gentry

Chapter 33 Old things
In the cemetery, Guan Er's funeral is being held.The head of the orchestra was speaking again.

"Mr. Guan Er was my best friend before he was alive. We are brothers and sisters. The orchestra used to be our common home, and music was our common partner..." The head of the group couldn't help sobbing twice when he said this, "Friends and relatives Friends gathered around Guan Er's coffin, weeping bitterly, or mourning."

Guorong, Zheng Dong and Uncle Cao were also in the crowd with solemn expressions.Luo Fei and Xiaolu stood in a corner.

"He is like a brother to everyone, and if another one dies, he will turn into an octopus."

After hearing this, Xiao Lu almost burst out laughing, but quickly held back.

After the leader finished speaking, everyone came forward with a white rose, said goodbye again, and then put the flowers into Guan Er's body in the coffin.

Guorong sighed and shook his head: "You said that you were useless when you were alive, and you will be so useless when you die."

Zheng Dong curled his lips: "That's enough, you should accumulate some morals. Lao Guan, I will play with you again in the next life."

"Guan Er, go well, I come to see you every year." Uncle Cao patted the edge of the coffin and walked away.

"Guan Er, the last piece of music you played before you left was the sheet music "The Flower of the Other Shore" in my hand. May you experience the beauty of music in another world." Xiao Lu raised his voice slightly, and then put the sheet music into the coffin.

At the same time, Guorong and Zheng Dong who had already walked away looked back at Xiaolu.

At the entrance of the cemetery, relatives and friends walked out of the cemetery one after another, shaking hands and leaving.

Looking at the crowd, Luo Fei muttered to himself, "Which one of you can I see at night?"

In the night, Luo Fei and Xiaolu hid behind a tombstone not far from Guan Er's tombstone.

Xiaolu looked at the dark surroundings vigilantly and timidly: "The cemetery at night is quite creepy. Why didn't Detective Qin come here? It would definitely feel safer if she was there."

Luo Fei sneered: "She said she wants to investigate the case independently."

Xiaolu said in a low voice: "Detective Qin should find a boyfriend, she shouldn't hang out with you every day."

Luo Fei pondered for a moment, then said resolutely: "The most unsuitable thing for her is to find a boyfriend, shhh, someone is here."

After hearing this, Xiao Lu concentrated on looking at the tombstone of the second generation of officials.The two saw a black figure sneaking close to Guan Er's cemetery carrying a shovel.Afterwards, the black shadow threw out the coffin, pried off Guan Er's coffin lid, and took away the score of "The Flower of the Other Shore".

The black shadow was very alert, looking left and right from time to time.After finishing all this, he hid the music score in the inner pocket of his coat and turned to leave.

Luo Fei and Xiaolu who were hiding behind another tombstone also poked their heads out at this time.

"It turned out to be Zheng Dong." Xiao Lu was surprised.

"Follow him." Luo Fei stood up quietly.

At the entrance of the cemetery, Zheng Dong got into a car.Xiao Lu beckoned, and Luo Fei and he got into a taxi waiting on the side of the road.As a result, the two cars drove through the night one after the other.

Zheng Dong's car finally stopped at the entrance of Lushi Hotel, Zheng Dong hurriedly got out of the car and entered the restaurant.

Luo Fei and Xiao Lu also got out of the car.

Zheng Dong came to a row of lockers in the hotel. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he walked to one of the lockers and took out the music score.

At this moment, Luo Fei and Xiaolu are closely watching Zheng Dong's every move behind the pillar.

Luo Fei nodded: "The locker at Chelsea Hotel is a high-end place where celebrities go in and out. No one will suspect that it's safe and hidden. It's really smart."

Zheng Dong glanced at the music score, and then began to turn the combination dial.

With a bang, the safe was opened.

Luo Fei and Xiaolu looked at each other and smiled.

Zheng Dong opened the safe, but suddenly froze in place, he slowly reached in and took out a photo.

Xiaolu excitedly wanted to poke his head to look at the photos, but accidentally knocked down the vase on the coffee table in front of him.Xiaolu hurriedly supported the vase.

