"You think we don't want to arrest him, but this kid is as cunning as a rabbit. Before our people arrived, he just got into the crowd and was nowhere to be found," Zhang Ziyang said.
"No wonder people say that the police are stupid. They have gone to this point, covering their heads and chasing behind their butts. Don't they know how to set up a trap for arrest?" Lu Ming found it a bit strange.
"It's useless. This guy either changed his route or his address. We have set traps several times, but they all failed."
"This guy is a talented guy. He plays cat and mouse with the police and doesn't delay dating women. He is brave and resourceful! I just want to find an opponent like this."
Lu Ming admired He Jin from another angle. He was being followed and arrested every day, but nothing happened. In terms of IQ, he was indeed much higher than those policemen.
The other one was different. Xia Heng was hiding in the attic like a mouse, living in seclusion, even asking the landlady to buy food for him. He was found unexpectedly, and went to the Yama Hall without anyone noticing.
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If the police want to arrest people, they still pay attention to some strategies and methods, and they have to take into account more aspects. The people of the Black Dragon Society are not so particular, and they even use poison.
"By the way, He Jin often went to the Hendry Hotel in the French Concession. Why didn't you catch him through Boss Du?" Lu Ming asked.
The Boss Du that Lu Ming was talking about was naturally Du Yuesheng, who was the chairman of the Industrial Board of Directors of the French Concession at that time. The Industrial Directors Bureau was the center of power for the Chinese in the French Concession. It can be said that except for the French, Du Yuesheng had the greatest power.
"The police station is arresting people on official business. It's official business. Because I owe Mr. Du a favor by arresting this bastard, it's not worth it." Zhang Ziyang shook his head and said.
Lu Ming was right when he thought about it. If he could know the whereabouts of Sheng Muyi by catching He Jin, then he would do it at any cost, even if he offended the French.
Are Xia Heng and He Jin that important?
The purpose of arresting them is just to review and find new doubts. It is unlikely that we will find clues on them.
It's really not worth it to owe Du Yuesheng a favor for such a trivial matter. Favors are hard to owe, let alone Du Yuesheng's favors.
Since Xia Heng and He Jin were not that important, why did the Japanese take such pains to poison Xia Heng? Could it be that Xia Heng had some secret hidden in him that even he himself didn't know?
Lu Ming had read the interview records of these two people at the police station. He believed that these two people told everything they knew and did not hide anything. The reason why he wanted to find these two people for review was because Lu Ming felt that when he asked the question
The angle of questioning was wrong and the questions asked were not on key points, so he wanted to find these two people and question them again.
As for the other two bodyguards who were on duty outside Sheng Muyi's room at that time, they disappeared without a trace after leaving the Sheng family, as if they had disappeared from the world.
No, he must have overlooked something, and it was something very important, but he couldn't figure out what he had overlooked.
The only way is to find He Jin first. His eccentric sword moves seem to hide some secrets, and maybe something can be discovered in him.
"No, stop the car!" Suddenly a flash of lightning flashed in Lu Ming's head and he shouted.
"What's wrong? Don't be so surprised, okay?" Zhang Ziyang didn't know what happened, so he quickly parked the car on the side of the road.
"Hurry up and call your police station. Has Xia Heng's body been safely delivered to the station?"
"You're sick, aren't you? Who would steal a corpse if you can't eat it?" Zhang Ziyang said disdainfully.
"Don't ask any more questions, just go make a phone call."
Lu Ming suddenly remembered that the car containing the body was not a police car from the Shanghai Police Department, but an ambulance from Shanghai Tongren Hospital.
This is normal. The police station's car may sometimes be parked, or it may be too busy, so it may borrow ambulances from other hospitals.
But there were no other murders today. How could it happen that the police station’s corpse truck was parked?
If Xia Heng's identity wasn't so important and was the only clue they had that could be traced, Lu Ming wouldn't have made this association. However, although Xia Heng was a broken clue, he couldn't ignore it.
After getting off the bus, Zhang Ziyang rushed into a nearby silk and satin shop, showed his police badge, and temporarily commandeered their phones.
After making the call, Zhang Ziyang was so angry that he almost dropped the phone.
"How is it? Is there something wrong with the corpse truck?" Lu Ming asked.
"The car is still there, parked in a remote place, but the body in the car is missing. What the hell is this grandma's fault!"
Lu Ming nodded. This is right. If the plot were not like this, it would be weird. If it is within the routine, things would be easy to handle.
"Let's go and find He Jin immediately, whether he is alive or dead." Lu Ming said.
The two got in the car and continued on their way.
"You mean Xia Heng's body was stolen by the murderer?" Zhang Ziyang asked.
"Is there any other possibility? As you said, the corpse cannot be eaten or sold, so why should others steal it? Whoever has value to the corpse is the one who did it."
