Listening to Lin Jiangbei's words, Colonel Price couldn't help but become solemn and said, "It's not difficult to find out this problem, you wait a minute." ”

He turned around, pushed open the door, and shouted outside, "Captain Sheldon, call Commander Buttermo at once, and ask him to come over on a motorbike immediately!" ”

"Yes!" A black captain outside answered, and immediately went out to call Commander Batmo.

Colonel Price closed the door before explaining to Lin Jiangbei: "Batmo is the first commander of our Fourth Marine Regiment and my chief non-commissioned officer's assistant. In peacetime, he was responsible for inspecting the military appearance, military discipline, and internal affairs of the Fourth Marine Corps. If there are any soldiers in the regiment who have dyed their hair, he knows for sure! ”

"But he is now at the regiment headquarters on Haiphong Road, and when he received a call, he rushed over on a motorcycle, and it is estimated that it will take fifteen, six, or seven minutes!"

Lin Jiangbei nodded, fifteen, sixteen or seven minutes is not too long, he can just take advantage of this time to talk to Colonel Price about the following issues.

"Then put this clue aside for the time being, and wait for Commander Batmo to arrive!" Lin Jiangbei said to Colonel Price, "Then let's talk about the last valuable clue!" ”

Lin Jiangbei said and pulled Colonel Price to the old drunkard's master bedroom, pointed to a black mark the size of a matchhead next to the pillow, and said to him: "Colonel Price, the last valuable clue is this mark. The imprint of what do you think it is. ”

Colonel Price leaned over and stared at the match-head-sized black mark on the side of the pillow for a long time, but he didn't see the reason, and finally honestly admitted to Lin Jiangbei: "Mr. Cheng, I'm sorry, I really can't see it." ”

So Lin Jiangbei stopped selling Guan Zi and said to Colonel Price: "This is a shoe polish mark. ”

The imprint of shoe polish?

Colonel Price looked down again. But isn't it, after Lin Jiangbei's statement, he also saw that this black mark was really left by shoe polish.

But the question is, how can the impression of shoe polish get on the side of the pillow?

Lin Jiangbei smiled secretly in his heart, this mark of shoe polish was actually when he searched the master bedroom, when Colonel Price didn't pay attention, he secretly rubbed a piece of the old drunkard's leather shoes on the shoe rack and stained it on the pillow.

At this time, he said to Colonel Price in a matter-of-fact manner: "Indeed, under normal circumstances, even if Leonovsky is lying on the bed in leather shoes, the shoe polish of his leather shoes will only rub against the sheets of the bed, and it will not be possible to rub against the pillow. ”

"And judging from the size of this mark, it doesn't look like a leather shoe rubbed on it, but it looks like a human finger or nail part rubbed on it."

Colonel Price looked down at the black mark on the pillow again, and agreed with Lin Jiangbei's judgment. As Lin Jiangbei said, if the leather shoes accidentally rubbed the pillow, no matter what, it would rub out an oblique mark, instead of leaving a black mark the size of a match head on the pillow as it is now.

If a person's finger or fingernail is glued to shoe polish and rubbed on the side of the pillow, it will leave such a small black mark the size of a matchhead.

"So, what kind of person would get shoe polish on their fingers or fingernails?" Lin Jiangbei continued: "The answer is, the person who shines the shoes. ”

"With Leonovsky's status as an internationally famous tailor in Shanghai and his income, he certainly does not shine his own shoes, and when we searched his apartment before, we did not find shoe polish or shoe brushes such as shoe polish and shoe brushes."

"So this black mark on the pillow must not have been stained on Leonovsky's hands when he polished his shoes, and then accidentally left it on the pillow."

"Therefore, this black mark must have been left by another person."

"So who is this person? Not only was he able to shine Leonovsky's shoes, but he was also close enough to Leonovsky that he could enter Leonovsky's master bedroom and even lie on Leonovsky's bed. ”

"If you extrapolate from these clues, it's almost certain that this person is a woman." Lin Jiangbei said eloquently, "Because it is not difficult to imagine that Leonovsky will let a man shine his shoes, but he will definitely not let a man lie on the bed in his master bedroom." Unless it's Leonovsky's sexual orientation that is problematic. ”

"And according to the investigation of Leonovsky's situation by our intelligence department some time ago, we have not found that he has this habit of liking men."

Colonel Price nodded, agreeing with Lin Jiangbei's judgment.

It was also difficult for him to accept that Leonovsky, a Caucasian man with three big and five thick skins, would be a man lover.

Lin Jiangbei continued: "In addition, when we were investigating Leonovsky's situation in the early stage, we had contact with Mr. Robert George, the head chef of your U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai. Mr. Robert George gives us a major clue that Leonofsky was particularly accustomed to going to the corner of Broadway Road and Disway Road to find a shoe-shiner to shine her shoes. ”

"What? And such a thing? Colonel Price's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Mr. Cheng, is it possible that this black mark on the pillow was left by the female shoe-shiner?" ”

Lin Jiangbei took great pains to forge this mark, and gave such a large number of reasons, naturally in order to guide Colonel Price to this conclusion. For he could never tell the fact that the shoe-shiner had been to the old drunkard's apartment. In addition to the fact that this thing sounds a little unreliable and makes people feel unbelievable, the most important thing is that this is one of the biggest hole cards after he crossed over to the Republic of China. Except for the fact that he showed this ability in Wang Longfei's case at the beginning, in the subsequent actions, Lin Jiangbei has been deliberately downplaying his ability, even if it is occasionally displayed, it is only slightly stronger than ordinary people.

How could he show such a powerful and unbelievable ability to smell the scents left by other people a day or two ago in the confined space of the scene, in front of an outsider like Colonel Price!

"I also went to the female shoe-shiner to polish her shoes," Lin Jiangbei did not directly answer Colonel Price's words, but continued to list the evidence, "I remember that when she polished her shoes, she used East China brand leather shoe polish made in Shanghai. ”

"In addition to the brightness of Huadong brand leather shoe polish is better than other leather shoes, the important thing is that it is also adulterated with flavor, and the shoe polish does not smell like other leather shoe polish." Lin Jiangbei said as he took the pillow and asked Colonel Price to sniff it, "Smell it, is this mark not as smelly as ordinary leather shoe polish?" ”

Colonel Price sniffed hard, nodded and said, "Not really! This mark does not have the smell of ordinary shoe polish!! ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Lin Jiangbei, "Mr. Cheng, whether this mark was left by the female shoe-shiner, I sent someone to arrest her and interrogate her, don't you know?" ”