"What time was it?" At this time, Su Hang interjected.

"When the patrolman entered the shop, he followed the groom up to the second floor, and the clock in the study on the second floor showed that it was 9:40 in the morning." Inspector Upton thought for a moment and said.

"We have advanced stores, and maybe there will be new discoveries." Corporal Lynn said, looking at Inspector Upton.

"Okay."

Corporal Lynn and Inspector Upton walked to the store's main entrance, and the two officers guarding the scene saluted Inspector Upton and opened the cordon. Su Hang then walked up to Corporal Lynn and walked into the shop with them.

"The frequent escalation of the war has made the security of the city of London worse and worse." On the other side of the street, a British man in his fifties and sixties with black and white hair looked in the direction of Su Hang and muttered to the people around him.

"Alas! Really, there were many robberies in the town of Wandsworth two days ago, all of which were done by some homeless people and outsiders, but I didn't expect that they were all now endangered in the city of London. At this time, a middle-aged woman wearing a high-waisted blouse in the shape of a lampshade and a long fishtail skirt interjected.

"The Metropolitan Police has stepped up patrols recently, but this kind of thing still happens, how can citizens rest assured!" A slightly hoarse voice rang out among the crowd, and several people looked towards the source of the sound, and a young man in a black suit and glasses stood behind them.

After they came from Suzhou and Hangzhou, the surrounding crowd of onlookers was even more calm, and people like this were talking about whether what was happening in John's store was an escalation of the law and order incident in London, and whether this situation would occur in the next few days!

As for the discussion of the outside world, Upton Inspector and a few people don't know, but if they do, no one cares. It is well known that the public order around London has become more and more unstable recently, but law enforcement agencies such as the National Police Agency and the District Police Department are already working at full strength, but the improvement is still not great, so there is no way to do it. If the upper echelons of this kind of thing are really managed, it can still be solved, but various departments pass the buck to each other, and there is no way to do things that are contrary to the law, after all, there are not many conscientious police officers like Inspector Upton, most of them are passable, and it would be good if no major incident happened.

Of course, things have to be looked at relatively, if the case happened around the nobles and the upper class, then the investigation would be very strong! It can be seen from the attack on Dean Charles' house that almost half of the police force of the Metropolitan Police Department in London is used on it, this is the role of power, not to mention that Dean Charles is still the earl canonized by the British royal family! (Friendly reminder: British titles are not hereditary, except for women.) ）

When you walk into the store, the first thing that catches your eye is a large number of silverware, including a wide variety of silverware, sterling silver bowls, chopsticks, soup spoons, and teapots decorated with silver. They are placed on the counters and display tables of the shops, and even the walls are framed with silver. There are also a number of silver artifacts in the booth that can be seen to be from China.

The silver-trimmed silver candlesticks and the small silver tripods carved with delicate patterns are placed in the most conspicuous position on the counter at the entrance of the door, showing that John valued these goods and asked them to act as a façade.

One of the items that caught Su Hang's attention was a silver jug with gold trim carved with a dragon and phoenix in the auspicious style, which was placed in the display case directly opposite the entrance door and was blocked by glass, but it was still easy to find.

Note: The earldom of Dean Charles was specially granted by the British royal family, and his military exploits during World War I were combined with his position as president of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, and was not hereditary from his ancestors. A silver inlaid with gold edge carved wine jug was originally nothing worthy of Su Hang's attention, this is just a wine jug from China, but why did Su Hang find it at first sight after entering the door, when he saw it, Su Hang's memory was like a quick turn, a delicate and beautiful woman in her twenties was wiping a wine jug, and its appearance was exactly the same as Su Hang's eyes.

This wine pot has its special name in China, called Yin Yang Pot, and there is also a nice and elegant name called Jiuqu Mandarin Duck Pot. This flask is Aldrich's father Alger when he went to China, the first handful with Chinese elements to buy, for this very commemorative object, Aldrich (Suzhou and Hangzhou) parents keep it very well, Aldrich has seen his parents often wipe it since he was a child, which also left an indelible impression on him.

