Chapter 50: The Earl's Fall (7)
The Crimson Club is easy to find in the night, the huge billboard, the blood-red glowing words, the sidewalks and roads below reflect red, from a distance it looks like the ground is sprinkled with blood, and the two huge white neon tusks on the billboard make people feel a fashionable but mysterious atmosphere.
Listening to rhythmic music and the sometimes dazzling lights in the dark, the three of us entered the entertainment club.
On the dance floor, the red men and women are writhing, enjoying the joy of the night. I squeezed hard to the bar, and saw a handsome bartender with a rooster head combed and a white shirt in a plaid vest and white shirt, dancing to the rhythm of the music, dancing the silver shaker in his hand, those extremely fancy movements, ushered in bursts of screams and cheers of young girls.
"The police handle the case!" This Xiao Liu didn't care about the joyful atmosphere of the scene, took out his documents with a serious face, and said loudly. The people around the bar were shocked, and several young people took out their mobile phones and started shooting videos. I estimate that in the circle of friends of young people, it won't be long before the three of us can see the heroic figures.
The handsome bartender held the shaker steadily, gently put it on the bar, and said politely: "What is Sir doing?" ”
I pressed Xiao Liu's hand with the ID card down, put a swivel chair on the bar counter, took out a hundred yuan and put it on the bar and pushed it forward, and said: "It's okay, my little brother just became a policeman, and when he drinks too much, he likes to show off his police officer ID, we are here to drink, let's have three bottles of Budweiser first." ”
"Huh! The three sirs are here, how embarrassed to let you pay for the wine, I invited this wine. Brother Xi, don't hurry up and get the wine. A man wearing a brown tiger head print shirt, a bald head, and a gold chain the size of a little thumb around his neck walked up to me and said as he moved the hundred-dollar bill to me with a smile on his face.
I smiled, and I was not polite to this person, I took the money back in my pocket, lifted the wine bottle and drank most of it, and Tang Zhenguo, who was standing on the side, was not polite, and drank the bottle of wine in one go. Only Xiao Liu didn't touch the wine, I know that he has to abide by the three major and eight disciplines when handling the case, of course, but also because he wants to drive, but he can't drink and drive.
When the bald head saw it, he laughed heartily and loudly: "Oops! Two good drinks, Brother Xi, two more bottles. ”
I didn't try to stop the bald head, I glanced at him a few times while drinking, and found that he had a microphone inserted in his waist, a headphone in his left ear, and a watch in his hand was a precious Vacheron Constantin.
The intercom is used to communicate with the waiter in the bar, and the exact point is to convey instructions, so this person must be someone inside the bar. And the expensive Vacheron Constantin watch should not be something that ordinary bar employees can wear, and as soon as Xiao Liu revealed the identity of the police just now, this person came to the round, with sophisticated and decent methods, and he has the demeanor of some people in the rivers and lakes. I guess this person is the boss of this Crippled Red Club.
So I pushed a bottle of beer from the bartender Brother Xi in front of the bald head, and then touched the bottle of beer with the bottle in my hand, and said, "Please! ”
The bald head was stunned for a moment, then reacted, quickly picked up the bottle of beer he had touched, and said with a smile: "Please!" With that, he grunted and lowered the bottle halfway.
"Bold! Hahahaha, brother, what do you call it? I took a sip of my wine and said with my right hand outstretched.
The bald head shook my hand, very vigorously, and then said: "Brother, my surname is Bao, everyone is used to calling me Lao Bao, I am the owner of this club, I don't know what to call the police comrade?" ”
"Just call me Ouyang, it was Brother Wei who introduced me here to play." I pretended to be casual.
The bald man's face changed suddenly, he glanced at me, then at Tang Zhenguo, who was drinking, and at Xiao Liu, who was angry, and then approached me and said, "Officer Ouyang, how about taking a step to speak?" ”
I nodded, and motioned with my eyes for Tang Zhenguo and Xiao Liu to follow. So under the leadership of Lao Bao, we walked across the dance floor, walked through a brilliant neon path, and entered Lao Bao's office.
Lao Bao invited us to sit down and locked the office door, this door locked, the surrounding noisy sound disappeared at once, the sound insulation effect is also quite perfect.
Lao Bao's face was heavy, he took out his mobile phone, flipped it a few times, and then handed it to me and said: "Officer, is there something wrong with the Mu Jue Group, you see these photos, they have spread on the Internet." ”
I frowned and took my phone to take a look, although the photo was dark, but I could vaguely see that it was the Moujue Building, and under the building, there were police cars parked with flashing police lights.
I could tell at a glance that this photo was taken by the taxi driver earlier. This good thing guy!
I returned the phone to Lao Bao, shook my head and said, "If I tell you the truth of the matter, you have to promise not to tell the truth, understand?" ”
When Xiao Liu heard this, he hurriedly said to me: "Brother Ouyang, this doesn't meet the procedure, and it's ......."
