Chapter 46 Tracking down clues(1/2)
The two walked into the store. A middle-aged man in his forties was planning to do it when he saw them coming in and greeted him, "Are you two gentlemen staying in the hotel?"
The boss is not sure. Although the two of them are dressed in ordinary clothes, they give people a mysterious feeling. They can feel one or two when they enter the house and look back and forth.
Especially the young man on the right, although wearing a top hat, his hair was gray and there were a few scars on his face that didn't look like a good person. The boss was also a businessman and many passengers who came and went from all over the country were seen, so he still had some vision.
"Boss, your surname is yours, how much does this hotel cost per day?" Chu Wenhao asked while looking at it.
"Haha, you are polite, this gentleman. I am surnamed Yue, and my acquaintances call him Yue Lao San. The shop has five oceans every day, and there is hot water to take a bath and clean it up very clean."
Chu Wenhao nodded five oceans and it was not cheap, but it was acceptable in Chongqing, especially in good locations. He signaled that Uncle Gu would give him money, so he could do things with money and didn't want to make it too troublesome.
Gu Shutong took out twenty fiat currencies and handed them to the boss. Yue Laosan smiled and took it, "Two gentlemen, come upstairs to see the room," and said that, he was about to take the two to see the house.
"Don't worry, Boss Yue, I have something to ask. If the boss knows, he should tell the truth." Chu Wenhao signaled him to stay and ask.
"Haha, sir, I will not hide anything you know." Yue Laosan felt that the origin of these two people was not simple, so it would be better to cooperate honestly.
"Did there be a call from 10 o'clock noon to 11 o'clock? The one who answered the call should be a woman. And the woman was wrapped in tightly and you couldn't see her. She answered the call for a short time, but she didn't say a word. After deducting the call, she left and never came back. Boss Yue helped me think about whether there was such a woman." Chu Wenhao also speculated based on the caution of Japanese spies.
As soon as he finished speaking, the boss's expression turned like he had seen a ghost. He swallowed and said, "Sir, right. A woman answered the phone at 10 o'clock in the afternoon. The situation was exactly the same as what you said." He suspected that Chu Wenhao said nothing badly after seeing everything in the store, so he should be more careful in treating it.
The two looked at each other, and it seemed that it would be fine here. Chu Wenhao stared at the boss and said, "Do you know this woman? Have you been here before? Do you have any impression of her height and appearance?"
Yue Laosan shook his head and said, "This woman asked for room 307 as soon as she arrived, and then told me that someone called her and went upstairs to call her. The woman covered her face with a big brimmed hat, leaving her mouth outside and couldn't see her appearance at all.
The voice sounded very young, twenty-seven or eight, about one hundred and sixty-three in height, and she was covered with tight slits, even if she had been here before, she didn't know her." Yue Laosan answered in detail.
How can I lock Chu Wenhao's frown? He didn't see clearly that he looked like a needle in a haystack. "When thinking about it carefully, if there are any obvious marks on her body, such as a mole on the corner of her mouth and a signature mark of limping around her walking."
Yue Laosan grinned and shook his head and recalled, "There is no obvious mark as the teacher said. He is a normal person when walking, and there is no mole on the corner of his mouth." Yue Laosan frowned: "But this woman should be very rich. She is wearing a ruby ring on her hand, and she should be quite old."
"Ruby Ring!" Chu Wenhao frowned: "It is normal for rich people to wear rings. Is there anything special about this ring?"
"Special... place" Yue Laosan recalled hard, but didn't think it was special, and shook his head and said, "No special... the only difference is that a very bright white thing is inlaid in the middle of the ruby. It is very small and can't be discovered without paying attention. I was stabbed at that time. "
The white things are still shiny? Chu Wenhao knew that it might be diamonds as soon as he passed by his mind. He had seen many such things in Shanghai in his previous life, but he didn't expect that there would be them in Chongqing.
"The boss seems to be very good at jewelry and antiques. He used to be a profession." Chu Wenhao felt that this third brother Yue had some skills.
"Hahaha, this gentleman guessed it right. I ran a small antique shop a few years ago. I can't say that I'm proficient in it, but I just like it." Yue Laosan seemed to think of the past years and smiled.
