Murder Bureau within Bureau

  It should be that the whole house had no wind, and the candle should burn more and more, but strangely, the flame gradually weakened, and finally became as small as a soybean.

  I don't know what's going on either, so I hurried over and tried to think of a way to get the candle lit again.

  But just at that moment, the candle suddenly exploded with a loud noise, and the entire flame was extinguished. Without the candlelight, the whole room darkened in an instant, and both Panzi and I were startled.

  Pan Zi didn't dare think about combing his hair anymore and was scared into standing up.

  Lu Yifeng wasn't that scared. When the candle exploded, he quickly extinguished the talisman and took out a flashlight to shine it towards the copper mirror.

  He also asked us to come over and take a look. Just now, I was thinking about the candle explosion in my heart, so I didn't notice that copper mirror. When Lu Yifeng reminded me, I took a glance at the mirror surface, and I was shocked on the spot, almost opening my mouth wide.

  On the edge of the mirror frame, a streak of blood suddenly appeared, and this streak of blood was particularly "vigorous", flowing down along the surface of the mirror to the bottom.

  The entire mirror was originally nothing special, but with this vertical streak of blood, the terrifying atmosphere became much thicker.

  On the way to Suifeng Village, I and Panzi saw that stone tablet, at that time it also sprayed out a stream of red water, I suspected in my heart, could it be said that there are also plants growing inside the mirror? Is this blood the sap of some plant?

  But then I thought about it again, this analysis doesn't seem quite right. If there really were plants growing inside the frame, they wouldn't be able to survive either. It's not like a stone tablet that has soil underneath it.

  Pan Zi then asked Lu Yu Feng, what happened just now. Lu Yu Feng didn't answer, his whole mind wasn't on speaking at the moment, he was staring at the copper mirror.

  I have a guy with a crowbar at my waist, and Lu Yifeng also has something hidden at his waist, but they are all small tools, such as mini screwdrivers.

  He observed the copper mirror for a while, then took out a small screwdriver and pried it open against the frame.

  We two want to go and help out, after all this frame looks quite sturdy, he alone is a bit busy.

  But we two were willing to help, yet he wouldn't let us get involved and even deliberately turned his back on us, continuing to pry away by himself.

  I'll just say it and we'll wait like this then.

  After fiddling with it for about half the time of a cigarette, the frame suddenly came loose from the mirror with a click, and Lu Yifeng looked very pleased, saying "It's done."

  I found that there was indeed something strange about this copper mirror. After the frame fell off, a flat black box behind the mirror was exposed.

  The box was only a few millimeters thick, but it was quite large, almost as wide as the mirror. Lu Yifeng carefully took out the mirror and pushed it to one side, then brought his face close to the black box, fanning himself with his hand and sniffing lightly.

  His action reminds me of chemistry class, when the teacher would wave his hand like this while smelling chemical reagents, afraid that if he inhaled too much, he'd get poisoned.

  I thought, could it be that Lu Yu Feng is afraid there's poison on this black box?

  I looked at Lu Yufeng's expression, he was originally very vigilant, later took out a nonchalant look, and then used a screwdriver to pry open the black box.

  As soon as I opened it, I saw that it was filled with small pieces of paper, packed tightly together. I guessed that this thing must have some trick to it, and it should be the "ghost" that Lu Yifeng mentioned.

  I and Pan Zizhong proactively went over, this time Lu Yifeng didn't avoid us, he shone the flashlight on these paper slips, one by one flipping through them.

  Each piece of paper has a sentence written on it, along with the date. I saw that the earliest ones could be traced back to five years ago, and the latest ones were from just a few months ago.

  I read the specific content above again, but what makes me confused is that the content above doesn't seem to have any cat's paw at all, but rather more like a kind of prose.

  For example, "In order to love, you have to give up something. What do you choose?" Pan Zi thought similarly to me and couldn't help but laugh, as if he found it boring.

  Lu Yifeng gave us a stern look and collected these notes.

  This is also a test of patience. I see that he still doesn't want me and Panzi to intervene, so I exchanged a glance with Panzi, and the two of us didn't disturb him.

  Finally, he stacked up all the paper slips and stuffed them into his pocket, then beckoned to us two to tidy up the scene. Actually, the room wasn't that messy, it was just a matter of reassembling the copper mirror, which was quite troublesome.

  After we finished all the busy work, he led the way and the two of us left the house and returned to our own place.

  After this period of buffering, I have a bit of an aftertaste in my heart. I remembered a saying, which is the text password. I suspect that the paper strip records are all implicit, either hidden head poems, jumping words and so on, or invisible fonts. But Ah Feng treated those stacks of paper strips as treasures, it's impossible to lend us two to check again.

  Lu Yifeng chatted with us casually for a while, and then we went to sleep.

  It's almost dawn, I reckon by the time we wake up, it won't be until noon tomorrow?

