Chapter 226: Eyewitnesses

At half past eight in the morning, Nan Zeyu had just walked into the office and put down his briefcase when there was a knock on the door. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Who's so early?" Nan Zeyu muttered in his heart. He looked back curiously and said, "Come in." ”

The door opened, revealing Qian Dayo's round face. He seemed to be trying his best to hide his fear and anxiety, and barely managed to squeeze out a smile, "Director Nan, morning." ”

"Oh, it's you. Nan Zeyu pressed the switch on the remote control of the air conditioner, then walked behind the desk and sat down, "So early?"

Qian Dayu closed the door. He hesitated for a second, then turned and locked the door.

Nan Zeyu looked at him in surprise, "What are you doing?"

Qian Dayo rushed to Nan Zeyu's desk in three steps and two steps, and then knelt down with a "plop", "Director Nan, help me!"

Nan Zeyu, who was sitting in the swivel chair, instinctively took a step back, and the rollers at the bottom of the chair slid and made a "bone and bone" sound.

"What's your situation?" Nan Zeyu stood up and calmed down, "If you have something to say." ”

Qian Dayu refused to get up, his hair was unkempt, his eyes were burning, and he was as crazy as a man who had been hungry for days had found food. "I haven't slept all night, just waiting for you to come to work!"

"You can call me, if there's something urgent. ”

"I'm ......," Qian Dayu licked his lips nervously, "I think it's better to say it in person." ”

"Then you say, get up, don't do this. Nan Zeyu said, walked in front of Qian Dayo, and tried to pull Qian Dayo, but Qian Dayo resolutely broke free.

"Director Nan, I'm in trouble. Qian Dayo said in a low voice, "No, it's not a trouble, it's that I'm in trouble." ”

"Get up and speak well. Nan Zeyu had a headache, "I don't like this." ”

"That ......"

"If I can help you, I'll do my best, and if it's really against the principle, it's useless for you to kneel. After Nan Zeyu finished speaking, he walked to the side of the cupboard, took a bottle of mineral water, and handed it to Qian Dayo.

Qian Dayo couldn't understand his thoughts, so he had to take the water and slowly get up.

"Go and sit over there. Nan Zeyu pointed to the sofa, and then grabbed the phone on the table, "Hey, Xiaowu, I have something to do in the morning, and someone comes to look for me and says I'm not there." ”

After hanging up the phone, Nan Zeyu returned to the chair and sat down, and then made a "please" gesture with his left hand. Seeing this, Qian Dayo took a deep breath, he forced himself to calm down and began to recall what happened last night.

Four months ago, Qian Dayo secretly sold the evidence of Ye Yingjun's case, a Paraiba tourmaline necklace, which was soon discovered by Nan Zeyu. On Nan Zeyu's orders, he contacted the buyer and wanted to redeem the necklace.

But what Qian Dayo didn't expect was that the buyer had already sold the necklace to someone else. After several twists and turns, Qian Dayo finally found the final buyer - a middle-aged rich man named Xiang Yilin. Coincidentally, this person settled in the magic capital.

But when Qian Dayo came to Xiang Yilin's house in a hurry, he was closed. He inquired and learned that Xiang Yilin, who loved sailing, had boarded a cruise ship to Argentina a day before his visit and was going to stay in Antarctica for a while.

Xiang Yilin has always acted freely, he is not in a hurry to take off the necklace, and he is not interested in Qian Dayo's offer. After several phone calls, he finally agreed to talk to Qian Dayu about the matter when he returned from Antarctica. And Qian Dayo's investigation was carried out secretly, and he could not entrust the police to force Xiang Yilin to come back early, so in desperation, he had to wait patiently.

It wasn't until January 24, 2016 that Xiang Yilin returned to the magic capital. It happened to be a Sunday, and there was a traffic jam everywhere, and Qian Dayo finally arrived at Xiang Yilin's mansion on Huayuan Shiqiao Road.

Qian Dayu parked the car, sorted out his appearance in the rearview mirror, and then got out of the car. He wasn't sure he could buy the necklace back at the original price, he had sold it for $200,000, and the necklace had changed hands several times, and the price was definitely going up now.

Qian Dayu touched the inner pocket of his coat, and inside was a bank card.

"If he thinks my offer is low, I'll have to borrow it from Gao. Qian Dayu thought distraughtly. He glanced at his watch, and it was exactly 7 p.m.

