The road conditions that have just thawed, Rao is an old driver like Lynch, and he also drives cautiously, not daring to be sloppy. When I came to the Yangcheng Expressway toll station, the sky was completely dark, and the dark night sky was like a mysterious pothole.

There is a guide on the side of the road, with a wooden sign hanging around his neck, saying ten yuan for asking for directions, thirty yuan for guidance, charging nature, seeing the Land Rover coming, one by one frequently beckoning, needless to say, I thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime fat sheep.

Lynch glanced through the window, stepped on the accelerator and whistled past, raising the wind and snow all over the ground, and said in his heart What years have this been, there is still such an ancient profession, you are on the right track, can you still be on the right GPS?

But as soon as he rushed over a certain distance, as if he had thought of something, he slammed on the brakes, and the car stopped abruptly.

In the rearview mirror, the originally disheartened guide team rushed over one by one.

Before the window fell, a human face was pasted up, and then it was out of control.

"Boss, use me, use me boss, professional guide for thirteen years, I know all the roads in Yangcheng. ”

"Boss, I'm me, I'm a local, there's no place in Yangcheng that I haven't been to. ”

"Where are you going, boss, give you a cheaper. ”

In this battle, I saw that Lynch was one head and two big, and after a cursory glance, they were basically country heads, the oldest had gray hair, and the youngest was sixteen or seventeen years old.

The unified old sheep broke the cotton jacket and carried the locomotive, I don't know, I thought I was back in the northeast in the sixties and seventies.

"I only use one. Lynch lowered the window and pointed.

The crowd dispersed, and the selected person happily got into the car, a tall middle-aged man, who looked very honest, and should be a cropper who did his duty.

"What's the name of Big Brother?" Lynch smiled and handed over a cigarette before driving the car.

"I'm the second in line at home, you just call me Xiang Er, where are you going, boss?" the man asked, and he didn't want to smoke the cigarette, and pinched his ears.

"Second Xiang, this name is quite interesting. Lynch only thought it was funny, and said: "That's the case, I want to find a place to stay, but on the way here, my wallet was touched by a thief, so I don't have an ID card, is there a way?"

"It's simple, go to the train station, there are a lot of black hotels there. Xiang Lao Er said.

"The train station is so chaotic and in poor condition, is there a place that is both formal and does not need to be registered?" Lynch asked.

"Think about it. Xiang Lao Er touched his chin and patted his thigh again: "Yes, I think of a place, it is a community, it is a community on the surface, and the interior has been converted into an express hotel, as long as it costs money, it will be lived." ”

"To put it bluntly, is it illegal business and tax evasion?" Lynch frowned.

That's pretty much what it means. Xiang Lao Er nodded.

"Are there many people?" asked Lynch again.

"It's a lot, the first month or so ago, I also introduced the past one, the same as your situation, you don't have an ID card, and you speak very similarly, all with a northern accent. Xiang Lao Er chatted unintentionally.

The first month or so ago?didn't bring an ID?Northern accent?

"What does that guy look like?"

"Then where do you remember, the old nose of the person I saw this day has gone. Xiang Lao Er shook his head, a little suspicious of Lynch's motives.

Looking at each other speechlessly, Xia Ni in the back seat had already pulled out a photo and patted Xiang Er's shoulder.

The latter looked left and right, looked sideways and vertically at the ink for a long time, and made a bitter face: "I really can't remember clearly, after all, it's been more than a month, boss, can we go or not?"

"Let's go, let's go to the neighborhood you said. Lynch made a decision and decided, anyway, there is no place to go, and if there are dates or not, let's talk about it first.

"Then let's talk about it first, the road is far away, you have to add money, at least fifty. Xiang Lao Er looked a little unhappy, his five fingers were divided, and he stood for more than 30 stops, which was a bit of a delay in trading.

"I'll give you a hundred, okay?" Lynch choked and followed the direction he had indicated, and hit the road.

After more than half an hour's drive, I walked all the way to the scenery, and when I came to the Great Wall community, I immediately came up with a red hoop at the door, directing the parking.

The car stopped steadily, sent Xiang Lao Er away, and the aunt walked all the way and asked, "The little couple is here to travel, right?"

