Returning to the intelligence team, Ma Peiqu closed the door and carefully placed the broken pieces of porcelain on the table. Looking at this unexpected clue, a picture slowly appeared in his mind...
——The gunman shot and killed two agents. Li Bing threw the wine glass over. The glass fell on the wall, and broken porcelain fragments splashed into the gaps in the gunman's top hat...
By chance, the broken porcelain piece fell out of the hat today. If the broken porcelain piece and the gap in the wine glass match up, Jiang Xinyu is undoubtedly the shooter!
If it is confirmed that Jiang Xinyu is the shooter, all doubts will become reasonable!
Ma Peiqu was surprised and happy. What surprised him was that the captain of the detective team turned out to be a member of the Communist Party. What he was happy about was that he found out the secret. If he reported it to the gendarmerie, he would be easily promoted and rich!
Thinking of this, Ma Peiqu could not suppress his excitement. He picked up the phone and dialed a few numbers, preparing to report the matter to Hattori Hikoo.
"Tuk-tuk!" There was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Ma Peiqu put down the phone.
The man who came in was named Mao Yonggui. He was originally just a small figure in the intelligence team. After Ma Peiqu came, he single-handedly promoted him and became one of the few close confidants.
"Yonggui, what's the matter?"
"Team Leader Ma, there is something wrong with the matter you asked me to investigate."
"explain."
"On the night of the incident, between 10 o'clock and 12 o'clock, Captain Jiang was at home or not. We can't continue to investigate."
"Why?"
"Miss Hattori Mina was at his house that night. Only she knew whether Captain Jiang had gone out. But, who dares to ask, she is Major Hattori's biological sister!"
"What time did Hattori Mina leave the Kang family?"
"At seven o'clock in the morning, she left with Captain Jiang."
"Spent the night at Captain Jiang's house?"
"right."
Ma Peiqu had just arrived and had no intention of inquiring into other people's private affairs. He only knew that Jiang Xinyu and Hattori Mina were boyfriend and girlfriend. As for how far the relationship had progressed, he had no idea and had no interest in knowing.
Today I heard Mao Yonggui mention that Hattori Mina spent the night at Jiang's house, which means that the two of them have reached the stage of talking about marriage, which makes Ma Peiqu unavoidable and worried.
Mao Yonggui: "Captain Ma, why don't I go ask about Captain Jiang's neighbors tomorrow..."
Ma Peiqu interrupted him and said: "Since Hattori Mina stayed at Captain Jiang's house all night, Captain Jiang naturally has no suspicion. Don't investigate this matter anymore!"
"knew."
"Oh, in addition, inform the brothers that the investigation of other people has also been stopped!"
"No checking at all?"
"right!"
"But……"
"Stop talking and go notify us!"
"yes."
Mao Yonggui bowed, turned around and retreated.
The reason why he canceled all investigations is that Ma Peiqu did not want to attract too much attention. He only relied on his own words and said that the captain of the detective team was a communist. Can Hattori Hikoo believe it?
no!
We must get solid evidence!
Ma Peiqu thought for a moment, wrapped up the broken pieces of porcelain, then stood up and left the office.
When we walked downstairs, Team Leader Li of the driver team happened to come over and said, "Captain Ma, are you going out?"
"Go out and do some errands." Ma Peiqu said haha.
"It's a coincidence that all the cars are in the queue today. How many cars do you need?"
"I'm doing personal business and can't use the team's car."
Team leader Li whispered: "Team leader Ma, what happened to the personal matter? It doesn't matter if you make any excuse!"
Ma Peiqu looked up at the sky and said, "The sky is finally clear."
Seeing that he didn't answer the question and meant that he didn't want to continue the conversation, Team Leader Li cupped his hands and said, "You're busy, I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now."
Ma Peiqu spitted on the ground and said to himself: "The virtue of a small citizen is to take advantage of the public. A sparrow knows the ambition of a swan!"
After leaving the detective team gate, he flagged down a rickshaw and said, "Go to Zhongshan Street!"
A murder had just occurred, and business in the hotel had been very slow these past two days. The owner sat dejectedly at the counter, looking out the door helplessly.
"Boss, business is booming." Ma Peiqu walked in with a smile.
"Hey, Sir Ma, you're here." The boss stood up, nodded and bowed in greeting.
Everyone who does business understands the truth. It is better to offend the Japanese than to offend the Japanese! Those who bully the Chinese the most are often Japanese!
Ma Peiqu looked out the door and said, "Boss, I came here today to trouble you with something."
"If you have anything to do, just give me your instructions."
"Last time, there was a chipped wine glass in the room where the crime occurred. Please help me find it!"
"The chipped cup..."
"White porcelain seven-dollar wine glass."
The boss thought for a while and said, "Sir Ma, I'm sorry, I can't help you with this matter."
Ma Peiqu was startled and asked quickly: "What's going on? I can't find the cup?"
"It's not that I can't find it, I just threw it away."
"Throw it away?"
"I think things used by dead people are unlucky, so I threw them away along with the bowls and chopsticks."
"Where did you throw it?"
"In the dumpster across the street."
Ma Peiqu gritted his teeth in hatred and said: "Since you think things used by dead people are unlucky, why don't you just throw the house away!"
The boss repeatedly handed over his hands and said: "Sir Ma, I'm really sorry. If I knew you wanted that cup to be useful, I would never throw it away..."
Ma Peiqu walked a few steps, then turned around and said, "Listen carefully, don't mention this matter to anyone, do you understand?"
"I see."
Ma Peiqu walked out of the hotel and crossed the road to the trash can. There was at least more than half of the garbage in it. Usually, it would take until early morning for the Department of Health to send someone to clean it up.
With the way he was dressed, if he were to rummage through trash cans in the street, this kind of thing would be newer than a bitch becoming a good man, and it would soon reach Jiang Xinyu's ears. You must know that the detective team has spies everywhere.
"Sir, Madam, Madam, please do me a favor and give me someone who stutters..." A ragged young man walked up and down the street.
Ma Peiqu walked over, took out his wallet from his arms, pulled out a large banknote, and said, "Do you want it?"
The young man's eyes lit up, he bowed and saluted repeatedly, and said, "Sir, please do me a favor..."
Ma Peiqu said impatiently: "Okay, okay, put it away! I can give you the money, but you have to do one thing for me!"
"What's going on?"
"Did you see that trash can?"
"Saw."
"There is a white porcelain wine glass in the trash can. Please dig it out for me. This banknote will be yours!"
"no problem!"
The young man thought for a while and said, "Can I find another helper?"
"Can."
Ma Peiqu was very happy. One more person could help him find it faster. As long as the gap in the wine glass and the broken porcelain pieces were found, Jiang Xinyu's identity as a Communist Party member would be certain!