During the Republic of China, Wangjiangzhai was the leading cultural relics store on Hanzheng Street. The antiques, calligraphy, paintings, jade carvings and porcelain items in this shop are all extremely valuable, especially the copybook of "Lanting Preface" copied by a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. It is the treasure of the shop, and the shop owner Xu never shows it to others easily. A Japanese businessman offered 3,000 taels of gold to buy it, but Shopkeeper Xu refused. He said that this is a national treasure of China. How can it be bought with gold? Newspapers in the three towns of Wuhan learned of this incident and wrote articles praising Shopkeeper Xu for his integrity. As a result, Wangjiangzhai's business became more and more prosperous.
Early that morning, shopkeeper Xu inspected the treasure house where important cultural relics were placed as usual. When he opened the door, he saw that the bodyguard was hanging straight on the beam and had expired. A Ming Dynasty mahogany square stool was kicked over under his feet. The Western clock at the foot of the wall was also knocked to a halt. There are no obvious signs of turning over in the room, but the copybook is missing!
Sergeant Wang of the Hanzheng Street Police Station received the report and immediately rushed to the scene to investigate. He found that more than a centimeter of the lower end of a round iron bar in the window iron fence was sawn off, and half a centimeter was stuffed in the tenon groove where the iron bar was installed. The wood piles and iron bars were stained with rust. They had obviously been sawed long ago to make it easier for people to come in and out. Sheriff Wang found two long hairs on the bodyguard's bed and lipstick marks on his collar. He lifted up the Western clock that had fallen on the ground. The hour hand pointed to half past five. Then he went to the back garden to check and saw a long ladder leaning under the window of the back building. Under the ladder was a broken blue and white porcelain plate from the Yuan Dynasty...
Soon, Sheriff Wang outlined the case: the bodyguard seduced a woman, sawed off the iron fence and let the woman take the ladder into the room for a tryst through the window. Last night, while the bodyguard was sleeping, the woman stole the copybook and took a porcelain plate with her. When she got off the stairs, she accidentally broke it and woke up the bodyguard. The bodyguard realized that he had been deceived and could not explain to shopkeeper Xu, so he had to use a square stool to stand on his feet and hang himself from the beam. Before he died, he overturned a square stool and tripped the Western clock, which fell to the ground and stopped.
After receiving the report of the case, the Hankou Police Department felt that the case was serious and specially sent Detective Ouyang Changfeng to the Hanzheng Street Police Station to take charge of the investigation work. After some investigation and visits, Ouyang analyzed that the death of the bodyguard was homicide, not suicide. If it was suicide, the complexion would be very pale or red-black, but the deceased's face would have obvious bruises and swelling, and there would be oval-shaped subcutaneous bleeding caused by two nails on the neck. It can be seen that the deceased was strangled to death first and then hung on the beam. Chief Wang asked in confusion: "Can a woman hang on to such a strong man?" Ouyang nodded: "There should be another young man, and he is over 1.75 meters tall..." Chief Wang was still there Puzzled: "But, only one person's fingerprints were found in the room!" Ouyang said with a smile: "Chief Wang, have you noticed that there is not even a trace of fingerprints on the blue and white porcelain plate!" Seeing Chief Wang speechless, Ouyang Then he analyzed, "This means that a man wearing gloves stole the porcelain plate and accidentally broke it." As he said that, Ouyang set the minute hand of the Western clock to twelve o'clock, and the hour hand pointed to six o'clock. According to the normal time, it should ring. Six, but the clock only chimed twice. Sheriff Wang and Shopkeeper Xu were shocked again when they saw it. Shopkeeper Xu asked: "Is the clock broken?" Ouyang smiled and said: "It's not that the clock was broken, but the murderer set the hour and minute hands directly to half past five in order to divert attention. In fact, the time of the crime was at one o'clock in the morning. Between two o'clock. Judging from the many marks left by the ladder against the wall, the bodyguard has been interacting with the woman for a long time. Although it is not easy for one person to move such a long ladder, it is also eye-catching when walking on the road, which shows the murderer's residence. Not far from here."