"If it is to kill people and silence them, the killer's goal has been achieved, why would he risk stealing the body?" Zhang Ziyang asked puzzledly.
"I think this way, maybe they have secrets hidden in them, secrets that even they don't know, and this secret may reveal the killer's true face."
Lu Ming could only reason like this at the moment. He didn't know whether it was right or not. He could only verify the right and wrong after catching the murderer.
"Are you saying that He Jin might also be dealt with by the Black Dragon Society in this way?" Zhang Ziyang said.
"Well, your police station actually protected Horgan this time. If you hadn't been following him closely, maybe he would have been succeeded by the murderer."
Everyone has his own destiny. He Jin may not know that he is living between the police and the Black Dragon Society killers.
While Horgan got rid of the police tracking, he also got rid of the Black Dragon Society killer. He might find it enjoyable to play this cat and mouse game.
The Hendry Hotel is located in the center of the French Concession. It is also a relatively famous hotel in the French Concession. It usually only entertains Europeans and Americans or wealthy Chinese.
If it weren't for Xianghe's identity, it would have been impossible for He Jin to live here. If nothing else, he couldn't afford the expensive room rate.
This is the safest place in Shanghai, even safer than the Chinachem Hotel, not only because it is in the French Concession and is protected by the extraterritoriality of the French, but also because the chairman of the French Concession's industrial board is Du Yuesheng.
Even foreigners don't dare to cause trouble here, otherwise they are likely to be sunk into the Huangpu River for no apparent reason and fed to fish.
Opposite the Hendry Hotel is a French bakery. This bakery is particularly famous. You can buy French people's favorite croissants here. In order to have a full meal, people line up in front of the bakery every day.
Zhang Ziyang and Lu Ming drove to the side of the street not far from the bakery. Two people wearing casual clothes and low-heeled caps came over. They didn't say anything, just shook their heads.
Zhang Ziyang understood that this was telling him that the goal had not been reached yet.
He looked at his pocket watch and saw that the time had come. Horgan usually showed up at the hotel at this time.
Zhang Ziyang made another gesture, asking if Xianghe was here. A person over there told him with a gesture: The woman has arrived.
"Xianghe is already in the hotel, and He Jin hasn't arrived yet. It's a bit unusual. He Jin always arrived early in the past." Zhang Ziyang said to Lu Ming.
"It doesn't matter if he's late, I'm afraid he won't be able to come at all." Lu Ming said with a bitter smile.
When things come to a head, things often don't go so smoothly.
Lu Ming had a bad feeling in his heart, maybe something had gone wrong.
He looked around. Among the people queuing up at the bakery and in some nearby shops, there were shadows of stalkers. Some of them were from the police station, while others were unidentified.
However, there were no Japanese among them.
Although Japanese and Chinese people look similar, you can still tell them apart if you look carefully.
So, where are the people from the Black Dragon Society hiding?
"What will we do if He Jin doesn't show up?" Zhang Ziyang asked anxiously.
"Wait." Lu Ming said gloomily.
Now the only option is to wait. Although it is stupid to wait for the rabbit, sometimes it is the only way, because you have no idea where the rabbit is nesting.
Zhang Ziyang was a little hungry, so he went directly to the store and bought two croissants and two cups of coffee. When the people in the long queue saw it, they gritted their teeth in anger, but when they saw that his car belonged to the Shanghai Police Department, no one
Dare to come forward and be serious.
Although the Shanghai Police Department has no law enforcement power in the French Concession, no one wants to offend the police. After all, you cannot stay in the concession all your life. If you are not a foreigner, there may be a police car when you leave the French Concession.
I invite you to have tea. As for the crime, just think of it.
The two of them were sitting in the car eating and waiting. Things had reached this point, and there was no need to hide their identities.
Time passed by, and gradually, some of the people watching nearby disappeared. First, they felt that Horgan would definitely not show up after so long, and the other was that they saw the police station vehicles parked there.
Opposite the Hendry Hotel, this already shows the attitude of the Shanghai Police Department.
There is no point in their dealings here. They can only be spectators at best, and they probably won't even get a hair out of Horgan in the end.
The people who were following and stalking gradually disappeared into the crowd and disappeared. The police station vehicles were like fish stranded on the beach, showing no signs of swimming.
Everything has reached a deadlock. Someone must break this deadlock.
Zhang Ziyang looked around nervously, his eyes sore and swollen.
Lu Ming suddenly got out of the car and walked towards a road on the side of the hotel. As he walked, he picked up his clothes and took out his gun. At the same time, he quickened his pace and quickly loaded the gun.
This process caught people off guard. It seemed that Lu Ming didn't even have time to say hello to Zhang Ziyang before he was completely in combat mode.
"Brother, don't mess around. You can't use guns in the French Concession." Zhang Ziyang rushed over from behind and hurriedly took his arm to remind him.