Chapter Ten Copper Ball

  The remaining moon blinked its eyes and could no longer bear the dawn wind selling Guan Zi, so it directly took out a small hammer and violently opened the lock on the box.

  The box... was opened.

  A sphere appears inside.

  Very round, about the size of a volleyball.

  Xiao Feng took out the ball and found it was made of ancient bronze.

  Why say 'should'?

  It's just because of the above... too delicate design.

  At a glance, at least tens of thousands of small squares make up the surface of this copper ball.

  No matter how you look at it, it should be a pattern, like a circular puzzle, but you can't tell what the picture is.

  "Zan Yue asked curiously: 'What... is this?'"

  Xiao Feng said: "It should be some kind of pattern, in ancient times, there were many such things, called Tianji Lock. It's like the current Huarong Dao or Jiugong Grid. As long as you can piece together the patterns on top, you can open it. Look, inside there is a recessed groove, this is the only place that can be moved."

  The puzzle board's residual moon had 'seen' all the texts when it was young.

  That's right, I've seen it, but haven't played it yet.

  The orphanage has a little friend who picked one up and holds it in his hand as a treasure, others don't let him touch it easily, and he cries when touched.

  To this day, the remaining moon still remembers that it was a calabaza pattern thing, a white board with a complete pattern in the upper left corner, twelve small squares below, and a recessed groove in the upper right corner.

  Dawn tried to fiddle with it for a while and found that it was simply too complicated.

  Sighed, pointing at the ball with his finger, didn't know what to do with it.

  "Now we have computers, right? We can put all these pictures into the computer and let it figure them out. Then we just follow the computer's instructions to assemble them. Computers are many times faster than human brains!"

  Soft breeze at the corner of her eyes, occasionally... her own sister would sell a cute expression with her.

  But honestly... it's really not suitable!

  "Bitterly smiled: 'Computer? Computer is fast, but do you know what's the biggest flaw of computer?'"

  The last moon shook its head.

  Xiao Feng said: "The biggest flaw of computers is that they have no perception of art. How can they know what a painting is? They can't even understand how this picture changes into something else, let alone solve it. This still relies on humans, intuition, artistic thinking, abstraction... In short, it's a kind of fuzzy calculation, a kind of association, which computers can never do no matter what."

  The remaining moonlight dissipated, and she said: "Oh... it seems like it's really true..."

  Xiao Feng nodded and held the copper ball in his arms, saying: "Alright, it's about time, you can go back now."

  "Oh..."

  Zan Yue hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help asking: "How are you doing here? Is everything... is your toilet still working smoothly?"

  "Roll all texts!"

  ……

  Back in his cell, Xiaofeng had plenty of time on his hands and began to try to piece together the pattern on the copper ball.

  As for his cell, there is now a bit of distinction.

  Outside... an additional layer of iron gate was added.

  Everyone in the prison felt his danger.

  And also prevent other prisoners from retaliating against him.

  After all, in prison, if you want someone's life, just use a sharpened toothbrush against their lower back like that.

  Usually there is not enough time to send them to hospital for kidney removal surgery, so they will die from internal bleeding, and few survive.

  Even if he survived, he couldn't be called a man anymore; just carrying a bucket of water would leave him drenched in sweat.

  No matter what Xiao Feng said, the people in prison didn't want anything bad to happen to him either.

  After all, Can Yue is a well-known female strongman in the city. She doesn't play politics and thinks that those who engage in politics are incompetent and have nothing real to offer.

  Like a lingering moon, she has been hated by too many people, but her position is still advancing with the times. There's no other reason, many cases that the higher-ups pay attention to, except for her, no one else can crack them.

  Back at the bureau, Can't help but feel a lingering discomfort in her heart.

  I myself have also made contributions to the country, but my own brother was put in prison.

  Looks like... it's quite a relaxed expression, but what if it's just an act?

  Sitting in the office thinking of ways to rescue her brother.

  The phone on the table rang.

  Nowadays, not many people make this call anymore, usually they just use their mobile phones. But if it rings, it means the person from upstairs is calling, and... that incompetent but good at passing the buck director also likes to make this call.

  Answering the phone, it was indeed the director.

  " Crescent moon, that case... is there really no other way?"

  The voice sounds somewhat lacking in confidence.

  The remaining moon rolled her eyes and said: "There's no way to solve it, I'm not a god, can't solve such an absurd case, go find someone else."

  Daring to say so, she's probably the only one in the whole situation.

  No choice, the people above are very affirming of Can Yue's ability to handle things.

  The director was slightly low-key, didn't expect... to be slapped in the face.

