It is impossible to judge a person's accent and dialect based on the words "thank you" alone.

"Director Gu, you go to Master Zhao's tailor shop at Dongjiekou to ask, that woman has to change one dress every day, sometimes two clothes a day, she often goes to Master Zhao's tailor shop to make clothes."

After saying goodbye to Aunt Li, several people went to Dongjiekou.

Director Gu said: Zhao's tailor shop is a century-old shop, in the south of the old city, is very famous. His family has regular customers, and some middle-aged women and girls who pursue fashion like to come to his house to make clothes.

Walking to the entrance of Dongjie, the six big characters of "Zhao Yi Tailor Shop" immediately caught everyone's eyes - the three words "Zhao Yi Cut" alone are attractive enough.

The shop was busy, the sound of the sewing machine kept ringing, and as soon as I walked into the store, I saw an old man about seventy years old measuring the shoulder width and waist circumference of a young female customer.

The old man was wearing a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, and when he saw Zhao Zimeng and his party walking into the store, the old man lowered his head slightly and squinted at Director Gu through the upper frame of his glasses.

"Master Zhao, are you busy?" Director Gu stepped forward.

"Oh, it's Director Gu! Look at my eyes, who am I? Director Gu, why do you have time to come to me! Chef Zhao wrote a few Arabic numerals on a piece of fabric with a powder, and motioned for the other female customers to wait for a moment.

On the bench sat two young women and an old lady.

"Master Zhao, this is Captain Zhao of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, we are here to ask you a few questions. It may take you a little longer. Director Gu said.

"Don't delay—don't delay, my little thing is not enough compared to the case, let's go, let's talk outside - it's too noisy here."

Master Zhao led everyone outside the store, and then led the door of the store, the sewing machine was too loud, and it was impossible to talk inside the store.

"Ask! What do you want to inquire about? Master Zhao hung a tape measure around his neck and pushed his glasses up at the same time.

"Five years ago, I lived in No. 157 - a family in the house of Che Rengui, this family is a husband and wife, they are outsiders, women are very particular about dressing, I heard that she often comes to your shop to make clothes."

"Isn't that woman very beautiful, with very dark and long hair, very white skin, and very fashionable clothes?"

"Not bad. It's this person. ”

"This woman is special."

"What's so special?"

"She speaks very little—hardly speaks."

"Yes, this is the person. When she comes to make clothes, you and her should always have some verbal communication! Can you make out her accent? ”

"She rarely speaks, she can't hear her accent, but she wears clothes that are different."

"How is it different?"

"Her clothes are the most fashionable ones – they were first popular in Shanghai, and every time she came to make them, I had to wait a little more when I measured them."

"Why is that?"

"I wanted to write down the styles of her clothes, which are very popular with young girls."

"Once, she wore a cheongsam, I was surprised, the style of the cheongsam was so fashionable, I asked her where she bought the cheongsam, he said it was tailor-made, I asked her where she made it, and she casually said: 'Shanghai Hongxiangyuan.'" ”

"'Shanghai Hongxiangyuan', that is a famous time-honored brand in Shanghai, many clothes are popular from 'Shanghai Hongxiangyuan' to all parts of the country."

The implication of Master Zhao is that the woman may be Shanghainese – at least have lived in Shanghai for a while.

The woman is from Shanghai, so the surname Ma should also be from Shanghai.

The husband and wife surnamed Ma are from Shanghai, if they are the murderers of Che Rengui, then how did they get involved with Che Rengui who is far away in Beijing? Although Zhao Zimeng grasped some valuable clues from Master Zhao's mouth, Zhao Zimeng still couldn't be happy. With this information alone, it is more difficult to find the Ma couple than to ascend to the sky.

In order to prove his judgment, Master Zhao also emphasized: "The styles of clothes on her body are very fashionable, and you can't see that style of clothes in Jingxi." ”

After breaking up with Master Zhao, Zhao Zimeng and his entourage went to Master Cao's house in the south of the city.

Master Cao went with everyone to "come often", and Master Cao went to "come often" because he wanted to talk to Master Jiang, the shoemaker.

The surname Ma does often come to the "guest often come" bath, but every time he comes, he neither orders tea and snacks, nor does he rub his back and knock on his back, he has to bring a teacup every time he comes, and put some good tea leaves in the teacup, before going down to the pool, he gestures with his hand to let the runner make good tea for him.

Other than that, there was no communication between him and Runtang. Master Cao said that if you want to do a good job in running the hall, in addition to being thoughtful and enthusiastic, you must also talk to customers, as long as you are a local, there is no one who does not know the running hall, even if it is a foreigner, as long as you come to the "guest often comes" a few times, you can also know what kind of person he is, but the surname Ma always refuses people to be thousands of miles away.