"Well, then tell me, who can do it in Chongqing as much as handcrafts, who is the person or store who is inlaid with a very small thing on a ruby?" There is no clue, so I can only check it from the ring.
"This..." Yue Laosan shook his head and said, "I don't know very well. I have never contacted such people. After all, that's something that rich people can do. People like us will pay attention to these."
To be honest, a ruby and broken diamonds are worth less than a few hundred oceans, and most people really can't afford it.
Chu Wenhao nodded and did not continue to ask him, "I'll be here today. Please keep your matters confidential and don't tell anyone anymore. This is for your own good." He said that, nodded and signaled that the two of them would go out.
Leaving a gleeful smile on Yue Laosan's face, fortunately he was smart. No, so he would rather close the door for a few days and quickly close the door and stop business.
The two left the hotel and walked on the street. Uncle Gu on one side said, "If you don't check all the gold and silver jewelry stores in Chongqing, there will not be many places like this, and there should be records."
Chu Wenhao shook his head and said, "Although there are not many, there are not few people who buy this type of gem. Rich families in Chongqing will buy one or two pieces to show their identity. Such a blatant investigation may not necessarily cooperate, and it is possible to give us fake news.
The trouble is not how to find it, but whether it can be caught in the future. This woman is wearing a ring of hundreds of oceans on her hand. Her identity must be not simple, and she may be involved with that big man." Chu Wenhao does have this concern. He cannot offend all the people in order to capture Japanese spies. This is not his principle of doing things.
Gu Shutong also thought of this and didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Check it first, you can't come out explicitly. This woman is likely to have eyeliner in the gold shop. Find a merchant with this kind of craft and test it out to know who it is." After saying that, she walked towards the shop next to the street, "The boss called."
Chu Wenhao called Tang Jiahao and asked Tang Meili that she was active in the top management all day and had a lot of contact with her, so she should know where such a store exists.
Tang Family.
Tang Jiahao had just rushed back from the place, and when he entered the door, he saw his sister chatting with his wife. When he saw him entering the door, they stood up and greeted him.
"Okay, okay." Tang Jiahao looked at his sister with a smile and said, "Why are you back? Didn't you agree to stay in the Air Force for a while?" He was a little confused.
She signaled her elder brother to sit down and said with a smile: "It's okay. I met the Military Control Commission boy who arrested me yesterday and said that the Military Control Commission would not target the Tang family recently." She didn't tell the truth, but what she said was the truth. She didn't want people to know about the evidence that Chu Wenhao was pinching the evidence for the time being. After all, it was not a glorious thing, and she was shameless in front of her elder brother.
Tang Jiahao frowned and looked suspicious: "Why would he tell you this even if he didn't arrest you?" This is illogical.
"Brother, don't worry. I helped him accidentally once on the mountain, which was considered to have saved his life, otherwise he would have died on the mountain. To express his gratitude, he said that he would not cause trouble to our Tang family recently. It is better to resolve this enemy than to make a deal. He also asked me to do something, and I agreed. I still need the help of my brother," Tang Meili said with ease.
Tang Jiahao frowned and looked at his sister up and down, obviously not telling the truth. Since he didn't want to say it, he wouldn't ask questions anymore, as long as his sister was safe.
"The Japanese..." Tang Jiahao was about to say something when he heard the phone ringing. Lin Fengjiao glanced at the two of them and got up to answer the phone.
"Who?"
Chu Wenhao on the other end of the phone heard that it was not Tang Meili's voice, but right, it should be Tang Jiahao's wife.
"Mrs. Tang, I have something to do with Miss Tang." Lin Fengjiao raised her eyebrows slightly, and her sister-in-law chased after her phone call as soon as she came back. She must be a very familiar person.
"Who are you?" Lin Fengjiao wanted to know his identity.
"Ah, I am Miss Tang's friend, and my surname is Chu." Tang Jiahao would know sooner or later without hiding it. He knew it was the same as his wife.
Lin Tianjiao's eyes flashed, "Oh, wait for me to call her."
