"We might as well assume that Ziyuan may have fallen into the hands of the enemy. The enemy didn't want us to find out that she had been kidnapped, so they forced her to write a letter to her family to report that she was safe. She was also telling us her situation and whereabouts in this way.
The first two letters were sent from Mount Lu, but now they have gone to Mount Tai."
"If you continue, are there any other possibilities?" Sheng Youde asked.
"Yes." Lu Ming explained his latest speculation. The perpetrator might have wanted to use this method to force Mu Yi to show up, or to find out Mu Yi's exact situation.
"You mean this means Mu Yi is hiding somewhere and is safe and sound?" Sheng Youde was a little excited.
Although he always felt that his daughter was still alive, the lack of any information for such a long time was puzzling. According to Lu Ming's point of view, Ziyuan's letter was ironclad evidence that Mu Yi was still alive.
"Old man, please forgive me. There is one thing I have been hiding from you. Before Mu Yi disappeared, the two of them hid in my apartment to meet in private. They must have been discussing running away." Lu Ming hid Zi Yuan in the room.
I told him about his apartment.
"Ah, you actually hid such a big thing from me for so long. Do you want to kill me?" Sheng Youde was annoyed and asked sharply, slapping the table.
"Old man, I haven't found out the truth of the incident. I'm telling you this out of thin air. It's unnecessary. Besides, don't you have many things that you haven't told me?" Lu Ming countered.
"I... don't tell you some things. It's for your own good. You will understand later."
"I also realized this from Ziyuan's letter. The two of them hid in my apartment and met privately. They might have discussed running away together. I had never thought of this before. However, this is still speculation and may not be true." Lu.
Ming defended himself.
"Well, your speculation is very bold, but there is also a problem. In Shanghai, no matter who or what happens, I can settle it for them. Why do the two children want to run away? What are they afraid of?" Sheng Youde shook his head.
road.
"I can't think of anything that makes Zi Yuan so scared. In addition, Mu Yi would rather conspire with her than ask you for help. That's why the strange thing happened. Don't they want to drag you into it?" Lu Ming asked insinuatingly.
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The two were confused at the same time, but their ideas were not exactly the same.
Sheng Youde viewed this matter as a father and from the perspective of family affection, while Lu Ming used the elimination method of detective reasoning.
"I want to see Mu Yi's room. Is Mu Yi's room still the same as before?" Lu Ming said.
"I go into Mu Yi's room almost every day. If you want to find any clues, it's impossible. I have checked every thing repeatedly. I have also carefully asked several of her maids one by one. Before the incident happened,
Mu Yi didn’t show any abnormal behavior..."
Sheng Youde said and suddenly paused.
He remembered the scene that day, Mu Yi looked at him with a reluctant but painful look, then went upstairs, and then disappeared.
At that time, he ignored it and did not understand the meaning of his daughter's eyes, thinking that her daughter was tired and needed a rest, but now he seemed to understand that look.
The daughter was forced to run away, but who dares to force his daughter?
"Old man, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Sheng Youde's solemn expression and muttering in his mouth, Lu Ming asked quickly.
"Muyi ran away on her own initiative. You are right about this. However, it is not yet certain whether she was forced to leave or whether she left on her own initiative," Sheng Youde said.
This is what Lu Ming thought. Whether Mu Yi was forced to run away, or whether she ran away on her own initiative because she was avoiding someone, the two looked similar, but their natures were quite different.
"Old man, I have never dared to ask you, but today I dare to ask, is there any dispute between you and the Japanese? Why did the Japanese kill Xia Heng and He Jin?" Lu Ming asked.
"Are you sure the two of them were executed by the Japanese? Do you have any evidence?" Sheng Youde did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.
"It is certain that it was done by Manchurian Railway agents. The leader is named Seishiro Ozawa." Lu Ming said.
"Manchuria agents? Impossible. Their agency stationed in Shanghai only collects business intelligence. Could it be that they are also engaged in murder and smuggling?" Sheng Youde was surprised.
Of course he was very familiar with Mantetsu. Although he had never done business with the Japanese, he also knew their ins and outs.
Manchuria Railway has a station in Shanghai, which is mainly engaged in business and collecting business intelligence. This is an open secret in the business community.
"Perhaps Manchuria Railway has expanded its business, and there are people dedicated to doing this kind of work internally." Lu Ming said in a sarcastic tone.
"Well, Ozawa Seishiro, okay." Sheng Youde said lightly.
"This guy speaks fluent English, and there is always a beautiful woman by his side. I don't know her name," Lu Ming said.
"You should leave the Japanese affairs alone for the time being and continue to pursue Ziyuan's clues." Sheng Youde said coldly.
"Old man, don't worry. Ziyuan's letter is either a bad thing or a good thing. It depends on how we deal with it. I am confident that we can follow this line and eventually find Mu Yi."
Sheng Youde nodded and said nothing more.
Zhang Ziyang led his men around to look for clues about the missing detective Liu Zitao.
This is simply a stupid game, like a dog chasing its own tail, which will never be caught, but he still has to pretend, ask around, and even visit the Qing Gang bosses Gu Zhuxuan, Huang Jinrong, and Du Yuesheng to ask for their help.
He also went to the Cao Gang and asked for help in a serious manner. The gang bosses were very polite and said that they would try their best to help the police station solve the case. Once others left, they would pretend that this was no longer the case.
The thief who picked up Liu Zitao's bicycle was in bad luck. He was indeed a thief and had been caught many times, but this time he was really wronged because the bicycle was not stolen by him, but was picked up on the street.
At that time, I was secretly happy, thinking that I had gotten a big deal and that it was a pie in the sky, but I didn't expect that it would lead to a big disaster.
After enduring eighteen kinds of torture at the police station and dying, he confessed that he had killed the man just to steal the bicycle. As for the body, he had put it in a sack, tied it with stones, and sunk it into the Huangpu River.
The thief just wanted to die quickly, and the endless torture made life worse than death.
"Inspector Zhang, what do you think of this confession?" the director asked Zhang Ziyang, holding the thief's confession.
"He definitely didn't do it. He doesn't have the courage or the ability." Zhang Ziyang said without thinking.
Although Zhang Ziyang really wanted to put the blame on the thief, because no matter what, the thief would not survive. He had been tortured to the point of losing his human form, and even if he was sent to Tongren Hospital for treatment, he would not survive for a few days.
But Zhang Ziyang didn't want to lose his bottom line as a human being. Being a policeman was already dirty enough, but he couldn't bear to pour dirty water on innocent people again.
Although he couldn't tell the real culprit, he couldn't accuse someone out of thin air, even if it was a thief.