The content expressed by Master Cao is the same as that expressed by Che Huating, Aunt Li, including Master Zhao. The man surnamed Ma didn't want others to know who he was. Just as the murderer didn't want the police to know that the body inside the crack in the brick wall was Cha Rengui.

The reason why Master Cao led his comrades to meet Master Jiang, a shoemaker, was because the man surnamed Ma had nailed the soles of his shoes at Master Jiang's shoe stall, and it only cost two yuan to nail a pair of soles, but the man surnamed Ma gave him ten yuan and did not let him find money. Not only that, but the surname Ma and Master Jiang had some exchanges.

When everyone came to the "Frequent Visit", Master Jiang was nailing the soles of a customer's shoes, and the customer was sitting on a small bench with a black leather shoe on his feet and the other leather shoe on Master Jiang's hand.

"Master Jiang, Director Gu, they have something to look for you."

"Master Cao, you lead Director Gu and them to sit in Hall 1, and I'll come after nailing the soles of my shoes." Master Jiang said.

After five or six minutes, Master Jiang tilted his head and walked into Hall 1.

In addition to the things mentioned by Master Cao, Master Jiang provided three aspects of the situation;

First, the surname Ma often takes his wife to take a bath in the "guest often comes". Two people enter the bathhouse at the same time and leave the bathhouse at the same time, and both of them have a very expensive watch in their hands.

Master Cao also confirmed this: "Yes, the surname Ma does have a Longines watch, and every time he comes, he has to hand over the watch to us for safekeeping." ”

Second, the leather shoes surnamed Ma are made of the first layer of cowhide, and the trademark is Shanghai Leather Shoes Factory, which Master Jiang saw when he gave the spikes to the surname Ma.

"Master Jiang, are the leather shoes surnamed Ma new?"

If you just bought leather shoes, you may also buy them in Jingxi, and the shoes produced by the Shanghai Leather Shoe Factory can be bought all over the country.

"The shoes are ninety percent new, he came to mend the soles of the shoes, and the original soles have been almost worn out. Not only his shoes are produced by the Shanghai Leather Shoe Factory, but even his wife's shoes are also produced by the Shanghai Leather Shoe Factory. ”

"Shanghai Hongxiangyuan" customized cheongsam, "Shanghai Leather Shoes Factory" produced shoes, this information superimposed, what can be explained?

Some important information is hidden in some details of life, spiders must have silk, horses must have traces, unless the murderer encloses himself in a canned box.

It is possible that the murderer came from Shanghai, ran from Shanghai to Jingxi to seek revenge and kill, from living in No. 157 to leaving, then entering and leaving, before and after, it should have been premeditated - it was planned.

No matter where the murderer comes from, the root cause of his evil must have originated in Jingxi, so if you want to find the couple surnamed Ma, in addition to investigating their origins, it is more important to start with the line of Che Rengui. This is also Xiao Lao's opinion.

After careful research, we have drawn up several criminal investigation ideas, and once the identification results come out, we will work according to the discussed ideas.

Below, the author will first explain the criminal investigation ideas that everyone has discussed:

First, all the women who have been touched by Che Rengui must conduct in-depth and detailed investigations and interviews (Zhao Zimeng and Linghu Yunfei regard this line as the most important one. In Zhao Zimeng's memory, there are already two women, one is Lin Fengyan and the other is Huo Siyan).

Lin Fengyan was the last woman Cha Rengui touched before he 'ran away from home', and Huo Siyan was the woman Cha Rengui had harmed during the ten years of chaos.

Huo Siyan was born in a merchant family, has received a good education since childhood, and is very beautiful, Che Rengui has long coveted Huo Siyan, Huo Siyan's husband has overseas relations, Che Rengui used this as an excuse to arrest Huo Siyan's husband, and used this to blackmail Huo Siyan into submission. Later, Huo Siyan committed suicide, and her husband became mentally ill and was admitted to the Qinglongshan Psychiatric Hospital.

Director Gu said that Huo Siyan's mother is still alive, and Huo Siyan's husband's illness has since recovered, and the school takes care of him and allows him to work in the school library. If necessary, Director Gu can lead the comrades to find Huo Siyan's mother and husband.

Second, in addition to being lustful, Cha Rengui is also greedy for money, and in the turbulent years, he took advantage of the chaos to make a lot of ill-gotten gains, and these people should also be the target of investigation (let's go back and think about what Director Gu said, it really can't be regarded as gossip. Director Gu once mentioned a woman named Pan Guangmei. ）

You may have forgotten, the author will be verbose again: Pan Guangmei was the principal of Confucius Temple Middle School, before liberation, her husband was a brigade commander in the Kuomintang army, at that time, Che Rengui was a leader in the district revolutionary committee, he led a group of people to arrest Pan Guangmei and parade through the streets, and at the same time raided Pan Guangmei's home, and found a total of eight gold bars. A few hundred silver dollars, and two tiger skins.