Ouyang further analyzed that the two fir ladders looked rough and were made by the criminal himself. It’s not expensive to process a pair of ladders, mainly because you don’t want to draw attention to others. "However, they still showed clues." Ouyang pointed to a black fiber in his hand and said, "This is what the criminal hung on the ladder. It is the cotton thread on the black headscarf of ordinary Hunan people. The criminal is probably from Hunan, and This man and woman are from a winery or hotel." He held up a rectangular glass, and several footprints were clearly visible on it. Sheriff Wang immediately recognized that they were new traces left by two people. Ouyang then took a piece of clean glass and demonstrated: "This method of extracting footprints is most suitable for smooth surfaces and floors.
"As he spoke, he wiped the glass repeatedly with a piece of silk. Soon, many particles stuck to the glass plate. "The friction generates static electricity, which attracts the particles, and the things left on the criminal's feet were collected. I have examined the footprints of both men and women and found that there are lees residues that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Therefore, the perpetrator came from a place where wine is made and at least stayed there for a period of time... The ladder was placed there, and there was a lot of lees stuck to it. crumbs. The depth of that house is not small, otherwise the ladder cannot be placed. The house with the ladder must be around the next door. Shopkeeper Xu was stunned when he heard this. What surprised him even more was that Ouyang concluded that the mastermind of the murder was an antique connoisseur. He shouted repeatedly: "The detective is absolutely sure that the murderer must have come here for the copybook." There are so many gold and silver utensils in the treasure house, but only the blue and white porcelain plates. You are a true antique connoisseur! "Immediately, Sheriff Wang conducted a raid on Taibai Restaurant.
Taibai Restaurant is separated from Wangjiangzhai by an alley. The house is quite deep and occupies half of the lane. The other half is a dyeing shop. The door faces the Han River. The Taibai Restaurant was once prosperous for decades. But in this generation, the man got tuberculosis and became hunched over all day long. The business suddenly collapsed, and it was all thanks to the in-house boss Yang Jinhua to support the situation. . Yang Jinhua is charming and lascivious. Seeing that men are useless, she flirts with customers and uses sex to win over business. She claims that she is a restaurant and also runs a teahouse and sets up card games. She also invites Huangpi and Xiaogan's Caotai team every midnight. , singing a flower-drum opera with a flirtatious tune. When the character he likes teases him, he seduces him into having sex in the back room. The sick man knows that he is a waste, so he has no choice but to turn a blind eye to Yang Jinhua's idea. , she once scoffed and teased: "If you don't urinate and look after yourself, the toad wants to eat swan meat!" "Yang Jinhua thought he was rude and sarcastic, so angry that the bodyguard turned over the table.
It was because Chief Wang found out about this incident, and several people testified that Yang Jinhua was beaten that night They played mahjong all night and ended at 7 a.m. the next day. However, after some reasoning by Ouyang, Yang Jinhua became a major suspect. Police Chief Wang led people to Taibai Restaurant, but the door was not open but was not open. , went to the bedroom and saw that the sick man was strangled to death on the bed. When he came to the second floor, he saw Yang Jinhua with a dagger stuck in his chest, covered in blood, and struggling on the floor. Sheriff Wang quickly called for help, and Yang Jinhua went to the southwest. Pointing one finger: "It's...Yuan...Lao Er..." He fainted again before he could finish his words.
Chief Wang immediately led people to No. 1 East of Baoqing Guild Hall, but did not search. When I saw the copybook, there was no sign of Yuan Laoer. Ouyang smiled and said, "Would a person who is eager to sell stolen goods sit at home and wait for you? "Sergeant Wang understood, and immediately rushed to the Japanese Concession, caught Yuan Lao'er, and put the copybook in his arms.