  One hair triggers a chain reaction, and no one can control it.

  The director sighed and said, "This time... you can't get away with it, two consecutive years, the same place, the same time, a massacre occurred, I have no way to cover this up, the higher-ups have given a death order, if we can't find out who did it, we'll all be fired!"

  Can Yue frowned and couldn't help but ask: "Is it... in the newspaper?"

  Director said: "Not just reported? News has been reported, and online it's all over the place. In that girl's class at school, there is a well-known blogger, and the news was forwarded countless times on the same day. Now everyone is questioning our ability to handle affairs, saying such an obvious case can't be solved, I don't even know what we are doing here...I don't even know what I am doing here anymore."

  Zan Yue said: "Don't listen to those useless people, they are always expecting others to be their savior, and they have become accustomed to this bad habit!"

  The director wiped the sweat and said, "It's not... it's not what I'm saying, anyway, the order from above has been given, you have to investigate, whether you want to or not, otherwise, we'll all be fired!"

  Zan Yue was about to refuse when he suddenly hesitated, his big eyes rolling around in their sockets as a wicked idea struck him.

  Hehe, with a smile, the crescent moon let out a pretentious sigh and said: "It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that this kind of case... in the entire world, I only know one person who can crack it."

  The director's eyes lit up, and on the other end of the phone, he was excitedly saying: "Wait for me, I'll be right there!"

  Actually... the director's room and Ruan Yue's room are just separated by two walls.

  In just one minute, the director knocked on the door.

  Normally I wouldn't come, mainly to avoid suspicion. After all, the entire province's famous police flower can't just drop by for no reason. But... my wife is quite strict too.

  And what can be done here? Scolded? Suffer in silence? Or take the blame?

  None of the directors want to do it either.

  "Come on in!"

  The crescent moon whispers in her ear.

  The director walked in with a bitter face and said: "This...do you really have someone to choose?"

  "There is, of course there is," said Zan Yue, nodding his head, "it's my brother."

  "What? Your brother? Good-looking! The one locked up in the police station?"

  "Rubbish! Of course I only have one brother like him. Alas...I don't know what sin I committed in my previous life, but this life is spent serving him..."

  "Are you saying... your brother can crack this case?"

  The remaining moon nodded and said, "It's hard to say whether he can break me or not, but if I had to say who in this world could break him, it would definitely be him. You should know that previously there were many cases, those confusing cases, when I was at a loss, I would always consult with him."

  "The... how did he say that?"

  "What else can I say? Haven't those cases all been cracked?"

  The director's eyes lit up and said: "Why don't you quickly find him for help?!"

  "Ask him for help? He's currently in prison, and it's not even certain if he'd be willing to help. After all, he was really just defending himself, but still got sentenced to two years..."

  The director was about to say something, but suddenly hesitated for a moment.

  Then, with a sneer, he said: "Oh! I think I understand now. You want to bring your brother out by making a deal with him and releasing him ahead of time? Hmph! Put away your sinister thoughts! Do you take the judicial department for granted? Is it a toy for your family to play with? Even if it's just two days, not to mention two years, he can't be released because of this kind of transaction!"

  The crescent moon pouted and said: "Hmph, the only solution I can think of is this one. As for letting me break it, I really have no way to do so. No matter how I think or what I do, it's all up to you."

  The director hesitated for a moment, really didn't know what to say.

  Although I clearly don't believe it in my heart, yet still can't help but think of that 'what if'.

  What if this girl isn't lying, can that kid really crack the case?

  And... this girl's older brother is really not a simple person either.

  So dangerous, being taken as a hostage by such vicious bandits, in the end not only did he not die, but also managed to get rid of most of the bandits, it's unknown how he did it, at least this kind of temperament... is not something ordinary people can have.

  "Can your brother really crack this case?"

  The crescent moon chuckled and said, "Now... actually, it's not the time to discuss this matter, but rather ask him first if he's willing. If he agrees, I think there's at least a 60% chance..."

  The director was thinking constantly in his heart.

  Actually, as soon as he heard this proposal, he was already weighing the pros and cons.

  To put it bluntly, he can negotiate a 'deal' or something. If the guy doesn't crack the case, then no benefits for him. No impact whatsoever. But if he does crack the case... even if he's shown excellent performance and gets a suspended sentence for a while... that's not impossible either.

  After a long moment of contemplation, the director raised his head and said: "Hmm, not bad, this method... is worth trying, but you can't go talk to him yourself, and we don't allow you to tell him first. We want to see if he really has what it takes, if he's qualified for us to take this risk of violating the rules!"???? Zan Yue blinked her eyes, unable to bear Xiao Feng's suspense any longer, and directly took out a small hammer, violently breaking open the lock on the box.

