Chapter 8 chapter eight

Ke Baisha has locked her desk and is back from get off work.I was chatting with Bu Aiqian outside. Elsie, I think you need help. It's okay, Tang Nuo.It's good that you're back from vacation.You know you're not in the office, the office is such a mess. (See "The Temptation of Changing Color") She looked at me, then quickly looked away, two red clouds appeared on her face. I said: It also adds a lot of work. She smiled nervously: Of course.It is you who are bringing in the business. I don't mean that, I mean it adds a lot of work to you. I am happy to do it.

There's no reason you should do it, you can't stare at a typewriter for eight hours a day, I think I'll have to speak to Betha, you need help. I'm ok.Tang Nuo.Sometimes I can't catch up, but when I'm not busy, I catch up. Need help.I said: The hired helper will work for Bai Sha.And you will only be my secretary. Tang Nuo!Betha would be pissed off. In that case, I said: you are free.Baisha always sends promotional letters that can be copied and signed, and you are required to type them one by one, which is time-consuming and a waste of manpower. It also brings business.

what business?I said: Small eyebrows and small eyes.We are dealing with big business now.good!I'll arrange it. It's no wonder that Baisha didn't have a stroke. she deserves it The phone rings. Bu Aiqian looked at me suspiciously.I said: Let it ring, Elsie.No, wait a minute, it might be Xia Heli who came to ask for help, let's see who it is. Ai Qian picked up the phone, she said: Tang Nuo, it's for you. I took the phone, and what I heard was the other party's tone-adjusted, orderly voice.The other party said: Is it Mr. Lai Tangnuo? Yes.I said. Is it Mr. Lai Tangnuo from the Curry's Detective Agency?

That's right.What's the matter? The other party said: I am Niu Banming.You came to my store this morning and said that a jadeite pendant was stolen.I want to talk to you. Let's not talk about this matter.I said: You said you never saw the pendant, I believe you. Exactly what I said.Niu Banming said: But the current situation has changed. so what? So on this matter, I want to talk to you carefully. I said: I have a very complete reasoning, but I don't see the need to discuss it with you because you have said that you have never seen the pendant. Well, then I put it another way.He said coldly: The Foshan police officer is sitting directly opposite to me.He is asking me questions.

Well, I also said coldly: I will be there in five minutes.Tell Sergeant Fo, I'll be right there. I hang up the phone. what is the matter?Bu Aiqian asked. In case Baisha wants me to contact you, I will go to Niu Banming's jewelry store now.Police officer Fo was with him, and Niu Banming didn't know how to prevaricate him.I had to go and explain. OK?she asked. Only after trying it.I said. Will you tell them the truth?she asked fearfully. I said: True gold is not afraid of fire, it is always good. so what? In addition, there is a saying that you only talk for three minutes when you meet people, isn't it?

She said worriedly: Tang Nuo, don't get into trouble. It seems that, as Bai Sha said, I have itchy bones.Every once in a while, I get myself into trouble to practice how I can get out of it.You'd better pay your respects to Baisha and tell her not to see anyone for the time being until I tell her what I said, so that we can agree on what I said and there will be no mistakes. Tang Nuo, she asked: What kind of story would you tell? If I had known, of course I would have told you first.but I do not know.It depends on whether Niu Banming told Qiu Beide about it. What if he did? Suppose he did.I will let the investment broker Qiu Beide speak for himself.You try to find Baisha and tell her not to meet people casually.I am leaving.

I arrived at Niu Banmin's jewelry store within my own time limit.A police car with a radio was at the door, and a policeman inside took me into the store, and a guard in the store took me up to the second floor to Niu Banming's office. Niu Banming, Foshan police officer and Qiu Beide sat on chairs far away from each other, smoking.They are not talking.The atmosphere in the room was heavy and smoky, reminding me of a complicated case; after the trial, the jurors disagreed and were unable to reach a verdict of guilt and the judge was unwilling to dismiss them. Hey!Hello, everyone.I said.