It turned out that Yuan Lao'er was from Shaoyang, Hunan, and was known for robbing tombs. To make a living, he also resold antiques and made and sold fake antiques. One day, he saw the news in Ta Kung Pao that shopkeeper Xu of Wangjiang Zhai had a copybook for which he did not sell thousands of taels of gold, and he couldn't help but make a crooked idea. As a businessman, he stayed at the Baoqing Guild Hall near Wangjiangzhai and began to think about how to get his hands on this precious thing.
In those days, teahouses and restaurants were the best places for information. He often went to Taibai Restaurant to drink alone. Yang Jinhua saw that Yuan Laoer was young, handsome, and generous. He was ridiculed and lost his temper. He also heard that he was the nephew of the shopkeeper Xu of Wangjiangzhai and was the bodyguard of the treasure house. Then he took the initiative to flirt with Yang Jinhua, and soon they hooked up with Yuan Laoer. He deceived Yang Jinhua, saying that his wife had just died, and he was willing to marry her and revive the Taibai Restaurant family business. Yang Jinhua was beaming with joy: "The sick man can only delay it for a year at most. When he dies, I can renovate the restaurant. It's up to me." If you are popular, you will definitely be able to do business with a lot of guests.
Yuan Laoer took the opportunity to propose: "If you want to renovate the restaurant, you will have to spend a lot of money. I see that the bodyguard is interested in you, so why not coax him and just grab some random stuff from the treasure house to last us a lifetime!" ”
Besides, although this bodyguard was ridiculed by Yang Jinhua, he really couldn’t bear to see her figure. He still went to the restaurant every day to indulge his eyes. He didn’t want Yang Jinhua to throw himself into her arms, so he was eager to go to the restaurant with her. Go and make out. Yang Jinhua said half-heartedly: "No, the sick man stares at me all day long, worried and unhappy! Why don't I go to your place at night..." The bodyguard shook his head and said, "No one is allowed to enter my residence! Yang Jinhua said: "I can build a ladder from the back window and climb in!" "The bodyguard was obsessed with sex and agreed to saw off a round iron bar to let her in. In this way, the two of them delivered a ladder from the wall of the restaurant's backyard every night, and then set up a ladder from the alleyway into the back garden of Wangjiangzhai, allowing Yang Jinhua to climb the ladder to enter. Treasure House. Without any effort, Yang Jinhua found out from the bodyguard where the copybook was kept.
That night, Yuan Laoer gave Yang Jinhua a lie about a bottle of liquor mixed with anesthetics. It was the aphrodisiac wine that made the bodyguard drink it. Yuan Laoer immediately entered the room and strangled the bodyguard to death before finishing the drink. In a hurry, the pushed-down stool stopped the bodyguard. Yuan Laoer had an idea and set the clock to half past five. After stealing the copybook, he accidentally glanced at the blue and white porcelain plate and took it easily because he was wearing gloves. Unable to move quickly, he turned over and just put the round iron bars on, when he accidentally slipped the blue and white porcelain plate. The sound of the porcelain plate shattering was particularly clear and harsh in the early morning. He was so frightened that he didn't even bother to move the ladder and pulled Yang Jinhua around the courtyard wall. He ran to a willow tree, climbed over the wall, and escaped. Then he asked Yang Jinhua to go back to the restaurant to listen to the opera and play cards with others. After a while of ecstasy, he was worried about Yang Jinhua being in a place where people come and go. He might have leaked the news, so he decided to kill him and silence him. He first found Yang Jinhua and discussed killing the sick ghost so that they could get married quickly. After the two of them worked together to strangle the sick ghost, they went upstairs to have fun. Yuan Laoer suddenly pulled out a dagger and inserted it into Yang Jinhua's chest. She screamed and fell into a pool of blood. However, she just fainted and was not killed on the spot. Yuan Laoer had no time to clean up the scene, so he hurried to the Japanese Concession to find the man. The Japanese businessman said he was willing to sell the copybook for 1,000 taels of gold. Unexpectedly, the Japanese businessman waved his hand and said, "I don't want any of your unknown treasures!" ”
Yuan Laoer could not help but feel a little disappointed. On his way back angrily, he was captured at the intersection of Yamazaki Street in the Japanese Concession.