Chapter 45: Late Night Stalking

Before getting into the car, Zhao Zimeng made a phone call to Director Bao of the Xicheng District Public Security Bureau and asked him to assist in solving the case.

"Hey, is it Director Bao?"

"I'm Bao Zixiong, who are you?"

"Director Bao, I'm Zhao Zimeng!"

"Captain Zhao, I'm sorry, I didn't hear your voice. At this time, the call must be for the purpose of missing person notices. ”

"It's so late, I'm calling you, I'm sorry!"

"If there's anything we need to do, just ask."

"Today, Ma Jianping and Lu Qian have caused you trouble."

"Don't be polite to me, isn't that our job! I have already summoned the directors of the police stations in each jurisdiction to the bureau for a meeting. ”

"Don't worry! As long as these two people have appeared in Xicheng District, they will definitely be able to find their traces. ”

"Thank you for your support. Director Bao, there is an important situation now. ”

"Please."

"Tonight, I found traces of No. 1 in the Mengrong Hall in your district, and No. 1 frequently bathed in this hall for nearly half a year before his death."

"Captain Zhao, I understand what you mean, I'll call the two police stations near Mengrongtang - simply take the Baihui Street Police Station into account and expand the scope a little more."

"Let people go to all hotels, hostels and streets in the jurisdiction to check one by one."

"Okay, Director Bao, thank you, are you having enough portraits in your hands?"

"It's not a problem, make a few more copies, don't worry! I've personally inquired about this matter. ”

"Team Zhao, tomorrow morning, I'll go over." Ling Hu Yunfei said in a low voice on the side.

"Thank you, Director Bao, tomorrow morning, I will let Linghu Yunfei bring a few people over."

"Okay, tomorrow morning, I'll wait for them at the precinct."

Zhao Zimeng hung up the phone.

"Team Zhao, I'll go over with the deputy team tomorrow morning." Xiao Luhan said.

"Okay, you count one, plus Xiang Daimo and Lin Di. Right now, Xicheng District is the focus of our investigation. ”

On the way back to the Public Security Bureau, several people seriously discussed the mysterious young man who had only appeared twice in Mengrong Hall.

"Team Zhao, who will this young man who appeared with No. 1 that the master of Mengrong Hall saw and appeared with No. 1?" Linghu Yunfei said.

"It is very likely that this person is one of the participants in this case, No. 1 and No. 2 have died, where are their accomplices? Whether this young man is a local, whether he is still alive, and where he is hiding now, these are all question marks at the moment, and we will continue to investigate. Zhao Zimeng said.

"However, it may not be easy to find this person." Xiao Luhan is cautiously optimistic.

"Team Zhao is reasonable, No. 1 is mysterious, this young man is even more eccentric, it seems that the person we know who has contact with No. 1 is this young man, he must be closely related to this case." Linghu Yunfei said.

Zhao Zimeng understood what Linghu Yunfei meant: "Yunfei is right, although this person has only appeared twice in Mengrong Hall, his behavior is so strange that he is very suspicious. ”

"Yes! I also think he is very suspicious, you didn't listen to those masters, even if the weather in March is not completely warm, it is not so that the hat and scarf are tightly wrapped, obviously not wanting to attract the attention of others. ”

"Yes, why don't you take a bath in the bathhouse, is it a fashion show, the first time I barely rubbed my back, and the second time I came, I didn't even enter the hall." Xiao Luhan said.

For a while, this mysterious young man came into the sight of the comrades, and they all had great doubts about this person, but the focus of the investigation was still No. 1.

Back to the criminal investigation team, Zhao Zimeng and his teammates set a departure time for tomorrow morning, and then went home separately.

Out of the gate of the criminal investigation team, Zhao Zimeng looked at his watch, the time was 9:45.

It wasn't too late to get off work today, he decided to go and see Old Taishan and his mother-in-law, as well as his wife and daughter, he missed them.

At this time, in the duty room in the second area of the Hukoumen Antique Trading Market, Lu Qian and Ma Jianping were staring at the movement of Zangshan Zhai with full attention.

Suddenly, the door of the Kuramasai antique shop moved.

The two men stared intently.

They saw that the door was open, but no one came out of the shop.

This situation lasted for more than ten seconds, could it be that the people in the store were observing the situation outside the door, and they were really cunning.

In a moment, a black shadow flashed from inside the Tibetan Mountain Zhai, looking at the figure, it should be a Qiliang - it can only be him.

Ma Jianping and Lu Qian saw it clearly, after the four guys got off work, there was only one Qiliang left in the store.

The antique market is closed at 9 o'clock, and around 9:20 a.m., most of the shops are turned off.

At half past nine, all the lights in the market went out.

After the two masters on duty turned around in the second area, they returned to the duty room, and two minutes later, the lights in the duty room were also extinguished.

The master on duty did not sleep, Director Tang had already explained, if necessary, they would open the door to Lu Qian and Ma Jianping.

Usually, the two masters have to sleep for a while after clearing the door, locking the door and turning off the lights.

