Chapter 17: The Murder Mirror of the Ancient House
After entering the main house of the ancient mansion, Li Bing found that the ancient mansion was indeed old, and the walls had been tilted and cracked, but the owner of the house had cleaned it cleanly. Except for the electric lights and water dispensers, almost all the other furniture in the main house is made of wood.
A wall clock on the wall that is ticking seems to have been turned out of the cultural relics, and the dark red paint on the outer frame of the wall clock has fallen off a lot, revealing the gray wood inside.
"Miss Wang", Zhao Wan'er said with a smile: "This ancient mansion seems to be very old, it should have a certain cultural relics value, this Brother Li, although he is a staff member of our company, but he also studies archaeology with a salary, don't you mind taking us on a tour?" ”
Wang Jie smiled heartily: "Since the two distinguished guests are interested in visiting such a dilapidated house, then come with me." ”
Zhao Wan'er was very surprised, and felt that this Wang Jie was not what they expected, and should be a very optimistic, generous, and enthusiastic person.
The two followed Wang Jie and walked upstairs. At the staircase, Li Bing found that there was a wooden storage room under the stairs.
When Li Bing stepped on the stairs, he was startled, it turned out that the staircase, which had no color to see, was "babbling", and it seemed to be able to break and collapse at any time in the shaking.
Zhao Wan'er was next to Li Bing, lowered her head, and cautiously walked up the narrow and gloomy wooden staircase to the second floor.
Suddenly, the second floor did not have the dilapidated scene on the ground floor, and it was actually newly decorated and very modern.
Upstairs there are three rooms, as well as a small bathroom, which, although still wooden, is clearly freshly painted and has a more modern touch to the classical atmosphere.
Wang Jie opened a door in Xishou and told Li Bing and Zhao Wan'er that it was her bedroom. But seeing that the interior is very warmly arranged, the bed is neatly folded with quilts, and on the opposite side of the bed, there is an antique dresser, which is inlaid with a large oval mirror, which is clean and clean, and it can be seen that the owner of the room is a person who loves cleanliness very much.
Seeing Li Bing and Zhao Wan'er's eyes on the other two rooms, Wang Jie smiled slightly and opened the door of the room generously: "These two rooms are empty, and occasionally when friends come over to play, they will stay for one night." ”
The two rooms are equally neat, except that in one of them there is an old-fashioned dresser, but instead of an ordinary mirror, the frame is inlaid with a smooth and flat bronze mirror, revealing an air of wealth.
Wang Jie pointed to the dresser and said: "I don't know how long this bronze mirror is, it is handed down by my ancestors, and if I wipe it every day, I can clearly show the shadow." ”
Zhao Wan'er and Li Bing curiously approached the mirror, and sure enough, the images of the two were clearly reflected. The two of them looked at the shadow in the mirror, and suddenly they had an indescribable feeling, as if there were eyes watching them from behind, but as if they were in the mirror. The two of them couldn't help but stand up at all, quickly withdrew their gaze, followed Wang Jie, and walked back downstairs through the narrow and dark wooden staircase with a "babbling" sound.
Wang Jie beckoned the two of them and sat down at the Eight Immortals table in the hall where the lacquer water was polished, and she went to the back kitchen to boil water to make tea for the two of them.
When Wang Jie left the boiling water, Li Bing and Zhao Wan'er looked at each other for a while, and their emotions began to slowly relax.
After a while, I heard the scream of boiling water in the electric cooker in the kitchen behind me, and Wang Jie walked out with a kettle.