  The box... was opened.

  A sphere is exposed inside.

  Very round, about the size of a volleyball.

  Xiao Feng took out the ball and found it was made of ancient bronze.

  Why say 'should'?

  It's just because of the above... too delicate design.

  At a glance, at least tens of thousands of small squares make up the surface of this copper ball.

  No matter how you look at it, it should be a pattern, like a circular puzzle, but you can't tell what the picture is.

  "Zan Yue asked curiously: 'What... is this?'"

  Xiao Feng said: "It should be some kind of pattern. In ancient times, there were many such things, called Tianji Locks. They are like the current Huarong Dao or Jiugongge. As long as you can piece together the patterns on top, you can open it. Look, there is a recessed groove inside, which is the only movable part."

  The puzzle board saw the crescent moon when I was a child.

  That's right, I've seen them all, but haven't played any of them.

  The orphanage has a little friend who picked one up and holds it in his hand as a treasure, others don't let him touch it easily, and he cries when touched.

  To this day, the remaining moon still remembers that it was a calabaza pattern thing, a white board with a complete pattern in the upper left corner, twelve small squares below, and a recessed groove in the upper right corner.

  Dawn tried to fiddle with it for a while and found that it was simply too complicated.

  Sighed, pointing at the ball with his finger, didn't know what to do with it.

  "Now isn't there a computer? We can put all these pictures into the computer and let it assemble them, then we follow the computer's instructions to assemble, won't that be done? The computer is many times faster than the human brain!"

  The dawn breeze tickles the corners of her eyes, occasionally... her own sister would sell a cute expression with her.

  But honestly... it's really not suitable for good-looking people!

  "Bitterly smiled: 'Computer? Computer is fast, but do you know what's the biggest flaw of computer?'"

  The last moon shook its head.

  Xiao Feng said: "The biggest flaw of computers is that they have no perception of art. How can they know what a painting is? They can't even understand how this picture changes into something else, let alone solve it. This still relies on humans, intuition, artistic thinking, abstraction... In short, it's a kind of fuzzy calculation, a kind of association, which computers can never do no matter what."

  The remaining moonlight dissipated, and she said: "Oh... it seems like it's really true..."

  Xiao Feng nodded and held the copper ball in his arms, saying: "Alright, it's about time, you can go back now."

  "Oh..."

  Zan Yue hesitated for a moment before asking: "How are you doing here? Is everything... is your bowel movement still smooth?"

  "Get out!"

  ……

  Back in his cell, Xiaofeng had plenty of time on his hands and began to try to piece together the pattern on the copper ball.

  As for his cell, there is now a bit of distinction.

  Outside... an additional layer of iron gate was added.

  Everyone in the prison felt his danger.

  And also prevent other prisoners from retaliating against him.

  After all, in prison, if you want someone's life, just use a sharpened toothbrush against their lower back like that.

  Usually, there is not enough time to send them to the hospital for a kidney removal surgery, so they will die from internal bleeding. Few survive and look good afterwards.

  Even if he survived, he couldn't be called a man anymore; just carrying a bucket of water would leave him drenched in sweat.

  No matter what Xiao Feng said, the people in prison didn't want him to get into trouble.

  After all, Can Yue is a well-known female strongman in the city. She doesn't play politics and thinks that those who engage in politics are incompetent and have nothing real to offer.

  Like a lingering moon, she has been hated by too many people, but her position is still advancing with the times. There's no other reason, many cases that the higher-ups are concerned about, except for her, no one can crack them.

  Back at the bureau, Can't help but feel a lingering discomfort in her heart.

  I myself have also made contributions to the country, but my own brother was put in prison.

  Looks like... it's quite a relaxed expression, but what if it's just an act?

  Sitting in the office thinking of ways to rescue her brother.

  The phone on the table rang.

  Nowadays, not many people make this call anymore, usually they just use their mobile phones. But if it rings, it means the person from upstairs is calling, and... that incompetent but good at pushing blame director also likes to make this call.

  Answering the phone, it was indeed the director.

  " Crescent moon, that case... is there really no other way?"

  The voice sounds somewhat lacking in confidence.

  The remaining moon rolled her eyes and said: "There's no way to solve it, I'm not a god, can't solve such an absurd case, go find someone else."

  Daring to say so, she is probably the only one in the whole scene who is completely honest.

  No choice, the people above are very affirming of Can Yue's ability to handle things.

  The director was slightly low-key, didn't expect... to be slapped in the face.

