Under a restaurant in a retro-style building.

Master and the rest of the group seemed to be in a hurry.

Tian Youtian sarcastically said: "Why have you been gone for so long, you can be late for your birthday." ”

Bai Xueying smiled bitterly, picked up the snacks in the fruit bowl and ate them first. Seeing that everyone was sitting in the banquet hall under the restaurant, and did not go to the reserved private room, there were sporadic in the hall, so he asked Liu Mingyin why he didn't invite everyone to sit upstairs.

At this time, Tian was sweet and rushed to speak: "It's not because of you, the private rooms upstairs are full, and the private room we booked is already full now, your master said that you and they haven't arrived yet, so I'll wait for you downstairs." Bai Xue Sakura smiled embarrassedly.

At this time, Liu Mingyin and Tian Youtian's father finished smoking a cigarette and smiled softly at Bai Xueying: "Girl, ask the waiter if there is the latest newspaper to read." ”

Bai Xue Ying answered, got up and walked to the service desk in the middle section, there were two young girls and a young boy, they were smiling and talking about something, and the atmosphere was very mysterious.

Seeing Bai Xue Sakura coming, she hurriedly stood up straight and asked her enthusiastically what service she needed. Bai Xueying just explained it and asked them if they had any newspapers to read. The waiter didn't think much of it and gave her a newspaper they were reading.

At this time, a few workers came to the door, carrying a huge mahogany cabinet-style Buddhist shrine, which looked very solemn and atmospheric. They asked the waiter where the one was. A few waiters quickly greeted him. Pointing to the door next to the service desk, he said why are you only here now, our manager has been waiting for a long time.

A few workers walked a few quick steps to the manager's office. Suddenly, a chubby waitress somehow stepped on the foot of a fat-headed diner next to her.

"You pig feed has eaten too much again!" The black-faced man with a fat brain screamed in pain, and he wanted to slap the female service provider like thunder.

The thin man with glasses who was dining next to him hurriedly grabbed his raised hand and comforted: "Hey, hey, Brother Cut, stop your anger, don't be like these little girls." ”

Several workers also carried the shrine in fear and carefully walked around him. For fear that one will get into trouble if he is not careful.

"Useless things, full of fat!" The black-faced strong man called Brother Cut scolded angrily.

The thin man with glasses hurriedly grabbed him and motioned him to be quieter, and then the black-faced strong man called Brother Sha retracted a little. The man with the eyes seemed to look around vigilantly, and saw Bai Xue Ying and the other people at the table staring at them, with a smile on his face, he raised the empty wine glass in his hand to apologize, but with the other hand, he squeezed the black bag in his hand to the chair behind him.

At this time, the waiter upstairs came down to inform Liu Mingyin that there was a private room where the guests had finished eating, and they were cleaning up, and asked them if they wanted to go up.

Liu Mingyin was overjoyed when he heard this. "Let's go up and sit down."

At this time, Li Xinze also came to the restaurant with Qi Chengxuan. Liu Mingyin warmly welcomed them upstairs together.

Bai Xueying hadn't seen Qi Chengxuan for a day, and she was very excited in her heart, wanting to tell him what happened to her day. However, there are too many people, and it is not the time to speak. Bai Xue Ying could only silently follow everyone upstairs.

During the banquet, Li Xinze gave a delicate dagger as a gift to Bai Xueying, hoping that she could defend herself when she encountered danger again.

Bai Xue Sakura happily said thank you. But he joked to himself, "I don't want to be in any more danger." It made everyone laugh. During this period, Qi Chengxuan and Bai Xue Ying couldn't help but glance at each other.

Li Xinze seemed to want to say something, but he didn't know how to express it, so he simply didn't say it. Qi Chengxuan next to him coughed a few times, but Li Xinze still took out another beautiful box from behind him and handed it to Bai Xueying to show his gentle smile. "This is a gift from your senior sister to you."

Bai Xue Ying was both surprised and curious, but there were a few big words written on the packaging on it, and the gift should be opened in public.

Lin Mingyin got up and looked at the gift in Bai Xueying's hand, and smiled disapprecitatively: "I thought that your senior sister was living in seclusion in the mountains and forests, so if you want to demolish it, you can demolish it." He got up and walked to the balcony outside the side door, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and looked downstairs.

Bai Xue Ying opened the box little by little like a baby, Tian Youtian also came to her and took out the contents of it. So people's eyes stopped on her hands. I saw all kinds of anti-wolf supplies, but the anti-wolf electric baton was not installed.

Bai Xueying looked at Tian Youtian, who also looked confused, in surprise. Then they looked at Li Xinze again. Li Xinze's face was red for a while, white for a while, and he went to the bathroom with embarrassment and pretended to be free to urinate.