Officer Foo grunted a few words of politeness, and immediately got back to business.He said to Niu Banming: Tell him what you said to me. Niu Banming chooses his words carefully.He seemed to be hinting to me not to talk too much. Earlier today, he said in a nutshell: This gentleman came here and he said he wanted to see me for something quite important.I interviewed him, I asked to see his papers and found out that his name was Lai Tangnuo, he was a private investigator, and he was working for a family called Don't come here.Sergeant Foo interrupted him.Talk about what matters.What did you say?

He asked if I had seen or known of an emerald pendant.Niu Banming said: He used a sketch that was not very clear to show me the appearance of a jadeite pendant.I asked him why he chose to see me, and he said it was because I was an expert in jadeite. go on.Officer Fo said: Tell them all, why does he say he cares about this matter? Niuban Ming said.About this, I told you, I don't remember very well.I don't remember if he ever said he was trying to retrieve a pendant for a client.However, I think there may be a little misunderstanding somewhere in the inside story. Sergeant Buddha looked at me.It's up to you.What's going on inside?

It's pretty much the same as what he said. What reason did you give him? I don't remember giving him a reason. He said you gave him a reason, but he doesn't quite remember it. I smiled and said: I always use this method to deal with them.I speak quickly, giving them a little slurred feeling.I'm not here to give them a reason anyway.I'm here to see if he sees an emerald pendant. Sergeant Verde bit his cigar and gave me a half-hostile look.He said: Well, you can answer my question with vague words.Why are you looking for the whereabouts of an emerald pendant? I'm not going to give you vague answers, officer.I said: I will tell you the truth.A client asked me to find this information for him.

