Chapter 1: Mysterious Calls
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A rapid ringing of the mobile phone woke Tang Feng from his sleep, he struggled to sit up from the hospital bed, and found that it was his mobile phone in the dark ward, flashing blue light excitedly, and the clock on the wall showed that it was now half past three in the morning, at this time, who would call him? Tang Feng took the phone, and the screen showed a number he didn't recognize. Maybe it's a guy who likes to play pranks, Tang Feng will hang up the phone, turn off the phone, and continue to sleep, but he thinks so in his head, but he pressed the answer button in his hand for some reason.
There was no sound on the other end of the phone, it was as silent as death, Tang Feng waited for more than ten seconds, and was even more sure that this was a prank call, and he was about to turn off the phone, when suddenly, a voice came from the other end of the phone, a strange voice: "Is it Mr. Tang Feng?" ”
Tang Feng couldn't describe the strange feeling he felt when he heard this voice, this voice was weird, which made Tang Feng feel very uncomfortable, but he still coped with it, "Well, I'm Tang Feng, may I ask if you are ......"
"Don't ask me who I am, we've met." Which voice says.
"Met?" At this point, such an uncomfortable man's voice could only make Tang Feng quickly think of Stephen, but Tang Feng quickly denied this judgment, because this man's voice was obviously different from Stephen.
"Yes, we've dealt with each other. However, I am not looking for you today to catch up with you, but I have a very important matter to talk to you about, which is very important to me, and even more important to you! I think you will be interested. The man continued.
"Important to us?" Tang Feng chewed out some unusual flavors from the man's words.
"Okay, I won't talk nonsense on the phone, Mr. Tang, I hope you can come out now and meet with me, we will have a better interview, and I also have something to give to you in person." The man made his own demands.
"Now? Half past three in the morning? ”
"Yes, right now."
"Where?"
"King Kong Throne Tower of Biyun Temple in Xiangshan." The man's voice was unmistakable.
"Are you crazy? Going to Xiangshan at this point? Tang Feng exclaimed: "Besides, you can't enter Biyun Temple at all." ”
There was a creepy laugh on the other end of the phone, "Tang Feng, I think Han Jiang's training for you won't make you even able to climb over a short wall, right?" ”
The man mentioned Han Jiang, and Tang Feng immediately understood that this unusual phone call must be related to the jade interstitial screen and the mystery they were solving, Tang Feng suddenly fell asleep and came to his senses, "Who are you?" ”
"Don't ask so much, you won't know when you meet, I'll wait for you in Biyun Temple! Remember, don't call Han Jiang and them yet, it's just you, come alone! With that, the man hung up the phone.
Tang Feng held his mobile phone and thought for a while in the dark ward, he was reminiscing and thinking a little bit, who is this man? He said I knew him? But Tang Feng couldn't find a man in his mind who could match this voice. What can he do with me at this time? Is it dangerous to go on your own? Tang Feng wanted to call Han Jiang, but the man's admonition sounded in his ears again.
No matter how much, everything will be clear, Tang Feng has been lying in the hospital for more than two months, and his body has basically recovered, but when he jumped out of bed, the joints that had just been reunited were still a heart-piercing pain.
Tang Feng was neatly dressed and slipped out of the hospital, and as soon as he walked out of the hospital gate, a biting cold wind made Tang Feng shudder. He came to the side of the road and wanted to stop a taxi, but there were few vehicles on the street, so he finally stopped a car.
Tang Feng turned his head, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a black Cherokee parked in the parking lot of the hospital, he remembered that this was Han Jiang's car, yesterday Han Jiang and Zhao Yong came to see him, when they left, Han Jiang took Zhao Yong's car and walked together, Han Jiang's car stayed in the hospital, and Han Jiang also left the key in the ward, so Tang Feng sneaked back to the ward again, took the key, jumped on Han Jiang's Cherokee, and walked towards Xiangshan.
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About half an hour later, just as Tang Feng was speeding towards Xiangshan, his mobile phone rang again, and it was the man's strange voice again: "Tang Feng, where are you now?" ”
"Where?" Tang Feng looked out the car window carefully, "The black light is blind, how do I know where this is, it seems that I have passed Yuquan Mountain." ”
"Alright, you turn around now."
