This wait was a long time, but fortunately, the rich man arranged a place for him to live in. He did not need to pay rent, and he was given an advance of 500 yuan for daily expenses. Not long after, another bodyguard, He Jin, also returned to Shanghai.
I got in touch with Mr. Fu and then found Xia Heng.
The two drank wine together and talked emotionally about the events that brought them from heaven to hell.
"What on earth happened to the eldest lady? Who is so bold?" Xia Heng asked.
"Only ghosts know. Only ghosts can do this." He Jin said angrily.
"Xianghe really doesn't know anything? Didn't the eldest lady reveal anything to her confidants?" Xia Heng said in disbelief.
Xianghe was one of Sheng Muyi's personal maids and He Jin's best friend. Before the incident, the two of them were joking in the room next to Xia Heng.
"Hey, it's really strange for you to talk about this. Xianghe said that some time before the incident, the eldest lady had been in a daze all day long. According to Xianghe, the eldest lady seemed to have known about him in advance.
It seems like something will happen."
"Really? Why didn't we see it at all?" Xia Heng searched hard and couldn't figure out the reason.
On weekdays, whenever Sheng Muyi goes out, they will follow her, and the eldest lady will not be out of their sight for a moment. But after returning home, they cannot enter the inner house of Sheng Mansion, which is where the female family members stay.
"Xianghe said that the eldest lady is worried in her own room. As long as she leaves the room, it will be the same as usual. But she can feel that the eldest lady is worried about something very serious. By the way, there is another thing, too.
Some time before the incident, the eldest lady often went out alone from the back door of the inner house. I wonder if she was dating someone. Do you think the eldest lady might have eloped with someone?"
"Nonsense, does the eldest lady need to elope with someone? If she really has a lover, it will be too late for Mr. Sheng to like her."
The two tried their best to recall various scenes before the incident, trying to find clues to figure out what happened to Sheng Muyi.
Sheng Muyi's disappearance was not only directly related to their reputation, but the safety of the eldest lady was also of concern to them. Sheng Muyi was usually very kind to them, and she often got extra rewards when things happened. Naturally, they also hoped that Sheng Muyi would be safe and sound.
Both of them were actually aware of Sheng Muyi's secret outing. It was not uncommon in the Sheng family for the eldest lady to go out to discuss business with others in secret, so they didn't think much about it.
They never thought, even if they tried their best, that Sheng Muyi secretly went out to meet Yuan Ziyuan. They were almost going to be a family, so why did they meet in secret?
According to conventional thinking, as long as it has nothing to do with privacy, they all gave explanations to the police, but these explanations were far from the truth.
Finally, the two of them expressed how lucky they were in their misfortune. Fortunately, they were not on duty that day, otherwise their responsibilities would have been even heavier.
The two bodyguards on duty that day were not only subjected to a bomb-style interrogation by the police station, but were simply treated as criminals. If Sheng Youde had not come forward as a guarantee, these two people would have spent ten or eight years in prison.
It’s time to eat.
It is not unfair for the police to treat them this way. After all, they hire you to protect a person with a lot of money, but the person disappears under your eyes. And then you tell others that you know nothing. Who will believe it?
After the two of them finished drinking, He Jin left. Although he had just returned to Shanghai, he got in touch with Xianghe again, and not seeing her for one day felt like three autumns.
Xia Heng went to see Mr. Fu every two days. He couldn't wait any longer. The five hundred yuan was about to be spent. It was not easy to be idle like this.
The rich third master finally got a reply. After many inquiries, he found that there is no private bodyguard job now. However, he can find a job for them under Gu Zhuxuan, the leader of the Youth Gang. Although the reward is not as generous as before, it saves some money and saves time.
After all, I can survive.
With no choice, the two had no choice but to agree to make a living first and then make next plans.
But on the day they made an appointment to meet Gu Zhuxuan, which was Gu Zhuxuan's birthday, Mr. Fu sent someone to tell them that there were several people looking for them and told them not to go anywhere and to stay where they were.
Stand by here.
Gu Zhuxuan accidentally leaked their information. Because of this, Lu Ming and Zhang Ziyang fell in love with Gu Zhuxuan.
In the following days, Xia Heng discovered that several groups of unknown people were snooping near his residence.
Although he has not received anti-surveillance agent training, he has been working as a bodyguard for a long time and his sensitivity is still higher than that of ordinary people.
So one day, he went out as usual, without bringing anything in the rental house, giving people the illusion that he would come back.
After wandering around the street for a while, he probably got rid of all the followers. In fact, he was not sure if anyone was following him.
Then he dived into a shantytown on the Bund in Shanghai, rented a loft in an old lady's house nearby, and lived there alone.
He didn't tell the rich man about his plan to run away because he instinctively felt that the rich man was not 100% trustworthy. Only the rich man knew where he lived, so why would anyone keep an eye on him?
He didn't know who was looking for him, but he could be sure that it was definitely up to no good.
In fact, he should leave Shanghai immediately. Even if the train station has been secretly controlled, the pier cannot be sealed. There are many private boats along the river to pick up people on the shore. He only needs to hire a boat to reach Jiaxing, and then
It's absolutely safe to take another route and escape there.
He can't go back to his hometown. As long as he disappears in Shanghai, someone will definitely be watching over him.
