Chapter 161 Glazed Tiles
"Go back to the city bureau first, change to a car, and then go to the 'Happy Teahouse'."
Yao Zhenhua's purpose was to create as many obstacles as possible to get rid of the people who might have been following them before.
It was smooth from the city bureau to the "Kaixing Teahouse".
They deliberately parked their car in a parking lot a few hundred meters away from the teahouse and walked to the "Happy Teahouse".
"Accident! Huo Hui, the owner of Happy Teahouse, has died, and the owner's son Huo Xiaohui has also been detained, and his teahouse can still operate normally!? Oh, is it a cuckoo? Yao Zhenhua stood in front of the Happy Tea House and guessed.
"Team Yao, shall we go in?" Hao Chunxiao asked.
"Get in."
As soon as the two stepped into the door, a welcoming woman wearing teahouse overalls walked over.
She greeted her with a smile and said, "Welcome, welcome!" ”
"Oh, it's Officer Yao!"
Yao Zhenhua glanced at the woman who was greeting her, and sure enough, it was a cuckoo, but compared to years ago, she was obviously much haggard.
"Hello, Cuckoo. We have something to talk to you about, can we? ”
"Convenient. Please wait a minute, I'll call someone over. ”
"Good. Are there guests on the 3rd floor? ”
"No, now the private room is temporarily sealed."
"We'll be waiting for you on the third floor."
"Okay."
There was some noise on the second floor, like some people playing chess and cards.
The third floor, exactly what I saw when I last came, except that the door was locked.
After a while, the cuckoo came up.
"Officer Yao, I've been waiting for a long time." She apologized and said, "Do you want to open the door?" ”
"Open it."
The cuckoo skillfully opened the door, and the furnishings in the private room were still there, not even the place had been moved.
"Du Juan, could you please tell us about the current situation of the teahouse?"
"Hmm."
"Officer Yao, I told you last time that Boss Huo is kind to me, although he is not here now, but his wife and son are there, I don't want the teahouse to have losses, of course, it is also to repay the kindness, from Boss Huo's accident to the present, I have been managing the teahouse in accordance with the original regulations, so that the teahouse can operate normally. In this way, the teahouse will not lose money, and it can also disperse the pressure of Mrs. Huo, and our sisters will not lose their jobs. ”
"What is Mrs. Huo's attitude?"
"I went to visit her a few years ago and reported to her about the teahouse, and she said that since the teahouse is profitable, let's open it." "And entrusted me to manage it on her behalf, reporting and accounting to her every month."
"Have you encountered anything abnormal during this period of time?"
"Nope."
"Over the years you have been in the teahouse, have you seen Huo Hui hiding account books or something?"
"What ledger?" "The ledger of the teahouse?"
"Does the teahouse have an account book?"
"Yes." Du Juan looked puzzled, perhaps because Yao Zhenhua was a policeman, and the audit should be done by the tax department, not by the police.
"Take it to me, don't worry, we're not checking the accounts, I'm just looking at the records and books in the account books."
"Okay, wait a minute."
When Du Juan went to get the account book, Yao Zhenhua asked Hao Chunxiao to rummage through the private room with him to try his luck and see if he could find valuable physical evidence for the case.
The two put the drawers, corners, and pendants in the private room...... I rummaged through it and didn't find anything objectionable.
Yao Zhenhua was a little uncomfortable, his heart was very stuffy, and he walked out of the private room door and came to the corridor for a walk.
"Chunxiao, is there any smoke?"
"Yes, Team Yao, don't you smoke?"
"Yes, I'm in a very stuffy mood, I have an indescribable feeling, and I want to smoke a cigarette and take a rush."
Hao Chunxiao said as he touched the smoke and the lighter.
"Chunxiao, why is there a ladder here?"
Yao Zhenhua did not wait for a cigarette, but walked to the end of the corridor, where there was a very narrow and light bamboo ladder. Hao Chunxiao also followed.
Yao Zhenhua observed this ladder, the horizontal column is very smooth, it should have been used for a long time, but there is a thin layer of dust on it, probably no one has used it recently. He pressed it with his hand again, feeling that he could bear a lot of weight, it was a ladder that could be used.
"This teahouse, the third floor is an attic, the roof is fully enclosed, the roof is all glazed tiles, there is no foothold at all, so where is this ladder used?" Both pondered.
"Team Yao, do you want to order one?"
"No, I'm not so stuffy."
Hao Chunxiao put away the cigarette and lighter, and followed Yao Zhenhua to the door of the private room.
At this moment, there was a sound of thumping footsteps, and the two speculated that the cuckoo had returned.
Sure enough, the cuckoo came back with a few yellowed ledgers.
"Officer Yao, these are the account books of the past few years, all locked in the cabinet, and I took them all."
Yao Zhenhua took a copy of the most recent year, and Hao Chunxiao also took a copy.
After a cursory look at a few pages, Yao Zhenhua turned to the last page, showing that it was a student font, but the writing font was very neat, and the records were well organized, but the font was inconsistent with the original.
"Cuckoo, you recorded this page, right?"
"Yes, the previous ones were recorded by Boss Huo himself."
"It seems that you are a person who knows how to repay your kindness, and you are very serious in your account books."
"Yes, Boss Huo takes good care of me and my family, and doing my job well is to repay Boss Huo."
"Work hard, I believe Mrs. Huo will not treat you badly."
"Officer Yao, when will Boss Huo's son be released?" The cuckoo stammered a little and asked tremblingly.
"Don't ask about the case, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, and I can't say it if you ask."
"Oh, then I won't ask."
"Cuckoo, why is there a ladder at the end of the hallway?"