"U-turn?"
"I won't go to Xiangshan."
"You're kidding me?" Tang Feng was furious.
"No, please understand me, I have to do this."
"Why?"
The other end of the phone pondered for a long time before saying, "Because I'm in danger, I have to be extra careful." ”
"Danger? What dangers? ”
The other end was silent. Tang Feng's mood calmed down a little, slammed the steering wheel, turned the head of the car, and yelled at the other end of the phone: "Then where do you say I'm going now?" ”
"You come to the east gate of the Temple of Heaven now." The man said.
"Damn! One moment Xiangshan, one moment Temple of Heaven, you won't play me again, right? ”
The other end of the phone was still silent, Tang Feng knew that he couldn't wait for a guarantee from this man's mouth, he looked at the time, this point was to the Temple of Heaven, the sky was about to dawn, in broad daylight, he should not be in any danger, so Tang Feng yelled at the man on the other end of the phone: "Okay! I'll believe you again, see you at the east gate of the Temple of Heaven! ”
Tang Feng stepped on the accelerator and accelerated towards the Temple of Heaven, when he was about to reach the Temple of Heaven, the sky was already a little bright, the Cherokee slowly stopped at an intersection, Tang Feng was waiting for the red light, this red light was unusually long, Tang Feng anxiously lowered the window, wanted to breathe, and the cold air instantly rushed into the car...... At this moment, Tang Feng suddenly noticed that just next to him, just across the lane from the Cherokee and waiting for a right turn, a white BMW car also slowly lowered the window, the man in the car was wearing sunglasses, and Tang Feng glanced at each other, the man was expressionless, Tang Feng suddenly felt that this person was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.
The man looked at Tang Feng, then slowly closed the window and turned right, Tang Feng instinctively took out his mobile phone and dialed back the number just now, but the other party had turned off the phone. The signal light turned green, and an early bus behind it honked its horn vigorously, urging Tang Feng, Tang Feng started the Cherokee with trepidation, and a quarter of an hour later, he came to the east gate of the Temple of Heaven.
Parked the car, Tang Feng walked to the east gate of the Temple of Heaven, the sky was not yet bright, the Temple of Heaven did not open, but some people who had exercised early had gathered outside the door, Tang Feng looked at everyone, every suspicious person, his mind kept flashing the man who was looking at him at the intersection just now, who was the man wearing sunglasses? Could it be the self he dated? Tang Feng kept calling back the number, and the other party kept being turned off.
Twenty minutes later, the sky was already bright, the dazzling sun shone on the winter street, and the pedestrians and vehicles on the street gradually increased.
Just when Tang Feng thought that he had been brushed by the man, he suddenly found that a strong man in an overcoat appeared in front of him, walking towards him, no! It's not the man who drove the BMW just now, but it's very suspicious, Tang Feng turned his head and found that there was also a strong man on the left staring at him, Tang Feng secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and then he looked closely, there were people staring at him from front to back, left and right, he didn't know who these people were? But Tang Feng clearly sensed the danger.
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Can't sit still, Tang Feng ran violently in the direction of the parking lot, who expected, was blocked by two strong men, Tang Feng was helpless, just when the two strong men approached him, he suddenly turned around, climbed over the guardrail on the side of the street, jumped over the endless street, Tang Feng, who ran through the street, didn't have time to raise his middle finger to the strong man blocked by the traffic, and found that there were also their people here, Tang Feng ran away, the gang of people chased after him, Tang Feng ran forward desperately, but as soon as the door of a Poussin car on the side of the street opened, a strong man jumped out of it, Trying to stop Tang Feng head-on, Tang Feng didn't care so much, he hit it headlong, and when Tang Feng hit it, he regretted it, because he felt that he had hit a copper wall, who the is this? Tang Feng was dizzy, and then the strong man spoke, "What are you running away from?" Where to hit? ”
The whole voice was so familiar, Tang Feng fixed his eyes, "Damn!" How are you? I said, how does it look like hitting a wall? He found out that the person he bumped into was none other than Han Jiang.