From zero o'clock, everyone is on duty for three hours until six o'clock in the morning.

After six o'clock, the gate opened, and some operators wanted to load the goods.

The dark shadow gently closed the door and locked it, then leaned against the wall and walked towards the door.

As he walked, he glanced towards the duty room.

Lu Qian and Ma Jianping hurriedly shrank their heads.

When the black shadow walked under the large torii. Lu Qian gently opened the door of the duty room, and Ma Jianping and one master walked out of the door of the duty room in turnβ€”the other master stayed in the duty room.

The black shadow was very vigilant, if he found out that someone was following, Ma Jianping and Lu Qian's efforts would be in vain.

When the shadow walked to the west gate, he leaned lightly against the gate and looked around for a moment.

Ma Jianping quickly squatted, a master also squatted down, and Lu Qian quickly and gently closed the door.

He couldn't get out of the duty room yet, and the dark shadow's gaze was shooting in all directions.

At this time, it was pitch black inside the market.

As long as Ma Jianping and the master on duty did not move, under the cover of night, it was difficult for Wei Qiliang to see the two people squatting in the corner.

At this time, the black shadow took out the key from his pocket, gently opened the lock of the west gate, and slowly pushed the door open.

The sound of the big iron door turning on the axle was small, but it sounded so clear in the silence of the night.

The shadow slipped out of the gate, then turned to look inside the door again, then locked the lock again.

He didn't just walk away, but looked inside the gate from behind the battlement on the right wall for a minute before heading towards the parking lot.

The three of them held their breath and pressed against the corner of the wall, quickly flashing to the door.

The master on duty was just about to open the lock, Ma Jianping grabbed him and Lu Qian, and the three of them quickly flashed to the back of the right door, and then pressed their backs against the wall.

The shadow was not in the ordinary sense of caution, and after taking a few steps forward, he turned back and stood behind the right battlement and looked inside the gate for a moment.

The three of them were inside the right battlement, and Wei Qiliang was outside the right doorment, and the distance between them was close at hand.

It took about two minutes for the black shadow to walk towards the parking lot.

The master on duty hurriedly opened the door lock, picked up an iron door, slowly opened it, and sent Lu Qian and Ma Jianping out of the gate.

The large iron door will make a screeching sound when it rotates on the door shaft, and it will be quieter when you lift it by hand to reduce friction.

When Lu Qian and Ma Jianping moved to the jeep, the black shadow had already started the van, got on the main road, and then drove south.

The two of them got into the car, Lu Qian started the car, and just wanted to release the brakes. Ma Jianping patted Lu Qian's shoulder and motioned for him to wait for a while.

Even later at night, there are almost no cars on the road, and if you follow so quickly, it is likely to arouse Wei Qiliang's suspicions.

Fortunately, there are no cars on the road, and the tracking target is clearer, so you can pull the distance a little farther.

Wei Qiliang sneakily drove out at this time, he must have another business trip.

In this era, cars are still just luxuries, and there are not many cars on the road during the day, and even fewer cars at night.

This caused some difficulties for the two men to follow.

Qiliang's car in front of him was driving fast, but fortunately, Lu Qian was not a vegetarian.

In the police academy, in addition to the excellent assessment of cultural knowledge, various skills, especially driving skills, are also very good.

After rounding a few streets, Wei Qiliang's car finally stopped at the east street entrance of Yunnan Street.

Lu Qian parked the car in the middle of Yunnan Street, and then quickly turned off the headlights.

Ma Jianping got out of the car and quietly followed behind the door of the store.

Wei Qiliang didn't turn off the engine or get out of the car, he seemed to be waiting for someone.

At the entrance of the alley, an old telephone pole hangs a dim street lamp, and on the west side of the alley there is a barber shop with three stone steps outside the door.

The telephone pole is on the east side of the alley, and the east wall of the barber shop just blocks the light from the street lamp, casting a small shadow in the corner.

Ma Jianping hid in this shadow.

On the east side of the alley is a shop, and the van is parked right in front of it.

The tail lights of the car are always on, the exhaust pipe is still "abruptly" bubbling exhaust, and the rear of the car is facing the alley.

Are the car's taillights a signal?

Ma Jianping stretched his head to the mouth of the alley and glanced into the alley, which was very deep and could not see the bottom at a glance.

There was light at the entrance of the alley for a distance, and the further you went, the darker it became.

By this time, there was not a single pedestrian on the street, and all the lights of the shops along the street were turned off.

The sound of the van's engine is clearer and clearer in the quiet of the night.

After about two or three minutes, heavy footsteps came from the depths of the alley, and Ma Jianping listened carefully, as if it was a person's footsteps - the footsteps of carrying a weight forward.

After a while, a man walked out of the alley, he bowed his head and bent over, carrying a cardboard box on his right shoulder.

It seems that the inside of the cardboard box should be a very heavy thing.

The man was wearing a suit, and in the dim light, it was impossible to determine the color of the clothes.