When Zheng Dong heard this, he turned around and saw the deer, his expression changed, he dropped the photo and ran away.

The deer immediately chased it out.

"Be careful!"

After Luo Fei told the deer, he ran to the safe and saw that it was empty.Luo Fei stretched out his hand to touch it again, and the white powder stuck to his finger.Luo Fei then picked up the photo on the ground.

There is a beautiful woman on the photo, and a line of words written on the back: I am waiting for you at home.

On the other side, Zheng Dong was running in front, and Xiaolu was chasing after him.

Zheng Dong got into a small alley, and Xiao Lu also ran after him.

Zheng Dong turned a corner and ran out from a door opening.

When the little deer also ran out of the doorway, a car suddenly drove up. The little deer was not in a hurry to dodge and was hit by the car immediately.

At this time, in the library, the old man on night shift came to Xiao Man: "Little girl, we are going to close the library."

Xiaoman stretched her waist, nodded and stood up: "Sorry, I'll tidy up."

Xiaoman packed things in a hurry.

The old man looked at the photo in the old newspaper: "You like Xia Luna too?"

Xiaoman was surprised: "You know her?"

The old man looked forward to it: "Of course. She played the piano well back then, and she was pretty. Many people went to listen to her play the piano just to see her beauty. It's a pity that a beauty doesn't live long and died early."

Xiaoman's eyes lit up after hearing this, and she immediately asked, "How did she die?"

"Speaking of it, you won't believe it. On the night before her death, there was the sound of playing the piano in her room. The song "The Flower of the Other Side" was played. Some people said that she was fascinated by this song. Later, the orchestra no longer performed this song." The old man sighed.

"Do you know where Charuna's apartment is?"

"You are asking the right person when you ask me. I can be regarded as Charuna's number one fan. Every year on Charuna's memorial day, I will go downstairs to her apartment and respectfully present a bouquet of flowers. She lives in Charles' apartment , not far from here."

"Charles Apartment. Thank you so much." Xiaoman shook the old man's hand tightly and ran out in a hurry.

At this moment, downstairs from Charles' apartment, Luo Fei was getting off a rickshaw and walking towards the apartment.

Charles's apartment is no longer as beautiful as it used to be, it is extremely dilapidated and dilapidated.

Luo Fei walked into the apartment and saw a person hiding at the stairs.So he looked around quietly, picked up a brick, and slowly approached from behind the man.

Just as Luo Fei was about to pick up the brick, suddenly the opponent turned around and split the brick in half.

Luo Fei was stunned, and a figure on the opposite side stepped out of the shadows, it turned out to be Xiaoman.

Luo Fei and Xiaoman said in unison: "Why are you?!"

Luo Fei wiped the brick dust on his hands with a handkerchief, and said mockingly, "Didn't you go to investigate the case independently? Why are you following me again?"

Xiaoman sneered: "You are too self-righteous, I didn't come with you, I came after finding clues."

"What clue?"

"Ask me? Don't you know how to reason?" Xiaoman turned and walked away.

Luo Fei looked embarrassed.

At this time, a drunk man came in and whistled at Xiaoman.

Xiao Man glared at the drunk man: "Go away."

"Baby... come..."

Just when the drunk man pouted and wanted to come up to kiss Xiao Man, Luo Fei pulled Xiao Man behind him, but he was hugged by the drunk man's waist and kissed her face.

Xiaoman kicked the drunk man aside, and looked back to see that Luo Fei was wiping his face frantically with a handkerchief.Xiaoman couldn't help laughing: "Are you okay?"

"You didn't kick anyone to death, did you?" Luo Fei asked.

At this time, the snoring of a drunk man came from the corner.

Xiaoman shook her head: "No."

"Qin Xiaoman, if you had told me the clues just now, I wouldn't, won't be...I'll go back to disinfect after checking here." Luo Fei threw away the handkerchief and said angrily.