Han Jiang rubbed his chest muscles that were hit by Tang Feng, "My injury is just right, this time I was disabled by you, what do you say you are running blind?" ”
"Someone's going to arrest me!"
"Those are our people."
"Your people?" Tang Feng turned around and saw that those strong men had stopped and watched them silently from a distance. Tang Feng was furious, "Your people, why are you chasing me?" ”
"What more do I ask you? Why did you sneak out of the hospital in the middle of the night? ”
"What do you care about me?" Tang Feng paused, and suddenly as if he had discovered something, he pointed to Poussin in front of him, "Huh? How did you get a Capebosan? Downgraded? ”
"Nonsense, you drove my car away silently and asked me!"
"I thought you all had good cars there, the most important being the Cherokee, but I didn't expect you to be rich!" Tang Feng and Han Jiang were poor.
"What do you think! It's all state money! Han Jiang suddenly felt a little off-topic, and hurriedly pulled the topic back, "You haven't answered my question yet?" ”
Tang Feng saw Han Jiang's serious face, so he had no choice but to say: "Because I received a call asking me to come here, saying that I have something important to tell me, that's right!" The man also told me not to bring you here. ”
"Oh?" Han Jiang fell into deep thought.
"Then why are you here again?" Tang Feng asked Han Jiang rhetorically.
Han Jiang was not in a hurry to answer Tang Feng's question, but continued to ask him, "Then do you know who that person is?" ”
"I just want to know who he is. However, I seem to have heard the man's voice somewhere, but I can't remember, maybe he did something to the voice, anyway, the man's voice sounded very uncomfortable, very strange. Tang Feng introduced.
"Did the man show up?"
"Nonsense! You have such a large number of people here, how dare people come? When Tang Feng said this, he frowned and thought about it, "Maybe...... Maybe I can calm down and think about it, and I can remember who that person is. ”
Han Jiang patted Tang Feng's shoulder, sighed softly, and said, "Don't think about it, I think I already know who that person is." ”
"Who?"
Han Jiang stared at Tang Feng and slowly said a person's name, "Wang Kai!" ”
"Wang Kai?" Tang Feng thought about it carefully, and suddenly, his eyes lit up, "Is it Wang Kai of Huabao Auction Company?" ”
"That's right! That's him. ”
"He? What happened to him? ”
"He's dead." Han Jiang said calmly.
"What? He's dead? Tang Feng was stunned.
"Just now. You're not asking how we got here? I'm telling you, I didn't listen to your calls, we just got a report from the Interpol team. ”
"Interpol briefing? That's too fast, isn't it? ”
"Wang Kai is the person related to our case, so we are responsible."
"This ...... How is this possible? We were talking more than an hour ago. ”
"Come with me!" Saying that, Han Jiang led Tang Feng into Poussin, turned the corner, and after a while, Poussin stopped in an alley, Tang Feng jumped out of the car, and saw a cordon at the mouth of the alley, and there were seven or eight people in police uniforms surveying the scene.
Tang Feng knew that these people were Han Jiang's people, Han Jiang led Tang Feng to a BMW, Tang Feng recognized the white BMW at a glance, it was the BMW car he met when he was waiting for the red light at the intersection just now, and then looked at the BMW car, there was a person lying on his side on the front seat, his body was twisted and deformed, and he was lying on his side on the table in a strange posture, this person's face was pale, the corners of his mouth were dripping blood, and a pair of sunglasses fell to his hand. The image of the man in sunglasses quickly flashed in his mind, not bad! The person in front of him is Wang Kai of Huabao Company, who just now passed by himself with this BMW, why is he dead here at this time? The person who called to ask him about himself was Wang Kai? What is he going to tell me?
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After Zhao Yong finished investigating the scene, he walked over, "Captain, according to our preliminary investigation results, there are no signs of struggle in the car, and no obvious injuries were found on Wang Kai's body, but his neck bone was twisted, which should be a fatal blow to Wang Kai." ”
"Oh? It seems that he is a master again. Han Jiang said.
