sea ​​situation

"What's the matter, don't you just want to escape but don't have the guts? If I don't escape, where did you get the chance? You are still a detective, let's investigate yourself first." Yuan Mingzhu stared, showing a pair of aggressive Little Huya.

"That's right, I'm out of luck. It's really thanks to you." Lu Ming lowered his head and admitted in a low voice.

If Yuan Mingzhu hadn't escaped marriage and the family was in chaos, Lu Ming would probably still be sleeping in the house right now.

The boat speeded up towards Shanghai, and the river became more and more lively. Not only the people from the Haiphong Battalion, but even the Cao Gang were mobilized. The entire Yangtze River was busy with business and private boats.

People from the Cao Gang were naturally respectful when they saw Yuan Mingzhu, and even Lu Ming enjoyed special courtesy.

But his heart was getting heavier and heavier. From these people's mouths, he almost knew the truth of the matter. Although there was something strange about it, the disappearance of Sheng Muyi was an undeniable fact.

"How could such a thing happen? Sister Muyi was alone in the room, and then suddenly disappeared? She is not air, nor water vapor, can she disappear out of thin air?" Yuan Mingzhu became more and more confused as she listened. Puzzled.

"Miss Yuan, this is a bit strange to say, even our leader can't figure out what's going on, the Sheng family is too busy, and the police station can't figure it out." A gangster held his head and twirled his beard , said.

"Has Ziyang participated in this case?" Lu Ming asked.

Zhang Ziyang is Lu Ming's childhood friend, and now he is a detective at the Shanghai Police Station, so he can be regarded as his colleague.

"You mean Inspector Zhang. He investigated this case from the very beginning, and he was the first one Mr. Sheng looked for at that time." The one holding the head heard Zhang Ziyang's name with a respectful expression on his face.

Lu Ming opened a detective agency in Shanghai. Not many people knew about it. Even if they knew, they thought it was a rich man who had nothing to do and was just playing for tickets. No one took his detective agency seriously.But it's different for the police, that's tolerance, awesome, as for what a private detective does, few people really understand.

Lu Ming relied on his status as a rich son to hang out in Shanghai, and he was not a problem with food and drink, and he could even make a living. If he really relied on his reputation as a detective, he probably wouldn't be able to find a way out.

Lu Ming still doesn't know that Sheng Youde is looking for him, and wants to hand over the case to him, because the police are helpless, but for the sake of the Sheng family's money, they didn't put the case on the shelf, but they have no doubts about the results of the investigation. hopeful.

Based on his friendship with the two generations of the Sheng family's father and son, and his personal relationship with Sheng Muyi, even if Sheng Youde didn't hand over this case to him, he would not stand idly by. What's more, such a difficult case is full of challenges for him. It means that if the truth can be found out, his detective's location in Shanghai Tang will be a hit.

Lu Ming's mind has entered the detective mode, and he kept flipping through the pages, guessing all the possibilities of Sheng Muyi's disappearance.

However, all kinds of possibilities seemed impossible. It was said that there were two bodyguards outside the room at that time, and no one had ever entered, not even Sheng Muyi's personal maid.

Lu Ming's mind has a big question mark on this link, and the messy thread is here.

Since Sheng Muyi went to the room to rest, change clothes and touch up makeup, why did she exclude all the maids?Under normal circumstances, she needs a maid to help with some chores.This is unreasonable.It doesn't make sense.something wrong.

Sheng Youde asked the young lady to go downstairs to attend the dinner, but failed. What he did later was actually meaningless, because it was an empty room, and Sheng Muyi was no longer in it.

"The Huamao Hotel is not haunted, is it? Is sister Mu Yi captured by a ghost?" Yuan Mingzhu suddenly made such a nonsensical sentence, disrupting the thinking of Lu Ming.

"Ghosts can only take away people's souls, not their bodies." Lu Ming couldn't laugh or cry, women are women, they just like to believe that ghosts exist, there is no way. .

"Then tell me what's going on here. He's a big living person. How can he just disappear? Could it be that the two bodyguards were lying? Sister Mu Yi didn't enter that room at all. Maybe they were caught by them from the beginning." Kidnapped!" Yuan Mingzhu continued to think nonsensically.

"At that time, not only the two bodyguards were present, but also several maids of Ms. Sheng were waiting outside the door. They all saw that the lady went in. It is impossible for everyone to lie." Lu Ming denied Yuan Mingzhu's thinking.

"That means there is a door in the room leading to the next room. Sister Mu Yi entered the next room through that door, and then slipped away." Yuan Mingzhu smiled triumphantly, intoxicated by her reasoning ability.

"That's impossible. If there is such a door, the manager of the hotel will not be unaware, and the people who go in to check it cannot fail to find it." Lu Ming shook his head and smiled wryly.

"That's not necessarily the case. Maybe the manager of the hotel is an accomplice of the kidnappers. Not to mention the people in the police station. Everyone is stupid like a pig. Maybe the door is hidden and looks like a wall, so everyone No one has noticed." Yuan Mingzhu smiled triumphantly.

"It's also possible. I'll check it carefully when the time comes." Lu Ming showed a comforting smile.

Although he did not agree with Yuan Mingzhu's judgment on the police, he also admitted that the police officers in the Shanghai Police Station were indeed not very good. To say that they are as stupid as pigs is a bit poisonous, but it is certain that they have nothing to do with intelligence.

