color of this place make me breathless."

After leaving the community, Li Banfeng went to the pharmacy and asked the proprietress what medicines Zhang Peiwen usually bought.

The celebrity asked, "Director Li, are we really going to buy medicine for her?"

Li Banfeng glared at the celebrity: "Isn't this what you should do? Where is your sense of service?"

The star didn't dare to say anything. The boss's wife checked the account book and he wrote down the name of the medicine.

Li Banfeng didn’t know much about medicines, so he asked Tangyuan to send the name of the medicine directly to the medical department.

Bulb was startled: "Director, you are not going to buy medicine for her, are you investigating her?"

Tang Yuan didn't quite understand: "Why do you want to check on her?"

Zhong Erdao: "I think Director Li's idea is correct."

The celebrity frowned and said, "Don't always comment on Director Li's ideas. Don't always be the supporting actor. Tell us what you think, too."

Zhong Er was hesitant to speak, and when everyone returned to the car, Sui Qijun, the head of the medical department, gave a reply.

"Director Li, the names of the drugs you provided are rather vague in terms of their functions and indications. It is difficult to infer what disease the person taking the drugs has by looking at these drugs."

"What kind of answer is that?" Li Banfeng was very dissatisfied. "The prescription is in front of you, but you still can't explain the symptoms clearly?"

Sui Qijun was a little embarrassed: "Director Li, I don't want to answer too arbitrarily, but based on what I know so far, the drug names you provided cannot be considered drugs, to be precise."

"If it's not medicine, then what is it? I saw these at the pharmacy."

"These things should be considered as health products that have certain therapeutic effects, but the ingredients are relatively complex, the efficacy is difficult to determine, and the price is quite expensive."

Li Banfeng hung up the phone and was silent for a long time.

The celebrity said, "People can eat whatever they like, and we have no right to control them. But since it is a health product, not a necessary medicine, we don't have to buy medicine for them."

Deng Deng pondered for a moment and said, "Chief Sui said these health products are quite expensive. Judging from their family conditions, they don't look like rich people."

Tang Yuan said: "That's because you don't understand the situation. Many elderly people are superstitious about health products. Even if the family has no money, they will find a way to buy some."

Chuunib shook his head: "It's not that simple."

Li Banfeng looked at Zhong Er and asked, "What evidence did you find just now?"

Mingxing said: "I don't think we'll find any valuable evidence in his house."

Zhong Er ignored the celebrity and gave the evidence to Li Banfeng. Li Banfeng looked at the evidence and further confirmed his idea.

After returning to the bureau and going to the conference room, Zhong Er took out a plastic bag and said, "I had previously speculated that Zhang Peiwen would not be willing to take a taxi. I found this in the interlayer of his mattress."

Dengbao took the plastic bag and looked at it. There were small changes of different denominations inside. The largest denomination was ten yuan, of which there was only one note. The rest included one yuan notes, five yuan notes, and quite a few rare coins.

"This should be the change left over from buying medicine." The star roughly counted it and found that the change added up to more than one hundred yuan.

"It could be leftovers from his grocery shopping," Chuuji picked up a schedule, "This schedule was taped to his desk. I had to use a lot of effort to scrape it off."

Bulb took the schedule and looked through it, his eyebrows furrowed.

On Monday, I wake up at 7 a.m., go to the toilet from 7:15 to 7:30, have breakfast from 7:30 to 8 a.m., take my dad for a walk in the neighborhood from 8 to 10 a.m., and go to the market to buy groceries from 10 to 11 a.m.

I cook with my mother from 11 to 12, have lunch at 12, take a nap from 12:30 to 2, watch TV from 2 to 3, buy medicine for my mother from 3 to 3:30, and watch TV at home from 3:30 to 4.

From four to five o'clock I go to the market to buy vegetables, from five to six o'clock I help my mother cook dinner, from six-thirty to seven-thirty I clean the house, from seven-thirty to eight-thirty I do the laundry, and at eight-thirty I go to bed.

Tang Yuan looked at the change in the plastic bag and said to Li Banfeng, "Director, I still have my opinion on the taxi issue. I think the taxi driver did not lie. Zhang Peiwen is just a frugal person, but that doesn't mean he has no ability to spend."