"Yes, and we deduce that the murderer should know Wang Kai, and it was Wang Kai who took the initiative to open the car door to let the murderer in." Zhao Yong reasoned.
"Have you noticed the corners of Wang Kai's mouth? …… Well, here it is. Han Jiang suddenly noticed that the corners of Wang Kai's mouth were a little strange.
"When I found the body just now, I also noticed that there were some bruises here, which should be caused by the murderer covering Wang Kai's mouth with his hands or something like a handkerchief or towel to prevent him from screaming." Zhao Yong reasoned.
Han Jiang sneered: "Hmph! I'm afraid it's not as simple as you think, but I speculate that it is likely that the murderer was holding a handkerchief or towel coated with a special chemical solution in his hand at that time, covering Wang Kai's mouth, and the special chemical solution on this handkerchief can quickly make people unconscious. ”
"Hmmm! not only did not let Wang Kai make a sound, but also made him temporarily unconscious, and then easily twisted Wang Kai's neck, killing two birds with one stone! ”
"What else did you find?"
Zhao Yong was stunned for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "There is another amazing discovery." ”
"What discovery?" Tang Feng and Han Jiang exclaimed at the same time.
However, Zhao Yong was not in a hurry to tell them what the two of them had discovered, but first temporarily separated the others present before pointing to the neck of Wang Kai's corpse in the car and said to Han Jiang: "I didn't expect it!" Wang Kai also has that tattoo on his body. If it weren't for forensic care, this detail would probably have gone unnoticed. ”
Tang Feng and Han Jiang found that there was a small blue tattoo on the back of Wang Kai's neck, and another eagle was standing on the back of the wolf! "I should have expected that!" Han Jiang said with a frown and hatred.
"It's this tattoo again, what does this pattern represent?" Tang Feng frowned.
"I don't know, maybe it's a sign of their organization. The people who assassinated Liang Yunjie in Guangzhou, the two black-clothed people we killed in the cave, and the black-clothed people who were later killed in Animaqing Snow Mountain, all have such tattoos, so I think this is the logo of their organization, but I didn't expect Wang Kai to have such a mark, Wang Kai is not a killer, it seems that this mysterious organization not only includes those killers, but also many other people with different identities. Han Jiang reasoned.
"In this way, the composition of this organization is very complicated! But since Wang Kai is a member of this organization, who killed Wang Kai? Tang Feng asked.
Han Jiang didn't say anything, Zhao Yong replied: "It should be their accomplice, we suspected Wang Kai before, although we didn't find any evidence, but we didn't relax the investigation of him, now that his use value is over, he is being investigated by us again, of course this organization will not let him continue to stay in this world." ”
"That makes sense." Tang Feng nodded.
"Well, since Wang Kai is a member of this organization, then, some problems are easy to explain, Mr. Guo of the auction company, have you sent someone to monitor you?" Han Jiang suddenly asked Zhao Yong.
"Don't worry, I have arranged all the monitoring of Guo Hong."
"Did you find anything today?"
Zhao Yong spread out his hands and said disappointedly: "There is no valuable gain, he shouldn't know that Wang Kai has been killed." ”
"Oh! However, if you can't find Wang Kai in one or two days, Guo Hong will soon notice it, you have to pay attention to his activities in the past two days, if he behaves normally in the past two days, then he should not be suspicious, if something happens to him, it is these two days. Han Jiang admonished.
"Is there always a problem with Guo? Can he be a well-known figure in the industry? Tang Feng couldn't believe it.
"I think Guo Hong is very suspicious, could it be that the auction of the jade interstitial screen was completely planned by Wang Kai alone? You must know that Wang Kai is just an ordinary employee of the auction company! Zhao Yong seemed very suspicious of Guo Hong.
"It's too early to draw conclusions, if Guo Hong is okay, then it can be concluded that Wang Kai single-handedly planned and directed the auction, Qi Ning is just a victim, and as for the black hand behind him, it should be their mysterious organization. Zhao Yong, you just need to arrange to monitor Guo Hong now, maybe in a few days, they will show their feet. ”
Tang Feng and Han Jiang got out of the BMW, and Zhao Yong suddenly remembered something, "By the way, we checked the entire scene and found no Wang Kai's mobile phone, nor any other communication tools." ”
"Oh?" Han Jiang felt that something had happened.