But Ziyang is very shrewd, even if Lu Ming doesn't trust others, he won't doubt Zhang Ziyang's talent.The IQ of the two brothers should be said to be equal.

It is useless to dream now, only when he sees Sheng Youde and Zhang Ziyang, and restores every detail of the scene, can he understand the case more completely and look for clues that are ignored by others.

Lu Ming didn't know that he had been hired by Sheng Youde at the moment, but in his mind, he was the only one to investigate this case.

He simply stood on the bow of the boat, as if returning home, Zhang Ben seemed to understand what he meant, and propped the boat fast, day and night, and the people who checked along the way would let them go if they saw it.They arrived at the Shanghai pier the next afternoon.

"Finally we're in Shanghai. You said the family wouldn't lie in ambush here to arrest us?"

Seeing the hustle and bustle of Shanghai and smelling the familiar atmosphere on the street, Yuan Mingzhu finally felt at ease.

"It's impossible, the family won't be so disrespectful. But we have to write a letter to tell the family that we have arrived in Shanghai safely, give them some sweetness, and say that we will go back and get married someday." Lu Ming laughed.

"Do you still need us to write letters? I have asked Mrs. Qiaoshou to make a special trip to report letters to the two families after returning." Yuan Mingzhu said proudly.

The two of them were chattering non-stop, they were all excited, and one of them suddenly turned their heads, and without saying a word, he raised his camera and snapped at the two of them.

Lu Ming hastily covered his face with his hands, but unfortunately it was too late, and he was already photographed.

Cameras in the late 20s were still very bulky, with a built-in flash, and the two arms were weak, and it was really impossible to lift this bulky thing in the air.

Lu Ming felt uncomfortable. He was secretly photographed when he first arrived in Shanghai. It would not be a good thing.

He knew the person who took the photo. This person was a notorious liar and rascal in Shanghai. His surname was Cao and his name was Boren. Everyone said he was not human.

He was a scholar in the early days. After the establishment of the Republic of China government, the headscarves of scholars became worthless, so he took up a fashionable job, which was photography.

At that time, people who could drive cars and take pictures were scarce talents, so despite Cao Boren's wretched character, he was photographed by a magazine and became a photojournalist.

The magazine is called: Shanghai Bund Caifeng. It is a magazine that specializes in reporting on the privacy of rich businessmen and wealthy businessmen in Shanghai and scandals of celebrities and ladies. It also publishes some scenic photos of various places in Shanghai.

This magazine is the capital of the Youth Gang, the purpose is to hunt for suitable targets, blackmail those rich businessmen who have no solid foundation and no influence, as well as rich young men and young ladies who misbehave.

This magazine is as stinky as Cao Boren, but because of the support of the Green Gang, no one dares to move it.

The common people didn't know the reason, but were attracted by these gossip news, so the magazine has been selling well, not only in Shanghai, but also has many subscribers in other places and provinces.

Yuan Mingzhu didn't cover her face with her hands, and she didn't bother to guess the other party's intention to take pictures. She rushed up decisively, without saying a word, kicked Cao Boren to the ground with one swift kick, and then kicked a few times on the camera.

Lu Ming was not idle either, and used to pull out all the film in the camera to expose, so that no matter what Cao Boren took, it would be useless.

However, the German-made camera is really strong. Yuan Mingzhu kicked it a few times, but it didn't lose its shape at all, and it didn't show any damage.Lu Ming guessed that if he really wanted to destroy the camera, he would have to use a sledgehammer.

"You dare to hit me? Do you dare to hit my food? Well, little girl, you've caused trouble, you've caused big trouble." Cao Boren lay on the ground, yelling with a lethargic expression.

"Trouble? What's trouble? Come and listen to me. What I'm most afraid of is trouble." Yuan Mingzhu said, and tapped Cao Boren's puffy face twice with the tip of her toe.

"Let's go, you don't need to be as knowledgeable as this kind of person." Lu Ming hurriedly dragged Yuan Mingzhu away.

Although Cao Boren is not a thing, the people behind him are even more so. If he stays any longer, he will suffer a loss.

Yuan Mingzhu is not a person who doesn't know the depth, she also knows Cao Boren's background, so this time she didn't struggle and ran away with Lu Ming.

Yuan Mingzhu did not follow Lu Ming back to his residence, but went back to her own apartment.

Lu Ming returned to his detective agency, where it was as lonely and lonely as ever, except for the dust, there was nothing waiting for his return.

After he went in, he cleaned up the dust that had accumulated for a month, and then took out a bottle of Scotch whiskey from the desk drawer, and poured two finger-high wine into a clean glass.

He put the wine glass close to his nose first, sniffing the aroma of the wine greedily.

He is not addicted to alcohol, let alone foreign wine. If he drinks, he still likes the old wine brewed in his hometown. However, the bad influence he received in the United States is that sometimes he misses the taste of Scotch whiskey.

He leaned back on the hardwood chair, sipping whiskey, a warm feeling rose from his stomach and flowed through his body.This feeling seems to be very pleasant in this late autumn afternoon.

He was suddenly seized by a dull numbness, the kind of numbness he often felt, the empty office, the detective office where no one visited, and sometimes he even lost himself, not knowing what he was doing here. What?