  One hair cannot be pulled back, no one can control it.

  The director sighed and said, "This time... you can't get away with it, two consecutive years, the same place, the same time, a massacre occurred, I have no way to cover this up, the higher-ups have given a strict order, if we can't find out who did it, we'll all be fired!"

  The remaining moon wrinkled its brow and couldn't help but ask: "Is it... in the newspaper?"

  Director said: "Not just reported? News has been reported, and online it's all over the place. In that girl's class at school, there is a well-known blogger, and the news was forwarded countless times on the same day. Now everyone is questioning our ability to handle affairs, saying such an obvious case can't be solved, I don't even know what we are doing here...I don't even know what I am doing here anymore."

  Zan Yue said: "Don't listen to those useless people, they are always expecting others to be their savior, it's a bad habit of theirs!"

  The director wiped the sweat and said, "It's not... it's not what you said, anyway, the order from above has been given, you have to investigate, whether you want to or not, otherwise, we'll all be fired!"

  Zan Yue was about to refuse when he suddenly hesitated, his big eyes rolling around in their sockets twice before a wicked idea struck him.

  Hehe, with a smile, the crescent moon let out a pretentious sigh and said: "It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just this kind of case... in the entire world, I only know one person who can crack it."

  The director's eyes lit up, and on the other end of the phone, he was excitedly saying: "Wait for me, I'll be right there!"

  Actually... the director's room and Ranzuki's room are just separated by two walls.

  In just one minute, the director knocked on the door with a good look.

  Normally I wouldn't come, mainly to avoid suspicion. After all, the entire province's famous police flower can't just drop by for no reason. But... my wife is quite strict too.

  And what can be done here? Scolded? Suffer in silence? Or take the blame?

  None of the directors want to do it either.

  "Come on in!"

  The last moon is spoken with the mouth.

  The director walked in with a bitter face and said: "This...do you really have someone to choose?"

  "There is, of course there is," said Zan Yue, nodding his head, "it's my brother."

  "What? Your brother?! The one locked up in jail?"

  "Rubbish! Of course I only have one brother like him. Alas...I don't know what sin I committed in my previous life, this life is all about serving him..."

  "Are you saying... your brother can crack this case?"

  The remaining moon nodded and said, "It's hard to say whether he can break me or not, but if I had to say who in this world could break it, it would definitely be him. You should know that previously there were many cases, those inexplicable cases, when I was at a loss, I would always consult with him."

  "The... how did he say that?"

  "What else can I say? Haven't those cases all been solved?"

  The director's eyes lit up and said: "Why don't you quickly find him for help?!"

  "Ask him for help? He's currently in prison, and it's not even certain if he'd be willing to help. After all, he was really just defending himself, but still got sentenced to two years..."

  The director was about to say something, but suddenly he was stunned and speechless.

  Then, with a sneer, he said: "Oh! I think I understand now. You want to bring your brother out by making a deal with him and releasing him ahead of time? Hmph! Put away your sinister thoughts! Do you take the judicial department for granted? Is it a toy for your family to play with? Even if it's just two days, not to mention two years, he can't be released because of this kind of transaction!"

  The crescent moon pouted and said: "Hmph, the only solution I can think of is this one. As for letting me break it, I really have no way to do so. No matter how I think or what I do, it's all up to you."

  The director hesitated for a moment, really didn't know what to say.

  Although I clearly don't believe it in my heart, yet I still can't help but think of that 'what if'.

  What if this girl isn't lying, can that kid really crack the case?

  And... this girl's older brother is really not a simple person either.

  So dangerous, being taken as a hostage by such vicious bandits, ultimately not only did he not die, but also managed to get rid of most of the bandits, it's unknown how he did it, at least this kind of temperament... is not something ordinary people can have.

  "Can your brother really crack this case?"

  The crescent moon smiled and said, "Now... actually it's not the time to discuss this matter, but rather we should ask him first if he's willing to do it. If he agrees, I think there's at least a 60% chance of success."

  The director was thinking constantly in his heart.

  Actually, as soon as he heard this proposal, he had already been weighing the pros and cons.

  To put it bluntly, he can negotiate a 'deal' or something. If this guy doesn't crack the case, then no benefits for him. That's all...no impact at all. If he cracks the case...even if he gets a reduced sentence for good behavior...it's not like that's impossible either.

  After a long moment of contemplation, the director raised his head and said: "Hmm, not bad, this method... is worth trying out. But you can't go talk to him yourself, and you're not allowed to tell him about it first. We want to see if he really has what it takes, if he's qualified for us to take this risk of violating the rules!"???? Zan Yue blinked her eyes, unable to bear Xiao Feng's teasing any longer, and directly took out a small hammer, violently breaking open the lock on the box.

