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"So that's how the traces are generated?" Anna was overjoyed, feeling that Gu Chen's understanding of traces had far surpassed that of herself and her colleagues.

With just a few marks on the wall, Gu Chen could perfectly restore the scene of the scene, which was a bit incredible in Anna's opinion.

"When the murderer picked up the brick and threw it at the beggar, due to the narrow space, the brick leaned back and smashed against the wall, forming this trace. ”

After that, while repeatedly smashing at the beggar, such marks appeared many times until the beggar was stoned to death. ”

"Officer Gu. Listening to Gu Chen's words, Uncle Sam asked with some hesitation, "How can you conclude that the beggar was stoned to death?"

"Because of the corpse. Gu Chen gave a direct answer and said, "When I examined the charred corpse before, it was obvious that there were obviously several grooves in the skull of the corpse. ”

"So, that was a wound from the murderer?" asked Lou.

Gu Chen nodded silently and said, "Before, I could only make a rough judgment, until I came here now and found traces on the narrow walls. ”

So now it is almost certain that the charred corpse should not be Paul, but the beggar monkey. ”

"Really?" Uncle Sam seemed to be in disbelief, and the whole person froze there: "Officer Gu, this monkey is a person, he has never provoked anyone, I swear." ”

"It's useless for you to swear. Gu Chen clicked on the shoe print on the photo, lit it up in front of everyone and said, "The most important thing now is to find the person who wears this leather shoe." ”

"Only by finding him can we know who the murderer is and why he burned the monkey. ”

Anna took Gu Chen's mobile phone, thought carefully for a while, and said, "These leather shoes have an eagle totem on the outsole, I want to go to the shoemaker shop in Luocheng to ask, I should be able to find it." ”

"Then what are you waiting for?" Gu Chen couldn't wait, and reminded, "Without further ado, you should act immediately." ”

"Okay, I'll take you there. Anna readily agreed.

After all, finding this clue is already very helpful for the detection of the case.

Gu Chen simulated the scene of the situation, and judging from Gu Chen's analysis, the man in leather shoes was obviously the key murderer in this case.

As the rain cleared, everyone returned to the police car and drove directly to the famous shoemaker street in Luocheng.

Italy's handmade leather shoes are famous at home and abroad, and it is also one of the origins of modern leather shoe craftsmanship.

Wenshi in Zhejiang Province, China, used to be studied under Italy, learned advanced shoemaking technology and level from Italy, and combined with the local situation, so it also opened the glory of Wenshi shoes.

In Italy, custom leather shoes have always been popular with customers, but due to high labor costs, custom leather shoes are also expensive in Italy.

Anna took Gu Chen's Chinese group to an old street in Italy.

This is the birthplace of the handmade customization of early Italian leather shoes, and the birthplace of many well-known leather shoe brands was born here.

However, compared with other well-known brands, there are still some old shoemakers who are content with the status quo and take opening a custom leather shoe store as their daily work.

According to the different brand positioning, well-known shoemakers and artists, a pair of leather shoes in the studio starts at a minimum of 1,000 euros, and even according to different materials, tens of thousands of euros of leather shoes abound.

Over the years, many apprentices from East and Southeast Asia have set up their own businesses and started to run handmade businesses in Lao Cai.

But most of them take the route of parity......

Therefore, in this old street, handmade custom leather shoe shops of various price points can find their own suitable customers.

"This is it. Anna turned her head to look at Gu Chen and said, "The craftsmen who know the most about shoes in Luocheng basically have opened shops here, if you want to know where the shoes in the photo in your hand come from, it's best to find a senior craftsman to ask." ”

"Then who is the senior shoemaker?" asked Gu Chen.

Anna hesitated for a moment, just as an old man with a shoebox passed by, Anna simply stopped him and asked, "May I ask who is the most senior shoemaker on this street?"