"But we found this in the car." As he spoke, Zhao Yong held up a small evidence bag, and inside the evidence bag was an SM card.
Tang Feng and Han Jiang's eyes widened, and a smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Yong's mouth, and he continued to introduce: "After discovering this SM card, we have extracted the information in this card, and to our surprise, there is only one number stored in this card. ”
"A number?" Han Jiang exclaimed.
"Well, and this card was only used twice in the early hours of this morning, and both times it was called this same number."
"What? You mean me? Which number is my number? Tang Feng was stunned.
Zhao Yong smiled and nodded.
"Damn, this damn Wang Kai, why do you have to look for me?" Tang Feng complained.
Han Jiang remained calm and asked Zhao Yong: "When did Wang Kai's card go?" ”
"It's been a while, but it's strange that the card hasn't been used." Zhao Yong replied.
Han Jiang pondered for a moment and analyzed: "Obviously, Wang Kai's mobile phone was taken away by the person who killed him, and the murderer ignored that Wang Kai still had a card, and Wang Kai had already done this card, but he had not used it, that is, he wanted to use this card at a critical moment, and in the early hours of this morning, he used this card to call Tang Feng, obviously it had reached a critical moment for him." ”
Han Jiang's words inspired Tang Feng, "Yes, I remembered, he first asked me to go to Biyun Temple in Xiangshan, and then suddenly called me to the Temple of Heaven halfway, it seems that he is very cautious, and he also said that he is very dangerous now and has to be careful." ”
"By danger, does he mean his murderer, or do you mean us?" Zhao Yong was a little confused.
"Obviously, there are both, on the one hand, he realized that the black hand behind him wanted to kill him, and on the other hand, he specially told Tang Feng not to tell us, so it can be seen that he doesn't want to be discovered by us and go to prison." Han Jiang analysis.
Tang Feng nodded, "But what is there important thing about him that he has to say to me?" ”
"Of course, about the whereabouts of the jade interstitial screen and the situation of the person behind him, I speculate that he is looking for you alone, first, because you are an insider, and second, Wang Kai knows your relationship with us, and he is likely to feel threatened, hoping to reach some kind of agreement with us through you to explain the information he knows, in exchange for our protection of him." Han Jiang's inference seems reasonable.
Tang Feng and Zhao Yong nodded, "It seems that only this explanation is reasonable." Unfortunately, the gang was ahead of us again. Zhao Yongdao.
"So what do we do next?" Tang Feng asked Han Jiang.
"Wait! Wait for the other party to show flaws. Han Jiang said seemingly lightly.
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Three days later, Tang Feng and Han Jiang were in the office to ask Professor Luo some questions about the history of Western Xia, but Zhao Yong hurriedly called and reported to Han Jiang: "Guo Hong reported the case to the police today, saying that their company's employee Wang Kai has been missing for several days, and the people from the criminal police team asked us how to deal with it; In addition, according to the reports of the people we monitored Guo Hong, the auction company has been chaotic in the past few days, some say that Wang Kai was killed, and some say that Wang Kai absconded with the money, Guo Hong looked at a loss, and on the surface, he did not seem to know. ”
"Hmmm! I know, the people who are monitoring Guo Hong over there can be withdrawn, and then you can tell the people in the criminal police team that you can tell Guo Hong that Wang Kai has been killed, and take him to identify Wang Kai's body. Han Jiang commanded.
"Got it! Then ...... we next," Zhao Yong asked.
"Next, it's time for us to talk to Guo Hong." Han Jiang said calmly.
Tang Feng, Han Jiang and Professor Luo chatted until noon, after lunch, Tang Feng and Han Jiang drove to the Yunhong Building where Huabao International Auction Company was located, Tang Feng couldn't help but stop in front of the gate of Yunhong Building for a long time, he looked up at this not tall building, Qi Ning jumped from the roof of this building.
