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    When the doorbell rang for the fifth time, Liang Xi reluctantly hung up the bookmark, closed the book, put on his slippers and went to the main entrance.  Now there is no peephole, the monitor by the door told Liang Xi that it was a man in his forties who rang the doorbell.  Judging from the man's attire, he should be a homeless man.  The welfare protection in the UK is relatively complete, and most homeless people have their own reasons. This person is skinny, has ragged clothes, and his hair is dirty and knotted. He doesn't care about his appearance at all, and he is most likely a drug addict.

    Liang Xi walked back and took out a few banknotes from his pocket.  Such people usually squander their security benefits and live every day as if it was their last.  Although he doesn't like these people, Liang Xi is not stingy with providing them with survival help. In addition, it can be seen from the monitoring that this person is timid, with empty hands and no hidden weapons on his body.  .

    Liang Xi opened the door, and the man took a step back, holding on to the handrail, embarrassed but politely said: "Hello, sir."

    "Hello."

    The man pulled away the stinking tattered jacket and took out a snow-white letter: "Someone asked me to give you this letter."

    Liang Xi didn't answer the envelope and asked, "When?"

    The man replied: "Just now, ten minutes or more. I was queuing up to get bread outside a street, and a gentleman wearing a top hat and a mask asked me if I wanted to make some money."

    It happened shortly after I joined the detective agency.  Liang Ximing took the letter and handed the 60 pounds in his hand to the man. The man hesitated, took the banknote and thanked Liang Ximing.

    "It's okay, please treat yourself well. Goodbye." Liang Xi watched the man go downstairs and closed the door.  Even in the face of such a person, Liang Xi didn't want to lose his manners, maybe this was hypocrisy, because Liang Xi looked down on him in his heart.

    Liang Xi first checked the letter against the light, mainly to check whether there were items in the letter.  If it is a powdery substance, it must be reported to the police.  But letters are just letters.  Liang Xi opened the letter, and there was nothing in it except a map of Greater London. The map of Greater London not only included the urban area, but also included the suburbs within ten kilometers from the outskirts of London.

    What does it mean?  Liang Xi observed the paper map, which was 95% new.  The reason for saying this is that apart from the creases, there are not very obvious artifacts on the map.  This is a very common administrative map, with every street, every small park, and every alley on it.  Use different shades of fonts to mark because of different importance.  The densely packed text and densely packed buildings make people feel dizzy at first glance.

    The only hint of information is that there are several advertising paper-cut numbers above the map: 27, 13, 35.  Not longitude and latitude, nor street code, what is it?  Many people receive similar things and study them for a while and then throw them aside. By the way, they are crazy.  The detective's intuition told Liang Xi that there was something hidden in the map.  Reasoning 1: A homeless man who doesn't care about his image goes to receive free bread, which means he is very hungry.  Reasoning 2: There are not many people queuing in this weather, and there is only one reason for giving up queuing, that is, more money is given.  Reasoning 3: Although this homeless man is dirty and smelly, he has a good personality among the homeless. Most of them are bankrupt, his wife and children are separated, and his spirit is decadent and self-defeating.  Did the other party find such a tramp by chance, or did they choose such a tramp?  Reasoning 4: The time of sending the letter.  According to the calculation, after the other party sees that he has entered the detective agency, he will go to find a suitable messenger.

    This person is not very rich, but he has certain criminal investigation knowledge.  Liang Xi backlighted and Shunguang looked at the envelope and map, only the grease left by the tramp when he handled the envelope.  Liang Xi took out a can of magnetic powder, which is a mixture of carbon powder and iron powder, and is a professional prop for extracting fingerprints.  Although I don't know if there is a shelf life, although I don't know how long it has been stored, but Liang Xi believes that it can still be used.  After using it, Liang Xi confirmed that, except for the tramp, there were no fingerprints on the envelope and the map.

    The back of the map is blank.  Liang Xi took the map and returned to the rocking chair, spread out his hands and looked at the map slowly.  After watching it for a few minutes, Liang Xi called Fiona, and Fiona answered the phone: "Speak." When she was busy, she talked less and asked questions directly.  When she is free, she will always make a few words of teasing first.

    Liang Xi said: "I have two maps in my hand, can you find the difference?"

    Fiona: "Are you insulting me by asking this question? Scan two maps, download a comparison software from the Internet, and let the software compare the maps."

    Liang Xi thought for a while: "Scanning means taking pictures? Or scanning like a copier? What software do you need, a mobile phone or a computer?"

