Chapter 60: Poison and Identity
Bailey cursed and got dressed, looked in the mirror at his disgruntled expression, and came to the docks with a group of patrols.
After getting on the boat, Bailey was much more awake by the cold wind.
Led by the captain and first mate, he came to the cabin, and Bailey met the dead and transparent Lu Boss. Bailey waved his hand, and a patrol behind him stepped forward, examined it carefully for a while, and said, "The deceased died about an hour ago, and there are obvious strangulation marks on his neck. There were no other external injuries on the surface of the body, and there were no signs of struggle or fierce resistance. The preliminary judgment was that he was strangled with a rope from behind. ”
After listening to Bailey, he spoke a series of English, although everyone didn't know what he was talking about, but it shouldn't be a good thing to look at his expression.
After Bailey took Boss Lu's body away, he reported the matter to Flanders overnight. When Flanders learned that Boss Lu had been killed, he was even more angry, sprayed the blood of Bailey's scolding, and greeted the Japanese emperor again and again.
Flanders was fully convinced that the Japanese did it. He had now secretly decided to release Zhou Min tomorrow. He was fed up with the rude, brutal, arrogant Japanese.
"Grandpa, Wang Wu has already done the work. Boss Lu has already gone to Hades to report. ”
Li Qisheng squinted his eyes and touched his beard and said, "Well, it's good to be dead, only the dead can keep the secret." This thing was originally done for the Japanese, let them carry the black pot themselves, and it just happened to be the same as the British dog-eat-dog. The grandfather and grandson glanced at each other, and saw the sinister cunning in each other's eyes.
At dawn the next day, Principal Zhang and others came to the door of the concession authorities to wait for Bailey's answer, and when Bailey announced the acquittal of Zhou Min, everyone cheered and hugged each other.
And Zhou Min in prison didn't know that she was about to be released from prison, she was chatting with Cao Dazui, waiting for today's breakfast by the way, and sure enough, at the same time as yesterday, the prison guard walked in with food.
Cao Dazui glanced at the prison guard and asked, "What is delicious today, I can't wait?" The prison guard ignored him, but thought in his heart: This kid is really lucky, not only is he accompanied by a beautiful woman, but he can also eat such a good thing every day.
The two took the food from the prison guard's hand, opened it and saw that it was bread.
Cao Dazui said curiously: "How is it bread, isn't this a foreigner's thing?"
Zhou Min is also very strange, Xiaoxue is a northerner, she has never seen bread before coming to Shanghai, and she didn't eat it again when she was in the mansion, and she felt unaccustomed to eating. How can bread be delivered today.
The prison guard listened to Cao Tianjun's words and muttered in a low voice: "Really, I am still picky when I have foreign bread to eat." This is something that Miss Xue specially asked someone to send today. ”
When Zhou Min heard this, she felt strange that Xiaoxue didn't personally bring her food this morning.
The prison guard shook his head and left, and Cao Tianjun suddenly said, "Sister, don't eat yet." As soon as Zhou Min heard this, he put back the bread that had been brought to his mouth. Looking at him puzzled.
Cao Tianjun put down the bread and ran to the corner of the cell, leaving Zhou Min with a back, Zhou Min looked at him curiously, and could only see the straw flying on the ground.
"I've caught you" Cao Tianjun suddenly turned around, still clutching an arm-sized mouse in his hand. It's that "Ash".
Seeing the big ash, Zhou Min subconsciously took two steps back, looking at Cao Tianjun very puzzled, not understanding what he was going to do.
Cao Tianjun broke off a small piece of bread and gave it to Da Ash to eat.
Big Ash may have eaten foreign bread for the first time in this life, and he thought it was delicious. I ate most of the bread in one go. Zhou Min saw Cao Tianjun's strange behavior, and felt that he was a little wasteful, and was about to stop it. I saw that the big gray suddenly convulsed, lay on the ground and tossed twice, and then foamed at the mouth and lost his voice.
Zhou Min couldn't help but gasp when he saw this scene.
"This" Zhou Min didn't say anything for a long time.
Cao Tianjun kicked the dead big gray with his foot and said to Zhou Min: "Sister, it seems that someone has attacked you." ”
"How is this possible, is it Japanese?", Zhou Min said suspiciously
"It's hard to say who did it, but it's certain that you'll die. ”
"Thank you, you saved my life, I have to repay you for this favor. Zhou Min said to Cao Tianjun seriously.