Why? You have to ask the client. Xia Heli? I didn't say yes. The Buddha police officer pointed a cigar at Niu Banming.You continue to talk about what happened next. Niu Banming said: At that time, I told this young man very honestly that I had never seen a pendant like the one he described.Later, for some reason, this Mr. Qiu Beide, whom I am not very familiar with, came to see me, took out a pendant like the one he described, and asked me to evaluate it.I suggested to him that before I come to give him an estimate, it is best for him to contact Mr. Lai from the Curry's Private Detective Agency and they are interested in this pendant. correct.Qiu Beide immediately nodded in agreement. And where did you get the pendant?The Buddha police officer asked Qiu Beide. From Mr. Melober.He asked me to do the valuation for him. Sergeant Foo took two more bites from his cigar and spat into the spittoon.Waste of time, I don't like it.He said. Everyone ignored him. I'm giving you an opportunity to come together and tell your own stories.Police officer Fo did not specify who to listen to, saying: so that everyone will not blame others for talking nonsense.I will also give you a chance to talk to each other.Otherwise, when I find out who is yelling at me, I will not spare him. We all kept silent. Police officer Fo asked Qiu Beide: Have you ever done this kind of business for Melobo before?The question was so sudden, as if secretly punching him. Qiu Beide raised his head and looked at the wall behind the police officer's head, which was more than two feet above.He frowned, as if trying to pull back his thinking power from afar.He said: "I've met Melobe many times before.I also did some little things for him.I must have done it for him, otherwise why would he suddenly ask me to value such a valuable thing?However, no matter how I knock myself on the head, I can't remember doing anything similar to the current case for him before, maybe I will remember it in the future, and I will remember to tell you when the time comes. Officer Fo said: What is your occupation? I can be called a middleman.I specialize in dealing with valuables that have been pawned or mortgaged and the owner wants to sell them later.Of course, the objects I represent are also those who are in financial difficulties, but it is not convenient for me to come forward. Open a pawn shop? No, I don't own a store.I'm just a middleman in guerrilla warfare.Of course I have my own sources and where.I know jewelry myself.I must understand too.I can't let my clients lie to me. Milobo found you and asked you to sell the pendant for him at the highest price? Ask me to estimate, not sell, there is a difference. But the result is the same for anyone who finds you, isn't it? Sometimes yes. It's a lot of time, isn't it? Yes. Officer Foo suddenly turned to me and asked.Imagine you are running one jewelry store after another, see what you find? I don't walk into his trap.On the contrary, Mr. Niu's jewelry store was the first and only one I visited. why? After that other incident happened, I didn't have time to go anywhere else. What did you say? this one. Do you mean Xia Heli? I mean go see Melobe with him. Foshan said: God, you are really vague.You talk so much, it seems that you are giving the impression that you are not deceiving, but in essence you have not said anything. I'm so sorry. Officer Fo said: If necessary, I can spend the whole night with you here.Tang Nuo, you know where the pendant was found later.I need to find this out.I had my people check every major jewelry store.No one has seen this thing.So we found Niu Banming.Niu gave us Qiu this clue, and he thought of you belatedly.You see, you've been here, you've asked about the pendant, why? I said: Officer, I will tell you everything I can.The pendant is a family heirloom.Originally belonged to a woman.A person who knew the woman well found that the item was no longer in the woman's hands.He wondered where things had gone. Why? I said: If you suddenly found out that your wife's jewelry worth tens of thousands of dollars is missing, you would like to know where it went, wouldn't you? Is it a couple thing? I didn't say yes. You are implying yes. when. When you asked me how my wife was, how was it?he said angrily. I said: This is just asking a question! How unreasonable!He said: I should be the one to ask the question! Well, you can ask. Is this a matter of husband and wife? I wrinkled my forehead and said: "This may be. I didn't think of this level myself at the time. Thinking about it afterwards, it is also possible."He didn't say she was his wife. Well, Sergeant Fo said dryly: Did he say she wasn't his wife. No, officer.I'm absolutely sure he didn't say that. oh!It's like saying nothing.Police officer Fo said: If you continue to talk about it like this, I will ask you this way, do you think this is blackmail? I think my client has an idea and this one is under investigation. have you checked not yet. Why? I said: As soon as I saw the pendant appear in Mai's house, I knew it couldn't be blackmail.In fact, it turned out later that the object of my client's interest had dropped the pendant months earlier.Merobe apparently got the pendant from another source. Qiu Beide seized this opportunity, and he slapped his bald head.I think that's right.That's right.He said. I said: Please forgive me, officer, I have the obligation and the right to protect my clients, I can't talk so much that I can't spit out my intestines.From everything I've said, and you're such an able officer, you can deduce the rest for yourself.Later, just today, I learned that the original owner of the pendant hated jade and wanted to replace it with diamonds.What Mr. Qiu Beide wanted to confess was probably because Mr. Mai liked jadeite, so the jadeite was in his hands. exactly.Qiu Beide said: I can be sure that Mr. Mai is interested in jadeite because he has been in Colombia for a long time.I think he can identify emeralds very well.I also found the jadeite on these pendants to be exceptionally clear and flawless.I think it is a rare boutique, I will bring it to Mr. Niu for identification. But who decides to sell it?the police officer asked. Appraisal only, not for sale. Let's ask this question, who