"I wonder if this big guy has had dinner, or if he will give me a face to eat with?" Qian Dayo's brain was running fast, "Next to Binjiang Avenue, there are many Western restaurants and coffee houses, there is always one that has an appetite for him." ”

Qian Dayo walked to the door of Xiang Yilin's mansion with a nervous mood. He gently pressed the call bell at the door, and soon, a middle-aged man's voice came out, "Is it Mr. Qian?"

"It's me, Mr. Xiang, who bother. Qian Dayo noticed the camera at the door, and he immediately smiled and waved at the camera.

"Please wait. ”

A minute later, a man in a light white casual suit opened the door. He has a well-proportioned figure and a dark complexion, and he looks like a person who exercises outdoors all year round.

"Hello. Qian Dayo said politely.

Xiang Yilin nodded, "Please come in." ”

The mansion was extremely ornately decorated, but Qian Dayo was not in the mood to take a closer look. He roughly looked around, and with the keen intuition of the criminal policeman, he noticed a detail: in this house of at least 500 square meters, there was no one else.

"Mr. Xiang, this house is really beautiful. He snorted and complimented, "One more beautiful hostess, it's just perfect." ”

Xiang Yilin said arrogantly: "How cheesy it is. Obviously, he didn't know the true identity of Qian Dayo, and only thought that Qian Dayo was a vassal and elegant businessman, and his attitude was not very respectful.

The two of them took their seats. After greeting for a while, Xiang Yilin took the initiative to say, "Mr. Qian, I'm curious, why do you have to buy this necklace?"

Qian Dayo said unhurriedly: "Don't hide it, I bought it for my wife, she doesn't know why in the past two years, she likes tourmaline almost like evil." Especially after she learned about Paraiba tourmaline, she wondered about buying some top-of-the-line ones all day long. ”

"Haha, I really can't see it, it turns out that Mr. Qian is a good husband. Xiang Yilin laughed, "I have long passed the age of 'tearing a fan to make a smile', and sometimes I envy you people." ”

"Mr. Xiang looks very young. Qian Dayo said flatteringly, "I think it should be smaller than me." ”

Xiang Yilin smiled but did not speak.

"By the way, Mr. Xiang, I'm a little embarrassed to disturb you at this time. Qian Dayu rubbed his hands, "I wonder if Mr. Xiang has time to have a meal together?"

"I don't eat dinner. Xiang Yilin replied, "And there is no need for us to talk at the dinner table. As he spoke, he stood up, "I have a habit of picking places to talk about things. Since we're talking about tourmaline necklaces, let's go to a safe place and talk. ”

Qian Dayo looked surprised, and he stood up cooperatively.

Xiang Yilin took Qian Dayo to the end of the corridor on the second floor, where there was a simple and elegant sour branch wood octagonal table, on which was placed a cloisonné cloisonné enamel flower arrangement. Xiang Yilin reached behind the octagonal table and pressed a switch.

The octagonal table slowly moved to the left with the wall, revealing a secret door.

"Be careful, don't touch the flower arrangement. Xiang Yilin said and walked in. Qian Dayo restrained his strong curiosity and followed.

The chamber is not small, with a thick brown carpet on the floor, dark brown parquet inlays on the walls, two very conspicuous metal cabinets in the corners, placed symmetrically, and on the wall between the two cabinets, a large screen television is hung to monitor the situation around the mansion and throughout the room.

"I live alone, so I have to be careful. Xiang Yilin saw Qian Dayo's surprised gaze, so he explained.

"Well, understood. Qian Dayo said.

"Sit down. Xiang Yilin pointed to the sofa, and he sat down on a chair opposite the sofa.

"Mr. Xiang, I have been to the homes of many wealthy merchants, but this is the first time I have seen the secret room. After Qian Dayo finished speaking, he laughed dryly.

"It means that I am not wary of you. Xiang Yilin said arrogantly, "Rich people have safes at home, but I guess only I dare to let people who meet for the first time know where the safe is." With that, he pointed to the cabinet on the right, "The safe is in there." ”

Qian Dayo hurriedly said: "Mr. Xiang is very brave, I think, ordinary thieves don't dare to beat your idea." ”

Xiang Yilin cocked Erlang's legs, "To be honest, I was really a little suspicious of you at first. However, I noticed that your clothes fit well and you don't have anything extra in your pockets, and I don't think you should be a thief, because a thief must take his tools with him when he goes out. ”

Qian Dayo was extremely embarrassed, "Mr. Xiang is really interesting." ”

"Haha, okay, let's stop talking nonsense, I'll just ask directly, did you really buy a necklace for your wife?"