  The box... was opened.

  A sphere is exposed inside.

  Very round, about the size of a volleyball.

  Xiao Feng took out the ball and found it was made of ancient bronze.

  Why say 'should'?

  It's just because of the above... too delicate design.

  At a glance, at least tens of thousands of small squares make up the surface of this copper ball.

  No matter how you look at it, it should be a pattern, like a circular puzzle, but you can't tell what the picture is.

  "Zan Yue asked curiously: 'What... is this?'"

  Xiao Feng said: "It should be some kind of pattern. In ancient times, there were many such things, called Tianji Locks. They are like the current Huarong Dao or Jiugong Grid. As long as you can piece together the patterns on top, you can open it. Look, inside there is a recessed groove, this is the only place that can be moved."

  The puzzle board saw the crescent moon when I was a child.

  That's right, I've seen them all, but haven't played any of them.

  The orphanage had a little friend who picked one up and held it in his hand like a treasure, others wouldn't let him touch it easily, once touched he would cry.

  To this day, the remaining moon still remembers that it was a calabaza pattern thing, a white board with a complete pattern in the upper left corner, twelve small squares below, and a recessed groove in the upper right corner.

  Dawn tried to fiddle with it for a while and found that it was simply too complicated.

  Sighed, pointing at the ball with his finger, didn't know what to do with it.

  "Now isn't there a computer? We can put all these pictures into the computer and let it assemble them, then we follow the computer's instructions to assemble, won't that be done? The computer is many times faster than the human brain!"

  The morning breeze stirs at the corner of her eye, occasionally... her own sister will sell a cute expression with her.

  But honestly... it's really not suitable!

  "Bitterly smiled: 'Computer? Computer is fast, but do you know what's the biggest flaw of computer?'"

  The last moon shook its head.

  Xiao Feng said: "The biggest flaw of computers is that they have no perception of art. How can they know what a painting is? They can't even tell when this picture becomes something else, let alone solve it. This still relies on humans, intuition, artistic thinking, abstraction... In short, it's a kind of fuzzy calculation, a kind of association, which computers can never do no matter what."

  The remaining moonlight dissipated, and she said: "Oh... it seems like it's really true..."

  Xiao Feng nodded and held the copper ball in his arms, saying: "Alright, it's about time, you can go back now."

  "Oh..."

  Zan Yue hesitated for a moment before asking: "How are you doing here? Is everything... is your bowel movement still smooth?"

  "Get out!"

  ……

  Back in his cell, Xiaofeng had plenty of time on his hands and began to try to piece together the copper ball's pattern.

  As for his cell, there is now a bit of distinction.

  Outside... an additional layer of iron gate was added.

  Everyone in the prison felt his danger.

  And also prevent other prisoners from retaliating against him.

  After all, in prison, if you want someone's life, just use a sharpened toothbrush against their lower back like that.

  Usually there is not enough time to send them to hospital for kidney removal surgery, so they will die from internal bleeding, and few survive.

  Even if he survived, he couldn't be called a man anymore; just carrying a bucket of water would leave him drenched in sweat.

  No matter what Xiao Feng said, the people in prison didn't want anything bad to happen to him either.

  After all, Can Yue is a well-known female strongman in the city. She doesn't play politics and thinks that those who engage in politics are incompetent and have nothing real to offer.

  Like a lingering moon, she has been hated by too many people, but her position is still advancing with the times. There's no other reason, many cases that the higher-ups are concerned about, except for her, no one can crack them.

  Back at the bureau, Can't help but feel a lingering discomfort in her heart.

  I myself have also made contributions to the country, but my own brother was put in prison.

  Looks like... it's quite a relaxed expression, but what if it's just an act?

  Sitting in the office thinking of ways to rescue her brother.

  The phone on the table rang beautifully.

  Nowadays, not many people make this call anymore, usually they just use their mobile phones. But if it rings, it means the person from upstairs is calling, and... that incompetent but good at pushing blame director also likes to make this call.

  Answering the phone, it was indeed the director.

  " Crescent moon, that case... is there really no other way?"

  The voice sounds somewhat lacking in confidence.

  The remaining moon rolled her eyes and said: "There's no way to solve it, I'm not a god, can't solve such an absurd case, go find someone else."

  Daring to say so, she's probably the only one in the whole situation.

  No choice, the people above are very affirming of Can Yue's ability to handle things.

  The director was slightly low-key, didn't expect... to be "stepped on the nose and slapped in the face".

