Han Daring was impacted by the palm of the masked man, although there was no muscle and bone damage, but he suffered some internal injuries, although after some pranayama, he forcibly pressed back a mouthful of hot blood, but this only made him temporarily unhindered, this mouth of blood stasis does not vomit, sooner or later he will fall to the root of the disease.

Although his strength gradually recovered, he still had some breathing blockage, so he rode much slower than usual. When he returned to the small western-style building where the auction was held, it had been an hour and a half since he rushed out to chase Ye Ling to the time he came back.

Han Daring thought that the patrol of the Ministry of Industry of the French Concession had already arrived, but who knew that as soon as he arrived at the gate of the western-style building, he saw a black leather box-type police car in the distance, slowly driving in the direction of the western-style building. He had studied in a French mission school for many years, so he had always known that the French were lazy and lazy, but he did not expect that there would be a murder case in the French Concession.

Han Daring sighed and said, the good Tianjin Wei has been reduced to the Nine-Country Concession, and even a country like France can bully us, which shows what kind of situation a great country with thousands of years of culture is now, and I can't help but sigh.

He withdrew his bicycle to the door and stopped, and without waiting for the police car of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau to come, he took the lead in entering the courtyard of the western-style building.

At this time, Lao Cai and the two waiters have been waiting at the door for a long time, and when they saw Han Daring coming back, they were not particularly overjoyed, after the last Red Fort case, Lao Cai was extremely convinced of Han Dada'er's ability, and when he came back, he immediately felt that he had a backbone, and hurriedly said:

"Great, Mr. Han, you're back,...... Hey, are you feeling uncomfortable? ”

Before Lao Cai finished speaking, he noticed that Han Da'er's face was pale, with a layer of sweat beads on his forehead, obviously similar to the red light on his face when he first met just now, so he continued to ask:

"You...... Is it hurt? Did the murderer catch up? ”

Han Da'er took a deep breath, riding all the way made him feel a little tired, and he felt that his qi and blood had recovered a little before he said:

"I'm fine! I'm not chasing a murderer, I'm just a thief stealing the auction items...... By the way, the scene was not destroyed, did anyone leave except me? ”

Lao Cai Dao:

"Thankfully, there is Miss Mei with you, who left the scene as it was and waited for you to come back. The guests are still there, but they are all impatient, and they are all clamoring to leave, and Burroughs is taking control of the situation with the hired security personnel! By the way, that Mr. Abel Bertrand said that his female companion, Miss Ye, had also suddenly disappeared......"

Han Daring nodded, and walked into the western-style building with Lao Cai. As he walked into the first floor, he glanced down the hall on the first floor.

Originally, I came to the auction for two things, one was the mirror core, and the other was the painting of Walter Siegel's "The Sleeping Girl". I didn't expect that there would be a sudden murder, so I took a closer look at the layout of this western-style building at this time.

I saw that on the left hand side of the hall on the first floor was the banquet hall, which was the venue for the conference when I first came, but now the venue is closed, and there are two tall foreigner security guards standing at the door. At the end of the wall, there is a small corridor without windows, and on the corridor is the toilet and toilet on the first floor, and there is a staircase leading to the basement on the right hand side of the corridor.

In the past, most of these Western-style buildings had full basements or semi-basements, and Lao Cai said that the semi-basement of this western-style building has two storage rooms and a power distribution room below, and the electric brakes and fuses of the entire western-style building are here.

Han Da'er asked:

"The auction hall on the second floor suddenly lost power and it was pitch black just now, have you checked the power distribution room?"

Lao Cai Dao:

"I checked it, but it's strange, the insurance didn't burn, and there was nothing else unusual! It may be that the wires leading to the second floor are a bit empty, after all, the second floor was not expected to install so many electric lights when the renovation was designed, and the power consumption is a bit large, maybe the wires prepared at the beginning are too thin! ”

Han Daring looked to the right side of the first floor, there was a corridor on the right, there were four rooms, it should be the office of the people in charge of the western-style building, or the guest lounge, and there was also a security guard standing guard at the entrance of the corridor.