Xiaoman nodded: "Okay, let me tell you, I think that since Bianhuahua is a cursed piece of music, it means that Xiao Lang is not the first victim, there must have been other victims before, so I went to the library and searched The ins and outs of this song, as a result, I found out that the first victim of this song was Xia Luna, a pianist who died mysteriously while playing this song in her home five years ago. It was exactly the same. Then I found the address of Xia Luna’s house, and I thought of going to see the scene back then, but I happened to see Zheng Dong from the band sneaking up the stairs. I waited below to see if any other accomplices would come , I ran into you."

Luo Fei put his hands in his pockets, very disdainful: "You are not investigating a case, it is simply a blind cat meeting a dead mouse."

"No matter what kind of cat, the cat that can catch mice is a good cat."

"Quiet. Listen." Luo Fei stopped Xiao Man suddenly.

At this time, music from the music box came from upstairs.Luo Fei and Xiaoman glanced at each other: ""The Flower of the Other Shore"!"

"No, something is going to happen!" Luo Fei hurried up to the second floor.

Xiaoman followed closely behind.

The two ran from one side of the dark corridor to a door at the end of the corridor.

Luo Fei pointed to the door, Xiaoman nodded and took out a pistol.

Luo Fei then turned the doorknob, and suddenly found that the door was open.

The two walked into the house, walked through the living room, and followed the sound to the door of the bedroom.

Luo Fei and Xiaoman looked at each other, and they were leaning on the left and right sides of the door.Luo Fei stretched out his hand and gestured out the numbers to count down.

three!two!one!

Luo Fei immediately opened the door, Xiaoman raised his gun and stepped forward.

In the bedroom, Zheng Dong was lying on a chair with a weird smile on his face and tears streaming from the corners of his eyes.

The two saw Zheng Dong holding a music box in his hand, on which a small dancing figure slowly spun, making music sounds...

Xiaoman put down the gun, stepped forward to check Zheng Dong's body: "The body is still hot."

"The murderer hasn't run away yet," Luo Fei said.

Xiaoman quickly went to the window to check, and found that the window was plugged in from the inside: "The window has never been opened."

"No one went up and down the stairs except us just now, so the murderer is still in the room." After Luo Fei finished speaking, Xiao Man immediately raised the gun again nervously.

Luo Fei gestured, the two exchanged glances, and tacitly began to look around.Luo Fei bent down to check under the bed, but there was nothing there.Xiaoman yanked open the door of the wardrobe, and there were only a few old clothes inside.At this time, Xiaoman turned her head and saw a pair of feet under the curtain, and immediately gestured to Luo Fei.

The two quietly stepped forward and surrounded the man.

"Don't move!"

Xiaoman opened the curtains, unexpectedly there was nothing, only a pair of shoes on the ground!

Luo Fei frowned: "Strange, there is no place to hide here, is it another secret room?"

At this time, the music in the music box in the hands of the deceased stopped, the dancing figurines on it stopped turning, and the music box rolled down from the hands of the deceased.

Xiaoman was startled, turned around and pointed the gun at the dead man, only to realize that it was just a false alarm: "Why is he holding a music box?"

Luo Fei picked up the music box to check it, then walked to the bedside table, facing the mark left by a piece of dust on the cabinet, put the music box on it, and it fit perfectly.

"This music box is not his, it belongs to the owner Xia Luna."

At this time, the two suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.

"someone is coming."

Luo Fei exchanged glances with Xiaoman, and quickly retreated behind the bedroom door.

The footsteps have reached the living room, and the sound is approaching.After a while, someone came in through the door.Luo Fei and Xiaoman saw that it was Guorong who came.

Luo Fei whispered, "It's Guorong, the cellist of the orchestra."

"I knew they were a gang."

In the living room, Guorong sat down on the sofa: "How about it, did you get the money, why did you ask me to meet here?"

Guorong waited for a while, but seeing no response, he walked towards the bedroom: "Zheng Dong, what are you doing hiding in the room, come out quickly."

Guorong opened the door, but behind it were Luo Fei and Xiaoman.

Guorong panicked: "Who are you?!"

Luo Fei smiled: "We met, at the memorial service."

