Chapter 22: Dead Souls - 12

Adjutant Li escorted people away, and Gu Congzhou and Shen Yu's tasks were completed, and Sergeant Yao verbally praised the two for their courageous behavior of "cooperating with the patrol room to arrest key criminals", and then let the two leave the patrol room.

"I really can't imagine that the real culprit in the end is He Jingxuan, but I still have a good impression of him at the beginning." Shen Yu said.

"He is also avenging his loved ones." Gu Congzhou said, "Speaking of which, how did you think it was him?" ”

"Do you remember that Sun Monkey β€” oh no, I mean Editor-in-Chief Hou β€” ever punished me for copying catalogs? I saw this news of the He family when I was copying the catalog, and there was a photo of He Qinxian on it. ”

"In this way, you can solve the case, and thank Editor-in-Chief Hou?" Gu Congzhou smiled, "I'm starting to suspect that he asked you to do cataloging for this purpose." ”

"You can pull it down!" Shen Yu thought about the sharp-beaked monkey cheek face of Editor-in-Chief Hou, and shook his head violently, "I said that he just didn't like me, and he was uncomfortable if he didn't find something wrong with me!" ”

Gu Congzhou smiled, he looked at the sky, and said to Shen Yu: "I'm hungry, let's go, go to eat, I'll invite this meal." ”

"What are you eating?"

"Ravioli."

"Okay, I want minced meat!"

The two came to the wonton shop again, and one of them asked for a bowl of pork ravioli. Gu Congzhou asked, "Your stomach is better?" ”

"Huh?" Shen Yu was stunned for a moment before he remembered the lame excuse he had made up before, so he said, "Ah, okay, it's okay." ”

Gu Congzhou nodded and didn't ask much.

When the wontons came up, the tender pork, the slippery dough, and the master's unique broth made the saliva of the two of them secrete a little more. So the two of them didn't say much, and they buried their heads in eating.

"Ahh It's delicious! Shen Yu finished eating all the wontons, drank the noodle soup in the bowl again, and then put down the bowl contentedly.

Gu Congzhou nodded: "I have something for you." ”

"What?" Shen Yu was surprised, only to see Gu Congzhou bow his head and rummage through his cloth bag for a moment, and then he took out something that Shen Yu didn't expect at all - a camera.

β€œοΌŸοΌβ€ Shen Yu was stunned for a moment, then grabbed the camera on the table, he looked left and right, it was the one he had lost.

"You ......" Shen Yu was dumbfounded, "Where did you ...... from?"

"Pawnshop." Gu Congzhou said, "After you finished that day, I went in and bought it." ”

"How much did you spend?"

"12 oceans."

"What?!" Shen Yu exclaimed, "I've only been 10 oceans, and as soon as I change hands, he will sell you 12!" ”

"Pawnshops have always been the rule." Gu Congzhou didn't feel unwilling, he looked at Shen Yu and said, "Say, what happened to you?" You have several missing things at home, you can't afford to eat meat, and you even have to use the most precious camera, what are you doing so urgently with money? ”

Shen Yu didn't expect that his little actions would be seen by Gu Congzhou, so he had to tell him that his grandfather had encountered a blackmail party and that he planned to pay off his debts locally.

Gu Congzhou frowned after hearing this: "This kind of thing happened, why didn't you tell me?" ”

Shen Yunen: "I ......"

Gu Congzhou didn't plan to listen to his reason, and then asked, "How much are you missing?" ”

"There are still 50 ocean ...... left," Shen Yu whispered.

After listening to this, Gu Congzhou didn't say a word, and took out a 20 yuan bill from his pocket: "You take these first, and I'll go to the bank to get the rest later." ”

Shen Yu hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no!" How can this work? ……”

"What's not to do?" Gu Congzhou seemed to be angry, he glared at Shen Yu and said, "You'd rather be your beloved and ask others to borrow money than tell me, don't you treat me as a friend?!" ”

"Of course not!" Shen Yu hurriedly confessed, and then his voice lowered again, as if he was a little embarrassed, "I'm just ......"

I just think you're too rich and feel like there's too much of a gap with you......