Qi Chengxuan on the side held back a smile and tears came out. The meaning is self-evident, Concubine Jiang Qing is using the excuse of giving gifts to warn Li Xinze not to approach her again. Naturally, these white snow cherry blossoms are not clear to them at all.

During the meal, Lin Xiu walked in from outside with a cake. Bai Xueying happily asked Lin Xiu where she made the cake and what new cake she had learned. Lin Xiu rarely showed a shy look. But I don't know how to express it.

"Hey, I can't see that Officer Lin is simple-minded and has developed limbs, and he can make such kawaii cakes!" Qi Chengxuan sneered.

Lin Xiu was on the rise at this time, and he was not in a hurry to sneer at him.

At this time, Liu Mingyin, who was smoking at the window, called him over and briefly explained something, Lin Xiu's face changed suddenly, and he quickly left the room. The dishes were almost served, and Liu Mingyin signaled everyone to eat first, without waiting for Lin Xiu.

After three rounds of drinking, Tian Youtian's father raised his glass to Lin Mingyin and smiled: "The cherry girl celebrates her birthday and asks Lin Xiu to handle the case, is Detective Liu too dedicated." ”

Liu Mingyin also seemed to drink and raised his glass in return: "Brother Tian loves to joke!" ”

"Hey, I'm not kidding, you see that the children are all older, although Lin Xiu is a few years older than the cherry girl, but they have grown up together since childhood and know each other, you can't always call Lin Xiu all day long, so that they can be young and have time to cultivate feelings together." Uncle Tian wants to be an old man.

"Hehe, don't be in a hurry, young people have their young ideas, we just need to be the support of our elders." Liu Mingyin got up again and glanced out the window. Bai Xueying and Li Xinze and Tian Youtian on the side were discussing how to deal with what happened on campus during the day, and they didn't care about the direct conversation between the elders.

Qi Chengxuan saw that Bai Xueying didn't care, and he was angry.

"Brother-in-law, I'll give you a drink." Picking up the drink poured into the glass, he smiled all over his face. Liu Mingyin was stunned for a moment, turned his head, and motioned for him not to sit down.

Liu Mingyin raised his wine glass, which was regarded as a return gift.

At this time, Lin Xiu had already quietly returned, attached to Liu Mingyin and said something softly, and handed him a treasure bag to see. Liu Mingyin nodded with satisfaction after hearing this.

Qi Chengxuan stared at Liu Mingyin with a smile in the blink of an eye, but he had a calculation in his heart. "Master Liu, everyone says that you handle cases like a god, a famous reasoning master in the country, can you tell us about the amazing big case you have solved!"

Everyone at the table was also very curious, and asked Liu Mingyin to tell everyone about it.

Liu Mingyin came up, raised his eyebrows, and squinted at Lin Xiu, who was talking on the phone beside him. Calmly raised his glass. "Today is the 19th birthday of the apprentice Bai Xueying, thank you for your face. Liu first toasted everyone with a glass, and then drank it all.

Liu Mingyin smacked his lips, and Bai Xueying called out to Master softly at this time, reminding him to pay attention to his body. Liu Mingyin waved her hand, and she was relieved. said very mysteriously: "Since everyone is very interested in Liu's case, now a particularly interesting thing has happened downstairs in us, let's follow me to take a look." After speaking, everyone was stunned and stared at him suspiciously.

After a while, the siren sounded outside, and everyone hurriedly walked from the side door to the balcony to look down.

I saw a few policemen parked at the entrance of the restaurant. Downstairs, a number of majestic special police and plainclothes police surrounded the various exits of the hotel.

Tian Youtian's father obviously hadn't seen such a big battle and woke up, and couldn't help but be shocked and said, "Old Liu, what's going on?!" ”

Liu Mingyin comforted everyone not to be frightened, Lin Xiu would control the situation and catch the two criminals downstairs. Wait for him to explain it to everyone slowly.

During the banquet, everyone stared at Liu Mingyin intently, hoping that he could explain to everyone.

Lin Xiu took out the black gun from his waist, and quietly took Li Xinze downstairs with a stern expression. Liu Mingyin said eloquently: "When we entered the restaurant just now, the two suspects upstairs also happened to arrive. Originally, we were waiting for Sakura and Lin Xiu, so we gave up the private room. The two suspects upstairs didn't want to go upstairs, they just wanted to eat downstairs. I was paying attention to them at the time. ”

"What's so strange about that?" Father Tian asked puzzled.

Liu Mingyin was happy with his question. "Generally, when we invite people to dinner, we will ask for private rooms or high-end places that are not disturbed. A few of us were obviously waiting for someone to sit down in the hall downstairs for the time being. And those two people saw that they were dressed as people with status, but they didn't go to the private room, they had to eat in the lobby downstairs, and their eyes kept looking at the manager's office, which was strange. ”

"Maybe they just like the good air downstairs, or maybe they're in a hurry." Father Tian argued.