  One hair triggers a chain reaction, and no one can control it.

  The director sighed and said, "This time... you can't get away with it, two consecutive years, the same place, the same time, a massacre occurred, I have no way to cover this up, the higher-ups have given a strict order, if we can't find out who did it, we'll all be fired!"

  Zan Yue furrowed his brow and couldn't help but ask: "Is it... in the newspaper?"

  Director said: "Not only was it reported in the news, but also all over the internet. The girl's class has a well-known blogger and the news was forwarded countless times on the same day. Now everyone is questioning our ability to handle cases, saying that such an obvious case can't be solved, I don't even know what we're doing here...I'm starting to wonder what I'm doing here myself."

  Zan Yue said: "Don't listen to those useless people, they themselves are waste material and always expect others to be their savior, it's a habit that makes them look good!"

  The director's face turned red and he said, "It... it's not what I meant to say, anyway the order from above has been given, you have to investigate whether you want to or not, otherwise we'll all be fired!"

  Zan Yue was about to refuse when he suddenly hesitated, his big eyes rolling around in their sockets twice before a wicked idea struck him.

  Hehe, with a smile, the crescent moon let out a pretentious sigh and said: "It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that this kind of case... in the entire world, I only know one person who can crack it."

  The director's eyes lit up, and on the other end of the phone, he was excitedly saying: "Wait for me, I'll be right there!"

  Actually... the director's room and Ranzui's room are just separated by two walls.

  In just one minute, the director knocked on the door.

  Normally I wouldn't come, mainly to avoid suspicion. After all, the entire province's famous police flower can't just drop by for no reason. But... my wife is quite strict too.

  And what can be done here? Scolded? Suffer in silence? Or take the blame?

  None of the directors want to do it either.

  "Come on in!"

  The crescent moon whispers in her ear.

  The director walked in with a bitter face and said: "This...do you really have someone to choose?"

  "There is, of course there is," said Zan Yue, nodding his head, "it's my brother."

  "What? Your brother?! The one who was locked up in jail?"

  "Rubbish! Of course I only have one brother like him. Alas...I don't know what sin I committed in my previous life, this life is all about serving him..."

  "Are you saying... your brother can crack this case?"

  The remaining moon nodded and said, "It's hard to say whether he can break me or not, but if I had to say who in this world could break it, it would definitely be him. You should know that previously there were many cases, those confusing cases, when I was at a loss, I would always ask for his advice."

  "The... how did he say it?" said the director.

  "What else can I say? Haven't those cases all been solved?"

  The director's eyes lit up and said: "Why don't you quickly find him for help? Good idea!"

  "Ask him for help? He's currently in prison, and it's not even certain if he'd be willing to help. After all, he was really just defending himself, but still got sentenced to two years..."

  The director was about to say something, but suddenly hesitated for a moment.

  Then, with a sneer, he said: "Oh! I think I understand now. You want to bring your brother out by making a deal with him and releasing him ahead of time? Hmph! Put away your sinister thoughts! Do you take the judicial department for granted? Is it a toy for your family to play with? Even if it's just two days, not to mention two years, he can't be released because of this kind of transaction!"

  The remaining moon slanted her mouth and said: "Hmph, the only way I can think of is this one. As for letting me break it, I really have no way to do so. No matter how I think or what I do, it's all up to you."

  The director hesitated for a moment, really didn't know what to say.

  Although I clearly don't believe it in my heart, yet I still can't help but think of that 'what if'.

  What if this girl isn't lying, can that kid really crack the case?

  And...this girl's older brother is really not a simple person either.

  So dangerous, being taken as a hostage by such vicious bandits, ultimately not only did he not die, but also managed to get rid of most of the bandits, it's unknown how he did it, at least this kind of temperament... is not something ordinary people can have.

  "Can your brother really crack this case?"

  The crescent moon smiled and said, "Now... actually it's not the time to discuss this matter, but rather we should ask him first if he's willing to do it. If he agrees, I think there's at least a 60% chance of success."

  The director was thinking constantly in his heart.

  Actually, as soon as he heard this proposal, he had already been weighing the pros and cons.

  To put it bluntly, he can negotiate a 'deal' or something. If the guy doesn't crack the case, then no benefits for him. No impact whatsoever. But if he does crack the case... even if he's shown excellent performance and gets a suspended sentence for a while... that's not impossible either.

  After a long moment of contemplation, the director raised his head and said: "Hmm, not bad, this method... is worth trying out. But you can't go talk to him yourself, and you're not allowed to tell him about it first. We want to see if he really has what it takes, if he's qualified for us to take this risk of violating the rules!"???? Zan Yue blinked her eyes, unable to bear Xiao Feng's teasing any longer, and directly took out a small hammer, violently breaking open the lock on the box.

