Aunt Cai took the album, opened it, and handed it to Zhao Zimeng: "Captain Zhao, there are photos of Yaohui here, you can pick them yourself, and take a few if you need them." ”

Zhao Zimeng flipped through it casually, there are a lot of photos of Cai Yaohui, half-length photos, full-body photos, single photos, and group photos.

Zhao Zimeng picked three photos.

"Captain Zhao, can we meet Yaohui." Professor Cai said.

"Professor Cai, I was about to talk to you about this. At about two o'clock this afternoon, I sent someone to pick you up. ”

"It's not good to bother you, let's go over by ourselves."

"Okay, around two o'clock, I'll wait for you at the gate of the Public Security Bureau."

Zhao Zimeng and Lin Di got up to say goodbye.

After leaving Hoop Bucket Lane, Zhao Zimeng and Lin Di drove to Huaigu Village again.

The two of them found Li San Hardware Store next to Huaigu Village Primary School.

Inside the shop sat a long-faced man about forty years old, he was Li San.

There are shelves on both sides of the store, and some hardware parts are neatly placed on the shelves, and the goods are dazzling.

In the middle of the shop is a table about 1.5 meters long and about 1 meter wide, and a blanket is spread on the table, on which are placed a tape measure and a glass knife.

On the innermost wall of the store stand dozens of pieces of glass of varying thicknesses.

Zhao Zimeng walked into the store, and Lin Di stood outside.

Li San saw someone walk into the shop and looked up at the visitor: "Boss, what do you want to buy?" ”

"You're Boss Li!" Zhao Zimeng said.

"Yes, I'm Li San. Can I help you? Li San looked Zhao Zimeng up and down.

Zhao Zimeng noticed that this Li San had one eye that was a false eye.

According to his observations, the man's eye socket should be inlaid with a sphere, and there is a little discharge from the corner of the eye.

When he spoke just now, the eyeball of this eye was motionless.

"Boss Li, we are from the Public Security Bureau, and we want to find you a little bit of information." Zhao Zimeng spoke, took out his documents and showed them to Li San.

At this time, a middle-aged balding man walked into the store: "Xiao Li, give me a bucket of latex paint and a roller." ”

"Wait a minute, I'll say hello, and I'll come right over." Li San said as he walked into the back room, and when he came out, he was carrying a bucket of latex paint in his hand, and then took a roller from the shelf.

Li San put the latex paint and roller on the table.

"How much?" The balding man asked, pulling out a black wallet from his trouser pocket.

"Latex paint, you can give twenty yuan! Roller you give four bucks. Twenty-four in total. ”

"Xiao Li, you will collect the money as it is. You don't need to be polite to me. The bald man said.

"It's all old neighbors, old customers, thank you for taking care of my business." Li Sanhan said with a smile.

The man took out twenty-five dollars from his wallet, put it on the table, then picked up the latex paint, picked up the roller and walked straight out of the store.

"Wait a minute, I'll get you money."

"No need to look for it." The man walked away without looking back.

Li San put the money into a wooden box and walked up to Zhao Zimeng: "I'm sorry for neglecting you." Excuse me, what do you want to ask? ”

"Professor Cai, who lives at No. 117 Houcun in Huaigu Village, do you know him?" Zhao Zimeng asked.

"Know—know. He was a great painter, and there is no one of us here who did not know him. ”

"Professor Cai's son Cai Yaohui, do you know him?"

"Who? I don't know. Li San shook his head.

Zhao Zimeng nodded at Lin Di.

Lin Di walked in, took out three photos from his bag and handed them to Li San.

One is a photo of Cai Yaohui's husband and wife and their daughter, one is a photo taken by Cai Yaohui and his mother together, and one is a photo taken by Cai Yaohui alone in Hukoumen Square.

Li San took the photo from Lin Di's hand and looked at it very closely for a while.

"Boss Li, do you know the man in the photo?"

Li San thoughtfully: "A little impression-a little impression." ”

"He once drew a piece of glass at your place more than a month ago, is there such a thing?"

Li San took a photo and looked at it again, and then said, "I remember, this person has been here." At that time, he came to me with the size and scratched a piece of glass. The glass was three dollars, and he gave ten dollars, and when I was looking for money for him, he was gone. What a weirdo. ”

That's the case! Cai Yaohui did not make up this story.

After leaving Huaigu Village, the two went to the Hukoumen Antique Market.

Zhao Zimeng planned to talk to the four guys from the Zangshanzhai antique shop.

The investigation of Cai Yaohui has encountered a bottleneck, and Zhao Zimeng is not sure whether Cai Yaohui knows the mysterious person who resold the Jiuyang bottle.

Zhao Zimeng could only try his luck with the four guys.

As soon as the car drove out of the front village of Huaigu Village, Zhao Zimeng's little blessing machine rang.

He answered the phone: "Hey, I'm Zhao Zimeng, may I ask who you are?" ”

"Captain Zhao, I'm Tang Renjie!" The caller was the director of the Hukoumen antique market.