"The eldest sister and I are polite, although we have known each other for a short time, but I treat you as my own sister, and besides, I have not eaten your roast chicken less in the past few days, haha. ”
"My life can only be compared to roast chicken in your eyes, isn't it? Zhou Min listened to his words, rolled his eyes and said.
Because the bread was poisonous, the two of them did not dare to eat this breakfast anymore, so they hid the bread and sat quietly.
About half an hour later, the prison door opened again, and there were many people who came this time, including the second elder of the Zhou family, Xiaoxue, Wang Zhimin, Principal Zhang, and Li Chao and others, and almost everyone Zhou Min knew arrived.
Everyone happily took Zhou Min out of prison, and Zhou Min solemnly promised Cao Tianjun before leaving that he would be rescued immediately. Everyone came to a high-end hotel under the name of the Zhou family, and the hotel manager had already prepared a table of sumptuous wine and food.
Under Zhou Yaozu's greeting, everyone took their seats. Looking at a table of delicacies, a splendid private room, and a red carpeted floor, Zhou Min felt as if he had returned to reality, not in that straw-covered cell.
Zhou Min toasted everyone with a glass of wine, thanking them for their care and travel in the past few days, and Zhou Yaozu generously donated 50,000 oceans to support the Anti-Japanese War.
After three rounds of drinking, Zhou Min told what happened in the morning, so frightened that Zhou's mother turned pale, stroked her chest, and repeatedly chanted God bless.
Xiaoxue said with some fear: "Sister, thanks to that Cao Dazui's quick response, otherwise it would be unimaginable." ”
Speaking of Cao Tianjun, Zhou Yaozu suddenly said: "This person's identity is not simple, but he is not a gangster. Hearing Zhou Yaozu say this, everyone was very curious and waited for him to say the following.
"As far as I know, three months ago, the concession government lost an important thing, which was worth a lot of money, and it should be a treasure of the Old Summer Palace. All the police in the concession were dispatched, and they turned Shanghai upside down and did not find the treasure, but all kinds of signs indicate that the theft of the treasure is related to Cao Tianjun, and the reason why this person is still safe and sound is because someone in Shanghai protects him. Who exactly is the person behind him, no one knows. ”
Hearing Zhou Yaozu say this, Zhou Min couldn't help but fall into deep thought, she now believed Cao Tianjun's words a little. However, no matter what the difficulties, Zhou Min decided to rescue him from prison. Zhou Min expressed his thoughts to Zhou Yaozu.
"Minmin, since he saved you, I won't stand idly by, I'll go to see the chief in a while and find out his tone. Zhou Yaozu said, and said with a smile to Principal Zhang: "Principal Zhang, thank you so much this time, and I am very grateful to you for helping us to the Zhou family." ”
"Mr. Zhou, you're welcome. Let's not talk about how much you helped the school, just say that Zhou Min is my student, and I can't let it go. The arrogance of the Japanese must be suppressed, and the Chinese must have their own right to speak, after all, this is our country. Principal Zhang said loudly.
Everyone was deeply affected by her words, and everyone discussed some things, studied the matter of the China Student Daily, and how to send the property donated by the citizens to the front line. It was already one o'clock in the afternoon when everyone left the hotel. Zhou Min took Xiaoxue to buy a roast chicken, which was the kind that Cao Tianjun liked, and bought a jar of wine, and the two came to the prison with food.
Cao Tianjun's eyes lit up when he saw Zhou Min and Xiaoxue coming to see him. Hehe smiled: "Sister, I knew you would come back, and I only missed my brother after walking for a few hours." ”
Originally, Xiaoxue had an opinion on him, and her opinion of him had changed a little just now, and when she heard him say this, the original little bit of goodwill suddenly disappeared.
Xiaoxue looked at him dissatisfied.
Zhou Min knows who he is these days, and he doesn't care about him, and hands him the roast chicken and wine he bought. said: "I have begged my father to save you, and you have been wronged for a few more days." ”
"Hehe, the eldest sister is really affectionate and righteous, don't worry, brother, I'm very good here, don't be wronged, wait for you to take me out." Cao Tianjun said nonchalantly.
In fact, Zhou Min wanted to ask him if it was really related to the theft of the treasure, but the words did not come out of his mouth, Zhou Min could feel that he was a good person, even if the theft was related to him, Zhou Min decided to save him.