Chapter 27 Chapter Twenty Seven

The female guardian led Ke Baisha to the door of the private office of Officer Mi Shanlou, and the female guardian knocked on the door. The melody of the Scottish bluebell came faintly through the closed door. Come in.Shanlou said. The matron opened the door.go in, dear.She said to Baisha. Baisha stopped on the threshold, turned around, and looked at the female guardian. The two thick, bulldog-jawed women looked at each other.OK, dear.Baisha followed suit angrily. What did you find?Shanlou asked. nothing.Said the female guardian. Officer Mi raised his eyebrows.Mrs. Ke, I don't believe you went to the house without any purpose.

You forgot Ah Fu, Baisha said: Do you have any cigarettes, your girlfriend stole my cigarettes. Oh, sorry.I forgot your cigarettes, said the matron: I put them in It's okay, dear.It is my gift to you.Baisha said. The female guardian gave the police officer an embarrassed look, and said to Baisha: At that time, you should have said something, Mrs. Ke. I don't know if I should say it.Baisha said: I thought it was three-point fat, just like the police taking apples from a fruit stand. It's all right here, Mrs. Pie.Officer Mi said. The female guardian glared at Ke Baisha, then retreated without a word.

Please sit down, Shanlou said to Baisha: You said you want a cigarette, here, here is one. He opened a fresh pack of cigarettes and offered her one.He took out a black cigar from his vest pocket again.Cut off the end and put it in the mouth. I have no intention of igniting it for the time being. It must have something to do with this music box.He said. About what? You run to it, open it, put it down again, and leave.You didn't take anything, and I don't think you brought anything in to frame it. Shanlou took out a magnifying glass from the drawer and carefully observed the music box, front and back, left and right, inside and out.Pay special attention to whether it has any secret small drawers, which will hide the evidence that Baisha brought in and planted in it.When he was sure that was not the case, he closed the music box and looked at its appearance carefully. He looked at the picture of a beautiful woman, and he said: Could it be this one?

What? That painting, a missing heir, eh? Baisha was very happy to have defeated the female guardian verbally, she leaned back in the chair comfortably and laughed. What's so funny? Think of this nineteenth-century beauty.Baisha said: An obese, anemic idiot, wearing a girdle like a rice dumpling, if anyone tells a salty joke, she will pass out, do you think I will come all the way for her? Yes Yes.After Baisha stopped automatically, Officer Mi said, "It's getting more and more interesting, Mrs. Ke, where did you come from so far away?" Betha squeezed her lips tightly together.

It almost leaked, didn't it? Ke Baisha knew that she almost said that she had come all the way from Riverside Town, she smoked two cigarettes in disguise, pressed her lips together angrily and said nothing. Mi Shanlou passed the table and looked at a big clock hanging on the wall.Ten past two.He said thoughtfully: It is a bit late, but this is a big case. He opened the music case again, studied the label inside the cover, picked up a phone book, picked up the telephone set, and said: Give me an outside line.He made a call. After a while, he said gently: I'm sorry to disturb you at this time.I am Police Officer Mi Shanlou from the Police Headquarters. I am looking for you at this time because I am looking for a clue in a murder case.Are you the boss Mr. Bai?Oh, that's great.I want to interview you, do you remember a music box with your store logo on it.It's old-fashioned, with a metal comb-like board, a cylinder with short spikes and a spring kind of thing.One side is a farm scene, the other is a portrait of a woman singing bluebells of Scotland, and oh, you remember, I see, you remember, yes, what's her name?Detherine huh?Oh, yes, Detherfine.

Officer Mi listened quietly to the other party for a while, thought for a while, and said, "Okay, so I won't make a mistake, let me repeat it to you."This Dai Sephine came to your store a month ago, saw this music box, and said she wanted to buy this music box, but she didn't have that much money to pay.She paid a small deposit and said she would pick it up within ninety days.She called you on Wednesday and said that now that she has money, she will wire it to you.She's going to send someone to take the music box to the blind man, and tell you not to tell who paid for it; just tell him it was a gift from a friend, yes?

Shanlou stopped talking for a while to listen to the other party, and then he said: Okay, there is another question.Where did the telegram of the wire transfer come from?Red land?You don't know if she lives in the Redlands?Oh, like, living in Los Angeles and just going out to the Redlands.Do you think she is a relative of the blind man?oh!Did not speak.oh!You only met her once, the time you paid the deposit.Did you say where you work.Got it, ok, thanks a lot.If it wasn't so important, I wouldn't call you in the middle of the night.Thank you very much for your cooperation. Yes, this is Mi Shanlou of the homicide unit. Officer Mi, I will come to visit you again in person in one or two days.If you think of anything, or something related to this, please call me, thanks, goodbye.

Officer Mi hung up the phone and turned to Ke Baisha, looking at her as if meeting her for the first time. Makes sense. I don't understand what are you thinking? Shanlou said: I was wondering if the call you received this afternoon that you paid for came from Hongdi. Absolutely not.Baisha said assuredly. You don't care if I investigate this matter? You're welcome, just investigate yours. I'm afraid you don't quite get what I mean, Mrs. Ke.I need to know where you are while I investigate this matter. What does it mean? I mean it. You mean to put me under guard. Oh, that would waste a lot of unnecessary expenses in this city, Mrs. Ke.I don't think so.Moreover, this will cause you a lot of inconvenience.

So what do you mean? If you run around and slip away wherever you think, it will add a lot of manpower and material resources to run with you, but if you are willing to stay in one place, we will be fine. my office? Or mine. What the hell do you mean? I mean if you stay here for a while, it's easy. You can't force me to stay without a name like this. Of course not.Shanlou said: I will be the first to oppose forcing others to stay without a name.Mrs. Ke. That's good.Ke Baisha said triumphantly. Wait a minute, he spoke to prevent her from getting up from her chair.I can't keep you here without a name.But of course I can keep you here because you broke into someone's house tonight.This is a criminal case.

But I didn't take anything. We're not entirely sure about that yet. I've been searched. But it's very likely that when you saw me, you threw away what you got.Maybe you're here for other major crimes.So, Mrs. Ke, I have decided to keep you here under this name, because I still have a little research to do. What kind of investigative work?Bai Sha asked angrily. For example, your odd behavior leaving the office today.You walk to Seventh Street to catch a streetcar.You get off on the main road.The two plainclothes men I sent to talk to you thought it might be a sign.You walk, obviously by streetcar.One of our drivers put the other person out of the car to follow you, and he drove on by himself to make a circle back and park the car in front of a fire hydrant not far from where you got off the car.Right after he turns, your car arrives, and you jump in and roar away.My walking man can't even call a car, so you slip through the cracks of your hands.

Officer Mi pressed the calling bell to call the female guardian in again.When the matron came into his office, he said: Mrs. Pi.This Mrs. Ko will stay here at least until tomorrow morning.Please arrange it for her. The female guardian smiled maliciously, expressing victory in the end.Willing to help, officer.she says.Then, turning to Betha, said hostilely: Come with me, dear.