Although Gu Congzhou and Shen Yu had known each other for a short time, he noticed Shen Yu's sensitivity to the gap between the rich and the poor between the two, so he suppressed his dissatisfaction and said with a stiff face: "Shen Yu, friends should help each other, not to mention that the two of us can also share hardships. If you do this again, I really feel that you look down on me and don't treat me as a friend. ”

"Why don't I treat you as a friend?!" Shen Yu hurriedly said, he grabbed the banknotes on the table, and deliberately showed a big smile to Gu Congzhou, "Then I'm welcome!" ”

Looking at Shen Yu's salivating face, Gu Congzhou finally couldn't hold back his face and smiled.

40 miles outside the Kanto city, Anping Town.

"Don't look at it, the tables of Taixing Watch Company, the credentials are all in it." Shen Yu looked at the other party and said expressionlessly, "I won't lie to you." ”

"How else to say that the Lao Gu family is exquisite," the person opposite put down the magnifying glass in his hand and put the watch into his arms, "You can buy such an expensive watch, Young Master Shen is really powerful." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, what about the notes?"

The other party took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it over, Shen Yu took it and opened it, it was the note that his grandfather was forced to press his handprint.

Shen Yu crumpled the note into a ball and squeezed it in his hand: "Don't let me see you again in the future." ”

"Hehe, whatever you want." The other party smiled without any intention and led the person away.

After getting the bill back, Shen Yu finally put his mind at ease. He immediately walked back to his grandfather's house, and before he could enter the door, he shouted, "Grandpa, it's over!" Those people won't be causing trouble again! ”

On the fire kang in the back room, an old man was half-lying against the quilt. The old man was nearly sixty years old, with gray hair, a thin face, and the bruises on the corners of his mouth had gradually faded. Although he and Shen Yu are dozens of years apart, there is still a vague similarity between the eyebrows and eyes of the two. Beside him, Gu Congzhou put away the stethoscope and said to the old man: "Grandpa, I've heard it, your heart and lungs are normal, it should be just a flesh injury." You can rest for a few days and you'll be fine. ”

"Hey, it looks like I'm really old." Old Man Gu sighed, "If you encounter something, you juniors have to rely on you......"

"Grandpa, you have raised me for half my life, and now is the time to enjoy Qingfu!" Shen Yu smiled, "I just told you and grandma to go to Kanto City with me, but unfortunately you won't listen!" ”

"Grandpa hasn't reached the age where he can't walk, you're young, just go for it!" The old man smiled and looked at Gu Congzhou as he spoke, "Seeing that you have made such good friends in the city, grandpa is also relieved." ”

"Grandpa, you have a lot of friends with your grandson!" Shen Yu said, hugging Gu Congzhou's neck, "But this is the best!" ”

"You kid ......" Grandma Shen Yu watched the interaction between the two children, and smiled from ear to ear, he said to the two: "Stay and have a meal, grandma will make dumplings for the two of you!" ”

"Good! Grandma, I want to eat pork and green onions! ”

There is a folk proverb in the Kanto people: Delicious but dumplings, comfortable but upside down. This delicious meal of dumplings made both of them eat round bellies. But they don't have time to turn back at the moment, because they have one more important thing to do, and that is to move.

The idea of moving was made by Gu Congzhou. After he returned the camera to Shen Yu the day before yesterday, he learned that Shen Yu's home had been robbed. So Gu Congzhou suggested that Shen Yu quit the house and move in with him. Shen Yu was very hesitant at first, he didn't want to owe Gu Congzhou too much favor. But Gu Congzhou also has his own reasons: first, his house is already vacant, and second, Shen Yu already owes foreign debts, and renting a house is also an expense. For fear that Shen Yu would be too embarrassed, Gu Congzhou even laughed and said that Shen Yu could use labor to pay off debts. Thinking of the situation when Young Master Gu lit a fire to cook last time, Shen Yu felt that he probably really needed someone to help him cook. So Gu Congzhou is about to become Shen Yu's landlord and employer, and Shen Yu will take on the work of grocery shopping, cooking, and cleaning.