"A family of artisans. The old man turned around and pointed to a shoe store not far away and said, "On this street, his shoe craftsmanship is the best, and the boss has a lot of research on shoes, and he is a leather shoe expert." ”

"If you can afford it, you can ask the owner to make a pair of fine leather shoes for you, which is guaranteed to be the best on the street. ”

"Okay, thanks. Anna nodded silently and sent the old man away, only then did she set her eyes on the "craftsman family" not far away, an old shoe store with a medieval style decoration.

"Let's go, let's see. Gu Chen said with a smile.

A group of people walked into this shoe store one after another.

From the moment you enter the door, you are attracted by the variety of delicate leather shoes in the display case in the living room.

Not only that, but on the background wall of some leather shoe styles, there are also photos framed with delicate wood.

According to the text, many of them are custom-made leather shoes made by local celebrities, and there are photos with the boss.

Of course, in addition to the business chaebol, there are also some entertainment stars, sports stars, are frequent visitors here.

The boss is favored alone, and almost all celebrities have a group photo, which is invisibly tantamount to promoting the "craftsman family".

"It's no wonder that the business of this hand-made custom leather shoe store is so good, their single business is enough to eat and drink for a year, and they are all high-end customization. Yuan Shasha pointed to several business celebrities who took photos with their bosses, turned her head to Gu Chen and said, "I know these people, and they are all frequent visitors to the European Forbes wealth list. ”

"It seems that the boss is quite good at business. Gu Chen walked to the front desk, and there was no one who entertained the clerk, so he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Is this store all appointments to come to the door? Why don't you even have a receptionist?" ”

"Hehe, Senior Brother Gu, you guessed it. Yuan Shasha, who was standing on the side, smiled and said: "This store really accepts appointments, and it is normal to have no clerks, and the group photo in the exhibition hall is actually an image display given by the boss to customers." ”

"What kind of service at what price, the boss has several of Italy's top handmade shoemakers, all of whom are outstanding. ”

"Huh?" Listening to Yuan Shasha's words, Lu Weiwei said inexplicably: "I said Xiao Yuan, how do you know this shoe shop so well? Have you ever been here?"

"This ......" Yuan Shasha felt that she was leaking her mouth, so she quickly shook her head like a wave drum and retorted: "How could I have been here? This is one of the most expensive shoe shops in Italy, I ...... I just, I've heard from my friends that they've come here. ”

"I really envy you, Xiao Yuan, your friends are very powerful. Although Gu Chen knew that Yuan Shasha was lying, he didn't deliberately debunk it.

Yuan Shasha nodded silently and said with a smile: "Yes, those friends of mine like to travel and have a wide range of knowledge, I heard them say that this shop has a different shoemaker master on duty every day to accept reservation business." ”

"If we want to find the master shoemaker, just go straight to the second floor. ”

"Really?" Anna, as an Italian, had never heard of such a statement.

However, looking at Yuan Shasha's serious face, it didn't look like a joke, so she happily accepted: "Okay, let's go to the second floor." ”

The group continued upstairs and came to an exhibition hall similar to the decoration style of an ancient castle.

To say that the "craftsman family" is in this hometown, the store can be regarded as a giant, at least compared with other mini stores, it seems to be a bit of a bully.

The area of a toilet on the second floor is comparable to a mini store in Lao Street.

If you weren't Hao, being able to accept orders from many celebrities would also require some face-saving projects.

"Is anyone there?" Gu Chen looked around, but found that the huge space was empty.

Seeing that no one answered, Gu Chen spoke again: "Excuse me...... Is there anyone here?"

"Are you here to customize leather shoes?" As soon as Gu Chen's words fell, an old man wearing a coffee-colored shoemaker's apron suddenly walked out from inside an entrance.

He lifted his glasses, only to find that the person who came was a group of policemen, and he was stunned and asked, "Excuse me, are the police officers here to customize leather shoes?"