  The box... was opened.

  A sphere appears inside.

  Very round, about the size of a volleyball.

  Xiao Feng took out the ball and found it was made of ancient bronze.

  Why say 'should'?

  It's just because of the above... too delicate design.

  At a glance, at least tens of thousands of small squares make up the entire surface of this copper ball.

  No matter how you look at it, it should be a pattern, like a circular puzzle, but you can't tell what the picture is.

  "Zan Yue asked curiously: 'What... is this?'"

  Xiao Feng said: "It should be some kind of pattern. In ancient times, there were many such things, called Tianji Locks. They are like the current Huarong Dao or Jiugongge. As long as you can piece together the patterns on top, you can open it. Look, inside there is a recessed groove, this is the only place that can be moved."

  The puzzle board saw the crescent moon when I was a child.

  That's right, I've seen it, but haven't played it yet.

  There is a little friend in the orphanage who picked up one and held it in his hand as a treasure, others are not allowed to touch it easily, and he will cry if touched.

  To this day, the remaining moon still remembers that it was a calabaza pattern thing, a white board with a complete pattern in the upper left corner, twelve small squares below, and a recessed groove in the upper right corner.

  Dawn tried to fiddle with it for a while and found that it was simply too complicated.

  Sighed, pointing at the ball with his finger, and didn't know what to do with it.

  "Now we have computers, right? We can put all these pictures into the computer and let it figure out how to assemble them. Then we just follow the computer's instructions and we're done! Computers are so much faster than our brains!"

  The morning breeze brushes against the corner of her eye, occasionally... her own sister would sell a cute expression with her.

  But honestly... it's really not suitable!

  "Bitterly smiled: 'Computer? Computer is fast, but do you know what's the biggest flaw of computer?'"

  The last moon shook its head.

  Xiao Feng said: "The biggest flaw of computers is that they have no perception of art. How can they know what a painting is? They can't even understand how this picture becomes another, and what it means to unlock it. This still relies on humans, intuition, artistic thinking, abstraction... In short, it's a kind of fuzzy calculation, a kind of association, which computers can never do no matter what."

  The remaining moonlight dissipated, and she said: "Oh... it seems like it's really true..."

  Xiao Feng nodded and held the copper ball in his arms, saying: "Alright, it's about time, you can go back now."

  "Oh..."

  Zan Yue hesitated for a moment before asking: "How are you doing here? Is everything... is your toilet still working smoothly?"

  "Roll all texts!"

  ……

  Back in his cell, Xiaofeng had plenty of time on his hands and began to try to piece together the pattern on the copper ball.

  As for his cell, there is now a bit of distinction.

  Outside... an additional layer of iron gate was added.

  Everyone in the prison felt his danger.

  And also prevent other prisoners from retaliating against him.

  After all, in prison, if you want someone's life, just use a sharpened toothbrush against their lower back like that.

  Usually there is not enough time to send them to hospital for kidney removal surgery, so they will die from internal bleeding, and few survive.

  Even if he survived, he couldn't be called a man anymore; just carrying a bucket of water would leave him drenched in sweat.

  No matter what Xiao Feng said, the people in prison didn't want him to get into trouble.

  After all, Can Yue is a well-known female strongman in the city. She doesn't play politics and thinks that those who engage in politics are incompetent and have nothing real to offer.

  Like a lingering moon, she has been hated by too many people, but her position is still advancing with the times. There's no other reason, many cases that the higher-ups are concerned about, except for her, no one can crack them.

  Back at the bureau, Can't help but feel a lingering discomfort in her heart.

  I myself have also made contributions to the country, but my own brother was put in prison.

  Looks like... it's quite a relaxed expression, but what if it's just an act?

  Sitting in the office thinking of ways to rescue her brother.

  The phone on the table rang.

  Nowadays, not many people make this call anymore, usually they just use their mobile phones, but if it rings, it proves that the person from upstairs is making the call, and... even that incompetent but good at pushing blame director also likes to make this call.

  Answering the phone, it was indeed the director.

  " Crescent moon, that case... is there really no other way?"

  The voice sounds somewhat lacking in confidence.

  The remaining moon rolled her eyes and said: "There's no way to solve it, I'm not a god, can't solve such an absurd case, go find someone else."

  Dare to say so, probably she is the only one in the whole situation.

  No choice, the people above are very affirming of Can Yue's ability to handle things.