Lin Fengjiao, who had posted the phone, shouted: "Beautiful is looking for you."
Tang Meili stood up with a confused look on her face. Who knew her so well? She came up as soon as she came back and picked up the phone: "Who?"
"It's me."
I still remember Chu Wenhao's voice fresh, and I was a little close to the devil's cry. This man who was pinching her neck wanted to tear him.
"Oh, I have something to do with me." Tang Meili thought that it was really hard. The Japanese used their children to threaten her to do things for the Japanese. The dog spy used the evidence of her cooperation with the Japanese to threaten her to do things for him. Could it be that she was living for others?
On the phone, Chu Wenhao told her what he needed to know, and Tang Meili was in a good mood.
"Haha, you are not very powerful. You don't know anything about this. You have to call me and beg me. It's useless." It's rare to have the chance to scold this bastard.
Even if you scold me, you still have to answer questions, otherwise you will have to threaten yourself. "The only one who has this kind of craft is the 'Queen'. Their family specializes in women's business, jewelry, jade and gold ware. The inlay master is from Hong Kong, so there is no problem in doing this craft for more than 20 years."
Tang Meili fiddled with her fingers and hung the phone around her neck, as relaxed as if she was chatting with her close friend at home. Both of them were frowning in the distance.
"Let me tell you, where will the rich families in Chongqing buy jewelry? The consumption here is not something that ordinary people can afford." Tang Meili said it endlessly, annoying Chu Wenhao on the other end of the phone, "Just tell me if there is only one in Chongqing, and can I do other places? Is there any registration for buying jewelry at Queen's House? Will the customers who repair and inlay be recorded separately?"
Tang Meili looked a little embarrassed and said angrily: "There are only one shops that can inlaid diamonds on rubies! When you buy things in the store, you will leave your personal information as a certificate for subsequent repair and replacement. Of course, I don't know if it is true or false."
"Okay, that's it, do what I'll do quickly." After that, he hung up the phone. The beepy busy voice threw Tang Meili away in anger, and cursed in his heart that he treated her as a servant!
Tang Jiahao frowned and saw his angry sister, "Who dares to provoke Miss Tang." Tang Jiahao joked.
"Hehe," he was amused by his elder brother and said with a smile: "It's the boy named Chu. I'm really unaware of it when I can inlay gems."
"Haha, is this military spy Chu Wenhao who blackmailed the Tang family and caused my elder brother to leave my hometown?" Lin Fengjiao reacted now, and based on their conversation just now, he could determine his identity.
"Uh..." Tang Meili was inevitably embarrassed when she heard this question. She felt sorry for her sister-in-law. After all, she was a little apologized and said: "It's his sister-in-law. I will talk to him. If it's nothing, let the two brothers come back. As for the property, they will have it soon as they come back." This is the truth. It's still very quick to make money with her business relationship.
"Hmph! This dog spy has caused my Lin family to be so miserable. I wish I could kill him to relieve my hatred. You are still flirting with him. You don't care about your sister-in-law's feelings at all!" Lin Fengjiao said angrily.
Tang Meili was a little embarrassed. No matter how she said this, she was wrong, so she didn't speak up and looked at her elder brother.
Tang Jiahao frowned and was so sour. His sister and wife had to maintain it, so he had to say, "Feng Jiao, there is nothing we can do about this. The military commander named Chu deliberately targeted the Tang family, just to move to me. He targeted Lin Hai and others, but me. You are all involved. Now the military commander is intending to reconcile, which is a good thing." Tang Jiahao could only take the responsibility on himself.
Lin Fengjiao looked bad and said, "Since that's the case, why should you think a snake with him? If he really has evidence, he will arrest people. I think it's just a fox that pretends to be a tiger and a dog who is tyrannical. I'm going to see this arrogant dog agent and exclaim my anger for my brother."
Tang Jiahao rubbed his head and felt helpless. He was annoyed that Chu Wenhao was understandable, and he didn't like it either. But what his sister said was that there was a sign of ease just now.