His instinct told him that he must not be found. Once caught, he might lose his life.
Years of experience in the battlefield have taught him how to recognize danger and evaluate the degree of danger. This time it is fatal.
But Xia Heng still underestimated the seriousness of the situation. He made a fatal mistake, that is, he did not leave Shanghai in time.
He thought that it would be safe to change his residence to a secret place, and that he could find a job in Shanghai if he escaped from this situation.
Seven days later, at noon, the huge Xia Heng suddenly suffered from angina pectoris and died in a fatal spasm, with a painful look on his face.
"Yes, that's him, bodyguard Xia Heng."
Looking at the corpse on the ground, Zhang Ziyang recognized it.
When he was at the police station, he personally interrogated Xia Heng several times, and he was extremely familiar with it.
"We are still a step late and were beaten ahead." Lu Ming said with some frustration.
Zhang Ziyang knew that Xia Heng had settled here, and then told Lu Ming. After Lu Ming found out, he and Zhang Ziyang immediately drove here, but it was too late, and there was only a cold body waiting for them.
"If I didn't wait for you to come over directly, then there might still be hope of saving him." Zhang Ziyang regretted.
Lu Ming didn't answer. Everything he said now seemed feeble. The person who committed the crime was still one step ahead of them.
After a while, a group of police officers surrounded the house, and the old landlady had been invited to the police car to wait for questioning.
The policemen were not surprised to see Lu Ming at the scene. Lu Ming had often appeared at crime scenes in the past. As long as Inspector Zhang arrived, most of them would see him.
"Master Lu, have you found anything? What do you need me to do?" asked a policeman who was familiar with Lu Ming.
"It was poisoning, and it was a strong poison. The deceased was poisoned and died in a short period of time. Let's take him back for an autopsy." Lu Ming said simply.
Although he is not a forensic doctor, he can judge from the state of the deceased.
Although it looks like the deceased died of an acute attack of angina pectoris, it is impossible for someone who died of angina pectoris to have such a distorted expression and miserable pain.
He even had a basic guess in his mind: this was Japanese dolphin poison, and it must have been done by the Japanese. It was exactly the same as the Sheng family's method, except that the amount of poison was much larger.
How was Xia Heng poisoned?
Naturally, he used food. He still didn't know what Xia Heng ate. There was no food left in the house. He could only wait for the forensic doctor to analyze the contents of his stomach after an autopsy.
According to the landlady, what Xia Heng ate at noon was a beef sandwich, which she bought from a nearby noodle shop at Xia Heng's request.
This kind of Western food is very fashionable in Shanghai recently. Many people can't afford Western food, so they just eat it to get a bit of Western flavor.
The old lady of the landlady said that Xia Heng hardly went out these days. If she wanted to eat, she would either make it for her or go out and buy it. Seeing that Xia Heng was well-dressed and generous, she moved.
Holding a three-inch golden lotus, she is willing to serve him.
"That kind of bread with meat can't be poisonous. I also ate one, and many people bought it. I'm fine, and everyone else is fine too."
The old landlady was afraid that the police would arrest her and steal her bag, so she kept mumbling her excuses.
The police had already confiscated all the meat-stuffed buns in that noodle shop and took them back for testing. They also confiscated a lot of all kinds of pastries they liked, and planned to take them home for their women and children.
The owner of the pasta shop looked on helplessly. As long as his shop was not closed down, he would not dare to object even if all the pasta in the shop was taken away.
After all, life was at stake, so he had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky when it happened to him.
The police officers happily brought all kinds of cakes to the car, with colorful wrapping paper printed with various patterns on the outside of the cakes.
Looking at this group of bandit-like police officers, Lu Ming shook his head helplessly.
The behavior of the police is actually very civilized. If the Qinghong Gang came to do this job, they would definitely tear this noodle shop to the ground.
Police officers also need to have the benefits of police officers, which is to eat and drink when they are on official business. As long as it is not too excessive, neither the victim nor the head of the police station will pursue the matter.
The police of the Republic of China will certainly take advantage of the cases.
The two drove to the Hendry Hotel in the French Concession. According to the information Zhang Ziyang received, bodyguard He Jin would have a private meeting here with one of Sheng Muyi's maids every few days.
"I always feel that something is wrong. You said that Xia Heng hid like a mouse and was still killed, but He Jin had private meetings with Xiang He outside from time to time and was still alive and kicking. How is this possible?" Lu
Ming said a little doubtfully.
Of course he knew Xianghe, and was very familiar with her. He didn't comment on her meeting her lover secretly outside. There was nothing wrong with a girl having normal emotional needs, especially an eighteen or nineteen-year-old Huaichun girl, who could easily fall into this trap.
In the trap of mature men.
"Actually, Horgan is very cautious. Even now, we haven't been able to find out his exact whereabouts. We just found out that he was dating in a hotel. He followed him several times but was dumped by him. This person is even smarter than Xia Heng.
"More." Zhang Ziyang said.
"Have you ever followed him?" Lu Ming asked in surprise.
"Of course, I followed him no less than ten times, but he managed to get rid of him all the time." Zhang Ziyang said while driving.
"Are you playing a hide-and-seek game with him? Why can't you, a bunch of policemen, arrest him directly?" Lu Ming stared at Zhang Ziyang, expressing his incomprehension.