  The director was slightly low-key, didn't expect... to be slapped in the face.

  One hair cannot be pulled back, no one can control a good look.

  The director sighed and said, "This time... you can't get away with it, two consecutive years, the same place, the same time, a massacre occurred, I have no way to cover this up, the higher-ups have given a strict order, if we can't find out who did it, we'll all be fired!"

  The remaining moon wrinkled its brow and couldn't help but ask: "Is it... in the newspaper?"

  Director said: "Not just reported? News has been reported, and online it's all over the place. In that girl's class at school, there is a well-known blogger, and the news was forwarded countless times on the same day. Now everyone is questioning our ability to handle affairs, saying such an obvious case can't be solved, I don't even know what we're doing here...I don't even know what I'm doing here anymore."

  Zan Yue said: "Don't listen to those useless people, they are always expecting others to be their savior, it's a bad habit of theirs!"

  The director wiped the sweat and said, "It's not... it's not what you said, anyway, the order from above has been given, you have to investigate, whether you want to or not, otherwise, we'll all be fired!"

  Zan Yue was about to refuse when he suddenly hesitated, his big eyes rolling around in their sockets as a wicked idea struck him.

  Hehe, with a smile, the crescent moon let out a pretentious sigh and said: "It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that this kind of case... in the entire world, I only know one person who can crack it."

  The director's eyes lit up, and on the other end of the phone, he was excitedly saying: "Wait for me, I'll be right there!"

  Actually... the director's room and Ranzui's room are just separated by two walls.

  In just one minute, the director knocked on the door.

  Normally I wouldn't come, mainly to avoid suspicion. After all, the entire province's famous police flower can't just drop by for no reason. But... my wife is quite strict too.

  And what can be done here? Scolded? Suffer in silence? Or take the blame?

  None of the directors want to be in charge of this good-looking one either.

  "Come on in!"

  The crescent moon whispers in her ear.

  The director walked in with a bitter face and said: "This...do you really have someone to choose?"

  "There is, of course there is," said Zan Yue, nodding his head, "it's my brother."

  "What? Your brother?! The one locked up in jail?"

  "Shut up! Of course I only have one brother like him! Ugh...I don't even know what sin I committed in my past life, this life is all about serving him..."

  "Are you saying... your brother can crack this case?"

  The remaining moon nodded and said, "It's hard to say whether he can break me or not, but if I had to say who in this world could break him, it would definitely be him. You should know that previously there were many cases, those confusing cases, when I was at a loss, I would always consult with him."

  "The... how did he say it?" said the director.

  "What else can I say? Haven't those cases all been solved?"

  The director's eyes lit up and said: "Why don't you quickly find him for help?!"

  "Ask him for help? He's currently in prison, and it's not even certain if he'd be willing to help. After all, he was really just defending himself, but still got sentenced to two years..."

  The director was about to say something, but suddenly hesitated for a moment.

  Then, with a sneer, he said: "Oh! I think I understand now. You want to bring your brother out by making a deal with him and releasing him ahead of time? Hmph, nice try! Put away your sinister thoughts! Do you think the judicial department is a toy for your family to play with? Even if it were just two days, not to mention two years, he can't be released because of this kind of transaction!"

  The crescent moon pouted and said: "Hmph, the only way I can think of is this one. As for letting me break it, I really have no other choice. No matter how I think or do it, it's all up to you."

  The director hesitated for a moment, really didn't know what to say.

  Although I clearly don't believe it in my heart, yet I still can't help but think of that 'what if'.

  What if this girl isn't lying, can that kid really crack the case?

  And... this girl's older brother is really not a simple person either.

  So dangerous, being taken as a hostage by such vicious bandits, ultimately not only did he not die, but also managed to get rid of most of the bandits, it's unknown how he did it, at least this kind of temperament... is not something ordinary people can have.

  "Can your brother really crack this case?"

  The crescent moon smiled and said, "Now... actually it's not the time to discuss this matter, but rather we should ask him first if he's willing to do it. If he agrees, I think there's at least a 60% chance of success."

  The director was thinking constantly in his heart.

  Actually, as soon as he heard this proposal, he had already been weighing the pros and cons.

  To put it bluntly, he can negotiate a 'deal' or something. If this guy doesn't crack the case, then no benefits for him. That's all...no impact at all. If he cracks the case...even if he gets a reduced sentence for good behavior...that's not impossible either.

  After a long silence, the director raised his head and said: "Hmm, not bad, this method... can be tried, but you can't go say it yourself, and we don't allow you to tell him first. We want to see if he really has the goods, whether he's qualified for us to take this risk of violating discipline!"