Guorong's eyes were full of caution: "Are you Xiao Lang's friends?"

Xiaoman flashed the police badge: "No, we are police detectives."

"Why are you here?"

"Can you explain why you are here first?" Luo Fei asked back.

"Zheng Dong called me and asked me to meet at Xia Luna's house... I don't know what's going on." Guoqiang said hesitantly.

"Are you familiar with Xia Luna's family?" Luo Fei asked.

Guorong nodded stiffly: "Of course, we used to be colleagues... What do you mean, are you interrogating me? What crime have I committed?"

"You murdered Xiao Lang and Guan Er." Luo Fei said with a serious expression.

"Nonsense, why should I kill them?!"

Luo Fei snorted coldly: "For money. Every time you sell drugs, the supply from your previous company is kept in the safe of Chelsea Hotel, and the code is sent to Xiao Lang in the form of musical scores. This time, a buyer may send you a separate When you bid, you became greedy, killed Xiao Lang to get the code, and took the goods."

"Guan Er suspected you, so you killed him, and then tricked Zheng Dong here, planning to kill him too, but you didn't expect someone to come first..."

Luo Fei stretched out his hand to interrupt Xiaoman: "But you didn't expect us to be one step ahead. Zheng Dong has already explained everything to us about the fact that you used the opportunity of the band to go abroad to sell drugs."

"This bastard actually framed me. I didn't kill the man, but Zheng Dong did it. He is the one who wants to monopolize this batch of goods!" Guoqiang said angrily.

Luo Fei shook his head: "No, what he opened was an empty safe."

Guorong asked alertly: "Is he in there, let him come out, I want to confront him face to face!"

"I'm afraid it's impossible." Luo Fei shrugged.

Luo Fei stepped aside, Guorong looked in and saw Zheng Dong's body.

Guorong pointed at Zheng Dong's body: "He... is dead? But didn't you say that he confessed to you..."

Luo Fei grinned: "I lied to you. When we came in, he was already dead. His death condition was the same as that of Guan Er. You just came in from the outside. It shouldn't be the murderer. Are there other people in your drug cartel?"

"There is no one else, only him...it must be him!"

"Who?" Luo Fei stared at Guorong.

"Can I have a glass of water?"

Luo Fei nodded, Guorong picked up the cup and water bottle on the table, and poured a glass of water.

Immediately, Guorong rolled his eyes, and suddenly poured water on Luo Fei, threw the cup upwards, and smashed the electric light.The room was pitch black, and then Xiaoman's voice came.

"I got him!"

Then came Luo Fei's voice: "Why are you holding me?!"

"Sorry, there was a mistake."

Luo Fei lit the lighter, saw the door was open, and gritted his teeth: "He ran away."

Afterwards, Xiaoman chased him out.In the dark stairs, Xiaoman and Guorong chased after each other.

When Guorong ran to the stairs, he suddenly drew his gun and shot at Xiaoman.Xiaoman predicted that Guorong would draw his gun, so he leaned over to avoid the bullet in advance, and immediately drew his gun to fight back.

Flames flashed across the stairwell.

"Ah!" Guorong was hit in the arm, and then ran away clutching his arm.

Guorong ran out from Charles' apartment, turned around and fired two more shots, Xiaoman dodged cautiously.

Guorong took the opportunity to jump into the car and drove away.

When Xiaoman chased him out of the building, the car had already driven away.At Xia Luna's house at this time, Luo Fei used the light of the lighter to enter the bedroom again, and turned on the bedside lamp.Luo Fei was taken aback when he saw that the bedroom window was open.

Luo Fei went to the window to look out, and saw Xiaoman standing in the road.Luo Fei pointed his head down and shouted, "Did you write down the license plate number?"

Xiaoman raised her head and pinched her waist: "You still need to say it!"

Luo Fei looked back into the house and saw that the door of the big wardrobe was also open.

Luo Fei walked to the big wardrobe, opened the old clothes, and saw a hidden compartment inside.

Luo Fei narrowed his eyes: "The murderer...was by our side just now."

(End of this chapter)