106. Suspicious Paintings

The countess's surprised and frightened eyes did not escape Ling Yunpeng's eyes, he pretended to be sorry and sighed: "Alas, this Sergei is really a pity, his painting skills are so good, his works are so good, how could he fall into the Huangpu River?" It's a pity, it's a pity, I'll never see the works of this genius again. “

"Did the newspaper say that any clues had been found?" The Countess asked cautiously.

"Clues? Didn't this Sergei fall overboard, someone wanted to kill him? Ling Yunpeng cross-examined the countess.

The countess shook her head repeatedly: "I don't know, I don't know." “

At this time, Anna came over, she also saw Sergei's picture, her big eyes opened wider, she looked at the countess, pointed to the picture, and looked stunned.

Ling Yunpeng looked at the pair of master and servant silently, obviously, this Sergei was not like the countess said, he had just heard of it, and even a maid knew this painter, which showed that the relationship between this Sergei and the count's family was extraordinary.

It seems that there will be a breakthrough in finding out the cause of Sergei's death. Ling Yunpeng already knew the direction of his next move.

Today is the fourth day of the Anhesi Road homicide case, Feng Haiquan arrived in the office early in the morning, and the non-stop investigation and evidence collection in the past few days gave him a general idea of this case.

Of course, there are still some places where he still has doubts, such as the three Japanese who secretly broke into the earl's house twice, what did they want to steal? Judging from the scene of the crime, it seems that the Earl's family has not lost any items, gold and silver jewelry and cash antiques have not been lost, of course, these three Japanese are from the Sakura Agency, and their target will not be these things, so what is their goal?

Feng Haiquan decided to go to the Earl's house again, and then take a closer look, what treasures were hidden in the Earl's house that made the three Japanese want to break in and steal several times.

So Feng Haiquan drove to No. 8 Anhesi Road with several policemen, tore off the seal on the door, and then went upstairs with several policemen.

After Feng Haiquan entered the door, he first walked around the maid's room on the ground floor, except for a bed, a table and a wardrobe These simple furniture have no other furnishings, but in addition to some needlework and rags in the basket, he also found a Jin Ling earring, but there was only one earring, Feng Haiquan picked up the Jin Ling earrings and looked at them, and put them back in the basket.

Then Feng Haiquan went to Ivanov's room again, and found nothing, and searched in the living room, and there was nothing unusual, and then went to the dining room to look around, but still found nothing, and then entered the bedroom, the bedroom was very large, and there was a bathroom inside, Feng Haiquan rummaged through the bookcase, the bedside table, turned his head, and suddenly found that the oil painting on the opposite side of the bed was missing, leaving only an empty picture frame hanging there.

Feng Haiquan was taken aback, he touched the frame with his hand, the whole oil painting was stolen after being cut by a knife, I remember that when I first came to investigate the scene, there was an oil painting in this place, which seemed to be a scene of flowers and plants, but why did it not take three days for this painting to disappear? Because there is no one living in the small western-style building at present, so he only arranged two days of vigilance, and the day before yesterday just after the alert was lifted, there was a theft in this small western-style building? Could it be that in the past two days, someone has dared to take risks and dare to enter the scene of the murder to commit theft? Who has such guts? Could it be that the goal of these three Japanese is this painting? Sakura's thief is not dead, and he continues to send people to steal? What is the secret hidden in this painting?

A series of questions made Feng Haiquan realize that this case was far from as simple as he imagined. The only clue he has in his hand now is Ivanov, Feng Haiquan looked at his watch, it was more than eight o'clock in the morning, so he immediately drove to Lao Tang's house first to see if Ah Bao was there, if Ah Bao was there, he would take Ah Bao directly to the hospital, and if Ah Bao was not there, he would go to the university and ask a teacher who knew Russian to be a translator.

Feng Haiquan came to Lao Tang's house, he looked at the time, now that Lao Tang had gone to work, he knocked on the door, and after a while, the door opened, and Ah Bao looked at Feng Haiquan with sleepy eyes.

"Inspector Feng, you're looking for my father, he's gone to work." Po yawned.

"No, I'm looking for you, Bao, quickly change your clothes and follow me." Feng Haiquan urged Bao.

"Oh, okay, okay, I'll change my clothes right away." When Ah Bao heard this, he knew that Feng Haiquan was looking for him in a hurry, so he hurriedly went back to the house to change clothes.

"Inspector Feng, am I still going to work as a translator for that big Russian fat man today?" Ah Bao asked Feng Haiquan while straightening his clothes.

"Hmm." Feng Haiquan nodded.

Ah Bao's heart is happy, which shows that his last translator, Inspector Feng, is still very satisfied, otherwise he would not look for himself for the second time.

After arriving at Ivanov's single ward, Feng Haiquan went straight to ask about oil painting.

"Bao, you ask him, what is that oil painting in the countess's bedroom?"

Po translated this into Russian with great precision.

Ivanov looked at Feng Haiquan and didn't know why he mentioned this oil painting, but he still told Feng Haiquan the truth without reservation: "This oil painting is a fake, Monet's "Water Lilies". “

When Po translated Ivanov's words into Chinese, Feng Haiquan couldn't help but look puzzled: "Fake "Water Lilies"? The Earl's collection is actually a fake? Bao, ask him again, who painted this painting? “

After listening to Po's translation, Ivanov said silently: "It's Sergei, a friend of the count, a university professor. “

"Do you know if there is a secret hidden in this painting?" Feng Haiquan looked directly at Ivanov.

Seeing Feng Haiquan's expression, Ah Bao knew that this question was very important, so he raised his voice to translate.

"Secret? Could it be that there is a secret in this painting? Ivanov's face was clouded.

Feng Haiquan continued: "I'll tell you the truth, I found out that this oil painting was missing this morning. Who do you think stole the painting? “

After listening to Po's translation, Ivanov was dumbfounded: "Why did you steal this painting?" I don't know why this painting aroused the interest of the thief, and I don't know what is special about this painting. If I had to guess who had stolen the painting, it would have been the Japanese, the Japanese named Tanaka, who had come to the Countess's house, and he had seen the painting, and they must have thought that it was Monet's work, so they tried everything possible to steal it. “

Ivanov said a lot of things like a cannon, which made Po dizzy after hearing it, and he only remembered the last few words: "Inspector Feng, the Russians said that he speculated that the Japanese stole the painting, because Tanaka, the Japanese, had been to the countess's house, and he had seen the painting, and they must have thought that the painting was Monet's authentic work, so they tried every possible way to steal the painting." “

This guess was very consistent with Feng Haiquan's assumption, so he didn't ask any more and left the hospital with Po.

After returning to the police station, Feng Haiquan began to write a closing report, which lasted until the early morning of the next day.