When the sun rises, the river is covered with a layer of magnificent and faint golden light. The river ships in the distance, one by one, slowly passed under the bridge. The evening mist is gone, and birds are flying across the sky. The city gradually emerged, like a giant beast raising its head in the morning light.
August, Jiangcheng.
Summer has arrived.
Bai Jinxi felt that he was clearly in the hottest corner of the city.
In the back lane of the plain nightclub, in the stuffy and simple van, she has been "steaming and baking" in it all day.
She anxiously rolled her sticky long hair with her hands to prevent sweat from sticking to her neck. Zhou Xiaozhuan, beside him, frowned: "Since it's inconvenient to move, don't grow long hair. Boss, why do you bother with such boring things?"
Bai Jinxi smiled and didn't answer. In my heart, I thought: You are one track minded! At any rate, Lao Tzu is the police flower of the branch and has been on TV. His image is very important. You know shit.
The two men were silent, and they continued to lie in ambush with sweat.
The "anti pornography" campaign was arranged by the municipal bureau in a unified way, and was carried out with great fanfare throughout the city. Although Bai Jinxi and Zhou Xiaozhuan are criminal policemen, their Guanhu police station is a small one with less than 30 people. Therefore, once there is a large-scale action, all people will rush forward, regardless of the type of work. Today, their office is responsible for the "encirclement and suppression" of this nightclub suspected of having pornography, gambling and drug activities.
It's easy. It's dark.
At the beginning of the lights, the air finally felt cool, mixed with unknown fragrance.
Two passers-by passed by the alley. Their pretty faces, suspenders and hot pants, long legs and thin waist were particularly eye-catching. Zhou Xiaozhuan couldn't help sighing: "What do you think your women wear so little in summer? Do you know it's the high incidence of sexual assault and robbery? It's all the white thighs!"
But Bai Jinxi didn't hear her reply. He turned to see that she was looking at the window glass, stroking her bangs, and lifting her chin. Zhou Xiaozhuan didn't have to think about what she was comparing, and patiently asked, "Can we not be so smelly and beautiful?"
Bai Jinxi: "No."
"Shit!"
At this time, a loud and passionate middle-aged male voice finally came from the long silent intercom:
"Attention of all teams! I am the director of the institute. Let's take action in five minutes! Cheer up and let the comrades in the municipal bureau see the demeanor of our comrades in Guanhu Institute! Whoever delays or loses his chain will lose his bonus next month. Over!"
Although Bai Jinxi and Zhou Xiaozhuan are used to making jokes with the director at ordinary times, at this critical moment, they all immediately smiled, checked their watches, sorted out the handcuffs and batons, and counted down.
The action has begun.
At the command of the director, more than ten policemen poured out from all directions and immediately surrounded the nightclub. Bai Jinxi and Zhou Xiaozhuan were the fastest. Other policemen had just rushed into the lobby. They had already thrown off the obstruction of several security guards, jumped into the bar, and pinned the store manager who was trying to inform on the table.
The scene was immediately controlled.
The music in the hall came to an abrupt end, and the ladies stood around in astonishment. The guests in the lounge looked at each other.
Bai Jinxi is not interested in these "small fish". She took Zhou Xiaozhuan with her like a gust of wind and quickly rushed up to the second floor to start a surprise investigation of boxes.
——
It was after cleaning up three unsightly erotic boxes and one decadent drug abuse box that Bai Jinxi found something unusual.
Other boxes, ladies, prostitutes, drug addicts... all ran away at the news, and the whole corridor became a mess. Only at the end of the box, the door was always closed and quiet, as if there was no one at all.
But when Bai Jinxi crept past and put her ear on the door, she heard a ethereal, strange and stirring melody.
《Hunger》。
The theme song of the film Black Hawk Fall.
The smell of coffee and cigarettes also floated from the crack of the door.
Coffee is very strong. It is not instant coffee commonly used in nightclubs, but freshly ground. The smell of cigarettes is also very strong. It seems that someone is stuffy in the room and smokes a lot.
Bai Jinxi took out his baton from his waist and shook it skillfully in his hand, with a cold smile on his mouth. Even if they were wearing police uniforms, they looked really beautiful and attractive. The detained guests in the corridor looked straight.
Zhou Xiaozhuan followed her and asked softly, "Boss, hit the door?"
"Why bother?" Bai Jinxi took out the key from his pocket, which had just come straight from the bar.
With a "click", the door was slowly pushed open. Bai Jinxi was like a cat. He was about to poke through the crack of the door when Zhou Xiaozhuan's excited voice came from behind: "Don't move! Police!"
Bai Jinxi really wants to kick him! The discerning people can see that this room is full of indescribable weirdness. Maybe there is a big drug lord hiding in it. Maybe the other party is ready to fight with swords and spears, and the time for meritorious service is coming! Who knows if Zhou Xiaozhuan could break his throat, what chance could they have?
Unable to get off the tiger, Bai Jinxi had to wave his baton forward and shout, "Police! Don't move!"
The door of the house has been fully opened.
A slim Qipao beauty stood in the middle of the room and looked at them in surprise. She is about twenty-five years old. She is beautiful and has clear eyes, but the dusty smell between her eyebrows is also obvious.
Bai Jinxi quickly scanned for a week.
Boy, there's a hole in the sky.
It can be called a very quiet and elegant ancient house. Beside the plain white window lattice, a basin of beautiful orchids is in full bloom. Two octagonal glazed lamps are hung beside the pear flower wood couch, reflecting the whole room in a hazy antique style. On one side, there is a huge mahogany screen, which outlines the sun, moon and stars of the river.
Zhou Xiaozhuan was a little shocked by what he saw and didn't say anything for a while.