When Wang Jie brewed three cups of coffee, Zhao Wan'er asked, "Miss Wang, what about your family?" ”
Wang Jie smiled indifferently: "My parents died when I was born not long ago, it was my grandmother who raised me alone, and the year before last, her old man had also passed away, and I was the only one living here." ”
Zhao Wan'er said sorry repeatedly, and Wang Jie smiled: "It's nothing." Isn't Miss Zhao coming to talk to me about the relocation today? Then we can talk about it formally. After a pause, he continued: "People from your company have come several times, but I can't accept the conditions. My house, although dilapidated, but I heard my grandmother say that it was built by the gift of Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and it has survived wind and rain and is still intact today. If it weren't for the extraordinary strength and ability of Miss Zhao's company, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to approve the documents to demolish my house? It also has a certain cultural relics value. The people in your company are only calculated according to the current square, which is absolutely unacceptable to me. ”
Li Bing interjected: "Miss Wang, yes, this house is quite valuable as a cultural relic, and I agree with your opinion." ”
Wang Jie glanced at Li Bing very strangely: "I didn't expect that you are a staff member of Miss Zhao's company, and you can actually help me say a fair word, thank you very much!" ”
Zhao Wan'er said with a smile: "Miss Wang, businessmen are mercenary, you have to understand this." But after taking a look at it on the spot today, on behalf of the company, I will definitely give Miss Wang a satisfactory answer. No matter what conditions you offer, as long as it is reasonable, I can represent the company on the spot today. ”
A hint of surprise flashed in Wang Jie's eyes, but she immediately said lightly: "Miss Zhao, thank you very much for your kindness, but you seem to be younger than me, how can you be this master?" ”
Li Bing laughed: "Miss Wang, you don't know." This Miss Zhao is the precious daughter of Zhao Yiming, the chairman of Guangming Company, and has now taken over her father's business and become the new chairman. ”
Wang Jie's mouth opened wide in surprise, her eyes full of envy.
Zhao Wan'er smiled and said to Li Bing: "Brother Li, this is my car key." Please go to my mother and get a copy of the official demolition agreement, and Miss Wang and I will talk about the details here, and when you get the agreement, we will sign it. By the way, don't forget to buy some vegetables, we will have a light meal with Miss Wang here today. ”
Li Bing promised, picked up the car keys, and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, turned around and smiled mysteriously at Zhao Wan'er: "Wan'er, I want to use 10,000 yuan from that fund account, and I will return it in the future, can I?" ”
Zhao Wan'er waved her hand: "Brother Li, you are too foreign, you can only withdraw the money above, I believe you must be of some use, don't trouble me in the future with this little thing." ”
Li Bing laughed, said goodbye to the two, and drove straight to Nanjing City.
Li Bing hurried back to Nanjing, bought a copy of the "Jinling Evening News" at the newsstand on the side of the road, found a 'private detective' from the information on it, immediately called the other party, and soon came to the private detective's office according to the information prompted by the other party.
Half an hour later, Li Bing walked out of the private detective's office, dialed Wang Liping's phone, and briefly told Zhao Wan'er about the text of the agreement and Wang Jie's signature, and when he drove to the hotel where Wang Liping collapsed, Wang Liping and Zhang Lili were already waiting at the door.
After receiving the text of the agreement handed by Wang Liping, Li Bing politely said goodbye to the two and drove to a lively vegetable market. At the cooked vegetable shop next to the vegetable market, Li Bing packed a few cooked dishes, and asked the small restaurant on the side to fry two vegetables, *** bun, and then hummed a little song and went straight to Wang Jie's residence at the foot of the Purple Mountain.
It turned out that Li Bing asked Zhao Wan'er for 10,000 cash because he wanted to ask a private detective to collect evidence, whether Wang Liping and Zhang Lili had an extraordinary ambiguous relationship, which had a decisive weight for him to judge the situation in front of him, but this matter had to be hidden from Zhao Wan'er.
When Li Bing came to Wang Jie's residence, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. Zhao Wan'er and Wang Jie in the house looked intimate, obviously having reached an agreement, and they didn't know what to say or laugh about.
Seeing Li Bing get out of the car, Zhao Wan'er complained: "Why did you go for so long?" You're going to starve both of us to death. ”
Li Bing smiled: "Traffic jam." Then took the dishes out of the car, Wang Jie also hurriedly found the dishes and plates, packed the dishes, and the three of them began to eat dinner together.
Not long after, the three of them swept away the dishes on the table, and Zhao Wan'er helped Wang Jie clean up the table with dishes and chopsticks, so she and Wang Jie revised the text very seriously, and both parties signed.
After signing, the three of them drank tea leisurely, and Li Bing suddenly asked, "Miss Wang, can I ask you about something?" ”
Wang Jie nodded for a moment.
Li Bing thought for a while and said, "I have a friend named Yu Ru, although he has been dead for many days. But I really want to understand the specific process of her accident in the Ming Tomb that day. I found out that you are her colleague and good friend, and you and she were together again on the day of the accident, can you tell us in detail what happened that day? ”
When Wang Jie heard this, her face changed greatly, and the teacup in her hand couldn't help but tremble, and the tea slowly overflowed the cup and spilled to the floor drop by drop.