"But let me say first, our shoes are expensive, and if you don't have a lot of money, I can recommend a few cheap shoe shops next door to you. ”

"Hehe, you're so interesting. Gu Chen also took a step forward, and said with a light smile: "How can there be a reason to recommend business to outsiders, it can be seen that your shoe store is not short of business." ”

"Young man, are you a policeman?" Looking up and down at Gu Chen's dress, the old shoemaker who was a little confused couldn't help but squint, feeling inexplicable.

He hurriedly looked at Anna and George beside him, and then at Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang, and Yuan Shasha.

Although everyone is wearing police uniforms, there are obviously some differences.

The old shoemaker doesn't play much with social networks, so it's always perfect to miss out on the so-called hot news.

He didn't know which country Gu Chen was a policeman, but he could speak Italian fluently, which surprised the old shoemaker.

"Old man, this is the Chinese police team, who came to our country for exchange and study, and we are now dealing with a case, and we need your help in something. ”

Anna was as polite as ever, and stepped forward to communicate with the old man.

The old shoemaker was stunned, and then suddenly realized: "It turned out to be the Chinese police, and I am very happy to see you." ”

"Me too. ”

Gu Chen accepted the old shoemaker's handshake.

The old shoemaker smiled and said, "So you came to the store today, not specifically to customize leather shoes, but to investigate the case?"

"Yes. Gu Chen did not shy away from saying: "I have a question about leather shoes here and want to consult you, I don't know if you know." ”

"Hehe, young man, you're laughing. It was also under Gu Chen's agitation that the old shoemaker suddenly frowned, and said lightly: "You don't inquire, in this old street, in terms of understanding leather shoes, if we say second, no one dares to say first." ”

"Really?" Lu Weiwei was skeptical, and directly urged Gu Chen: "Then Senior Brother Gu, you can take out the picture and show him to see if this old master is really as powerful as he said." ”

Also with the mentality of giving it a try, Gu Chen simply clicked on the mobile phone album and showed the shoe print with the eagle totem to the old shoemaker for reference.

"Master, this is a footprint we found at the scene, and it is very important to find this person, but we don't know much about this pair of leather shoes, and we would like to consult you. ”

"Let me see. The old shoemaker lifted his glasses and squinted to examine them.

It only took three seconds for him to burst out laughing.

This puzzled everyone in the room.

Lu Weiwei stepped forward and asked, "Master, what are you laughing at?"

"I'm lucky to laugh at you. The old shoemaker smiled indifferently, took Gu Chen's mobile phone and instructed: "This sole with an eagle totem is currently the latest abrasive developed in our store. ”

"This kind of rubber outsole changes every year, I'll look for it for you, and you'll know. ”

Saying this, the old shoemaker walked back to the entrance, and it was not long before he took a bronze mold in his hand and came to everyone.

Throwing the bronze mold on a wooden table, the old shoemaker smiled and said, "Look at it, isn't it this?"

Gu Chen put the mobile phone flat on the wooden table, and then put the eagle bronze mold on one side, and compared the two sides, the details were revealed.

Gu Chen used his expertise to repeatedly compare the details and textures in the photos with the copper mold, which were almost identical.

"How?" said the old shoemaker, smugly.

"It's really the same. Gu Chen said.

"I'll see. Anna on the side was a little incredulous, so she came over again to verify.

Lu Weiwei was curious and said, "Master, you can also make this copper mold, how can you be sure that this is your shoes?"

"It's simple. The old shoemaker pointed to a logo on the bronze eagle totem and said, "This is the trademark of our store, and if you dare to steal my trademark on this street, then he is ready to go bankrupt." ”

"But ......" Gu Chen hesitated for a moment, and said quite puzzled: "Your bronze medal is not a sole abrasive, but a high-frequency hot pressing abrasive." ”

"Even if the rubber outsole is hotstwounded at high frequency, it is impossible to have such deep lines, how did you do it?"