Zhong Er shook his head and said, "If he has the spending power, he will definitely not spend money on taxis. You can see from the schedule that every Wednesday afternoon, his mother has to sort out the shopping receipts with him, and Ai Xiafen has to settle the change with him."

Tang Yuan has already looked at the schedule: "This schedule can't explain anything. Maybe it's just because his family has a strong sense of time. Everyone has a different way of living and everyone has different pursuits. We can't use our own standards to look at others."

Zhong Er took out a flyer and said, "This is a flyer I found in Zhang Peiwen's pillow. It's a sales flyer for smartphones. The cheapest model is only 628 yuan.

He drew several circles around the number 628. If he had the spending power, he would definitely go for this phone, not a taxi! "

Mingxing said: "He didn't say he definitely wanted to take a taxi. The driver said that Zhang Peiwen was looking at him at the time, and he thought Zhang Peiwen wanted to take a taxi, so he had a misunderstanding."

"There won't be such a misunderstanding!" Zhong Er shook his head repeatedly, "When I took a taxi without money, I never dared to stare at the taxi. I think you should have had similar experiences."

The light bulb smiled and said, "That's not necessarily the case. I dare to watch."

Li Banfeng asked Dengbao: "When was the last time you took a taxi? You had a car as soon as you graduated."

"Maybe..." Some clues have been revealed, but Tang Yuan is still trying to defend Ai Xiafen. "As a mother, there may be problems with the way she treats her children.

But this does not negate her love for her child. I saw the ingredients in the kitchen. She prepared the child’s favorite fried carrots. She was still waiting for her child to come back. ”

"Fried carrots," Zhong Er looked at Li Banfeng, "Director Li, do you remember how Zhang Qinghai reacted when you mentioned carrots?"

Li Banfeng was deeply impressed by this scene: "He wanted to find his son, his reaction was very intense, he wanted to rush out of the house."

"He did want to rush out of the house, but not necessarily to find his son. He probably didn't want to eat carrots anymore. He wanted to escape from this home," Zhong Er took out a stack of receipts. "This is the receipt for their grocery shopping at the supermarket this month. Their family buys carrots every day.

I opened his refrigerator and found several plates of fried carrots and a lot of carrots. Who could tolerate eating carrots like this? How could Zhang Peiwen be willing to eat carrots?

This is Zhang Peiwen's life. He eats the same food and does the same things every day. His every move is under Ai Xiafen's surveillance and control. Even his door is transparent.

Tang Yuan was silent for a long time. She really couldn't understand why such a family relationship existed: "If Zhang Peiwen was willing to find a job and support himself with his own income, he wouldn't have to be subject to so many restrictions."

Zhong Er picked up the schedule and said, "Captain You, you also heard what Ai Xiafen said. He went out to buy medicine at three o'clock. If he didn't come back at three forty, Ai Xiafen would go to the pharmacy to find him.
Ai Xiafen left Zhang Peiwen no more than ten minutes of time. He couldn't even go shopping directly after returning from the pharmacy. He had to stay at home for half an hour before going shopping.
Under this level of control, do you think Zhang Peiwen can find a job? Will Ai Xiafen allow him to find a job? "

Tangyuan remained silent.

Zhong Er sorted out the evidence and said: "Captain You, different growing environments have led to different perceptions of things. This situation has happened to people I know, and I am not surprised by the results of this investigation.

But we reached a consensus on one point, and I also felt that there was no need to investigate the taxi driver any further."

Bulb was stunned: "What are you talking about? We have been talking for so long, isn't it just to confirm the suspicious points of the taxi driver? Now that the suspicious points have been found, you say you don't want to investigate?"

Zhong Er shook his head: "Why do we need to investigate him? To rescue Zhang Peiwen? For Zhang Peiwen, going anywhere is better than staying at home. Instead of dragging him back into the fire pit, we might as well do something else useful."

Tang Yuan disagreed: "We can't use a single case to represent the whole. Once Hulu Village opens, many people will disappear. Their situations are different from Zhang Peiwen's."

This time, Zhong Er didn't say anything. Everyone looked at Li Banfeng. The final decision on this matter would be made by him.

Li Banfeng was thinking about an important question: "What is Hulu Village like? Does anyone want to go and see it?"

PS: Happy National Day.

(End of this chapter)