Chapter 65: A Mysterious Letter
It's so strange to know where the thieves came from. And where did they get out of it? The crucial question is how did he know where the necklace was hidden?
What is surprising is that although after four months of inquiry, not even a single suspect has been found. The Security Bureau immediately ordered to begin a secret investigation into the inside of Long Futao's family and his financial situation.
The result is very surprising, although on the surface Long Futao's family lives a luxurious life, but in fact the economic situation is very bad, and the amount of debts is very large.
Then the truth will be revealed. Long Futao and his wife may have been forced by financial constraints to secretly sell the necklace to pay off their debts, but they were afraid that others would lose face if they found out, so they reported the theft to the thief. Other than that, I guess there is no other explanation. In this way, the NSA closed the case.
However, when rumors of the theft of the necklace spread, Long Futao's credibility was shattered. The situation is the same as what the Security Bureau investigated, Long Futao was in debt, and the previous creditors had this thought: "If he can't pay it, then let him sell the necklace to pay off the debt." ”
Therefore, people are relieved and bold to lend him money. But when the news broke that the necklace had been stolen, the creditors came to collect the debt.
For this reason, Long Futao himself was very anxious, gritted his teeth and transferred or mortgaged the large area of land left by his ancestors, and finally took a lot of effort to send away those who collected debts. If it weren't for those ancestral lands, I'm afraid Long Futao would have gone bankrupt long ago.
Long Futao is very depressed, his life is no longer as luxurious as in the past, he basically does not participate in banquets, and often lives alone at home.
Madame's temper grew, and she sought fault with her servants at every turn, and was even more fierce with the young widow Anne, and finally drove her away.
Anne, who had no support and was in a miserable situation, led her son Xiao Dingding, with a small package under her arm, and left Long Futao's residence with tears in her eyes.
"It's so pitiful, there is no support, not to mention with such a young child, I really don't know where she can go?"
"Little Tintin is so pathetic!"
The servants watched as the mother and son walked out of the door. Occasionally, Anne looked back at the crowd, looked at the vast mansion in the same way, and then left dejectedly.
One day, a few months later, Madame Long received a letter from Anne, and when she read it, she screamed "oops" and re-read the letter, but could not understand its contents. This letter is really like a mystery—
Madam:
I really don't know how to thank you more appropriately. You've really helped me a lot. For me, who lived in poverty in this remote country, it was as if the coming of that large sum of money was a gift from God.
At that time, I was really very strange, how did you know my current address, madame? Since I left your apartment, I have never let anyone know that I live in this poor village, and I have not had any contact with my former friends and the servants of the house.
But, I can't believe you're sending me that much money anyway. At first, I didn't know who sent me the money, but then I thought about it, and no one else would miss me so much, except for you, Madame.
Thank you very much, ma'am. No, allow me to say thank you again.
annie
"Ah, what the hell is going on?"
Madame was astonished, at this time she was burdened by foreign debts, how could she send money to Anne?
So, she wrote a reply stating that she hadn't sent money to anyone, which must have been a misunderstanding. Just then she received a reply from Anne—
Madam:
Your letter really makes me incomprehensible. Could there be anyone other than Madame who would mail me so much money? The money was neither registered nor a bill of exchange, but was sandwiched in a plain letter, two bills with a denomination of one thousand gold dollars. The envelope is hereby returned with the letter in its original condition.
annie
The postmark on the envelope attached to the letter is from Dongzhou, the sender is not named, and the recipient is "Anne" and other words, but it is very similar to the handwriting of Madame.
However, Madame had not sent much of a letter lately, and she was a little uneasy to receive such a letter, so she sent it to the Security Bureau. However, apart from the postmark of Dongzhou, which can be used as evidence, there is nothing else to trace, so it is impossible to find out the sender.
However, a year later, the same thing continued to happen, this time for the same two thousand gold dollars. Year 2, Year 3...... It continued for six years, and each year it was 2,000 gold dollars. In the fifth and sixth years, because Anne was unable to engage in a side job to supplement the family, the other party doubled the money, sending 4,000 gold yuan a year.
Because each time it is used to mail by ordinary mail, sometimes, because it does not meet the specifications, the letter is detained by the post office, (according to the post office regulations, cash is not allowed in the ordinary letter), so the next time it will be changed to registered mail, however, the registered mail must be written with the sender's name and address, so the sender's name column is "Ankadi", which is sent from the North District Post Office. A subsequent letter was signed in the name of "Shuleno", sent from the East Post Office. The Security Service had asked people to investigate the sender, but when they checked the address indicated on the letter, it turned out that there was no such person at all, so the name was obviously forged. It wasn't until the sixth year that Anne died of illness, and the seemingly mysterious letter was never sent again. No one has been able to unravel the truth about this strange incident that has lasted for six years.