"Well, I just got married, and my wedding leave hasn't arrived yet, so I thought about it and walked around. Lynch responded, with a cheap smile on his face, so angry that Xia Ni's face was red and white, along the way, he was misunderstood by others several times, Lynch was good, he didn't intend to explain it clearly, and he habitually climbed up the pole.

"I really have a vision, although our Yangcheng is not as good as the big city, it can also be regarded as a tourist attraction, especially young people like you, you should really come out and take a look, I will build yì you two, first go to climb the Yagula Snow Mountain, deeply feel the life of the Tibetans, and then go to the ancient temple of the gods or something, there will be a deeper experience." When the aunt said this, she saw that Lynch and Xia Ni's expressions were a little wrong, and then said: "Don't get me wrong, I was a tour guide when I was young, and I have been doing it to the tourism bureau, and then the unit has a leader to take classes, which is the kind of one-size-fits-all, and I also suffered. ”

"What looks like a clean place is actually even less clean. Xia Ni muttered, reminding herself that she was going to write down this sentence in a small notebook, from the inner monologue of a retired old cadre.

"Auntie, what about your wife and children, do they leave you alone?" asked Lynch.

"Don't mention it, the eldest son went to the army and didn't come home for five years, the younger son got tuberculosis, and his father served with the family. The aunt said, her eyes were a little red, she quickly turned her face away, and said straight, how could there be sand in such a clean community.

Turning around, I was led to the front desk of the hotel hidden in the residential building, and the aunt's task was over.

After inquiring, I found out that I dared to lead people to get a commission, so Lynch did not hesitate and directly asked for the most expensive business room.

said that it is the most expensive, but in fact, it is only more than 300 yuan a day, and the conditions are very average, but there are all that should be, and it can barely be regarded as the conscience of the industry.

Lynch drove for several hours and was a little tired, but he knew that now was not the time to sleep, so he took advantage of Xia Ni's time to take a shower and carefully read the information he brought.

Shi Chenggong, male, married, with two sons, born in 1975, is a student of the Department of Architecture of the University of California, USA, with a master's degree. In 2005, he returned to China, failed to start a business twice, and switched to the workplace, serving as a senior engineer, senior consultant, project manager and other positions in seven well-known construction groups, and enjoying the second-level construction engineer qualification certificate. In the last two years of his career, he was mainly engaged in engineering supervision, and according to conservative estimates, his annual income ranged from 1.3 million to 1.6 million.

A short biography, as successful as his name.

Lynch couldn't understand that such a gold collar who was so envied by the world could be entangled with a liability accident, and the level of his mistakes was unheard of.

It seems that the previous inference was not wrong at all, this Shi Chenggong was forced by someone, if no one put a knife on his neck, he would not have made such a low-level mistake by killing him.

But who could be the one who forced him?

New questions represent new confusion, and Lynch, who can't figure it out, has no choice but to lie on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

If you don't understand it, you have to think about it, even if you come up with a glass ball, it's better than nothing.

He tossed and turned, like an ant on a hot pot, he couldn't stand it impetuously, and went downstairs with his clothes on, and went straight to the lawn of the community.

The snow had almost melted, the ground was wet, and as far as the eye could see, there was only a lonely gazebo with a few wooden benches.

So, as if he were a security guard, someone sat bored, carefully observing the passers-by passing in front of him.

Most of the tourists from other places look like they, most of them have just come back from the scenic spots, carrying souvenirs and souvenirs in large bags in their hands, talking and laughing one by one, so unhappy.

"Looking at the absence of Lynch, the reason why the local tax bureau did not come to investigate is very simple, there are hundreds of households in the two buildings, which can generate a lot of income for the government every year and revitalize the tourism industry in the hometown. And I estimate that the eight achievements are internal entrepreneurship, ordinary people, and they don't have so much energy. At some point, Xia Ni came around from behind, her hair had just been dried, the wind was blowing, and the scent of the shampoo was particularly fresh.

"The legendary red-capped merchant?" Lynch laughed.