There are a lot of traces of this Jiuqu Mandarin Duck pot in Chinese history, but it is generally used to kill and kill people, take the role of human life, Aldrich has read many ancient books and mentioned this wine pot many times, the female disciple of the ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan accidentally drank the poisonous wine in the Jiuqu Mandarin Duck pot and died, Qu Yuan once lamented "Ode to Orange" for it. Stories like this have been a favorite of Aldrich since he was a child. Aldrich is even more interested in China and related things that he has only heard of but has never visited, like a veil of mystery hidden in it, and he knows a lot about it.

During the Warring States Period of ancient China, there was a woman named Zheng Sleeve in the Chu State, and the Jiuqu Mandarin Duck Pot was made by her, some people said that she was insidious and cunning to make the pot and harm people, and some people said that she was just for the convenience of drinking medicine for herself, and she was filled with wine and medicine on the other side, and was later used. But no matter what, history is evaluated by posterity, and no one knows if it's allowed or not, after all, you haven't seen it with your own eyes. It is not surprising that later politicians, out of some selfish purposes, tampered with the truth of history and confused the eyes and ears of future generations.

Aldrich knows a lot about these, and has heard a lot of things like the Jiuqu Mandarin Duck Pot, a kind of called the Turning Heart Pot has the same effect as the Jiuqu Mandarin Duck Pot, and the function is similar, as far as the single-wheel mechanism is concerned, it is ingenious and extraordinary, and his interest in it increases.

Seeing this pot again, even if there is no close observation, Su Hang is eighty or ninety percent sure that this pot is the one he saw when he was a child. The most important thing is that his own ship was sunk in the Virgin Islands, and even Su Hang himself drifted to Irish Town, so it is not surprising that a few items on the ship appeared in the city of London.

After Su Hang stepped into the store, his eyes were "nailed" to the glass display case, and Corporal Lynn didn't pay much attention to it at first, but Su Hang didn't move his position for a long time and stood stupidly in place, which made Corporal Lynn find out and asked, "Chu, what are you looking at?" ”

"Corporal, help me find out, where did this pot come from?" Su Hang stretched out his hand and pointed to the nine-song mandarin duck pot in the glass display case and said.

"Okay, I'll have someone check it out." Corporal Lynn didn't ask much, turned around and walked towards the door of the store, called a police officer outside the door, explained something to the officer, and then pointed to the Jiuqu Mandarin Duck Pot.

The police officer at the door walked into the store in order to take a closer look, looked at the nine-song mandarin duck pot in the glass display case, nodded to Corporal Lynn, and walked out of the store.

After seeing Corporal Lynn's arrangement, Su Hang walked towards the store together.

Underneath the stairwell landings on the second and first floors is the first-floor counter, with a wall-mounted electric fan on the wall on the side of the counter and a French-style leather armchair inside. On the side of the counter is a dark mat, which is clearly for the guests to step on. From here, it's John's private space.

On the other side of the stairs was a tightly closed door, and Corporal Lynn pulled it casually, the door was slowly opened, and a strange smell came from inside, and Corporal Lynn immediately closed the door again. Su Hang, who walked behind, knew that this was the bathroom the moment the door opened, since he found out that his body had changed specially, his body could be said to have changed every day, in addition to the body becoming stronger, the perception of his facial features was also enhanced, which is why the moment the door was opened, it was determined that it was the bathroom.

On the opposite side of the bathroom, that is, in front of the staircase on the second floor, there is a wooden shoe cabinet there, and in front of the shoe cabinet is a pair of brown leather shoes, the side of the shoes is faintly damaged but very clean, you can imagine that they have been worn for a while.

"What are John's shoe sizes?" Su Hang asked.

"Yes sir, we have checked." Said one of the officers who followed last.

"John is a bit of a cleanliness fetish." Su Hang looked at the shoe cabinet and Corporal Lynn said.

"You see that the shoes and shoe cabinet have been worn for a long time, but the top is clean and clean."

"As soon as I entered the store, I found this, the floor was clean, and there was no dust on the table legs, which can be said to be very important to the image of the store. But the door of the bathroom has obviously been modified, otherwise it is impossible not to open the door without any taste, combined with the situation of the shoe cabinet, presumably the upstairs cleaning is also very clean. Su Hang didn't wait for Corporal Lynn to speak, and said to himself.