  It wasn't until after 10 am that Liu Wei knocked on the door to find me and Panzi, asking why we weren't going to class. I was really exhausted and had forgotten about our practicum teacher.

  I called out to Panzi to get up quickly, and I also took a look at Lu Yifeng's bed, which was empty. This guy is quite spirited, probably got up early to sell goods, after all his external identity is that of a small commodity vendor.

  Liu Wei scolded us, saying that our internship attitude was not good, and Pan Zili and I nodded in agreement. After she had vented her anger, she took us to school again.

  We met Lu Yifeng halfway, and this guy was sitting on a street corner with a large cloth spread out in front of him, displaying all the things he wanted to sell. His business was pretty good, and many villagers came over to pick and choose.

  When he saw us, Lu Yifeng yelled and stopped us, and he even got up and ran over.

  Liu Wei looked at Lu Yu Feng's eyes and felt something was off, but didn't say anything. Lu Yu Feng ignored Liu Wei and spoke to me instead, "Xiao Bai, I know you're a teacher. Considering we're all roommates, I'll give you a pen."

  After finishing, he handed the pen over. But when I heard this, I was puzzled in my heart and thought it wasn't right. My name is Du Rui, and there's no white character in my name, so why did he call me Xiao Bai?

  While I was in a daze, he forcibly stuffed the pen into my hand and made a small gesture, secretly scratching the back of my hand.

  I'm quite sensitive, I can feel it, he's warning me, there must be something wrong with that pen.

  Liu Wei was still beside us, so I didn't ask much and even my expression didn't reveal anything. I just said thanks to him and continued walking with Liu Wei.

  This morning was still a math class, and it was Liu Wei who taught. She had just taken advantage of the break to drag us over, I thought not listening would be useless, so I had no choice but to sit in the back and listen again.

  But while Liu Wei was lecturing, I took the opportunity to study this pen. It's just a ballpoint pen, and when I twisted it open, I found a piece of paper inside.

  I secretly read it and found only one sentence, which told me and Panzi to find an opportunity to pry open Liu Hui's office drawer and check the information inside.

  This is the rhythm that makes us two thieves, but I don't think there's anything wrong with it, doing tasks and digging clues, not some sneaky behavior, just being open and honest, what's the point of digging then?

  I took a chance and found that Liu Wei was now lecturing, this was the perfect opportunity to pry open her drawer. I pretended my stomach hurt, covered it with my hand and stood up to leave.

  I think this move is fine, but when Liu Wei passed by, she deliberately emphasized a sentence, "You come back quickly."

  I said in my heart, "going to the toilet" was still being urged by others.

  I thought of Panzi again. He's still in the office, so let him do it. Although he's not as good at picking locks as I am, one drawer shouldn't be a problem for him.

  I rushed over, and Panzi was preparing lessons with that long-faced guy. I found that the expressions of these two people were not quite right. Panzi didn't need to be said, let him recite the language textbook, his face was painful, while the long-faced guy's painful expression was no worse than Panzi's.

  Thinking about it, Panzi is a person who can't be easily dealt with.

  I didn't go in either, I just stood by the window and beckoned to Panzi, who was very quick-witted and knew I had something on my mind, so he made an excuse to come out for a while.

  I told Pan about what Lu Yifeng had handed over, and at the same time, I handed over all the tools on my lower back to Pan.

  Pan Ziyi agreed without hesitation. I didn't dare to stay outside for too long, fearing that Liu Hui would get impatient and come looking for me.

  I hurried back and then listened very "attentively" as she finished her lesson.

  At noon when it was time to eat, I met Panzi. When Panzi saw me, he looked very pleased with himself and pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket, saying "How's that? Didn't I tell you we'd get the job done? I found an opportunity not only to pry open the drawer but also to copy the documents inside."

  I originally wanted to take this opportunity to praise him, but after seeing the "silly words" he wrote, I swallowed my words back.

  I'm quite curious what Luyu Feng wants us to investigate. Although Panzi's handwriting is hard to recognize, I still read it carefully from start to finish.

  I didn't expect this to be Liu Wei's personal file, including where he was born and when he went to school and started working. I thought to myself, what does Lu Yufeng want with this? Is he checking his household registration?

  I took the note with me and asked Panzi to put it away.

  Originally, Liu Wei was going to take us out for dinner after school, but I had something on my mind, so I turned her down. After returning to our dormitory, I found that Lu Yufeng had already come back, this habit of his really can't be changed, he's eating dried meat and drinking again.

  I must say that I truly admire him from the bottom of my heart, this special informant, with his exceptional skills and boldness, doesn't care about the rules we informants usually follow to abstain from alcohol.

  He saw us two and hurriedly asked how things were going, Panzi took out that note.

  I knew he cared about this matter, but I didn't think he would care so seriously. After reading the note, he suddenly laughed and called out to us two, "Come on, let's go somewhere!"