He gave a serious explanation: "I'm going tolerant recently. There is a deputy director in the Police Department who is old. Wang Mingze wants to go up. The position left is very important. There are several deputy directors who need to be evaluated and reviewed to meet the promotion. It is best not to make any rumors and wait until they are firmly on the throne." Wang Mingze is the director of the Police Department. Tang Jiahao, the position left by Gao Sheng, is the most promising. Of course, it is not ruled out that an accident will happen. These people have been very active recently.
Lin Fengjiao raised her eyebrows and said, "I just went to see it and didn't do anything. I still know the importance of this."
Tang Meili heard that her elder brother was at a critical moment of rising, and she ordered to do her best. The top leader of the police department was much more effective than the deputy director of the police department.
"Brother, don't worry, no one can get it. I will go find a few acquaintances to handle it." The higher the older my elder brother climbs, the safer the Tang family is.
Tang Jiahao nodded and said nothing. At this time, the person behind his sister still needed to take action. He smiled and said, "What do you want to help him?" He wanted to comfort Chu Wenhao and not come out to make trouble recently. He originally wanted to arrange for someone to get rid of him, and wait before talking.
He was furious when he heard this and said angrily: "This bastard actually asked me to arrange fifteen people for him at the Yubei District Police Station, and also designated a separate police station in Jiulong Lake Park to work wherever he works. He even asked me to pay for the money. By the way, I still need twenty fake IDs and I don't know what to do, so I'm so angry."
Tang Jiahao didn't take it seriously, it was all trivial matters. "Then let's do it for him. This kid arrested people at noon. It seems that he had prepared a lot. The staffing was all plus the military commander killed two days ago, so it's okay to arrange fifteen. As for moving to Jiulong Lake, it's nothing wrong. Just let him save trouble there and cause trouble. I will let the bureau below do it. There is no need to be angry with him." He already knew about Chu Wenhao's arrest of the Yubei Police Station. It was stern, and he even kept his words back. Who dared to plead with him?
"Okay, I'll tell him."
"Okay, you guys arrange for me to go back to the place," said Tang Jiahao, and he got up and left. He wanted to go back and stare, so that people would not take the lead.
The two sent Tang Jiahao away, and Lin Fengjiao proposed to go to the Queen's Residence. What else could Tang Meili say? She felt guilty and naturally had no objection. The two packed up and went out, and rushed to the Queen's Residence.
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Meilin Lane.
Located in the most prosperous pedestrian street in Yuzhong District, although it is not the main street, the traffic is very high. It is only five kilometers away from the municipal government and ten kilometers away from the Huguang Guild Hall. Vehicles passing by can only park at the intersection of the street.
There are dense shops on the three-meter street paved with bluestone, but the doors are not big. The two-story shops are all in a scattered and elegant design.
The streets are clean and tidy and well-dressed, and it is difficult to see the poor. The surroundings are full of high-end luxury goods, imported goods from abroad, embroidery from Suzhou, vinegar fish from West Lake, phoenix hairpins from Jinling, and water towns in Jiangnan. There are all kinds of prosperous scenes that are appreciated by both the elite and the masses.
The Queen's House is located in the middle of the pedestrian street and is in excellent location. The facade is decorated quite elegantly. Three large golden characters are vigorously and vigorously carved on the black pear wood plaque, and a pair of couplets are on the black columns on both sides.
The first couplet: The snow is engraved with ice and light, and the second couplet: The pearls and jade are embedded in the deepest part of the treasure mountain.
Through the glass-intact door, I looked at the magnificent and dazzling store. Most people went back when they arrived at the door.
"Great spirit!" Chu Wenhao and the others came to the door and sighed when they saw such a decoration in their store. He had never been to such a place in his previous life. It was not that he had a shortage of money. But he rarely went to such a place for leisure and entertainment. The most important thing is that Jun Mange usually has no makeup and does not wear gold and silver jewelry, so he rarely accompanied her to shop and buy things.
"It turns out that the rich people come," Gu Shutong not only sighed, but also that he was a soldier and wanted to retreat. This is the cowardice of the poor, unconsciously outlining it in his heart.
"Yes, this can even better show that the people coming here are not simple." Chu Wenhao looked at the two of them with their clothes, but they were definitely not considered rich.
To be continued...