"That ladder is what Boss Huo usually uses to raise flowers and plants."
"Are you kidding, cuckoo, how can there be a terrace for flowers?" Hao Chunxiao asked dissatisfiedly.
"Hehe, officer, there is no terrace here, but there is a skylight, because it is a skylight, so I use a ladder." The cuckoo was not angry and patiently explained.
Yao Zhenhua felt that it was abnormal, Huo Huifei was so energetic, why did he open the skylight and plant flowers and plants on the roof?
said: "Chunxiao, move the ladder over, let's go see what kind of flowers and plants Huo Hui is growing." ”
"Okay."
"Cuckoo, can you please take us to see it?"
The cuckoo bowed her head and led them out of the private room, to the other end of the ladder, and when she was about to reach the other end, she stopped, looked up and pointed upward.
Yao Zhenhua looked in the direction of Du Juan's finger, and there was indeed a glass skylight on the roof, but there was a little dust outside, and the light transmission was very poor, and it was difficult to see this detail if he didn't pay attention to observation. Looking down, there were two dents on the wall, and when Chunxiao put the ladder up, the top of the ladder was buckled together with the two dents, which was very consistent.
"Officer Yao, one end of this sunroof glass is a buckle, which can be removed, and the other end is a ring buckle that can be rolled.
"Okay, thank you."
Yao Zhenhua raised his legs to climb, and Hao Chunxiao and Du Juan were holding the bamboo ladder alone. He lifted the sunroof glass without any problems.
It was found that the skylight glass was turned upside down, and there was a flower bowl on the glazed tiles, and the flower bowl was leaning against a large cornice, but the vegetation inside had withered.
"Huo Hui doesn't seem to be a person who loves flowers and plants, otherwise he wouldn't have put the flower bowl behind such a big cornice."
Yao Zhenhua picked up the flower bowl and looked at the bottom, but found nothing; Removing the glazed tiles under and next to the bowl, I saw that there were roofing materials underneath, but I didn't find it either.
"Does this Huo Hui really love flowers and plants? Did he go to such great lengths just to plant this bowl of flowers and plants? ”
"It's not normal."
Although I know it's abnormal, I just can't find any flaws.
"Officer Yao, you have to put the tiles on it, otherwise it will leak."
"Oh, good. I've put it as it is, and it shouldn't leak. ”
"Leaky!"
"Cornice!"
There was an inexplicable premonition that there was something wrong with this cornice.
When I moved the flower bowl again, I found that the cornices were really big and high, blocking the light of the flower bowl, but its appearance was very ordinary, no different from the rest of the cornices on the eaves.
"That's not right! The cylindrical glazed tile with the cornices is a little different, its surface is not so thick with dust, only a thin layer of dust, which seems to have been covered only in recent months.
Yao Zhenhua stretched out his hand and pressed it, a little loose, as if he could pick it out. With both hands, he slowly pulled out the cylindrical glazed tile.
Sure enough, there was something inside.
The glazed tile is a cylindrical barrel, and the original inside should be dirt, Huo Hui may have cleaned up the soil inside, and made a wooden bottom for the bottom and a cover for the top.
Yao Zhenhua easily opened the lid, and there was something in a plastic bag inside, he pulled it out and took a look, surprised! It's like a ledger or something.
Opening the bag and taking a look, Yao Zhenhua was pleasantly surprised, it was the physical evidence they were looking for - the transaction records recorded by Huo Hui and so on.
"Surprise!"
But, how to take it away? It's best not to let Cuckoo know, because she knows that there may be psychological burden, and it is more likely to be dangerous. But,Standing on the ladder by yourself.,Only the upper part of the shoulder is on the roof.,There's no place to hide this notebook!?
Yao Zhenhua put the glazed tiles and flower pots back in their places, and thought for a minute, but still didn't come up with a way.
"The cuckoo is a woman below, and there are no props to cover up, so I have no choice but to take it down."
"Team Yao, have a harvest?!"
"Hmm."
"Cuckoo, don't say what you see, it's better to forget, because even if you know about it, it may bring danger to you, including your family. Of course, I can tell you unequivocally that this evidence is likely to be in Huo Xiaohui's favor. ”
Du Juan heard Hao Chunxiao's question, and saw what Officer Yao was holding in his hand, she probably guessed something, she thought about reporting this matter to Mrs. Huo tomorrow, but she didn't expect Officer Yao to tell her that there was danger, and even knew that there was danger.
"Hmm." The cuckoo nodded several times in a row.
Yao Zhenhua kicked things into his windbreaker and went up to close the skylight.
"Cuckoo, you can't talk about the skylight to others, in the future, you won't have the skylight. Do you understand? ”
"Understood!" The cuckoo nodded again.
Hao Chunxiao put back the bamboo ladder and went downstairs with Yao Zhenhua.
At this time, it was getting late, the sun had already set, but it was not completely dark, but the street lights were already on.
Both were excited.
However, Yao Zhenhua suddenly said: "Chunxiao, you pay attention to the back, I will be on guard in other directions, and we will now enter a state of alert." ”
"Yes!"
Hao Chunxiao's excitement at this time suddenly turned into nervousness, and he was even more impressed by Captain Yao's rationality.
Yao Zhenhua is aware of the importance of this physical evidence, and he also knows that if they can be followed once today, they can be followed a second or third time......
From the tea house to the parking space in the parking lot, it is only a few hundred meters away, and they feel that they have walked for a long, long time, and they feel that they have walked very fast, very fast, and they feel very tired and tired.
Got in the car.
"Chunxiao, fasten your seatbelts and drive carefully."
"Good!"