Han Jiang's thoughts also returned to a few months ago, it was a week before that auction, Han Jiang heard about the jade interstitial screen for the first time at the chief, and became the captain of the "old K" special operations team, he spent three days hurriedly piecing together this team, his first official task was to participate in that auction, pay attention to everyone who was interested in the jade interstitial screen at the auction, especially the buyers who participated in the jade interstitial bidding at the end, just like that, Liang Yunjie and Tang Feng entered his sight, to be precise, Liang Yunjie should have entered his sight earlier.
At the auction, Han Jiang sat in an inconspicuous corner in the back row, and when the jade screen was finally auctioned, the hall was too noisy, and Han Jiang almost focused his attention on Liang Yunjie, who was also sitting in the back row, Qi Ning's abnormal behavior also made Han Jiang puzzled, but he didn't care too much at the time. He needed to think about that auction again, when Tang Feng told him in the hospital about the blonde woman who participated in the auction bidding, Han Jiang realized that he had ignored too many details in the auction, he didn't expect that the seemingly ordinary auction would be so complicated? He didn't expect that Qi Ning would commit suicide by jumping off the building the next day!
Qi Ning's suicide, Han Jiang also investigated, but there was no progress, so he followed the whereabouts of the jade interlude and turned the focus of the investigation to Liang Yunjie, and later, a series of events such as Liang Yunjie's murder made Han Jiang have no time to seriously think about the original auction. Fortunately, thanks to Tang Feng's reminder in the hospital, Han Jiang thought of starting from the origin of the jade interlude, and after a series of investigations, he began to suspect Wang Kai, but their old opponent took the lead again, resulting in Wang Kai's life.
Without waiting for the report of the front desk lady, Tang Feng and Han Jiang pushed open the door of the office of President Guo of Huabao International Auction Company, Guo Hong was lying on the sofa, looking listless, seeing Tang Feng and Han Jiang who suddenly broke in, Guo Hong's face was full of surprise: "You are ......"
Tang Feng just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Han Jiang, Han Jiang didn't seem to be in a hurry to report his name, he closed the door, looked around Guo Hong's office vigilantly, and then, very skillfully, found a bugging device in the base of the lamp on Guo Hong's desk. Guo Hong's eyes widened, staring at the bugging device on the table, and sat back at the desk, "This...... What is it? ”
"Bugging." Han Jiang said, and at the same time showed his ID to Guo Hong.
"What? Bug! Guo Hong couldn't believe that someone had a bug installed on his desk. When he saw Han Jiang's documents, he was even more surprised: "This ...... You can't pretend to be this, right? I've always been a law-abiding citizen! ”
"Humph! Hum! Han Jiang sneered twice and said, "We have monitored your every move in the past few days, but today's monitoring of you has been canceled, and this thing was installed for you by your subordinate Wang Kai." ”
"What? Wang Kai! Isn't he dead? This...... What the hell is going on! Guo Hong was confused and looked at Han Jiang in a daze.
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Han Jiang was not in a hurry to answer Guo Hong's question, but asked him instead: "Have you seen Wang Kai's corpse?" ”
Guo Hong nodded in a daze, "Look...... I've seen it. ”
"Okay, in that case, let's talk about your thoughts, right?"
"Thoughts? Wait...... Wait a minute, my brain is too messy now, let me think about it, let me think about it, when I saw Wang Kai's body, I was so shocked, so shocked...... Who will kill him? Guo Hong shook his head and said.
"Is Wang Kai married? Are there any relatives left? Although Han Jiang has mastered Wang Kai's family situation, he still needs to confirm it with Guo Hong.
"He wasn't married, he had never been in the company, he was alone, and for a few years, he didn't see any women around him; However, there should be relatives in the hometown. ”
What Guo Hong said was consistent with the situation that Han Jiang had grasped, and he asked Guo Hong again: "Tell me what you think of Wang Kai!" ”
"Views? I have the impression that Wang Kai has always performed very well after coming to the company, working hard and complaining, and he is loyal to me, so I have always trusted him, but I didn't expect him to ......"
"I will betray you and spy on you!" Han Jiang couldn't help but sigh.