"I said Shen Yu, you actually have three rolls of film in this bag?!" Gu Congzhou said in surprise, "You took off the camera, but kept the film?!" ”

"I want to be it, but people don't accept it!" Shen Yu didn't stop what he was doing, "I can keep it if I want to, anyway, the newspaper's film was also stolen, and I sold it to the newspaper, which is also an income." ”

"......" Gu Congzhou couldn't help but admire Shen Yu's business experience, and then remembered something, "Speaking of which, has the thief who stole the film caught?" ”

"Nope." Shen Yu shook his head, "Last time, the guy surnamed He also told me that the film of several newspapers in the city had been stolen, and the case has not been solved until now." ”

"That's weird." Gu Congzhou said as he subconsciously played with the film. Suddenly, he noticed what appeared to be black marks on the lid of a film cartridge.

"Huh? What is it? Gu Congzhou asked.

"Huh?" Shen Yu came over to take a look, and then said, "Oh, this film has fallen into the mud." Speaking of which, it was when we first met! Pingji Town, do you remember? ”

"Pingji Town?" Gu Congzhou suddenly remembered the blue-blooded corpse, and his brows furrowed suddenly. He looked at the roll of film carefully, and suddenly, his eyes shrank sharplyβ€”

At the same time, the Marshal's Mansion.

There was a knock on the door, and soon a neutral voice came from inside the room: "Come in." ”

Guan Tingxiao pushed open the door: "Father." ”

"It's coming." Guan Dashuai put down the brush in his hand, "Come, let's see if there is any progress in the word father?" ”

Guan Tingxiao glanced at the words on the table, and a trace of embarrassment flashed in his expression. He hesitated for a moment and said, "The word father, the momentum is still there......"

"If you don't write well, you can't say it well, don't bother to pat your ass." Guan Dashuai threw away the brush, picked up the cloth towel next to the table to wipe his hands, and said to himself while wiping it, "Damn, this crepe thing is not suitable for me." ”

Guan Dashuai is one in fifty this year, he was born in the army in his early years, and he made a name for himself with a few guns. It's just that he doesn't like to read since he was a child, and he can't even write. Mrs. Dashuai once invited a few teachers for him, but the students were not angry, and after practicing for a long time, this word was still difficult to see.

Over there, Guan Dashuai finished wiping his hands, and habitually wiped his bald head, and then said, "Everything has been investigated?" ”

"Got it figured out." Guan Tingxiao replied, "Adjutant Li found the man Du Yunsheng said, and after interrogation, the man admitted that it was someone from the Japanese consulate who asked him to do this." The clerk at Taixing also admitted that someone had given him money to grind off the paint on the floor, and then dissolved a substance called potassium permanganate in water and applied it to the floor. Potassium permanganate has strong oxidizing properties, which can dye the wood color to pitch black and never fade. We found the person who gave him the money according to the clerk's description, and the man explained that the incident was also instructed by the Japanese consulate. ”

Two days ago, when He Jingxuan said that someone hired Du Yunsheng to deliberately smear the auspicious cloth workshop, Adjutant Li instantly realized that something was wrong. Linked to another "haunted" incident in Taixing Watch Company, Adjutant Li began to suspect that this was not a coincidence. So he immediately took He Jingxuan back to the Marshal's Mansion and reported the matter to Guan Tingxiao and Guan Dashuai. Guan Dashuai immediately ordered his son to investigate the matter in detail, and sure enough, he found out that someone was making trouble behind it.

"Damn, these little Japanese know yin people all day long." Guan Dashuai said hatefully, "It's still haunted, it's a shame that they can think of it, a bunch of little devils!" ”

"Adjutant Li has checked that the Japanese consulate wanted to open two foreign banks on Zhongjie before, but the British took the lead, so after they found the opportunity, they took the opportunity to take revenge."

"These two dogs, there is no worry-free thing." Guan Dashuai scolded, "Go, send the two small ones to the British ambassador." Little Japanese is buried in his son's shop, let him do it himself! ”

"Yes."

