Ah Ming thought that Meng Zitao was tired, but Meng Zitao knew that his feelings would definitely not go wrong, as for who the other party was, Meng Zitao also guessed, it was nothing more than that there was no news from the tall man and the short man, Li Rongfa's people came to check and noticed him.

Anyway, the things have already arrived, so Meng Zitao didn't care about this person, and maybe he could lead Li Rongfa out.

After solving the matter of Danmu, Meng Zitao did not stay here for long, but he did not go back, but went to Xijing to treat the old man of the Lu family, and by the way, he got a painting from Lu Hongzhen.

Lu Hongzhen's level of imitation of Xu Beihong is very high, if it weren't for the fact that the painting has not been old, Meng Zitao would probably not be able to see that the painting is an imitation at a glance.

Speaking of which, the reason why Meng Zitao signed Lu Hongzhen at the beginning was also to make a fuss about his imitation and pit his enemies, however, the world has changed, and now he suddenly finds that he may not have to do this kind of behavior.

Of course, the painting is still a good painting, Meng Zitao felt that it was a big loss for the art world to make Lu Hongzhen obscure like this, so after discussing with Lu Hongzhen, he signed a contract with Lu Hongzhen in the name of the museum, and as for the follow-up promotion, he didn't have to worry about it.

After that, Meng Zitao returned to Lingshi, and when he arrived home, the staff of the institute had already taken the dragon king seal out of the box.

As Meng Zitao expected, there is a colorless and odorless poison left on the seal, which can poison people if touched by a trace, but this poison is chronic, and it will take a while for people to lose their lives, so it is very similar to encountering a curse. After that, if you still want to go treasure hunting in the Land of Hope, you will also weigh it.

Due to the importance attached to the Land of Hope, the department sent many people to investigate the whereabouts of Xun Lingwei, and even used internal responses, however, half a month has passed, but there is no news at all, as if the parties have disappeared. Moreover, no unidentified persons were found around the ancient city of Niya.

The matter has reached an impasse, but Meng Zitao believes that it is impossible for the tripartite forces of Xunlingwei to wait like this, and sooner or later their whereabouts will be revealed.

This morning, Meng Zitao came to the antique street, although his focus is no longer here, but he will often come to see, although the new cultural street is gradually lively, but it is still too remote, some old people usually do not go, so the antique market in Ling City is still mainly here.

Meng Zitao went to his shop first, and the decoration of the store was nearing the end, so he turned around and was satisfied with the effect of the decoration.

As mentioned above, with the development of society, the business model of the store has gradually become obsolete, and the club is more in line with the characteristics of antique trading.

Meng Zitao had already planned to build the shop on this side of the antique street into a clubhouse, but he asked Zhu Xinyue to be responsible for this matter, and now it seems that Zhu Xinyue has been able to take charge on his own.

Meng Zitao praised a few words, and Zhu Xinyue smiled so much that his face blossomed.

"Teacher, how to solve the supply of goods in our club?" Zhu Xinyue asked cautiously.

Meng Zitao looked at Zhu Xinyue's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and said with a smile: "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't hide it." ”

Zhu Xinyue scratched his head and said: "That's the case, some time ago, I knew a 'brick mover', and yesterday he told me that he had a batch of good goods in his hand and asked me if I was interested." However, I don't know what he has in his hands, and the price he says is not something I can handle. ”

"Okay, you call him and ask him to come and talk. Meng Zitao said.

"Okay......

Half an hour later, the person Zhu Xinyue said arrived, this person had a big round face, but he just looked fat on his face, and his figure was not burly at all.

Meng Zitao listened to the other party's self-introduction, shook hands with him, and said with a smile: "Boss Xiang, I don't know where your goods are now?"

Xiang Weijiang said: "Director Meng, the shopkeeper Zhu should have told you, I am a 'brick mover', to tell you the truth, the things I said are all sold by the owner to me, if it is convenient for you now, we can go and see together." ”

"Where?"

"It's in Donghua, about half an hour by car. ”

"No problem. ”

Meng Zitao drove Xiang Weijiang to the community where the owner lived, the community was relatively old, and the doorman was basically just a decoration, and when he saw Meng Zitao's car driving in, he just looked up and did his own thing.

After getting out of the car, Meng Zitao followed Xiang Weijiang to the door of the owner's house, knocked on the door to Weijiang, and waited for a while, but no one came to open the door.

Xiang Weijiang was a little strange, and couldn't help muttering a few words: "It shouldn't be, why is there no one at home at this point?"

As he spoke, he knocked on the door again, and it was the same, and there was no sound in the room.

At this time, the neighbor opened the door and looked at Meng Zitao and Xiang Weijiang: "Who are you looking for?"

Xiang Weijiang knew the other party: "Uncle Lin, I'm Xiao Xiang, you don't know me." ”

The old man took a closer look and suddenly said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I don't have glasses, I can't see clearly." ”

"Do you know where Hua Lao went?"

"I don't know, isn't he at home?"

"No, I just knocked on the door for so long, and he didn't open it. When did you see him?"

"Hey, in this way, I saw him yesterday morning, and I haven't seen him until today, so it's not normal!"

After being reminded by Xiang Weijiang, the old man remembered that he hadn't seen Old Man Hua for a long time, which was too rare.

Because he has a good relationship with Hua Lao, and Hua Lao's work and rest are also very regular, he will go to the park every morning and evening, and always chat with everyone, except for illness, this situation has never appeared before.