"But what's going on with Wang Kai? Can you tell me the truth about the whole thing? Guo Hong asked.
"The truth of the whole thing? Hmph, if I knew the truth of the whole matter, I wouldn't be sitting here now, but I can tell you a little bit about Wang Kai, but you have to promise that you can't divulge the content of our conversation today to anyone else until the whole matter is investigated. Han Jiang said solemnly.
"Okay, I promise!"
"As far as we know from reconnaissance, Wang Kai was bought by a mysterious organization outside the country to work for them about a few years ago, and he installed this miniature bugging device for you, so that he can understand your every move."
"Then who killed Wang Kai?"
"It's their organization, because Wang Kai has been exposed, he no longer has any use value, so they killed him."
"Why is Wang Kai spying on me? What is his purpose? What is all this for? The more Guo Hong listened, the more confused he became.
Han Jiang was stunned for a moment, he was thinking about how to explain this problem to Guo Hong, Tang Feng picked up a catalogue of the spring auction from Guo Hong's desk, turned to the last page of the catalogue, pointed to Lot 1038 on the catalogue and said to Guo Hong: "It's all for this." ”
"For this?" Guo Hong looked at the catalogue, "Lot 1038, Xixia inlaid jewels wrapped in lotus pattern jade interstitial." Why is it? This jade interstitial ...... Oh, I have the impression that it was 60 million at that time, plus the commission, it was the most expensive lot in that spring auction, and the bidding was very fierce at that time, and even later there were some disputes, and a gentleman surnamed Tang also came to complain to me, it seems to be ...... Looks like that Mr. Tang is you, right? Guo Hong recognized Tang Feng.
"Yes, that's me."
"But although this jade interstitial screen is very valuable, it's not worth Wang Kai's doing! What is this jade interstitial screen ...... What's there, exactly? And is Qi Ning's suicide also related to this? ”
Han Jiang nodded, "Not bad!" We now suspect that Qi Ning's suicide was also related to the incident. As for the jade interstitial, ......"
Han Jiang groaned, he looked at Tang Feng, Tang Feng explained to Guo Hong: "Of course, that group of people is not just for this jade interpolation, about the secret of this jade interpolation, it is inconvenient for me to reveal it to you now." We are here mainly to learn from you about the origin of this jade interstitial screen, and how was it recruited by your company? Who is its seller? ”
"This ...... It's been almost half a year, and I want to think about it. Guo Hong struggled to recall.
"You must remember that this is very important, according to the information we have, this jade insert is a stolen artifact from the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, which means that its seller is likely to be the same group." Tang Feng urged.
"What? You said...... This jade insert is a stolen artifact from the Hermitage? That's not right! Generally, if it is a stolen cultural relic, the stolen museum reports to the relevant organization, our auction company will know, before, we have had such incidents, but after we received the notification, we have removed the lot as soon as possible, although this has brought some losses to the company, but for the reputation of the company, we will never auction the stolen cultural relics. When Guo Hong heard this, he was stunned.
"This ...... That's right, because this jade insert has some special significance, all parties involved are reluctant to make a noise. Han Jiang said in a low voice.
"I remembered, this jade insert was collected by Wang Kai, I am usually very busy with work, it is impossible to understand every lot, plus I have always trusted Wang Kai, so I didn't pay much attention to it, the collection of this jade insert, and all the procedures for the later auction, were handled by Wang Kai."
"Sure enough, it's Wang Kai!" Tang Feng and Han Jiang glanced at each other, and seemed to see some more light.
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Tang Feng continued to ask Guo Hong: "Then do you know who the seller of this jade interstitial screen is?" ”
Guo Hong shook his head and said, "This is all done by Wang Kai, I don't know very well." But Guo Hong immediately thought about something and said to Han Jiang: "However, the company's internal documents should have the seller's records, I'll check it." ”
Guo Hong tapped a few times on the computer, and Han Jiang noticed that Guo Hong was staring at the computer screen, his brows were tightly locked, and his face became more and more solemn, "You wait a minute, I'll check it out." ”
After speaking, Guo Hong walked out of the office, and five minutes later, Guo Hong rushed back to the office and shouted at Han Jiang: "It's weird! It's weird, what the hell is going on? ”
"What's going on?"