"Really. Qian Dayo nodded like pounding garlic, "My wife is going to take my son to study in the neon country, I want to be nice to her, she usually works very hard, and she hasn't lived a good life with me for a few days." He said this with emotion, even nasal.

"It seems that you really don't know the origin of this chain. Xiang Yilin sighed, "The reason why this necklace is so expensive is not only because of the Paraiba tourmaline on it, but more importantly, it once belonged to a mysterious and beautiful neon woman." ”

Qian Dayu was confused when he heard it, but he looked at Yilin's solemn and serious expression, and he was embarrassed to interrupt.

"In 1989, an exploration team discovered a bright blue-green tourmaline weighing 10.5 grams in the Brazilian state of Paraíba. This vivid tourmaline that looked like it had been kissed by the devil immediately caused a sensation in the gemstone world and was named 'Paraiba Tourmaline' because it was produced in Paraíba. So, despite the discovery of new deposits in Nigeria and Mozambique, some collectors insist that only tourmalines from the Paraiba region are truly 'Paraiba tourmalines'. Xiang Yilin said, suddenly stopped, "Do you smoke a cigar?"

"No, thank you. Qian Dayo said solemnly.

"Then you're welcome. Xiang Yilin stood up, "I still have a habit of smoking cigars when talking about things. But as soon as he got to the cabinet on the left, the doorbell rang.

Xiang Yilin frowned and looked at the monitor.

Qian Dayo was a little surprised, "Do you still have guests?"

Xiang Yilin shook his head, he stared at the TV for a few seconds, "I don't know this person." ”

Qian Dayu glanced at the TV, and the man in a black hoodie and dark jeans at the door was looking down at his phone.

At this time, Xiang Yilin's mobile phone sent a new message prompt tone, he looked at the phone, and suddenly realized, "Ah, it's a courier." ”

Qian Dayo glanced at the TV again, and then saw that there was a box at the hoodie's feet that was not much bigger than a lunch box.

"Wait a minute. Xiang Yilin smiled apologetically, "I'll be back soon." He went to the door, pressed a piece of parquet on the wall, and the door opened.

When he went out, the door closed automatically.

Qian Dayo glanced at his watch with mixed feelings, 19:42.

He stood up and took a few steps, but subconsciously walked to the front of the cabinet on the right. He looked around vigilantly, and then carefully looked at the surveillance footage, and he noticed that there was no secret room on the surveillance screen. This suggests that there are probably no cameras in the room.

"He's watching the surveillance in the secret room, and of course there's no need to put a camera in the secret room. Thinking like this, Qian Dayo couldn't help grinning. He glanced at the surveillance footage again, and Xiang Yilin was slowly walking down the stairs.

Qian Dayu plucked up his courage, grabbed the handle on the right cabinet door, and tried to pull it gently, and the cabinet opened—it was much easier than he had imagined.

But then, Qian Dayo smiled bitterly.

Inside the cabinet was a medium-sized safe, which was obviously not open with bare hands.

After Qian Dayo observed, he closed the cabinet door stupidly, and then glanced at the TV casually.

The sight frightened him.

The hoodie man burst into the hall at some point, and he slashed Xiang Yilin's neck with a sharp dagger. The latter clutched his neck and slowly collapsed to the ground.

Blood kept pouring out of Xiang Yilin's fingers and flowing onto his white casual clothes, like red plums blooming in the snow.

The hoodie man put away the knife, and Qian Dayo noticed that the murderer was wearing gloves. He looked back at the closed secret door in fear, then groped in his pocket in panic, and then realized that he was not armed with any weapons. He looked around the chamber in despair: wooden vases, shallow incense plates, books in foreign languages...... There is nothing that can be used for self-defense.

Qian Dayo was anxious, he looked at the surveillance screen and was at a loss. The hoodie man walked to the middle of the living room, as if hesitating, as if searching.

Suddenly, the hoodie man raised his head and happened to take a look at Qian Dayo.

"It's actually this guy?!" Qian Dayo was stunned.