Bai Jinxi beckoned him to take the lady out first, while he looked behind the screen.
There is a man sitting there.
The screen covered most of his body shape, and white Jinxi could only see through the space around the building that he was wearing a pure black shirt. Slender, articulate hands, placed on knees, legs gently overlapping. The smell of tobacco and coffee came from his direction.
At this time, the young lady sidled away from Zhou Xiaozhuan's hand and said anxiously, "Police comrades, we are just drinking tea and chatting, nothing else!"
Bai Jinxi and Zhou Xiaozhuan both looked at her.
Without Bai Jinxi's explanation, Zhou Xiaozhuan had already lowered his face and murmured, "Don't talk nonsense when the police handle the case! Get out!"
To my surprise, the lady didn't buy it. She turned to Bai Jinxi and said, "You have the right to handle cases, and we also have the right to privacy. We didn't do anything illegal, and you... you can't disturb us."
Bai Jinxi looked at her and smiled.
Hey, this lady, it's interesting.
Sisi was obviously very protective of the man behind the screen, and said, "We really didn't do anything, you..."
Zhou Xiaozhuan also had a headache - when he was a policeman for so long, he was the first time to meet a young lady who asked the police not to disturb the clients.
Bai Jinxi smiled, nodded at Sisi, and looked decisively at Zhou Xiaozhuan. His voice was cold and crisp: "Take it out! If you talk again, you will be tortured."
Sisi never thought that this seemingly gentle and beautiful policewoman was so simple and rude, and she stared round in an instant. But he didn't dare to say anything more. He looked anxiously behind the screen and was pulled out by Zhou Xiaozhuan.
Soon, Zhou Xiaozhuan returned to the house and closed the door.
They looked at the man behind the screen.
Bai Jinxi: "Come out. Go to the police station to record a confession. If you have violated the law, you will not be wronged."
Zhou Xiaozhuan looked at her strangely. With her usual disposition of walking sideways, she rushed to the screen early at this time to find out people. Today, I was patient and explained to others?
In fact, Bai Jinxi has already judged that from the expression of Sisi, they probably didn't do anything against the law and discipline. But what good can a man be if he lives in such a place of concealing evil? What are they doing? Is it really like what Sisi said just now, just talking under the quilt?
So Bai Jinxi's curiosity was fully aroused. Intuition told her that there must be something wrong with the man.
So she lost her patience and tried.
After a short silence, the man spoke.
However, Bai Jinxi never expected that he would answer her in such a tone.
Deep and mellow voice, with obvious indifference, unhappiness, and a trace of lofty pride:
"Which branch are you from?"
Bai Jinxi was stunned.
Behind him, Zhou Xiaozhuan was outspoken and had already replied with great enthusiasm: "We come from the Guanhu Police Station!"
Bai Jinxi: "..."
She really wants to kill him with her eyes. Now the situation is unknown. What should we do honestly!
Zhou Xiaozhuan also responded - why did he report his home to a suspected customer? And the conditioned reaction is like reporting to the leader. He reached out his hand and scratched his head. In Bai Jinxi's fierce eyes, he was obediently silent.
Bai Jinxi's patience was almost exhausted. He was about to walk over when his walkie talkie suddenly rang at his waist.
"Cough... Xiaobai?"
Bai Jinxi: "Director?"
The director's voice suddenly became serious and severe: "You and Xiaozhuan, come out of that room immediately. People can't move. Don't ask."
Bai Jinxi and Zhou Xiaozhuan were stunned at the same time, and looked up at the screen at the same time.
People can't move? Don't ask?
They turned and walked out together.
Just as he walked out of the room, Bai Jinxi couldn't help turning back. But he found his legs standing upright under the screen - the man had already stood up.
The blurred light shines in from the window, reflecting the long shadow of the man on the screen. In the background of the antique scenery in the house, the figure shows a sense of silence and isolation without reason.
——
When driving back that night, Zhou Xiaozhuan asked, "Boss, who is that person today?"
Bai Jinxi replied: "It's no use asking? There are only two possibilities: either undercover or someone who can't offend the director."
Zhou Xiaozhuan suddenly understood and said, "Shall we ask the director?"
"Don't ask!" Bai Jinxi answered simply, "The director is so mysterious, he can't ask. He will say if he wants to."
Zhou Xiaozhuan said, "Oh," and after a while said, "I feel that the man is a bit like a underworld. I just don't know whether it is a real underworld or an undercover."
Bai Jinxi said nothing.
A gangster? Undercover?
That aura is really similar. It's hard to hide arrogance in calm, and provocation in alienation.
Anyway, he doesn't seem to be a good person.
——
Most of the people in the nightclub were taken back to the police station, and the seals were pasted at the door, which attracted countless passers-by to look around.
Sisi is the only girl left safely. Of course, she knew that she was extremely lucky because of the man in the room.
After the police had left, she slipped back to the room. The man is still drinking coffee, sitting on the empty balcony, looking at the city's lights. His expression was a little fuzzy in the night, and his arm hung down on the side of the chair. There was a Suzhou cigarette in his fingers, and the ashtray beside him was full of cigarette butts.
Unconsciously, Sisi didn't dare to lean too close to him. She pulled a chair and sat down beside him. She asked with concern, "Those two policemen didn't embarrass you, did they?"
The man smiled and said, "No."
Sisi breathed a sigh of relief: "The woman who came here today is very famous. She is a police flower. It's said that she has solved the case very well. I'm afraid she will hold you."
The man took a deep smoke and didn't answer.
After thinking for a while, he said, "But she is really beautiful. Such a beautiful policewoman is really powerful."
The man dusted his cigarette and casually replied, "In my life, the most annoying thing is the policewoman."