After arranging this matter, Guan Dashuai's anger seemed to subside, and he continued to ask: "What's the matter with the little bad debt in Jixiang Cloth Workshop?" ”

"Captain Yu," this time replied Adjutant Li, "his subordinates have interrogated Zhao Musheng, the housekeeper of the Jixiang Cloth Workshop. According to him, many people in the Du family knew that Du Yunsheng smoked a lot of cigarettes and took care of the people in the outer room, but they just hid it from Sun Yajun. It's just that later Du Yunsheng became more and more excessive, and even planned to sell some of the assets of the auspicious cloth workshop to foreigners, Zhao Musheng saw that the auspicious cloth workshop would be destroyed by him sooner or later, so he secretly spread the news, saying that he wanted to expose Du Yunsheng. At the same time, he found Du Yunsheng's concubine and asked him to persuade Du Yunsheng to fake his death and escape. Du Yunsheng really hit the plan. After the loss of Du Yunsheng, Jixiang Cloth Workshop got rid of the burden, and then made a comeback with Sun Yajun's efforts. ”

Guan Dashuai did not comment on Adjutant Li's report after listening to it, but asked Guan Tingxiao: "Xiao'er, what do you think of the statement surnamed Zhao?" ”

β€œοΌŸβ€ Guan Tingxiao was unprepared for his father's sudden question, and was stunned for a moment: "I think what Zhao Musheng said should be true." We are sending someone to find Du Yunsheng's concubine, but we haven't found it yet. ”

Guan Dashuai sneered: "There is a good chance that what Zhao Musheng said is true, but Sun Yajun may not be unaware. ”

"What?!" Guan Ting was taken aback, "Father, what do you mean ......?"

"Don't underestimate a woman's instincts. Sun Yajun, a woman who can bring the cloth workshop back to life, can she not notice that her husband has an outer room? Also, you can ask your mother, even if I am charred black, do you think she will recognize me if I am not? ”

"Father!" Guan Tingxiao was dissatisfied with his father's analogy, "Don't talk nonsense! It's time for your mother to hear you again. ”

"It's just an analogy," Guan Dashuai didn't care, "The original corpse, others can't recognize it, Sun Yajun is Du Yunsheng's pillow person, I don't believe she can't tell if it's her husband." ”

"So...... What does my father mean is that Sun Yajun knew about the original incident? Guan Tingxiao was surprised, "That son sent someone to interrogate again!" ”

Guan Dashuai waved his hand: "Forget it, it's okay to know it or not, anyway, her housekeeper has already taken all the charges for her, so forget it." This woman is not easy, and your mother likes her a lot, so let's keep her a good name. ”

"Yes." Guan Tingxiao said. He paused and spoke again: "In addition, there is another thing, that is, the reporter Jia Chengxin, we asked everyone who was arrested, and no one admitted that it was the murderer who killed him. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Guan Dashuai turned around.

"Yes. Whether it was the person who was arrested, or He Jingxuan and Zhao Musheng, they all insisted that they were not the murderers of Jia Chengxin. ”

"That's not surprising." Kwan touched his chin.

"Moreover, there is one more thing that my son thinks may have something to do with it."

"What's the matter?"

"It is reported that in recent days, there have been cases of film theft in several newspapers in the city. A thief infiltrated the newspaper office and stole all the film. ”

"Film?!"

"That's right," Guan Tingxiao nodded in confirmation, "Adjutant Li has checked that the only stolen from several newspapers is film." According to the report of the patrol room, all the films and photos in Jia Chengxin's home were also missing. The son suspects that Jia Chengxin's death is likely to be related to film. ”

Guan Dashuai's eyes showed a seriousness, and he said to Guan Tingxiao: "You can carefully investigate this matter for me." ”

"Yes." Guan Ting replied immediately.

"Okay, it's okay, you go out first." Guan Dashuai waved at his son. Guan Tingxiao and Adjutant Li saluted and then left the room.

After everyone had gone, Guan Dashuai stepped aside, he lifted a portrait of himself, and a safe appeared from the wall. Guan Dashuai flicked the knob, opened the safe, and took out a note from it. Unfold the note, and there were two words written on it in small block letters-

Film.