is the owner of the thing? Qiu Beide looked at the police officer and said: What's wrong?No need to ask, of course it is Melober. no problem? Of course, I always thought so, the things are with him. How long? Qiu Beide looked at me and said: According to Mr. Lai, it has been several months. The Foshan police officer tapped his fingers on the desk.Why did Melobo appraise the true value of this pendant again and again, and then dig out the emeralds on the pendant one by one? I said: Maybe a thief got these stones down. screw you!Foshan Road: The emerald was taken out by Melobo himself.We found a complete set of jeweler's tools in his desk drawer.He took the stones himself, and when he hid them he put six of them in the crow's cage, where he thought it impossible for anyone else to find them.He put two on the table, so there are eight. Eight out of thirteen.I said. but.Officer Fo said: Later in the bathroom, we removed the U-shaped pipe under the washbasin to see if the murderer washed his hands there to get rid of the blood on his hands. You know what, we found another pipe in the U-shaped pipe. Five identical emeralds. That's not bad.I said: There is not a single emerald. Foshan looked at me angrily.He said: Tell me why Melobe took all the emeralds off the pendant, put five into the sewer for washing hands, six into the birdcage, and only two on the table. I said: I think you brought me here, didn't you want me to be a consultant? You are so fucking right.Foshan said: I brought you here to collect evidence.I want facts.If there's any bullshit in what you're saying, God, I'm going to kill your license, Laydonnell. I said: I think I have answered every question you asked. Oh, of course!He said teasingly: You have answered every question.You have been of great use to me, as have the other two gentlemen.However, I am stupid, I feel that I still enter Baoshan empty-handed. I said: You are tired, you are too nervous.You've been working too much lately.As far as I see things are not complicated.I've been called in to find out what happened to the pendant, why it's gone, who's got it now, why is it in his hand, etc.I'll start it up and start running from jewelry store to jewelry store And the first one you went to, Foshan said: it just happened to be the one.No need to go anywhere else. I said: It's not entirely coincidence or luck, Inspector.I know that Niu Banming is an expert in jadeite, so I came here first. And Niu Banming told you that the things are in his place? Do not be silly.I said: Niu wants to protect his own customers. You mean he told you he didn't know about it? I said: I mean, 100 percent he didn't tell me anything. Why did you come to him if you knew he wouldn't give you news? I didn't know it when I came to him. But you know it when you meet him. Yes. so what? Nothing special.I said: Because something important happened, I was told not to work on this matter any more.that's all. But this later important event brings you back to this pendant, doesn't it? Honestly, yes. Honestly what a ghost!Foshan shouted: You told me this because you know that I know all of this.Now tell me how the pendant got into Melobe's hand? I've told you time and time again, officer, and here's the one thing I can't tell you.But I can tell you that due to the appearance of this pendant, my client had the opportunity to find the woman, and after an honest conversation, it was discovered that she had put the pendant out by herself and wanted to exchange it for some other jewelry.She sold the pendant a few months ago.That's all.You should have seen that the man was very open with his young lady in this matter.and asked her young lady?you say.Foshan police officers interrupted my way of life. Yeah. Oh, so it's this old-fashioned thing? I didn't say it. You leak it yourself, but I just tell you. I said: Of course, how you make a conclusion is your business.I didn't talk about it. oh!here we go again.Foshan said disgustedly: It's not an old-fashioned thing.The rich godfather, one day thought she had sold his present to her.But God, it's a fact to sell! He doesn't think so now. Sergeant Buddha's laugh was wild.Of course not.Because she gave him a reason and poured him a little soup.She looked him in the eyes and told him what had happened, and the old man, dazed, believed her.I still have one more thing to know, Tang Nuo.Is that Melobe that silly old man? I don't think Melobe is ever going to be any girl's silly old man. Reasonable, Fo police officer said: There is one more question.Is he a competitor who popped in I don't think Milober's concern for the pendant has anything to do with the romance.I said. I'll tell you.Qiu Beide insisted that it was simply because he knew how to identify jadeite.The jade on the pendant is not ordinary, but the best.I think Mr. Niu's bid is too low.And I think he is prejudiced by paying such a low price, and I also see that the pendant itself is old-fashioned and rustic.He thought those emeralds would not be very good, otherwise they would have been taken down and set up again long ago.To be honest, I mentioned to Mr. Mai that taking these emeralds and resetting them on a new-style jewelry can be sold to get a small fortune, which is not just a small fortune.I think that's why he's taking these emeralds down. But, an accident happened. Niuban cleared his throat.Gentlemen.He said: I'll be honest.I gave a hasty estimate on the pendant because I was biased because the jewelry was too old fashioned.Maybe I didn't take a closer look at the jade at all.Emerald is a very strange thing.I now recall that the emerald color on the pendant is really special.I saw it at that time, but it can be said that I didn't see it carefully.I was wrong. Sergeant Fo stood up.I think this will do the trick.Add another sentence to emphasize: If it is not like this, it can only be regarded as like this. Qiu Beide nodded and said: It must be like this, officer.When the accident happened, Melober was trying to take the emerald down and re-mount it, which is exactly what I suggested him to do. Niu Banming reached into the drawer of his desk and took out a bottle of twelve-year-old whiskey.He said: "Since everyone says that, there's no reason why we shouldn't have a little pub.