Liu Mingyin raised his chin at Bai Xueying and asked her to post her opinion.

Bai Xue Ying cleared her throat: "As far as I found, the black-faced person downstairs who is called Brother Shaving is wearing a nameplate and a big gold chain around his neck. Obviously, the status is higher than that of the skinny-eyed man. But they only ordered a plate of peanuts, a plate of fried snails, and a case of beer. This shows that they are not inviting people to dinner, but just to pass the time. ”

Qi Chengxuan stared at Bai Xue Ying motionlessly, feeling that what happened today was a little interesting.

Liu Mingyin nodded proudly and continued: "During this period, I found that the two suspects downstairs did not talk too much but frequently played WeChat. The average person either doesn't pronounce or type. And that big man is obviously a frequent voice chat. And he was downstairs, desperately writing on the screen with his hands over and over again, and carefully scanning the surroundings back and forth with his eyes. The three waiters were also more intriguing, discussing the newspapers in their hands with great interest, and peeking at their manager's office from time to time. So I asked Sakura to borrow their newspaper and take a look. ”

With that, he put the newspaper on the side and opened it on the dining table. I saw an antique close-up of the head of Guanyin Bodhisattva on the front page of the newspaper, and I saw that this sitting statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva of Jennings has broad shoulders, a slender body, and slender legs, inheriting the traditional style of Guyin ~ degree.

"It's!" Father Tian suddenly got up and picked up the newspaper on the table, his face full of horror.

"Ming Xuande's gilded bronze Guanyin Bodhisattva statue, could it be that the manager's office upstairs is..."Qi Chengxuan blurted out keenly, already shocked in his heart.

Sure enough, I think of the mahogany cabinet-style Buddhist shrine that the workers brought in just now, the Buddhist shrine made of fine rosewood, and the exquisite patterns carved on it, which are very valuable at a glance. It is certainly not an ordinary Buddha statue that is being enshrined.

The highest price ever paid for the 600-year-old gilt bronze statue of Guanyin in Ming Xuande, which sold for nearly £2 million at Christie's London "Fine Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art" in London, which ended last winter.

I didn't expect it to appear in China today. The newspaper report only briefly described the ins and outs of the gilded bronze Guanyin Bodhisattva statue in Ming Xuande, and did not elaborate on any information about the person photographed. I didn't expect it to be in this humble hotel.

Newspapers describe this seated statue of Avalokiteshvara with broad shoulders, slender body and slender legs, inheriting the traditional style of ancient India. In contrast, there are large round earrings, a broad square face, high cheekbones, curved willow eyebrows, and a large number of inlays, which are characteristic of Nepal and Tibet. Christie's experts examined the statue on X-rays and found several items inside, including a small scroll that may have been a Buddhist scripture, several pieces of cloth and what appeared to be four small beads.

"Could this statue of Guanyin be in the manager's office downstairs?!" Qi Chengxuan still verified his guess again in disbelief.

Liu Mingyin just hummed, and said with a solemn face: "Originally, I was just a little suspicious of the two suspects downstairs, until we went up to the second floor, and I saw on the balcony that the workers who moved the Buddhist shrine had already driven the car away, and then circled around the hotel twice and parked near the hotel, and they didn't go back to the store directly." Instead, park your car near the hotel, which is not normal.

There was a waiter who dumped the garbage sorted out from the manager's office into the trash can outside, and I asked Lin Xiu to check it. Then I asked Li Xinze to pay attention to the movements of the two downstairs. Sure enough, they drank so much wine and went to the bathroom on the second floor, and Li Xinze was sure that he was calling his accomplices outside to explain the situation inside. Be ready to answer at any time.

"There were three waiters downstairs and two doormen outside the door. Even if they enter the manager's office and rob it, they won't be able to go out so smoothly," Tian's father added, cautiously stretching out his head to look at the police officers rushing outside.

"Not only do they have internal responses, but they also have guns!" Qi Chengxuan recalled the long black bag behind the eyed man, and sat back in his seat with a serious expression. I was also afraid for a while. That's a gangster who wants money and doesn't want to die!

Everyone was shocked, and no one spoke again. At this time, Li Xinze came back and looked at Liu Mingyin politely. "Master Liu, the two suspects downstairs have been caught, Lin Xiu asked me to come up and inform you"

"There were no bullets in that gun?" Liu Mingyin frowned, feeling that this case was not as complicated as he thought. Then he lit a cigarette and began to reorganize his thoughts.

Li Xinze said indifferently: "They do have two shotguns, but there are no bullets. ”

"What the hell is going on, senior!" Tian Youtian, who had not spoken to him all the time, felt confused when he heard what everyone said, and he didn't know what was going on.