Walking up to the second floor, the lounge on the right has been opened, and some guests are staying in it to rest. There were two security guards standing at the door. On the left side of the other side is the light curtain wall inlaid with vertical white neon tubes, and in front of the light curtain wall stands the tall knight's armor, which is close to the light curtain wall.

In the middle of the light curtain wall against the back of the armor, there was a very thin neon tube that was no longer lit, and there was a gap in the lamp tube that seemed to have been damaged by something. And the armor in front of it was also a little crooked, as if the body was leaning forward slightly.

Han Daring walked over and reached out to touch the armor, looked up and down, left and right, and then followed Lao Cai into the auction hall through the door next to him.

At this time, Xu Lingfeng, Burroughs and Zhang Xi were sitting on the chairs in the auction hall, and Mei Ruohong was sitting by the door, staring at the people in the hall all the time. Gao Jinghui, Yan Zhiyi, Wang Weihan and other guests, including Xie An and Jean-Pierre, all went to the lounge. Mrs. Alina has been taken to the hospital, where she is said to have suffered traumatic injuries to her shoulder and face, as if she had been cut by a knife, in addition to being poisoned by hallucinogens.

Not only her, but Gao Jinghui, who was originally sitting next to Han Daring, was also injured a little, but there was a small cut on the back of his neck, which was not serious, and there was no major problem after bandaging.

Burroughs and Zhang Xi saw that Han Daring was back, and quickly got up and walked over, Mei Ruohong, who had been sitting at the door, also hurriedly stepped forward, she was just about to speak, but she saw that Han Da'er's face was different, so she hurriedly asked:

"What's the matter? Where's that girl? ”

"I met the guy with the monkey face mask again, I handed it over, it's no big deal, the girl is okay and has a slight injury, and the dog takes her to the hospital!"

Mei Ruohong was about to continue asking, but at this time, there was a noisy sound of footsteps outside, and then a group of foreigners wearing French Concession patrol costumes walked up to the second floor and walked into the auction hall under the leadership of an obese French man.

This French man was bloated and short, wearing a hat, with a slightly upturned mustache, looking in his forties and less than fifty, looking ahead, and his eyes were not very sharp, but he felt a little bright.

Burroughs hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with the fat man, and briefly talked about what had happened just now from the time the guests entered the mansion, and then introduced to Han Da'er:

"This is the patrol of the Ministry of Works, Inspector General Pol Borobert!"

Then he introduced this Polpo:

"This is a very famous detective in Tianjin, Mr. Han! The case of the Red Fort in the British Concession was solved by him! ”

Polpo politely shook hands with Han Daring, but his eyes were contemptuous, and he said a slightly insulting French slang in his mouth.

Unexpectedly, Han Bold shook hands with a serious face, but also returned with a French slang, as soon as he finished speaking, Porpo was stunned, did not expect that the young Chinese in front of him could speak French, and still knew French slang, and couldn't help but look Han Bold up and down again.

Even if ordinary people know French in books, they can communicate formally in French, and few foreigners know slang, the so-called slang is equivalent to our Chinese vernacular, or witty proverbs and the like. But how did he know that Han Daring was studying in a French church school, and because the old deacon of the church often taught some French slang when he was in French class, Han Daring was also very proficient in some French slang.

Polpo asked in French:

"Where did you learn French?"

Han Daring just wanted to reply to him directly, "Can you manage it!" ”

saw Mei Ruohong take two steps closer and replied coldly in French:

"We graduated from a church school!"

The tone is smooth and cold, but very hard.

Although Polpo is not young when he comes to China, he has never been interested in Eastern culture, just to learn some Chinese for the convenience of usual, but he also speaks very lamely, which is far worse than Burroughs. But Porpo was a devout Catholic, so he would go to Sikai Church every week for Mass, and he knew the old deacon of the church, who taught subjects such as French and art in the church school all year round. It was expected that these two young men must be students of the old deacon, so they did not ask any more questions.