"So to speak. Xia Ni nodded, and continued: "I don't know if you noticed, although there is no registration here, but the monitoring system is doing a very good job." ”

"It's not that you don't register, but you have a certificate, and if you don't have a certificate, forget it, anyway, it's to make money, and the face project always has to be done. After Lynch finished speaking, he concluded: "So what you want to say is that we can use guò to obtain the monitoring method and verify whether Shi Chenggong lives here?"

"Yes, it's the most convenient and quickest. Xia Ni nodded, signaling Lynch not to sit still, and the two inquired all the way and found the central control room of the entire community.

There was a security guard on duty in the house, playing games with PSP, and when he saw someone suddenly coming in, he hurriedly pressed the pause button, hid the game console, and after seeing that the person who came was not the property leader, he asked directly: "Who are you two looking for?"

"Looking for you. At this time, Xia Ni's role came into play, glanced at Lynch, signaled not to talk too much, and lied: "Hello handsome guy, I want to trouble you with something, when I went out in the afternoon, I didn't know if the wallet was dropped or stolen, there was cash and my ID card in it, and I couldn't find it after looking for a long time, so I wanted to ask you to help me check the monitoring and see if I could find clues." ”

"That's right. When the security guard on duty heard this, he said directly: "If you want to access the surveillance video, you need the director's approval, and I can't be the master alone." ”

"Where can I find the director?" asked Shani.

"I went home early for dinner, and if you want to find it, tomorrow, go to work at eight o'clock in the morning." ”

"Don't mind, brother, this matter is very urgent, and I won't be in a hurry tomorrow. Lynch said, playing a little trick in his hand, a hundred yuan rolled into a roll and stuffed into a cigarette case, and deliberately handed it to him: "Come on, brother, smoke a cigarette, be accommodating." ”

Money can make ghosts grind, this is not true at all, the security guard who got the benefit fee, looked sideways at the door, stuffed the cigarette case into his pocket, and said: "If you want to check, you have to hurry up." ”

"Don't worry, it won't take you long. Lynch, who got his approval, immediately started his work, and the retrieval of monitoring was very simple, completely controlled by the remote control, and fools knew how to operate.

Ten minutes passed, and nothing was found......

Twenty minutes passed, and there was no such person......

Half an hour passed, and I didn't have a clue......

The footage was only kept for three days, and within three days, all the elevators and unit door entrances and exits were checked.

Could it be a mistake in judgment?

Lynch held his chin and asked, "Brother, apart from these two places, is there any other place where people can enter?"

"You can come in over the wall, but it's useless, infrared scanners are installed on both sides of the wall, and if you scan people, I'll call the police here." ”

"Except for the wall?" Lynch asked again.

"That's no trick, if you want to avoid the camera, unless you climb the stairs like Spider-Man. The security guard made an exaggerated expression.

"Lynch, could it be that we made a mistake?" stared at the eyes and searched for almost an hour, and his eyes were almost blind, not to mention finding people, not even a figure, Xia Ni couldn't help but be a little disheartened and said: "Maybe Xiang Lao Er just said something unintentional, where in this world is there such a coincidence." ”

"Who is Xiang Er?" said the security guard, increasingly suspicious of whether the two of them were here to find their wallets.

The remote control in Lynch's hand still didn't stop, and when he switched to the next picture, his eyes suddenly turned black.

"Black screen?" Lynch was a little confused, he had heard of a black screen on a computer, but he had never heard of a black screen in surveillance.

The security guard glanced at it: "It's not a black screen, the camera is broken, it's been a few days, and the people from the engineering department said they came to fix it, but they didn't come for a few days." ”

"Where's the camera here?" Lynch asked hurriedly.

"At the back door of the community, you can only walk, not pass the car. The security guard replied.

"How many days has it been bad?"

"It has to be five or six days, but there are very few people who walk from there, there is a road outside, and there is a farmer's market across the road, and there are mostly foreign tourists who live here, and they are generally called takeout, and no one cooks by themselves, even if they want to do it, they don't have the equipment to cook." The security guard on duty said this, a little impatient: "If you really can't do it, you two can call the police, if you don't want to call the police, you can admit that you are unlucky, who will not lose their wallets in this life, just break the wealth and avoid disasters." ”

"Makes sense. Lynch nodded, and pulled Xia Ni out, since there is a mistake, then you can't sit still, the machine is broken, and people can still move.