"Master of Reasoning, let's go!" Corporal Lynn looked around carefully and then said to Su Hang.

Su Hang heard this, nodded and walked forward with Corporal Lynn.

"There's the kitchen over there, and there's a door next to it that leads to the backyard, and we found broken cups and coffee all over the floor next to the kitchen door that led to the backyard." Inspector Upton, who was walking in front, looked at the end of the first floor and said to Corporal Lynn.

Led by Inspector Upton, Su Hang and Corporal Lynn went to the innermost kitchen on the first floor. Walking into the kitchen, the most conspicuous thing is the broken cup fragments on the floor and a spilled cup everywhere.

Su Hang listened to Inspector Upton while looking at the layout in the kitchen. The decoration of the kitchen is better than the public sales area of the store in the eyes of Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the overall appearance is so warm, and the first feeling is home.

The kitchen has both British rigor and American "naturalness", with tables and chairs in warm wood tones and nostalgic colors on the walls. Carrara marble countertops provide a natural surface that allows sunlight to shine through, creating a layered and relaxing interior.

On the marble countertop is a semi-automatic toaster (bread machine), and on a plate next to it are unfinished slices of bread with a little burnt. On the wall are several hooks hanging pans for kitchen essentials, which are easy to reach and easy to reach. On the windowsill of the kitchen, two pots of flowers stand quietly in the middle, making the kitchen more homely. A matay mixing washing machine is placed in one corner of the kitchen, so that the spacious kitchen does not seem too empty.

The kitchen as a whole is as clean as anywhere on the first floor that Su Hang has seen, not to mention that it is not clean, but there is no dirty place, even if you have not been to the bathroom, there must be no dirty and smelly situation.

"You see, on the coffee spilled on the floor, there are not very clear footprints, and there are footprints in front of and outside the side door of the kitchen leading to the backyard, but they are not clear anymore, they are too blurry!" Inspector Upton walked into the kitchen and pointed to the two most visible marks to Corporal Lynn.

"There must be traces of existence!" Su Hang muttered.

These two traces are very conspicuous in the kitchen, and the police have drawn a fixed line of the scene traces on the outside of the two traces.

"Inspector Upton, aren't the footprints on the coffee John?" After squatting on the ground and looking at the footprints, Su Hang looked up and asked the inspector in front of him.

"How do you know? I only found out when I heard the police officer's report when I entered the door just now," Upton asked strangely as he looked at the young man in front of him.

Su Hang squatted down and pointed to the footprints on the ground that were not very clear, and said to Upton: "The footprints on the ground coffee, if you step on it when the coffee is just spilled, it should be relatively clear, and if you step on it after a while, it will not be as clear as now." ”

Upton and Corporal Lynn glanced at each other, and looked at Su Hang with puzzled eyes, as if to say so what, does this have something to do with John's footprints?

"First: I was in front of the shoe cabinet opposite the bathroom, and I saw that John's shoes were much larger than this footprint."

"Second: I found John's shop very clean, not even the bathroom door was a little dirty, the shoe cabinet was spotless, and the shoes were clean. How could such a clean-loving person step on it while watching coffee spill on the ground! ”

"Could it be that you accidentally stepped on it?" A police officer behind him interjected.

"You have to see where this footprint is going, too!" Su Hang pointed to the footprints in the direction of the side door of the kitchen and said to the police.

"And most importantly, the owner of this shoe print only walked out, but he didn't walk in." Su Hang squatted on the ground and gestured with his hand on the shoe prints on the coffee.

"Sir, maybe John went out and changed his shoes and walked in again?" The police officer behind Su Hang asked again.

This time, before Su Hang could speak, Corporal Lynn suddenly said: "Look at the large spilled coffee stains and broken cup fragments around here, which are nearly four meters away from the kitchen door from the side doorway, how could he walk in without getting a little coffee." "Or do you think John came from a standing jump four meters away," Corporal Lynn said, pointing to the side door to the kitchen door, not without irony.

"We walked in and the floor was smooth and shiny, with no dirt or coffee stains, and if he had changed his shoes in the courtyard outside, there would have been no stains on the floor or dust brought in from outside." Su Hang looked at the police officer and explained.