"Isn't it sick? Otherwise, how can you not go out of the house for a day?" the old man muttered, and then he seemed a little anxious: "No, he lives alone, and if he is seriously ill, he will die." ”

Xiang Weijiang said, "Do you have his children's phone numbers?"

"You're stupid too, they all live in other places, and when they come, even the daylily is cold. The old man immediately made a decision and called someone from the locksmith company to come over.

Xiang Weijiang called the unlocking company, and the unlocker came over, and after learning the situation, he said: "Call your property to be a witness, otherwise I will not be able to unlock the lock, in case something goes wrong in the future, I can't bear this responsibility." ”

"It's a nuisance. ”

There was no way, what the unlocker said made sense, so the old man had to go and find the people from the property company, and the locksmith agreed to open the lock.

Opening the door, Meng Zitao sniffed lightly: "Do you smell blood?"

Except for the people in the property, everyone else said that they didn't smell it, and everyone hurriedly came to the bedroom, and the next scene shocked everyone, only to see the old man lying on the bed, his head was bloody and blurred, and there were blood stains on the ground and on the wall. It's just that this place must have been cleaned up, and some blood stains have been wiped away.

Seeing this, everyone was stunned for a few seconds, and then they called the police in a panic.

"I don't think people are dead. ”

Meng Zitao said in his mouth, walked up to Hua Lao, the old man was slashed at least three times on his head, it seems that it should be a knife aimed at ending the old man's life, and the knife is to the bone.

Meng Zitao tested the old man's pulse, turned his head and shouted to everyone: "Call an ambulance, there is still a pulse." ”

To be honest, Meng Zitao was also a little surprised in his heart, the old man had shed so much blood, and he hadn't died yet, which was a miracle.

A staff member of the property hurriedly called the emergency number again.

Meng Zitao stopped the bleeding for the old man, but the old man should have been injured for several hours, and the blood was about to run out, and what he needed most now was not to stop the bleeding but to transfuse it.

Fortunately, the ambulance arrived soon and took the old man to the hospital, while the police stayed behind to investigate.

Everyone knew everything about the police's questions, and things began to become clear.

The time when this incident happened should be five or six o'clock in the morning, at this time, the thief should be unlikely, and the reason why the old man was injured was also because of an accident, indicating that the other party should be an acquaintance.

Therefore, the police set the scope of the murderer on the old man's friends and relatives, the old man's friends are basically residents of this community, and it is generally unlikely that they will come to his house so early in the morning to find him, and they are all seventy or eighty years old, even if they have that heart, they rarely have the ability to do it.

It is understood that Hua Lao's sons and daughters are all working in other places, so they can be excluded first, and as for relatives, there are only two or three relatives who have dealings with Hua Lao and have a good relationship, among which the best relationship is Hua Lao's nephew.

According to Mr. Lin, Hua Lao's nephew often came to visit him, and every time he came, he always brought fruit, and Hua Lao often praised his nephew outside.

It stands to reason that Hua Lao's nephew is impossible to do to Hua Lao, he has no motive, but the police can't miss every clue, at least they still have to ask.

So, the police asked where Hua Lao's nephew lived, and it was a coincidence that Hua Lao's nephew lived in this community.

Lin Lao took the police to find someone, originally this matter had nothing to do with Meng Zitao and them, but Hua Lao had an accident, and they couldn't stay here, plus their car was parked on the edge of the unit where Hua Lao's nephew lived, so they went over to take a look.

Hua Lao's nephew lives on the second floor, and when the police told him about the bad news, he looked shocked: "How is it possible! I went to the fruit supermarket in the morning and bought a few snake fruits to visit him, but I accidentally sprained my arm, so I didn't go, I knew it would ......be like this."

At this time, Meng Zitao suddenly spoke: "You said you bought a snake fruit to see him?"

"yes, is there any problem?" Hua Lao's nephew nodded.

Meng Zitao said: "I just think it's a little strange, I just noticed that there are a few snake fruits on the table in Hua Lao's living room. ”

Hua Lao's nephew trembled and said, "He prefers to eat snake fruit, so he should have bought it himself." ”

The policeman's ability to observe words and emotions is always there, and the performance of Hua's old nephew caused them to be puzzled, so one of the policemen said: "Can you show us the snake fruit you bought." ”

The police all opened their mouths, and even if Hua Lao's nephew was not happy, he could only bring people into the house.

The moment he opened the bag and saw the fruit inside, Hua Lao's nephew suddenly felt that the world was spinning for a while, and he couldn't have words to express his feelings.

"Mr. Lin, you can't even tell the difference between snake fruit and apple, right?"

Hua Lao's nephew was speechless, and at this time, Meng Zitao replied: "Actually, Hua Lao is still hospitalized, and it shouldn't be long before he can do it." ”

This sentence interrupted the last bit of fantasy of Hua's old nephew, and the whole person was paralyzed.

"Tell me, what's going on, what's the conflict between you and your brother-in-law?" the policeman asked.

At this time, Hua Lao's nephew also broke the jar and broke it, he said angrily: "It's nothing, I just think he is too unfair, how many things I have done for him, what he can't do, I help him, he is sick, I took him to the hospital, he is good, he didn't even give me a cent of money, and the will after his death almost excluded me." ”

"Actually, my requirements are really not high, even if I am given a fifth of the property, I am very happy. But what about him, how did he do all the dirty work for me, but the benefits were not mine, did I really think I was Lei Feng?!"