Listening to Gu Chen's words, the old shoemaker was also quite stunned, and his whole face was full of consternation.

"Young man, do you know so much about the process of shoemaking?

Gu Chen smiled indifferently: "I understand a little." ”

"It's already good. Seeing that Gu Chen also knew some shoemaking techniques, the old shoemaker, who was still a little proud before, suddenly became polite.

He walked to a wooden frame, picked out a semi-finished outsole from above, threw it in front of Gu Chen, and said, "We have high-frequency hot pressing, mainly to position the outsole. ”

"And the texture you are talking about is actually hand-carved by us according to the positioning of the copper mold after high-frequency hot pressing. ”

"What...... What? Your rubber outlay is actually hand-carved?" Gu Chen was also quite shocked when he heard this exaggerated craftsmanship.

I've only heard that Italy is more famous for its handmade products, but I never thought it would be exaggerated to such an extent.

Hand-carved outsole, in Gu Chen's opinion, is indeed a little incomprehensible.

It can be seen that the leather shoes in this shoe store are all Rolls-Royce in leather shoes, so it is expensive and expensive.

Seeing this, Anna was also quite shocked and said: "According to your statement, there shouldn't be many people who come to the store to customize this kind of leather shoes, right?

"Of course, but......" the old shoemaker stopped as soon as he spoke.

"What's inconvenient?" Gu Chen asked.

"Haha, sort of. The old shoemaker was a little helpless, and said with a dry laugh: "The information of these customers is absolutely confidential, and I have no right to disclose it to outsiders, this is the rule." ”

"But we are working on the case, and we hope that you can cooperate. When Anna encountered this reason, the whole person was also not angry.

But the old shoemaker still seems to be reluctant to reveal too much, even if he is in front of a mixed formation of a group of Italian police and Chinese police, but so what?

The old shoemaker of the family of craftsmen will never admit defeat......

Seeing that the old man was a little stubborn, Gu Chen simply explained the reason and said: "Master, this person is very likely to be the murderer of a murder case, and it is a little unreasonable for you to do this." ”

"You have the rules, but the law of the country does not allow it, after all, you don't want to shield the murderer because of your so-called rules, right?"

"If you don't confess, then this murderer is very likely to commit the crime again, and by that time, how many innocent people will die, have you ever thought about it?"

In terms of reasoning, the Chinese police will never admit defeat.

After Gu Chen said this, the old shoemaker began to waver.

In order not to embarrass the old shoemaker, Gu Chen said directly: "Then let me ask you, how many people are there who customize this kind of leather shoes?

"Just one. The old shoemaker finally relented.

Gu Chen looked back at everyone, everyone was overjoyed, and felt that the truth was gradually approaching.

After being excited, Gu Chen looked back at the old shoemaker again, and asked again: "Then this customer who customizes leather shoes, is his name Simon?"

When he heard Gu Chen say the name "Simon", the old shoemaker's eyes changed.

The whole person was stunned, as if he felt a burst of thought.

Looking at the old shoemaker's abnormal reaction, in fact, Gu Chen was already very clear about the answer he wanted, so he smiled and said, "Looking at your expression, it seems that I am right." ”

"I didn't ...... That's right. Under Gu Chen's repeated questioning, the old shoemaker said with certainty: "The customer who came to our 'craftsman family' to customize leather shoes is indeed called Simon, a tall and thin man. ”

And he manages several charitable foundations. Gu Chen answered the phone, took out the business card Simon sent to him, and said in front of the old shoemaker: "You check carefully, the phone number, the charity fund, and see if it matches the message Simon left in the store." ”

"If it's him, you don't have to speak, just nod your head and wink. ”

The old shoemaker could no longer be calm.

He lifted his glasses again, this time studying Gu Chen's business card like a lottery ticket.

After some final confirmation, the old shoemaker finally nodded and admitted, "Needless to say, the person you are looking for...... That's him. ”