"Why are the negatives of these photos missing?" Lu Ming opened the photos and looked at them, feeling suspicious.
"I didn't pay attention to this. Maybe after the photo was developed and printed, Mu Yi thought the negative was useless and threw it away?" Sheng Youde said to himself.
Lu Ming shook his head. Although he was not a photography enthusiast, he also knew that for photography enthusiasts, negatives are the most precious thing, and they are always more precious than printed photos.
"It's impossible for Mu Yi to throw away those negatives. It's unreasonable." Lu Ming was sure of this.
"Maybe she took it away." Sheng Youde thought for a while and said.
"No, Xianghe packed everything that day and put it into the box. She knew very well that she didn't have a camera and she didn't bring any film." Lu Ming frowned.
"This is strange. Could it be that some maid thought it was fun and took it away?"
"The negatives have no meaning to others." Lu Ming shook his head and said, "Even if any maid is really greedy and takes away the camera and the new film, she will not take away the used film."
The two looked at each other for a long time, unable to answer this question.
It is very possible for a maid to take away one or two things. After all, in such a large family, there are more than a dozen maids. It is not surprising that one or two of them will become greedy.
Not only were cameras expensive at that time, they were also a novelty that most people had never seen before.
But all the film was gone, which is very strange. Could it be that the thief didn't understand that the exposed film was useless and thought it was valuable, so he sold it for money?
"I asked people to check all second-hand camera stores to see if anyone had stolen it and sold it for money," Sheng Youde said.
Lu Ming nodded.
If he were asked to check second-hand camera stores one by one, it would not only be time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also not every store would give him face. However, with Sheng Youde's posts, it was different. Those profiteers would not dare to fool this big boss.
At that time, most second-hand shops were engaged in illegal business, and they had special channels to sell stolen goods.
Especially some valuables, such as watches, diamonds, gold and silver jewelry, etc., and of course cameras. If you want to steal a car, they will definitely not dare to help you sell the stolen goods. The target is too big and can be easily discovered.
After coming out of Muyi's room, Lu Ming proposed to go to Tai'an City at the foot of Mount Tai and search according to the address left in Ziyuan's letter, but was stopped by Sheng Youde.
"Isn't it stupid of you to crawl into it even though you know it's a trap?"
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs. You can't just watch Ziyuan in danger, right?" Lu Ming believes that since it is something that cannot be avoided, it must be faced.
"I'm not saying I don't care. You also know that I love this child Ziyuan very much, and she is also the future daughter-in-law of the Sheng family. Can I just ignore it? I mean there is a better and faster way."
Then Sheng Youde dictated, Lu Ming took notes, and wrote a telegram to the Lushan police and local prominent figures, as well as the Tai'an police and a local wealthy businessman, asking them to check if there is a person named Yuan Ziyuan in Lushan and Taishan.
Girls have appeared.
If it has appeared, find out when you went there, whether you have left, whether there are any companions, how many people are traveling with you, their gender, age, appearance, etc. If Yuan Ziyuan is still there, please find her and escort her back to Shanghai.
Thank you very much.
After Lu Ming wrote it down, Sheng Youde took it over and checked it over, and then wrote the name and address of the recipient in the blank space. There were more than ten names, all from the police and business circles in Lushan, Jiangxi and Tai'an, Shandong.
Big shot.
Sheng Youde called the housekeeper and asked him to go to the telegraph office immediately to send the telegram without delay.
The housekeeper took the telegram and turned around and left, rushing to send all the telegrams before the telegraph office closed.
"Don't worry, they won't do anything worse than you. Let's wait for the news first." Sheng Youde said with a smile.
Of course Lu Ming was relieved. It was said that Sheng Youde was more concerned about this matter than he was. Yuan Ziyuan and Sheng Muyi were like two melons on a vine. If you find one, you can find the other.
If Sheng Youde comes forward to appeal and pays a large sum of money, people from these two places will search the place thoroughly. As long as there are traces of Ziyuan's visit, they will definitely be able to find it.
Solving crimes often requires financial resources as a basis.
Lu Ming came out of the Liuyuan Garden and went to a photo studio to ask them to help develop the negatives and then print out the photos.
He took away the two letters written by Ziyuan to Sheng Youde and Sheng Di, and wanted to study them carefully.
He felt that since Ziyuan could send a handwritten letter, she would definitely hide some information in it that she wanted her family to know, including her true situation and even her location in the area.
Back at the apartment, Zhang Ziyang was waiting for him in the lobby, still a little excited.
Both of them were hungry and happened to go to Badawan Restaurant for a drink.
"Do you think we should take the opportunity to arrest two Japanese and blame Liu Zitao's case on them?" Zhang Ziyang suggested after drinking a bowl of wine.
"That's inappropriate." Lu Ming thought for a moment and then rejected his idea.
"Why? I think this is the only way."
"Your director is so angry that he is not afraid of the Japanese anymore. But if you really catch the Japanese and cannot produce substantial evidence, the Japanese will never give up and will put pressure through high-level government officials. Finally,
If your director can't stand it, you will become the scapegoat. Unless you have a warrant to arrest the Japanese."
"Oh, that's right. I almost got fooled." Zhang Ziyang said with some fear.
"Ozawa Seishiro, you don't have to think about it, someone will naturally make trouble for him." Lu Ming smiled.
"Who is it? It can't be..." Zhang Ziyang gave a meaningful look.
"No, it's President Sheng." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"President Sheng? Why did he take action just because of those two bodyguards?" Zhang Ziyang said in surprise.
"It's not all for them. I probably want to know more from him. What is the relationship between the deaths of Xia Heng and He Jin and the disappearance of Mu Yi."
"Oh, that's right. I still don't understand why they had to kill two poor bodyguards. It doesn't make sense. If the clues on them are valuable, it makes sense. We also checked them later.
There isn’t even a hair on it.”
"The Japanese are not idle, they must have a reason to kill." Lu Ming said.
"That...Liu...really destroyed the corpse and wiped out all traces?" Zhang Ziyang asked in a low voice.
"I don't know either. I was very angry at the time and wanted to find someone to make him disappear forever. This is what happened. Don't look at me like that. I didn't ask about what happened next, and I shouldn't ask." Lu Ming raised his eyebrows and said.
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"Okay, don't worry, let me talk a lot. Come on, drink and drink, let's not care about the game."
The two people began to exchange cups and drank heavily.
The two of them were drinking when they saw Yuan Mingzhu walking into the restaurant, looking around and coming over, sitting next to Lu Ming.
"I heard from Sheng Di that my sister has written again?" Yuan Mingzhu asked anxiously.
"That's what happened. I have the letter here." Lu Ming said, taking out the letter and showing it to Yuan Mingzhu.
If Yuan Mingzhu doesn't come, he will call her soon. Yuan Mingzhu naturally knows Yuan Ziyuan better than he does, not to mention that girls have their own secrets, so she may be able to see something unusual in the letter.