    Fiona said: "You first need an external scanner, and photos are also fine, but the requirements for photos are relatively high. The map you are talking about, is it the kind of densely packed paper map?"

    Liang Xi replied: "Yes."

    Fiona sighed: "Well, please treat me to lunch at noon, and I will take care of it."

    &nbs?The picture shows two thin glass-like transparent tubes with the word mercury written inside.  The glass tubes are inside the wooden box, one on the left and one on the left.  Look at the picture to understand, if any pipe is tilted, the bomb will explode immediately.

    A yelled anxiously: bomb bomb.  A pipe of mercury trembled, A hurriedly held his breath, and the mercury fell back to the right.  The onlookers also saw clearly one after another. Those who saw clearly first ran away in a panic, and everyone left one after another.  B is still very loyal to stay, and only at the request of A does he leave the bridge hole and ask for help from a charity organization not far away.  Volunteers from the charity organization called the police after hearing the situation clearly.

    Police cars, plainclothes vehicles, ambulances, and fire engines all arrived, and the bridge was temporarily blocked, and it was only released after the EOD personnel confirmed the equivalent.  The detective asked Claire, and Claire told him about the masked man in the top hat who asked him to deliver the letter.  The police detective knew about Liang Xi, so he contacted his boss. The boss contacted Liang Xi's friend, Baker. Baker answered the phone and drove over to arrest him.

    After listening to Baker's explanation, the car is about to arrive at the bridge hole.  Liang Xi said, "Go back."

    Baker said: "At least make a record."

    Liang Xi said: "The map is still in the detective agency."

    Baker accused: "You didn't say it earlier."

    Liang Xifan accused: "You didn't ask, how do I know what's going on?"

    Baker thought for a while, and it seemed that he was wrong, so he could only turn around and go back.

    Liang Xi contacted Fiona: "Beauty, I need to hurry up here."

    Fiona: "I'm in the bathroom."

    Liang Xi said: "The map seems to be related to the bombing."

    Fiona shuddered and asked, "Holy flag?" Again?

    Liang Xi thought for a while: "Probably not." Liang Xi thought of the possibility that the EOD department mentioned by Yisha and himself had ants moving and stealing standard explosives.

    Thinking of this, Liang Xi suddenly said to Baker: "Get people to stay away, the bomb will definitely go off."

    Baker asked, "Why?"

    Liang Xi said: "The suspect reminded me, reminded the police. He deliberately chose the homeless as his target, which shows that he does not respect the homeless, and that he believes that the homeless can be sacrificed, so the bomb will definitely go off. To ensure that there will be a violent explosion,  There must be a remote activation system. Also, the suspect may have been observing the situation not far from the scene."

    At this time, Fiona's phone rang, and Liang Xi was taken aback: "You are busy, let's talk later."

    "No, no, I wash my hands, the faucet is malfunctioning."

    "Oh, it's okay, you are busy first."

    Fiona explained: "No, it's really a faucet, listen."

    The faucet was normal, Liang Xi heard the sound of rushing water, and after a moment of silence, Liang Xi said: "You can reach it?" Can you get the faucet in the toilet?

    Baker was impatient: "We'll talk about it after get off work." He reached out and pressed the phone.  Baker called his mobile phone to connect with the on-site police detectives, and asked Liang Xi and the police detectives to explain.

    Liang Xi emphasized one point: ask people to openly take pictures of people watching the excitement nearby and far away.  Anyone who avoids the camera will go up and ask questions, and record the information of the other party.  Finally, Liang Xi added that if the opponent is stupid, he should be able to catch him on the spot.

    After hanging up the phone, Baker said: "The other party should not be that stupid."

    Liang Xi nodded in agreement: "Yes. I think he is planning a case. I don't like planning a case, especially I don't like being a part of the other party's calculations. This shows that the other party has already guessed some of the reactions of me and the police. Strange, why give  Where did I send the map? Does he hope that I can decipher the map and stop him from committing crimes? Maybe he didn't want to hurt anyone?"

    But before Liang Xi went to the detective agency to get the map, Jia, who was holding the box in his hand, twitched subconsciously because his feet were numb due to sitting for a long time.  A makeshift camera captured a mercury tube tipping to the left, the ends of the tube touching two ports, and an explosion ensuing.  The power of the explosion is not great, but it is enough to take A's life.  The medical staff arrived at the scene at the first time and found that A had no vital signs.
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