Li Xinze smiled and patiently explained to her: "At the beginning, when Master Liu found out that the two suspects downstairs were strange, he secretly sent a message to me and Lin Xiu, so I secretly observed the two people downstairs at the staircase, Lin Xiu put down the cake and went downstairs to check the garbage that the waiter picked up from the manager's office just now, it was not unusual to pack some cardboard on the Buddhist shrine.

Lin Xiu quickly dug out the wrapping paper of the free incense candle in the garbage, he just sniffed it briefly and noticed that there were drug ingredients in it, so he went upstairs and told Master Liu. Combined with the intelligence I provided. Determined that this was a premeditated and planned organized crime plan, Lin Xiu called the police force for reinforcements.

Later, we pretended to be chatting at the top of the stairs, and sure enough, we heard the waiter downstairs shouting that the manager had fainted. One waiter hurriedly called, the other went upstairs to inform his colleagues in the kitchen, and the other fat waiter who took care of the manager was naturally their internal response.

When we saw them about to walk out of the door with a package containing a gilded bronze statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva of Ming Xuande, reinforcements had already arrived, so Lin Xiu and I went downstairs to surround him from behind him, originally they wanted to take one of the female waitresses as a hostage, so they had been deadlocked for so long. ”

"Master is really amazing!" Bai Xue Sakura ran to Liu Mingyin in a hurry.

"It's all everyone's credit, but I won't be unhappy if I messed up our birthday party." Liu Mingyin patted her head lovingly.

"No, I can fight side by side with Master against criminals. This is the most meaningful birthday I have ever had with Master! "Bai Xue Sakura is already excited.

Although Qi Chengxuan had not expressed his opinion, he still gave her an angry look.

Liu Mingyin nodded with relief, telling her not to be too emotional and pay attention to her body.

"How's the guys eating, let's have cake." Liu Mingyin pointed to the cake in the center of the table that had not yet been opened.

"Don't you wait for Lin Xiu?" Bai Xue Sakura looked out the window a little disappointed.

"The loss of the gilded bronze Guanyin Bodhisattva statue in Ming Xuande is a big case, and he is personally responsible, so I am more assured." Liu Mingyin explained seriously.

Just as everyone was about to cut the cake, suddenly there was a strong wind outside, and there was a lot of noise outside, and it became a pot of porridge. Suddenly the sound of gunfire rang out in the air.

"It's not good, everyone pay attention to concealment!" Liu Mingyin thought that foreign aid from the criminal gang had arrived. Everyone couldn't care about panic, and subconsciously looked under the balcony.

I saw a deformed white police car floating strangely in the air, shaking up and down wildly, and the people inside came with terrifying and miserable screams.

The police officers below were obviously frightened by this strange scene. Lin Xiu and a few policemen seemed to have noticed something strange and began to fire warning shots into the void.

Apparently, a strange force controlled the police car in mid-air, swaying up and down and back and forth, as if trying to throw the people inside.

Sure enough, under the effect of the crazy shaking of the car, the two suspects were thrown out of the back of the car, and before they could let out their last scream, they instantly fell heavily on the concrete floor, and blood splashed everywhere. They struggled in pain for a few times before swallowing their breath, and the scene instantly turned bloody and miserable.

The crowd of onlookers had not yet uttered a sigh and fled in all directions.

At this time, the car in mid-air was also thrown down, and Lin Xiu led everyone to immediately avoid the falling car. The car collided with the ground and made a piercing grinding sound, and as soon as I smelled the smell of gasoline, the car burst into flames. Lin Xiu's face turned blue and said, "Spread out!"

Everyone was startled and retreated. Lin Xiu felt a little lucky in his heart, fortunately there were no colleagues of his own in the car, otherwise he would have died or been injured.

"Watch your back!" Before Lin Xiu could stand firmly, he heard Bai Xueying's screams coming from the upper floor behind him, saying that it was too late, and he only felt that a strong wind had hit him sideways. Lin Xiu dodged the attack sideways, but found that the black bag in his hand was snatched by a transparent hand in the next second.

Lin Xiu didn't panic, he jumped half a meter to grab the package, but he didn't want another force to knock him to the ground. He fired two shots in the direction of the attack. All he could feel was a churn in his internal organs, blood spurting out of his mouth. The crowd quickly shielded him behind him, and continued to shoot the transparent figure continuously. The roar of a beast drowned out most of the gunfire.

"Lin Xiu!" Bai Xueying immediately rushed downstairs, ignoring the shouts of Liu Mingyin and the others behind her. At this time, I saw that the transparent tall figure seemed to want to continue the attack. A familiar black boy figure appeared in mid-air, and Bai Xue Sakura immediately understood.

"Golden Peerless Son! Stop it! She ran to Lin Xiu and spread her arms in front of Lin Xiu, panting and shouting loudly. Everyone was screamed by her, and they also stopped firing. All hands on the defensive!