"Whether it's on my computer or in the company's internal documents, all the information about this jade interstitial screen has been deleted."
"Oh!" Tang Feng and Han Jiang were also shocked when they heard this, but they thought about it, it was not surprising, since Wang Kai handled this matter single-handedly, of course he would not leave any traces, and it seemed that this clue could not find anything.
"Although I can't find it here, but since this jade insert is a stolen cultural relic from the Winter Palace, then, I think the seller should be the one who stole the treasure, you can investigate from the other side of the Winter Palace, and maybe you can find something." Guo Hong instead gave Tang Feng and Han Jiang an idea.
Han Jiang had already thought of this step in his heart, and he calmly said to Guo Hong: "Thank you for your proposal, Wang Kai, let's talk about this, now you can talk to me about Qi Ning!" ”
"Qi Ning? Seriously, our company is unlucky enough this year, first Qi Ning jumped off the building to commit suicide, and now Wang Kai was killed. It's almost the end of the year, and the performance is a lot worse than last year......" Guo Hong complained a lot, and finally said Qi Ning, "Qi Ning, is very famous in the art auction industry, you know that the auctioneer industry is very important to reputation, so Qi Ning has always been very responsible for his work, and he also pays attention to his image, and has always been very concerned about his reputation, I can't figure out his suicide until now, he is a good person, has a successful career, and has a harmonious family, why did he commit suicide?" ”
"What do you think he committed suicide for?" Han Jiang asked.
"I just don't understand this question, but just now I heard you say that Wang Kai ...... for that jade interstitial screen, and I suddenly thought that Qi Ning's suicide would be because of the auction of the jade interstitial screen, and was coerced by Wang Kai......
"Well, now it seems that Qi Ning's suicide should be for the jade interlude, he is likely to be threatened by Wang Kai, Mr. Guo, before the auction, did you find any abnormal behavior between Wang Kai and Qi Ning?" Han Jiang asked.
"Unusual behavior? Let me think...... By the way, I didn't pay attention to it before, but now that I think about it, they were a bit abnormal before the auction. Once, after I got off work, I saw them drinking tea in a teahouse downstairs in the company, as if they were talking about things, I didn't take it seriously at all, but now I think about it carefully, there is a problem here, according to my understanding of them, they rarely interact in the company, they are in different departments, and there is generally no direct contact at work, and they usually don't see any personal relationship between them. ”
When Tang Feng and Han Jiang heard this, they already had a more comprehensive understanding of Wang Kai and Qi Ning, as well as the auction, Han Jiang picked up the miniature bug on Guo Hong's desk, stood up and said goodbye to Guo Hong: "Thank you for providing me with these information today, if you think of anything in the future, you can call me at any time." In addition, you have to pay attention to safety these days, we will send someone to protect you secretly, and you yourself should be more careful. ”
Guo Hong nodded, sent Tang Feng and Han Jiang out, Tang Feng stepped out of Guo Hong's office, and suddenly turned around and asked Guo Hong: "Mr. Guo, this is the highest floor of the building, right?" ”
"yes!" Guo Hong was puzzled.
"Then Qi Ning jumped on this building?" Tang Feng was thoughtful.
"Well, the roof platform above here, Qi Ning jumped from the roof platform." Guo Hongdao.
"Is there a passage to go up?" Tang Feng asked.
"There is one in the stairwell, but since the police investigated the suicide case of Qi Ning, the property has sealed that door, and now no one can go up."
"Oh! Can you help me talk to the property and open that door? Tang Feng suddenly made this strange request.
Guo Hong thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I'll call the property." ”
Han Jiang didn't understand what Tang Feng meant, but he thought that Tang Feng must have his reasons, so Han Jiang followed Tang Feng into the dark stairwell.
Tang Feng's feet landed heavily on the steps, and in the uninhabited stairwell, he made a dull sound of footsteps. This voice made Tang Feng feel extremely depressed, and Qi Ning kept appearing in front of his eyes at the last moment of his life, and he also walked up one step like this......