At this time, Polpo's attitude towards Han Daring also eased, but the domineering energy was still there, and he scanned the audience with his eyes above the top, and said to Burroughs:

"Everyone at the scene is like this? There are so few people at the auction? ”

Burroughs Road:

"No, no! There are also some people in the lounge! There was a lady Alina who was injured and poisoned, so she was taken to the hospital! ”

Polpodau:

"Get everyone here and get back to where they were! By the way, where are the deceased and the scene? Show me! ”

Burroughs quickly called two Durand auction house staff, invited all the guests in the lounge back to the auction room, and then led Polpo to the auction table.

Han Daring also followed along, and Mei Ruohong followed Han Daring to tell him that after Han Daring chased him out with the lights on just now, he paid attention to the observation of everything around him, so that Han Daring could quickly grasp the clues of the case.

The wall behind the auction table was covered with splatters of blood, and even the knight's armor with a long-handled battle axe placed in the center was stained with blood.

The body of the deceased Lu Zhengxiong fell next to the auction table and placed the lot square, only one step away from the square table at most. The corpse fell to the sky, its body tilted sideways to the back of the auction table, the blood on the cavity had dried up, and its head was a cut watermelon, and the mouth was holding the large half of the cigar tightly and rolling to the corner of the table.

Because Lu Zhengxiong is tall and strong, he is a little more fierce than Han Daring, and his head is fatter than ordinary people, and after being decapitated, his head rolled off and he didn't lie on his back, but rolled into the corner, but he was upright, facing the guest seats with his eyes wide open, staring at the seats under the stage. The expression on his face was not frightened at all, but there was a hint of greed and pride.

If it weren't for the blood on the human head, which was completely bloodless, it looked extremely pale and frightening, and from a distance, I thought that Lu Zhengxiong had dug a hole in the stage and poked his head up from the bottom of the stage.

Han Daring was accustomed to seeing such bloody scenes, and Polpo also seemed to be very determined, just looking at the corpse and frowning as if thinking about something.

Although Mei Ruohong is engaged in laboratory work in Bath, although he is bold and careful, he can't help but be a little moved and slightly sideways when he sees such a bloody scene up close.

Burroughs looked at such a tragic scene, coupled with a thick bloody aura, and couldn't help but look disgusted, grinning at the corners of his mouth, unwilling to look at the corpse again.

At this time, the guests in the lounge were also called to the auction hall, and as soon as they entered, everyone was almost disgusted by the smell of blood in the hall.

Han Daring looked at Lu Zhengxiong's corpse, couldn't help frowning, and said to himself:

"Before the lights went out, Lu Zhengxiong didn't seem to be standing in this position!"

After speaking, he wanted to squat down to examine the corpse, but was stopped by Polpo next to him.

Polpodau:

"I heard that you are also a policeman, but you are a Huajie policeman, this is a concession, you have no law enforcement power, tell ...... if you find anything"

Before Polpo finished speaking, his eyes were drawn to the square table next to the auction table. On the auction table, near the narrow auction table, there is a square table specially used to put lots, and on the table is a statue of a black jade chisel and gold statue of the sky, which is less than a foot high.

Porpo, who was disdainful of the antiques placed on the long table in front of the auction table, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this exquisite black jade chisel gold statue. There was a hint of greed in Porpo's eyes.

At this time, Han Daring noticed that in addition to the location of Lu Zhengxiong's corpse, there seemed to be something different from just now!

He took a few steps back, walked down from the stage, slowly retreated to the aisle position in the middle of the guest seat, and then half-squatted down in the direction of his seat, looked at the statue on the table, and then asked Mei Ruohong beside him:

"After the lights were on, did anyone go to the auction table and touch the black jade statue?"

Mei Ruohong thought a little and said categorically:

"Nope! After the lights are turned on and you chase out, no one will come near the auction table, and it is impossible for anyone to touch the black jade statue! ”

Han Da'er said in a low voice:

"The position and direction of this statue are a little different from before the lights went out!"