Li Ang pushed open the door and walked into the store, wandering among the shelves of books and books, touching here and looking at that.
There were always guests hanging out, and Wei Zhongwen didn't pay attention at first. It wasn't until Li Ang bent down to play with a jade bowl, with half of his gun holster exposed from his waist, that he became alert.
After thinking for a moment, Wei Zhongwen came out of the counter and said politely: "Sir, do you have anything you like? The price is negotiable!"
Li Ang looked back at him and said, "Are you the boss?"
"Yes."
"What's your last name?"
"No need for your surname to be Wei."
"Do you know Huo Yazi?"
"Uh... may I ask who you are?"
Li Ang put down the jade bowl in his hand, took out his ID and handed it over, saying, "Half a month ago, Huo Yazi sold you a porcelain jar. Is this the case?"
Wei Zhongwen respectfully returned the certificate and said, "Yes. Detective Li, isn't that porcelain jar stolen goods?"
Li Ang did not answer his words and said, "Where is the porcelain jar?"
"sold."
"Who was it sold to?"
"...I remember he was a young man. His accent sounded like he was from the south."
Wei Zhongwen's answer was to leave room for himself. If Inspector Li knew that the porcelain jar was in Jiang Xinyu's hands, he would at least be right.
Li Ang looked Wei Zhongwen up and down and said, "That is to say, Huo Yazi tricked you, you can try to trick others again!"
"You, what do you mean?"
"What do you mean? Don't tell me, you still don't know that what you received is a fake, right?"
Wei Zhongwen pretended to be embarrassed and sneered, and said hesitantly: "I found out later that I had no choice. You can't hit me."
Li Ang sat on the chair and reached out to take out a cigarette. Wei Zhongwen quickly took out a lighter and came closer to light a cigarette.
Li Ang took two puffs of cigarette and said casually: "The lighter is good, which country is it from?"
"A White Russian sold it to me... I don't smoke, so there's no point keeping it. It's yours." Wei Zhongwen understood that this was blackmail in disguise, and he put the lighter on Li Ang's cigarette box.
"I see you are quite smart, how could you be fooled by those guys like Huoyazi!"
"Hey, he said it was an ancestral item and the price was low. I didn't look at it carefully at the time."
"Typical greedy for petty gains and big losses, please pay more attention in the future!"
"Yes Yes Yes……"
Li Ang put the lighter in his pocket, stood up and walked out.
Wei Zhongwen followed behind and said: "Detective Li, please let me know when you will catch Hu Yazi..."
"I will never see him again in this life."
"ah?"
"Hua Yazi is dead!"
"How did you die?"
Li Ang stopped explaining and walked out of the door.
After taking over Xiaoyue's case, Li Ang quickly discovered the suspicion. Hu Yazi was too poor to reveal the blame. Where did his family get so much money?
Through investigation, we learned that Huo Yazi bought a porcelain jar in Liulichang, made it old and sold it to Zhuo Yuge antique shop.
I happened to pass by Hexi Street today, and driven by curiosity, I came in to inquire.
Back at the police station, a policeman said: "Inspector Li, the director asked you to go there."
"knew."
Going up the stairs to the second floor and arriving at the door of the director's office, Li Ang stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, "Tuk-du!"
"Come in."
Li Ang opened the door and walked in, came to the director's desk, bowed and said: "Director, are you looking for me?"
The director opened the drawer, took out a thick envelope, put it on the table, and said: "You handled the Yue Jinbao case properly, and this is the reward for you."
Li Ang took the envelope and knew by the feel of his hand that the amount of banknotes should not be small. He stuffed the envelope into his arms and said, "Thank you, sir!"
"One more thing, I found a partner for you."
"Boss, I'm fine alone, I don't need a partner..."
Li Ang is not stupid. With a partner, extra oil and water like this will be shared equally between the two in the future.
The director took a sip from the tea bowl and said, "This is Director Du's wish. All detectives work in pairs, no one is exempt."
When he heard that Du Jianshi had spoken, Li Ang was speechless.
"Why don't you ask who your partner is?"
"It's the same for everyone, I obey your arrangements."
"Zou Gonghe."
Li Ang was stunned when he heard this and said, "Is this the Zou Gonghe who was cut off from the Secrecy Bureau?"
"Yes! That's him."
"Bureau chief, I heard that he is a notoriously harsh person. He has been clamoring to be transferred back to the Secrecy Bureau, but his mind is not on that at all..."
The director smiled and said: "If he can be transferred back as he wishes, wouldn't it be in line with your wishes?"
Li Ang suddenly realized that the director was actually taking care of himself by assigning partners like this. It would be best if Zou Gonghe was transferred away!
After coming out of the director's office and returning to his room, he was about to count the money in the envelope when there was a knock on the door.
Li Ang quickly put the envelope into the drawer, locked it, and said, "Come in."
As soon as the door opened, Zou Gonghe walked in with a cardboard box in his arms, put the cardboard box on the table, and said: "Brother, we will be in the same room from now on, please take care of me!"
"Brother Zou, you're welcome. We are all our own people and we should take care of them." Li Ang glanced at the cardboard box, which contained Zou Gonghe's personal belongings.
Zou Gonghe pulled out a chair and sat down, threw a cigarette to Li Ang, lit one himself, and sighed with a frown.
"Brother Zou, are you worried?" Li Ang took out his lighter and went over to light it for Zou Gonghe.
"I met people from the plainclothes team this morning. They saw me carrying a gun and they insisted on checking my ID!"
"The plainclothes team is under the direct control of Director Du. Usually, they are coaxed and cajoled, and they just investigate, so as not to cause misunderstandings."
"Hmph, to put it bluntly, he is the one who looks down on others. If they were in the Secrecy Bureau, I would check their IDs first!"
"That's that's..."
Zou Gonghe complained for a while, glanced at the lighter on the table, and said: "Hey, foreign goods? Brother, okay, are you willing to spend money to buy this thing?"
Li Ang smiled and said: "How can I have that spare money? Others gave it to me."
The people around him were also idle. Li Ang briefly told what happened in Zhuoyu Pavilion. He didn't think much about it, just to kill time.
He does not mean that.
Zou Gonghe was originally in the Intelligence Department of Yanjin Station. His ability to analyze things was not comparable to that of ordinary police officers. He thought for a while and said: "This matter is strange..."
"What's wrong?" Li Ang asked.
"Look, the owner of an antique shop must have rich professional knowledge. How can he be fooled so easily?"
"Oh, the boss said that he was greedy for cheap and didn't bother to take a closer look."
"...Where is that Yue Jinbao?"
"Someone came forward to release him on bail, and because there was insufficient evidence, he was released."
"Who is the bailiff?"
"I'm not sure about this."
"oh……"
An ordinary cotton mill worker could escape unscathed after committing such a big crime. Whose path did this take?