As soon as I stretched out my hand, I motioned for Xiao Liu to stop talking.
Lao Bao looked at Xiao Liu, then turned his head, patted his chest and said to me: "Mu Wei is my brother, the business of their Mu Jue Group is my business, I will definitely not stab Lou Zi behind them and gossip." ”
I looked at Lao Bao's eyes, I could see his sincerity and worry, it seems that Luo Xiaofei is right, this person is the one who provided Mu Wei with human blood. The person who can provide Mu Wei with human blood must be his henchmen and iron buddies.
I said, "Before you tell you the truth, you have to answer me a few questions. ”
Lao Bao nodded and said, "Okay, you ask." ”
"What is the relationship between you and Mu Wei?"
"We are small and brothers."
"Did Mu Wei suffer from porphyria since he was a child?"
Lao Bao was stunned for a moment, and nodded a little frustratedly.
"How can you be with a porphyria to become small?"
Lao Bao looked at me and didn't speak for a long time, but there were tears in his eyes.
I patted him on the leg and said, "If you don't want to say it, skip this question." ”
Lao Bao waved his hand, wiped his eyes and said: "The Mu family has always been a big family, in that era, their family hired a nanny, and I am the son of the nanny." Mu Wei was born in the same year as me, but he was diagnosed with porphyria, so he couldn't see the sun and couldn't go out to play like ordinary children. In order to let Mu Wei have a companion and make his childhood less lonely, the Mu family asked my mother to let them adopt me and let me accompany Mu Wei. In this way, Mu Wei and I grew up together and were like biological brothers. ”
I nodded and said, "It is precisely because of this friendship that Mu Wei invested in opening this club with you?" ”
Lao Bao touched his smooth head and said, "It's also a reason." What happened to the Mujue Group? I called Mu Wei several times, but he didn't answer. Lao Bao began to feel a little anxious.
I said, "Don't worry, I'll tell you when I'm done." Did you provide him with the blood that Mu Wei usually drank? ”
Lao Bao stood up suddenly, patted his chest and said, "The blood bag was provided by me, Comrade Police Officer, but it was definitely purchased through legal channels, I promise." ”
I asked him to sit down and said to him calmly, "I'm not here to investigate whether your way of buying blood is legal, you sit down, and no one will pursue your question." ”
Lao Bao sat down slowly, frowned and said, "Comrade police officer, don't sell it, what happened to Mu Wei?" ”
I didn't pay attention to his question, and continued to ask: "How does Mu Wei usually treat people?" Are there any enemies? ”
Lao Bao thought for a while and said: "He is indeed not so friendly to people because he has a strange disease, but he spends money generously and spends generously, you know, this is a money-worshipping society, and rich people are always liked." But the enemy, there should be none. If he had to impose one, it would be his younger brother. ”
I was a little surprised and asked, "His brother?" Why would his brother be his enemy? ”
"It's not a battle for the status of a wealthy family."
I understand that Mu Wei inherited the chairman of the Mu Jue Group, which must have been jealous of his younger brother. Could this be a clue to Mu Wei's death? I'll leave it at that.
I continued to ask, "Is Mu Wei and Jiang Yinglan just a simple relationship between the boss and the secretary?" ”
When Lao Bao heard this, he stood up again and said angrily, "What do you mean? What happened to Mu Wei? ”
I looked up at Lao Bao for a few seconds, looking at his angry and anxious expression, so I said slowly, "He's dead." ”
"What...... What the? Lao Bao showed an unbelievable face, and his eyes were about to pop out of his sockets.
He looked at me, then at Tang Zhenguo and Xiao Liu, and from the serious expressions on my and theirs' faces, he knew that I was not lying.
At this moment, he squatted on the ground, covered his face with his hands, and cried with a whimper. Unexpectedly, this person who looks like the boss of the underworld has such a weak but affectionate heart.
Tang Zhenguo found a box of toilet paper on the desk and handed it to the crying old bag.
Lao Bao took the paper, wiped his tears, wiped his nose, and slowly sat down on the chair again.
He held the box of toilet paper in his hand, bent over and lowered his head, looked at the floor and said in a heavy tone, "How did he die?" ”
I frowned at Lao Bao's bald head and said, "If I say he committed suicide, do you believe it?" ”
Lao Bao raised his head suddenly, and said loudly with red eyes: "Impossible, he must have been murdered, for sure!" ”
I exchanged glances with Tang Zhenguo and Xiao Liu, and then said to Lao Bao: "I also think that Mu Wei was murdered, this is also the real purpose of my coming to you today, if you want to avenge your brother, please tell me everything about Mu Wei." ”
In fact, I also said this after learning that the relationship between Lao Bao and Mu Wei was not simple. It seems that this time I came to the Remnant Red Club, and I was able to dig up a lot of unexpected clues.