"Director Tang, what's the situation?"

"Captain Zhao, I have a situation here."

"You say."

"This morning, we took the portrait you gave me to the various shops in the market to inquire, and some people said that we had seen No. 2."

"Oh? Great, thank you, Director Tang. Wait, we'll be there shortly. ”

After a while, the car drove into the parking lot of the third district of the antique trading market.

Director Tang and two other people were standing under the archway and waiting.

Seeing Zhao Zimeng's car, three people greeted him.

After shaking hands one by one, Director Tang led the group to the Tea Building.

Director Tang and Zhao Zimeng said as they walked.

"Captain Zhao, these two people said they had seen No. 2." Director Tang pointed to the two people beside him.

"Two of your surnames?" Zhao Zimeng stopped and shook hands with the two masters again.

"Don't give your surname Yang, Yang Shiye."

"My name is Gold Label." Two men introduced their names.

"They're guys from the Curio Shop in District 2." Director Tang said.

The business of the tea house is generally in the afternoon, and there are no tea customers in the hall except for two waiters who are engaged in hygiene.

After Director Tang said a few words to a waiter, the waiter led everyone to a table at the innermost part of the hall and sat down.

A waiter brought five cups and a pot of tea.

Lin Di took out the transcript of the conversation and a pen.

After the two waiters left, the conversation began.

"Two, when did you see this person (number two)?" Zhao Zimeng said.

"A month ago." Gold Mark.

"About a month!" Yang Shiye added.

"What does this man look like? Can you two describe it? ”

"It's been a bit long, I just remember that this person has a particularly high nose bridge, a bit like a foreigner's nose. It's very similar to the person in that portrait. "Gold Mark.

"Jin Biao is right, it rained heavily that day, I remember it very clearly, and there were no guests. This man is in his forties, with short hair, not very tall, and looks quite old. "Yang Shiye's memory is obviously better than the gold label.

"He had a black mole the size of a soybean under his right eye." Yang Shiye added.

At the time of the autopsy, Zhao Zimeng, Ling Hu Yunfei and Xiao Changsong did not see any black moles.

It was impossible for them to see the mole because the face of the second was smashed at the time.

"Did you talk to him?"

"Got it."

"What did you say?"

I asked him what kind of antiques he liked. He said, just take a look. Yang Shiye said.

"What's this person's accent?"

"He speaks so little that he can't make out where the accent is."

"How long has he been in your shop?"

"For more than ten minutes, he spent a long time standing at the jade counter. Our shopkeeper will put the missing jade in the counter, and in our shop, the jade counter has the most valuable things, and I think he seems to be very good. Yang Shiye said.

"Did he ask for a quote?"

"No, he only ordered a few jade objects, held them in his hand and looked at them for a short time—and then he left." Gold Mark.

"Our boss said that this person's eyes were poisonous, and when he entered our Gathering Xuan, he didn't look at anything, only those jades. The most valuable items in our store are those few items. Yang Shiye said.

"Later, those jade artifacts were bought by people who knew the goods, and the prices were all more than 10,000 yuan, and one jade was sold for 40,000 yuan." Gold Mark.

"Our boss is right, this man must be an expert." Yang Shiye said.

"Where did this person go after he left Hui Xuan Xuan?"

"This- we don't care, we have to take care of other customers, in my opinion, this person will not come here, he will not only come into one of our stores, you can go to other stores and ask." Gold Mark.

"We have all asked about other stores, and they all said that they have not seen this person." Director Tang said.

"Human life is at stake, this kind of thing, people must weigh it." Zhao Zimeng heard Yang Shiye's subtext.

Zhao Zimeng is obviously aware that the Hukoumen antique market has been linked to the "10.5" tomb robbery murder case.

Someone sold Jiuyang Bottle to Cai Yaohui, and the second victim actually appeared in the Hukoumen antique market.

This is no coincidence!

The Hukoumen antique market should also be the focus of the investigation.

"What do you think this man wants to do?"

"Our boss said that this man looked and behaved a bit like a tomb robber, and that he might be looking for a buyer."

"Then why did he come into your store and then leave?"

"I guess he doesn't look down on us. We are a small shop, a small business, our boss is a man, a tomb robber's business, he doesn't do it - he doesn't have that much capital. ”

"What's your boss's name?"

"Their boss's surname is Yin, and his name is Yin Yechi." Director Tang said.

"Yin Yechi rented the shop at the beginning of last year, at the beginning, he set up a stall, he stayed in the shop all day, or went to the stall to walk around."

"Isn't Boss Yin in the store?"

"Our boss has gone to buy the goods." Yang Shiye said.

"When will he be back?"

"I'll be back at noon today."

Zhao Zimeng felt that it was necessary to talk to Yin Yechi, the owner of this Huixuan.

Although Yin Yechi's shop is small, he has a unique vision.

He observed quietly, and through a few jade objects, he could see the occupation and intentions of No. 2.

He can also make a lot of money by picking up leaks on the stalls, which is even more difficult.